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A Coachella man was arrested on suspicion of stealing several high-value golf clubs and equipment in La Quinta. The theft was reported to Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies on Oct. 28 within the 81000 block of Contento Street, the agency reported on Tuesday. Deputies were told the items were stolen from a vehicle. The La Quinta
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Update 11/7/23 Juan Reyes pled not guilty to his charges on Tuesday. He is being held without bail. Original Report 11/6/23 A man suspected in the fatal shooting of another man who was found last week outside a vehicle in Whitewater pleaded not guilty to murder today. Daniel Tomas Pacheco, 40, of Whitewater and Juan
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Two Los Angeles men who allegedly supplied fentanyl-laced pills and methamphetamine for a drug trafficking organization that used the darknet and encrypted messaging to sell narcotics to people in all 50 states are facing federal charges, officials announced today. The two-count indictment charges Omar Navia, 38, of South Los Angeles, and Adan Ruiz, 27, of
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The Board of Supervisors today approved interim Riverside County Registrar of Voters Art Tinoco’s resolution directing that the names of supporters and opponents of local ballot measures not be included on the ballots themselves. In a 4-0 vote — with Supervisor Yxstian Gutierrez absent due to illness — the board authorized the Office of the
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating “historical” human skeletal remains found over the weekend in Twentynine Palms. The remains where found by a man while walking his dog on Saturday at around 9:15 a.m. in the area of Canyon Road and Two Mile Road, the agency announced on Tuesday. Deputies responded to the
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A juvenile pair of suspected auto thieves were arrested after a pursuit ended in Indio Tuesday morning. Officers encircled the Trilogy community at Avenue 51 and Jackson Street when two suspects jumped from a car that had been reported stolen and ran into the gated complex at 6:00 a.m. A spokesman for Indio Police said
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Calling all nonprofits! Organizations can now be registered for the second annual Coachella Valley Giving Day. It’s set for Tuesday, March 5, 2024. CV Giving Day is a 24-hour online event that aims to raise money and awareness for nonprofit organizations in the Coachella Valley area. “Last year, we witnessed the incredible impact when community
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Rancho Mirage Mayor Richard W. Kite announced his resignation from the city council. Kite has been a resident of the Coachella Valley for 65 years, graduating from Palm Springs High Schoolin the early 1960s. He has been a member of the Rancho Mirage City Council for 23 years. The city was just 27 years old
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A Colorado man was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday evening on Interstate 10 and Highway 62. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office said Erasto Dominguez-Castro, 61, of Colorado Springs, Colorado died minutes after he was struck by a car in the freeway’s westbound lanes on Interstate 10. The collision happened at around 6:07 p.m.,
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We are one year from the next general election and two local races are shaping up to be re-matches from 2022. The 47th Assembly District and the 41st Congressional District races will again be expensive, hard-fought races in 2024 In the 41st congressional district race, Incumbent Republican Ken Calvert will once again face Democratic challenger
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Coachella Valley Jeremiah Estrada is joining the San Diego Padres. Estrada was removed from the Cubs’ 40-man roster on Friday, sending him to the waivers. The Padres claimed Estrada on Monday. We have made the following roster moves.We now have 34 players on our 40-man roster. pic.twitter.com/e7k0mddPxu— San Diego Padres (@Padres) November 6, 2023 Estrada,
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News Channel 3 has learned new details following a shooting on Halloween night that involved a home on Flora Avenue and Cholla Drive in Desert Hot Springs. The home was, at the time, a licensed vacation rental with Airbnb. Police said no injuries have been reported, but the home was damaged. Interim City Manager Doria
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Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a 37-year-old man accused of gunning down his octogenarian grandparents inside a gated community in Palm Desert. Frank Scott Castro III is charged with two counts of murder, along with a special circumstance allegation of perpetrating multiple killings and sentence-enhancing allegations of discharging a firearm causing great
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A 66-year-old man was found guilty today of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing his girlfriend during a frenzied attack in Palm Springs that was ignited when she told him their relationship was finished. Along with the murder count, a Riverside jury convicted Miguel Hernandez Toscano of child cruelty and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a
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A driver was pronounced dead, and police planned to close two Palm Springs roadways for up to two hours Monday morning following a traffic collision on E. Palm Canyon Drive and S. Sunrise Way. That’s where a driver hit a traffic signal light pole at 8:24 a.m., according to police, and then hit a parked
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Two firefighters were hospitalized after suffering burn injuries near Desert Hot Springs Monday afternoon. The fire was first reported just after Noon on Circle B Drive, south of 20th Avenue. Our crew on the scene reported seeing what appeared to be a car on fire with flames spreading to the area. “When they arrived they
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway announced today that actress Judith Chapman will serve as the 2023 celebrity tree lighter next month at the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. “In these trying times, what a holiday blessing it will be for us all to come together in peace and harmony to share the shining light on our
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Palm Springs city council plans to start conversations about extending its forty five day Cannabis Moratorium to ten months and fifteen days. The Council could vote Thursday to extend the moratorium for new cannabis dispensaries while considering bigger changes for an industry some council members think has become oversaturated and unsustainable. News Channel 3’s Peter
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The Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council (SCAG) is adding $5 million dollars to the “We Lift: Coachella Valley’s Housing Catalyst Fund.” The fund, which was created by Lift to Rise, the Low Income Investment Fund, Rural Community Assistance Corporation and Riverside County, provides low-interest loans for affordable housing developments. The money is to
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Thousands of families attended this year’s 16th annual ‘Fall Family Festival.’ It was hosted by ‘About Families,’ a non-profit serving families and parents throughout the Coachella Valley during childbearing and parenting years. “Parenting is hard. Anyone who’s a parent will tell you that,” said Joanna Boles Whitlow, Founder of ‘About Families.’ “But it helps when
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