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An Indio man convicted of slashing his girlfriend’s throat with a box cutter, then running the 41-year-old high school teacher over with her Toyota Prius after the initial attack failed to kill her, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge handed down the sentence Friday morning. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ/status/916362010647977984″,”author_name”:”Jeremy Chen”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p

A former Palm Springs city employee has been charged with embezzlement for allegedly using about $25,000 worth of city equipment for personal use. Steven Dewayne Rakestraw, 44, the city’s former fleet services manager, was charged Thursday for allegedly purchasing vehicle parts using city funds and stealing a tractor registered to and owned by Palm Springs.

Doctor Mona Khanna has been in Puerto Rico the past two weeks with the rest of her disaster medical assistance team. The team has set up tents in San Juan outside of the main hospital to treat patients that have been injured. Khanna says that they have been treating patients mostly for orthopedic injuries such

A second man suspected in an attempted robbery at a Domino’s Pizza and a robbery at Dollar Tree in August has been arrested. According to Indio Police, Anthony Quintana was out on bail at the time of the Aug. 8th crimes. The Imperial County Narcotics Task Force and Mexican authorities helped take Quintana into custody

A 19-year-old man accused of robbing an Indio discount store and trying to hold up a pizza business across the street within a seven-minute period, then spending nearly two months on the run, pleaded not guilty Friday to robbery and attempted robbery charges. Anthony Quintana, 19, of Indio, was arrested Tuesday night near Avenue 66

Los investigadores estaban trabajando durante el segundo día para determinar si los restos humanos encontrados en Sky Valley, una zona no incorporada al este de Desert Hot Springs, son los de una mujer de 23 años que desapareció en 2009 en el Valle de San Fernando. Los restos descompuestos fueron hallados enterrados cerca de Hot

Beaumont is seeking to fill a councilmember vacancy, this after Mark Orozco was removed by the City Council on Tuesday following his guilty plea in September to a bribery and perjury case. Orozco will be sentenced to three years probation on Oct. 24, and as part of his plea agreement he will pay a $10,000

A Colorado man suspected of fatally shooting a woman inside an Indio motel room following a botched drug deal was ordered Thursday to stand trial. Aaron Drayer, 21, of Denver, is charged with murder and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a firearm in the Jan. 15 shooting death of 32- year-old Liliana Arellano-Yanez. According to

A bicyclist was struck and killed in a collision with a car in Yucca Valley on Thursday. A male adult was riding a bicycle and pulling a small trailer, eastbound along Twentynine Palms Highway in the number two eastbound traffic lane, near Prescott Avenue. A driver identified as Diego Kim, was driving eastbound in the

Former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, along with developers Richard Meaney and John Wessman, are expected to be arraigned in an Indio courtroom Friday on multiple bribery and corruption charges. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office alleges Pougnet accepted $375,000 in bribes from Meaney and Wessman, in exchange for political influence on city development projects.

UPDATE: Palm Springs police officers were investigating a suicide. The roads were set to be reopened within a couple of hours ————————————————————- West Arenas Road to S Tahquitz Drive in Palm Springs was closed Thursday evening due to police activity. We have a crew on scene working on gathering information, check back for updates.

Police found a would-be thief stuck inside an air vent after responding to a burglary in progress at a Desert Hot Springs home, two other suspects were arrested in the incident. Desert Hot Springs police officers received the call at around 8:20 a.m. at a residence located in the 66600 block of Flora Avenue near

Emergency crews are responding to an incident at Shadow Hills High School. Cal Fire dispatched a Hazmat crew and other emergency personnel shortly before 12:30 p.m. due to an unknown odor causing several students to report being ill. All students and faculty were evacuated to the school football stadium while emergency crews investigate. Cal Fire

A man who stabbed a fellow transient at an Indio homeless shelter pleaded guilty Thursday to assault with a deadly weapon and was immediately sentenced to five years in state prison. Anthony Edward Sanchez, 21, of Riverside, was arrested following the alleged attack that occurred around noon May 23 at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission,

Equipos de emergencia se dirigieron a la escuela Shadow Hills high school un poco despues del mediodia de hoy jueves Cal fire envió a un equipo especializado en el manejo de sustancias quimicas hazmat así como a otros departamentos de emergencia debido a un fuerte olor que provocó que algunos estudiantes se sintieran mal de

Ayer fue la fecha limite para que los soñadores mandaran su paquete de renovacion para el programa DACA . El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS) únicamente aceptará peticiones de renovación para DACA y las peticiones de autorización de empleo asociadas a estas que hayan recibido físicamente en la dirección correcta el

21-year-old Robin Lee Rennaker of Morongo Valley was arrested for making criminal threats, among numerous charges after he posted a picture of a rifle on FaceBook threating to kill many people “for the Islamic state of Iraq bismillah.” “Just bought this puppy from the gun store today finna (sic) test it out at the shooting

El gobernador de California, Jerry Brown, promulgó el jueves una ley sobre las “ciudades santuario” que amplía las protecciones para los inmigrantes que se encuentran ilegalmente en Estados Unidos, dando al estado más poblado de la nación otro recurso para resistir la ofensiva del gobierno de Donald Trump contra la inmigración ilegal. De acuerdo con