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Thousands of comic book fans showed up at the Riverside County fairgrounds for the City of Indio’s Fantasia Comic Con which started Saturday. They were treated to panels, booths, cosplay, video games and vendors with a wide assortment of pop culture icons. This is the second year of the event and headlining was Kevin Eastman

A few local special needs children were gifted with adaptive bikes Saturday thanks to Variety, the Children’s Charity of the Desert. Eight kids were chosen to receive the special bikes. In February, the eight recipients were evaluated and custom fitted for their adaptive bikes with SoCal Trykers, a chapter of AmTryke; Kevin Hams, Tony Valenzula,

A man was struck and killed by a motorist on the 60 Freeway in Beaumont early Saturday morning. The incident was reported just before 5 a.m. on the eastbound freeway at Jack Rabbit Trail in Moreno Valley, said the the California Highway Patrol. Two lanes of the eastbound freeway were closed while the coroner’s office

Lanes are blocked on the westbound 10 freeway as hay fell out of a semi-truck causing oncoming vehicles to crash into it Saturday morning. The crash happened just east of the Washington Street exit. The California Highway Patrol received the call just after 6:30 a.m. CHP reports at least one person was transported hospital. At

Crews will broke ground Friday on the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians’ 5.8-acre cultural center in downtown Palm Springs. Set to open in 2020, the center will include a museum, bathhouse, plaza, gardens and an “Oasis Trail” snaking between the museum and spa. Tribal officials announced plans to build the center last fall, which

‘The Saguaro’ in Palm Springs is ready for summer, launching a new brand this season and fun events planned these next few months. Other local hotels also hoping to drive traffic through their doors. “There’s tons of competition, it’s all friendly, but there’s a lot of rooms and a lot of pools and a lot

A llama that escaped its pen today and ended up wandering the streets of Jurupa Valley was safely corralled by animal control officers, who were on the receiving end of a spit volley spewed by the unhappy creature. Riverside County Department of Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said the llama, which is a distant relative

A couple accused of illegally manufacturing and modifying rifles to sell out of their Moreno Valley home made their joint initial court appearance today after the unsealing of a grand jury indictment containing 70 felony allegations. Bearl Andrew Leach, 33, and Sarah Anne Leach, 27, were arrested Tuesday after the indictment was handed down based

Every year the California Legislative Jewish Caucus honors Holocaust survivors and their families statewide. A local woman is among the 39 people being honored this year. The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage held a special ceremony today to honor local child Holocaust survivor, Rose Peppin. “I believe as a child survivor that I represent

A Coachella man who was shot eight times by an Indio police officer after firing a gun at a Coachella mobile home park pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm at an officer today and was immediately sentenced to three years probation. Mario Alberto Soto, 43, was convicted last month of shooting at an inhabited dwelling

Two young men who allegedly assaulted and robbed a woman in Sky Valley, in an attack that left the victim unconscious and stranded in the desert, were in custody today, the sheriff’s department announced. Oscar Esqueda of Palm Desert and Joseph Verdusco of Coachella, are accused in the May 2 predawn attack on the woman,

Confirman aterrador crimen de ciclistas en Chiapas, su familia los habai reportado como desaparecidos despues que ambos extranjeros publicaran en sus redes sociales los recorridos que llevaban a cabo y disfrutaban de su “aventura ” por Mexico. El hombre de origen Polaco habria muerto de un golpe en la cabeza causado por un objeto contundente

Las cuadrillas comenzarán la construcción el viernes en el centro cultural de 5,8 acres de la comunidad Agua Caliente Cahuilla en el centro de Palm Springs. Este proyecto se espera que este completo en el 2020, el centro incluirá un museo, una casa de baños, una plaza, jardines y un “Oasis Trail” entre el museo

An Indio resident convicted last year of stabbing two men — one of them fatally — at a home in Thermal while searching for his ex-girlfriend was granted a new trial today by a judge who ruled that the jury’s verdicts were inconsistent and the defendant may have been acting in self-defense. Abel Arellano Jr.,

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) – Por tercera vez en una semana un candidato a un puesto de elección popular fue asesinado. Remedios Aguirre, aspirante a alcalde de Apaseo el Alto en el estado de Guanajuato, en el centro de Mexico, ha sido la última víctima mortal, informó Ricardo Sheffield, el candidato de su mismo partido,

If you vote by mail, then be on the look-out for your election ballots because they should be in your mailbox this week. Vote-by-mail ballots for the June 5 primary election are officially on the way to voters. There are a lot of important races on the ballot. Voters will be choosing the top two

Palm Springs is home to more than 2,000 vacation rentals and soon residents will have a choice whether to create a prohibition on those rentals through Measure C. A yes vote means no short-term rentals and a no vote means yes, short terms rentals will stay the same. Thursday night’s forum brought together both sides

The anti-vacation rentals group, Palm Springs Neighbors for Neighborhoods, has filed a complaint against the City of Palm Springs over to a mailer sent out about short-term rentals. The mailer was sent out to residents this past weekend by the city. Rob Grimm, campaign manager for the VoteYesOnC group stated, “The postcard was paid for

After a voting rights group threatened litigation against Palm Springs, alleging that the city is violating the California Voting Rights Act by conducting at-large elections, city officials will hold a public meeting today to discuss a possible switch to district-based elections. The city received a letter last month from an attorney representing the nonprofit Southwest