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A woman and her dogs were found dead after a fire at a Desert Hot Springs home Thursday. The blaze was reported at 8:39 a.m. in the single-family residence in the 9000 block of Calle de Vecinos, said Tawny Cabral of the Riverside County Fire Department. No injuries were initially reported in connection with the

Jurors have not reached a verdict in the trial of in the trial of a transient accused of stabbing a homeless woman to death in Palm Springs because he claimed she was threatening his life and the lives of other members of the city’s homeless community. As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, jurors had been deliberating

A free public wifi hotspot was unveiled Tuesday morning for local farmworkers and their families living at an Indio housing complex, providing the residents with internet connectivity, as well as a renovated computer lab. The wifi hotspot, is one of six installed throughout the Coachella Valley by Frontier Communications for the residents of the Villa

Una persona fue llevada al hospital con heridas graves despues de que un incendio en una comundiad de casas móviles se registro en la ciudad de Indio hoy martes por la mañana. Ocurrió en la cuadra 81-700 de Indio Boulevard en dirección sur, el área fue cerrado debido al fuego y a las fuertes llamas

Un sujeto que dijo pertenecer a un cártel de la droga y quien disparó un rifle afuera del restaurante Santa Fe que se ubica sobre Ramon Road en Cathedral City se presentó en corte y se declaró culpable de las acusaciones por lo que de inmediato fue sentenciado a siete años en prisión estatal. Se

Officers located Dempster and notified the media at 11:15 p.m. Monday night. ————————————— Palm Springs police officers are looking for a missing “at risk” dementia patient. 87-year-old Harry Dempster was last seen at around 8:45 p.m. on Sunrise and Ramon wearing a white baseball cap, yellow jacket, blue shirt and blue pants. Dempster is 5’7,

The South Coast Air Quality Management District held a leaf blower exchange on Monday after Palm Springs voted to ban gas powered leaf blowers. The city council voted last month to phase out gas blowers in favor of electric and battery powered leaf blowers. The council decided to steer away from a total leaf blower

Local congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz discussed the solar industry Monday afternoon at a meet and greet tour of one of the Coachella Valley’s largest solar companies. The Representative visited Renova Solar in Palm Desert, to get a first-hand account of the impact of the local solar industry. He met with the founder and CEO -and

A 25-year-old man who allegedly entered a Palm Springs Walmart bathroom stall occupied by a teenager and committed a sex act in front of her pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Monday for charges of attempted lewd acts on a minor, burglary, false imprisonment, indecent exposure and child annoyance. Tyler Ray Berthoud of Oak

A local man is continuing to fight to recover after suffering major brain trauma and being in a coma one year ago. The Rancho Mirage family says their lives were changed when a group of teens nearly took Trey O’Connor’s life. His dad, Richard O’Connor, remembers the day he was told that his 18-year-old son,

The City of Indio has been awarded funding through Caltrans’ Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program for a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Master Plan. The grant will fund a comprehensive SRTS Master Plan, providing a framework for safety improvements around schools. The plan focuses on non-motorized transportation options within a one-half mile radius around the

The Rancho Mirage Rattlers football team is coming off a trip to the CIF Championship game in 2016 where they fell on the final play. An 8-3 season with a De Anza League Title but 20-players graduated from that roster and they are expecting the young players to step up in key roles with the

He’s a 28-year-old turning heads at an NFL Training Camp. A quarter life older than his fellow Buffalo Bill rookie teammates. 10-years ago Jordan Mudge was taking the field for the Desert Hot Springs Golden Eagles, and now 2,500 miles away in up-state New York with an NFL roster spot in sight. “Pretty surreal, out

Our Spotlight Grant recipient for August is the Health Assessment and Research for Communities also known as HARC. Founded 11 years ago, HARC’s sole purpose is to provide research to improve health and quality of life. Every three years HARC conducts a community-wide survey of the health of the region. “We work for other organizations

Firefighters battled a residential structure fire that broke out shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Monday. CAL FIRE and Riverside County Firefighters responded to reports of a residential structure fire in the Palm Desert Gardens at the 73000 block of Haystack Mountain Drive in Palm Desert. The first arriving engine company reported an attic fire in

Una cuadrilla de bomberos combatió un incendio residencial que comenzó un poco antes de las 12:30pm el lunes. Cal Fire y el cuerpo de bomberos del Condado de Riverside respondieron a un reporte de una estructura residencial envuelta en llamas en Palm Desert Gardens sobre 73000 de Haystack Mountain Drive en Palm Desert. Los primeros

A man who claimed to be a member of a drug cartel and fired a gun outside a Cathedral City restaurant pleaded guilty Monday to a felony count of criminal threats and was sentenced to seven years in stateprison. Manuel Ochoa, 22, admitted to the February 9 shooting Monday, which occurred outside the Santa Fe

Un hombre de 25 años que presuntamente entró al urinario de la tienda Walmart de Palm Springs ocupado por una adolecente de 13 años y cometió un acto sexual en frente de ella se declaró no culpable durante su juicio el lunes. Los cargos en su contra fueron por intento de realizar actos lujuriosos, robo,

The search is on for a Mecca man suspected in the shooting deaths of two male adults in Menifee. On Sunday at about 10:59 PM, deputies from the Perris Station responded to the 25000 block of Waldon Road regarding a call of an unknown trouble. Upon arrival deputies found two Hispanic male adults dead with

Los emprendedores de habla hispana interesados en iniciar un negocio en el Valle de Coachella pueden aprender los fundamentos para hacerlo en un programa ofrecido en español y sin costo alguno. El programa Emprendedores, ofrecido por el Condado de Riverside en asociación con el Consulado de Mexico en San Bernardino, consistirá en sesiones de capacitación