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A Desert Hot Springs gang member who killed a U.S. Marine and a 17-year-old boy was found dead in his death row cell at San Quentin State Prison, authorities said Thursday. An autopsy was pending to determine the cause of 40-year-old Emilio Manuel Avalos’ death, according to the Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation. A spokesman

Se revela el nombre de las tres personas que perdierón la vida en el choque de la semana pasada que involucró dos camiones de carga en la I-10 en Desert Center. La oficina forense del condado de Riverside identificó a las víctimas como Nicholas Dearinger de 16 años de Beaumont, Donald Dearinger de 52 años

A Miami woman pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property in connection with a rash of cell phone thefts at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival and was immediately sentenced to three years probation. Multiple counts of grand theft filed against Brenda Cansino, 30, were dismissed as part of her

(AP) – Del hazmerreír en las Grandes Ligas a un equipo que al fin le hace honor a su nombre. Estos Astros sí se ubican en lo más alto del firmamento. Por primera vez en su historia, los Astros de Houston se proclamaron campeones de la Serie Mundial, al doblegar el miercoles 5-1 a los

Some east valley students were moving and grooving on Monday while learning about protecting our environment. Mr. Eco, an environmental rap superhero, visited students at James Madison Elementary School in Indio to teach them about conserving energy, climate change and the negative impacts of food waste. “I feel like that encompasses all the aspects of

An 18-year-old Thermal woman arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run for allegedly causing a fatal crash, then fleeing the scene, was released from custody Wednesday after posting $75,000 bail. Hanna Felix is accused of making a left turn in front of a GMC Sierra whose 19-year-old driver swerved in an unsuccessful effort to

Every 23 seconds someone hears the words, “You have diabetes,” according to the American Diabetes Association. Ernesto Rosales is one of those people who was diagnosed, and it nearly cost him his life. After 16 years of insulin injections, it all almost came to an end on July 10, 2017. “I had a change of

On Wednesday, officers were being debriefed on the Pulse nightclub shooting at the COPSWEST Expo & Training event held at the Palm Springs Convention Center, across the city organizers for the Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival were handling last-minute details. Read:California Peace Officers’ Association Expo in Palm Springs This all just one day after the

Hundreds gathered in Palm Springs Wednesday for a vigil to honor longtime resident and LGBT activist George Zander. On November 1, 2015, Zander and his husband were attacked outside a Palm Springs bar. Zander died a month after the attack. Read: LGBT advocate George Zander passes away Two men, Christopher James Carr and Keith Edward

People across the Coachella Valley packed into sports bars to watch the final game of the World Series. Cheers were few and far between at the Beer Hunter in La Quinta. The vast majority of customers were Dodger fans, but the few Astros fans at the bar were ecstatic for the 5-1 win in Game

At the corner of Harrison and Cairo streets in Coachella, you’ll find Mien Tao Church of Health, Body, and Mind. At the church, you’ll also find a place where a variety of marijuana products can be purchased, along with “budtenders” to help. But that’s not the only church on the block offering more than just

A new law authored by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia is aiming to help improve English literacy in the eastern Coachella Valley. Assemblyman Garcia and teachers from Mecca Elementary School celebrated the passage of AB 1453 Wednesday morning. AB 1453 will allow school district to use their own busses to pick up adult volunteers and sent them

Detectives will try Wednesday to determine why the father of a first-grade student at a Riverside elementary school came onto the campus and held a teacher hostage in a classroom for nearly seven hours before he was shot to death by the Riverside Police Department SWAT Team. The teacher taken hostage teaches first grade and

An old grenade was found in Martha’s Village Store on the 45500 block of Fargo Street in Indio. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JoeGalliNews/status/925858889156902912″,”author_name”:”Joe Galli”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JoeGalliNews”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Breaking&#lt;/a&#gt;: Indio police are waiting for the bomb squad after a grenade was found in a drawer at Martha’s village store. Details to come. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/5oLS4BtNUw”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/5oLS4BtNUw&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Joe Galli (@JoeGalliNews) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/JoeGalliNews/status/925858889156902912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;November 1,

Un hombre está en condición crítica de salud despues de recibir un impacto de bala cerca del Parque Indio el martes por la noche. El tiroteo sucedio en la intersección de la Avenida Primrose y Bamboo Street al filo de las 11:20 pm. Por lo menos una persona recibió un impacto de bala, ese hombre

Criminal charges were filed Wednesday against three men who allegedly burglarized a Desert Hot Springs home. Marcus Kennedy and Danny Valdez, both 25, and Isaiah Stagg, 27, all of Desert Hot Springs, are accused in a Monday morning break-in at a home in the 67900 block of Ava Court. The trio were caught about three

Las autoridades de la ciudad de Coachella llevan mas de un año tratando de cancelar dispensarios de marihuana ya que es ilegal vender ese enervante en dicha ciudad. El alcalde de la ciudad Steve Hernández dice que no esta permitido vender marihuana en la ciudad de Coachella; es por esa razón que tiene demandado dos

Una posible granada fue encontrada en Martha’s Village en la cuadra 45500 de Fargo Street en Indio. La posible granada, es descrita por la policía como una “granada antigua” fue encontrada en el área de vestidor. Por el momento autoridades aconseja a todos mantenerse alejados del área. Esta es una noticia en desarrollo.

The Indian Wells Tennis Garden — home of the BNP Paribas Open — will host two new professional tennis tournaments, with direct implications for next year’s annual tourney, it was announced Wednesday. The Oracle Challenger Series will feature a men’s and women’s event just prior to the 2018 BNP Paribas Open, with the top two

UPDATE 9:50 a.m.: Southbound lanes of Highway 111 are now open, the number 2 lane remains closed between Gateway Drive and Overture Drive. ——————————————————————————————— ORIGINAL: Police and medics were on the scene of a rollover wreck on Highway 111 Wednesday morning that blocked southbound Highway 111. A watch commander said a driver heavy-duty construction truck