A man from Oregon was charged with arranging to meet a Banning minor after inappropriate online communication, police said. The crime was reported on Feb. 14. Police said mother of a teen girl arrived at the station to report inappropriate online communication between her minor child and a male adult, who was identified as Devon
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This week’s snowstorm severely impacted Idyllwild and the surrounding mountain communities. The National Weather Service said that just over six inches of fresh snow fell in the area, following similar snowfall amounts recorded last week. At least one local store had its roof collapse due to snow on Wednesday. The business owner told
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College of the Desert (COD) is notifying about 800 people that their personal information could have been accessed in a data breach. The breach occurred after a malware attack last summer knocked COD systems offline for two weeks. College officials said in a statement: “While there is no evidence of attempted or actual misuse of
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By Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN After deliberating for less than three hours Thursday, the jury in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh found him guilty of murdering his wife and son, the grisliest and most severe of the allegations faced by the disgraced former South Carolina attorney. Murdaugh, the 54-year-old scion of
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A Coachella man who, with a 26-year-old man, kidnapped, robbed, assaulted and extorted a victim for money is facing six years in state prison today after pleading guilty to felony charges. Alexander Henry Edlund, 34, pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to one felony count each of kidnap for ransom, robbery, criminal threats to cause great bodily
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The One Class At A Time award winner for the month of February is Dr. Jessica Thacker, a special education teacher at Bella Vista Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs. “I love what I do. My students are amazing,” said Dr. Thacker after receiving the honor, which came as a complete surprise. The award is
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A big rig hauling human waste rolled over on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Thursday morning spilling its load on the roadside and backing up eastbound drivers on the freeway. The crash also involved another vehicle at 4:40 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol but caused no injuries. Traffic was backed up in the
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Cathedral City is kicking off its three-day annual LGBT Days on Friday. The city said this is the first Pride of the year for California. On opening night at 6 pm, there will be an official City Hall lighting ceremony. Following the ceremony, there will be a screening of a movie called, Adventures of Priscilla,
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Artists from all over the world are gathering at the La Quinta Art Celebration starting Thursday, to show off and sell their work. 200 artists are participating in the event. Much of the art varies from 2D Mixed Media & Digital Art, 3D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Drawing and pastel and Printmaking, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Painting,
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Tuesday’s storm brought a fair bit of rain and hail to parts of the Coachella Valley. Although the rain has passed, gusty winds continue to cool down temperatures across the desert. Travelers endured these winter elements firsthand. “Oh yeah, I got a little bit of snow, some hail, the winds were pushing against the car,”
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A business in Rancho Mirage was broken into, and it’s not the first time. Willie’s Modern Fare, owned by Willie Rhine, was the target of a brazen burglar early Monday morning. The burglar was seen on surveillance video smashing the back patio door, then crawling on the floor towards the kitchen area before kicking in
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We’ve gotten numerous calls about floating lights over the desert sky Wednesday evening. Resident said “Any idea what these lights hovering over the Valley are? We live on Monroe and 48 and saw these lights from Indio. We checked our Flight Radar and nothing shows up,” reads an email from a view sent to News
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The 2023 California Date Palm Workshop, an event that presents data and research on the “state of the date” crop in California, is being held today in Indio. This annual event will be held for the first time at the Coachella Valley History Museum. Supervisor V. Manuel Perez will be among the guest speakers to
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DAP Health will be taking over Borrego Health. On Tuesday, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved DAP Health’s bid to acquire substantially all of the assets of Borrego Health. On Feb. 15, the Borrego Health Board of Trustees selected DAP Health’s bid to take over its assets. While the bid was accepted by the board, it
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College of the Desert President/Superintendent Dr. Martha Garcia could be leaving her position soon. On Tuesday, she was named one of five finalists to be the new president of Mt. San Antonio College. The five final candidates were chosen from a group of 12 semifinalists who were interviewed Feb. 23, Feb. 24, and Feb. 27.
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Indio station Border Patrol agents made a fiery seizure Tuesday morning. Border Patrol agents and K-9 Edy found a flamethrower, a handgun, and about $233,000 in cash while stopping a smuggling scheme. US Border Patrol seizes Cash💵, Gun🔫, & Flamethrower🔥K9 Edy & agents in Indio, Ca put the flames out on this smuggling scheme when
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College of the Desert has begun alerting the approximately 800 people who may be affected by a possible data breach during a malware attack last summer. The malware attack occurred in early July. The attack took down the school’s phone and online services for nearly the entire month. College of the Desert initially reported the
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A 46-year-old man accused of beating and stabbing his girlfriend during a domestic dispute at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon was charged today with attempted murder and other offenses. Jesse Romero of Bellflower was arrested Sunday night following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation on the casino property in the 49500 block
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Rock and Roll legends KISS are coming to Acisure Arena in Thousand Palms as part of the “absolute final shows of the final tour,” officials announced on Wednesday. KISS will be at Acrisure Arena on Nov 1, 2023. It’s the second show of their “End of the Road Tour.” The band announced the tour Wednesday
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A nonprofit called Health Assessment and Research for Communities (HARC) released data Tuesday that provides a comprehensive assessment of the Coachella Valley following the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. HARC-2022-Executive-ReportDownload The data was collected among 18,000 Coachella Valley residents in 2022. It was a survey mailed to residents with a $2 stipend. The HARC survey
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