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A former Coachella Valley Unified School District teacher who repeatedly sexually assaulted a child was bound for state prison today to serve a sentence of 36 years to life behind bars. Luis Alfonso Martinez, 43, of La Quinta, was convicted last month of two counts each of lewd acts on a minor and oral copulation
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February is Black History Month and the Palm Springs Black History Month Committee has planned numerous fun and educational events throughout the whole month. Check out the list of events: Black History Month Kick-Off & Opening Reception, featuring the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Drill Team and Drum Squad. A Free Thursday event. Thursday,
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A $5.5 million project to fix and beautify the roads in front of the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio has been completed, officials announced today. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. at the gate one entrance, 82-503 Highway 111, to celebrate the improvements and preview the upcoming
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The Palm Desert 10 Cinema will permanently close on Sunday, Feb. 5, officials announced. The theater has tickets available on its website through Sunday with the last screening being the 7:40 p.m. showing of the Banshees of Inisherin. The theater is located at the Shops at Palm Desert mall. It was previously named the Cinemas
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Bed Bath & Beyond is closing an additional 87 stores, including one in Palm Desert, the company announced. Store Closing signs at the Bed Bath & Beyond in Palm Desert On Tuesday, the company added to its store closing list. The list now included the store at 72459 Highway 111 in Palm Desert. “This store
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People who have lost their loved ones to COVID-19 are invited to partake in a remembrance event at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert on Saturday, Feb. 4. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Organizers say that the purpose of this event is to provide a platform, “…for those who would like to express how
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Several Harry Styles fans flocked to Acrisure Arena on Monday to get an early buy on the “Love On Tour” merchandise. Merchandise is being sold to fans ahead of the shows on both nights. Harry Styles will be performing on January 31 and February 1. A big question if you plan to go, what am
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The owner of I Heart Mac & Cheese in downtown Palm Springs has filed a vandalism report with police following an incident early Sunday morning. News Channel 3 obtained security camera footage from the restaurant which shows a man and a woman pushing drinking glasses off of a counter, which sent paper confetti and broken
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department has disciplined two more officers involved in the arrest, beating and death of Tyre Nichols, the department said Monday, widening the circle of punishment for a killing that has already led to the murder indictment of five officers and outraged the nation with another display of police brutality.
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Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the popular sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” has died, her family said Monday Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement released through family spokeswoman Liza Cranis. “The passing of
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Closing arguments are expected this week in the Palm Springs quadruple murder retrial for Jose Larin Garcia. He is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Monday the prosecution called back to the witness stand its blood stain pattern interpretation expert, Craig Ogino. He
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A Desert Hot Springs man who stabbed his sister in the face pleaded guilty to two felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to eight years in prison. Juan Angel Lopez, 41, pleaded guilty to one felony count each of aggravated mayhem and mayhem, according to court records. Lopez attacked his then-35-year-old sister Jessica
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JFK Memorial Hospital CEO Gary Honts announced his retirement after 10 years at the hospital. Karen Faulis, CEO of Hi-Desert Medical Center, will expand her role to become CEO of JFK Memorial Hospital effective Jan. 30, officials with the Desert Care Network announced. “In his 10 years at JFK Memorial Hospital, Gary has done so much to advance the healthcare
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN The number of victims hurt in Monday’s Lakeland, Florida, shooting has increased to eleven after an additional victim self-transported to a hospital, according to Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor. Lakeland police have said the incident was a “targeted attack” in a Lakeland neighborhood, CNN has reported. Two of the eleven victims
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared. The move to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations would
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A 45-year-old man who was among seven people from Riverside County charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison. Andrew Alan Hernandez of Jurupa Valley in September pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting in the obstruction of an official proceeding.
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The Indio Police Department launched a “suspicious death” investigation after a man’s body was found under a bridge overnight. Police said officers responded to reports that a man was injured under the Indio Boulevard bridge, just west of Clinton Street, at around 2:05 a.m. When officers arrived at the scene, the man was dead with
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The City of La Quinta started construction on an all-weather 480-footlong bridge on Dune Palms Road over the Coachella Valley StormWater Channel on Monday, Jan. 30. Courtesy of: Dune Palms Bridge Improvement Project Flooding is a common concern with the current low-level crossing during rain events. Project representatives say that the $29.7 million infrastructure
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It happened on the Chiriaco grade at 4:15 a.m. in the freeway’s westbound lanes east of Hayfield Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP tells KESQ News Channel 3 that a big rig truck was stopped in the traffic lanes. An s-u-v was then hit by another big rig semi truck and pushed into the
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California Highway Patrol reported a power pole was knocked over in Thousand Palms after a car crashed into it. The incident was reported around 6 p.m. on Thousand Palms Canyon Road and Washington Street. Investigators said there would be a closure at Dillon Road at Thousand Palms Canyon and Washington with an unknown estimated time of reopening.
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