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An appeals court today upheld the conviction of a former school aide accused of arranging a child pornography ring out of his Desert Hot Springs home, in which three underage boys were abused. John David Yoder, 47, was convicted in early 2016 and sentenced to 24 years in state prison for molesting a boy in

Da inicio oficialmente el verano y junto con el se espera que la tercera ola de calor impacte este mes con temperaturas en los tres dígitos , hoy en el Valle de Coachella y el Paso de San Gorgonio, cerca de Banning, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Con temperaturas por la tarde que se espera

With summer temperatures expected to reduce visitation to Joshua Tree National Park, officials will close five campgrounds off to the public starting today. From Friday through around Labor Day, the following camping areas will be closed: Cottonwood Campground (Loop B) Belle Campground Ryan Campground Indian Cove Campground family sites (West Loop) Black Rock Campground, sites

An Indio police officer was acquitted today of charges that he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman during what he maintained was a consensual encounter. A Riverside jury deliberated one day before finding 36-year-old Sergio Ramirez of Palm Desert not guilty of forcible rape, forced oral copulation and bodily injury from sexual penetration. Ramirez took the

A fire that broke out in the attic of Rancho Mirage residence caused $3 million in damage, according to Cal Fire. Four firefighters were injured while battling the blaze. The fire was reported at 12:29 p.m. Tuesday on the 10 block of Furman Court, according to April Newman of the Riverside County Fire Department. Crews

Tickets will go on sale tomorrow for August’s rendition of the 2018 Splash House, which is set to include more than 30 performers and attract a plethora of partygoers to three Palm Springs hotels. Starting at noon Friday, passes will go on sale for the festival, which will be held from Aug. 10-12 at the

The median price of a home in Riverside County rose by 7 percent in May, compared with the same month a year earlier, a real estate information service announced today. According to CoreLogic, the median price of a Riverside County home was $380,000 last month, up from $355,000 in May 2017. A total of 4,154

El Colegio del Desierto anunció que extendieron el programa de tutoría para estudiantes del Valle de Coachella que graduarán en 2019. El programa PLEDGE se inició en el verano de 2017 y ha dado tutoría muchos alumnos de la región por lo que fue aprobado unánimemente por la mesa directiva del COD. Cómo información adicional

A program offering free tuition for Coachella Valley kids to attend College of the Desert campuses has been extended to include students graduating in 2019, the college announced today. The plEDGE program was launched in the summer of 2017, and provided free tuition for about 1,000 valley high school students that year, according to College

BREAKING UPDATE: An Indio police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman has been acquitted on all counts in Riverside court today. A Riverside jury deliberated one day before finding 36-year-old Sergio Ramirez of Palm Desert not guilty of forcible rape, forced oral copulation and bodily injury from sexual penetration. **** On Monday, Sergio Ramirez

Un hombre sospechoso del intento de asesinato de otro sujeto la mañana del martes temprano en Desert Hot Springs fue arrestado el miercoles. La policía de la Fuerza Especial contra Pandillas del Valle de Coachella y el Departamento de Policía de Desert Hot Springs identificaron a Guillermo Rodríguez Lara, de 22 años, de Desert Hot

A preliminary hearing is set for today for a Perris couple accused of imprisoning and starving 12 of their 13 children. David Allen Turpin, 56, and his wife, 49-year-old Louise Ann Turpin, are each charged with 12 counts of torture and false imprisonment, as well as nine counts of child abuse and seven counts of

A man suspected of the attempted murder of another man early Tuesday morning in Desert Hot Springs was arrested Wednesday. Police from the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force and the Desert Hot Springs Police Department identified Guillermo Rodriguez Lara, 22, of Desert Hot Springs as the suspect in the attempted homicide of a

Esta mañana de miercoles el supervisor de Riverside Manuel Perez asistió a la apertura de la nueva farmacia de la ciudad de Mecca junto a otras personalidades de la salud. La apertura de Mecca Pharmacy marca un hito importante para Clinicas de Salud delPueblo “, dijo Yvonne Bell, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de Clinicas. “Somos

Palm Springs City Council members hosted a public meeting to get input on the city’s transition to district elections. The resolution was approved unanimously by city council members back in April Wednesday’s meeting was the first of many public meetings to discuss details regarding district elections in Palm Springs. The city’s demographer, present his findings

Today, President Donald Trump put an end to family separation at the border when he signed an executive order aimed at maintaining family unity. Parents will now stay with their children in detention with the Department of Homeland Security. The order also instructs federal agencies to prepare facilities that could house thousands of detained immigrant

A 40-year-old man was found dead today on a hiking trail in Palm Springs. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, Christopher Wathen of Twentynine Palms located at the Skyline Trail located above the Palm Springs Museum at around 2:30 p.m. Wathen was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Riverside County coroner’s officials. A

Morongo Valley native Krista Bowman, 32, was last seen by her family on March 20, 2017, when she packed up her things into her Toyota Avalon and drove away from her mother’s house. She was heading to Colorado to meet her boyfriend. Her last known location was Fort Garland, Colorado Krista’s family told KESQ &

David and Louise Turpin will return to the Riverside County Hall of Justice tomorrow for a continuation of their preliminary hearing. Earlier in the day, a mistrial was requested by the defense. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ/status/1009579590652579840″,”author_name”:”Jeremy Chen”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Judge says they will adjourn court and continue tomorrow morning as further arguments will be made. Prelim continues on.