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The 25th anniversary of the weekly Palm Springs VillageFest will be celebrated Thursday with some St. Patrick’s Day flavor. The festivities begin at 6 p.m., when attendees will start filling the streets for a live performance of fusion rock bagpipers, guitarists, keyboardists and drummers on the main VillageFest stage at the corner of Tahquitz Canyon

A Thousand Palms man was taken into custody late Tuesday evening after police said he stole a swimming pool pump from a vacation rental home on the 1600 block of Via Roberto Miguel. Patrol officers were called to the home at 9:32 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a pool pump theft alarm. The

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has released the 2015 crime statistics report, a move that officials said will take place during the first quarter of every year. The cumulative report contains crime data as reported by all city police departments and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, including all contract cities served by the sheriff’s

Hoy a las 4:41 a.m. ocurri un choque entre dos coches sobre la Expressway 86 y la Avenida 56 en Thermal, lamentablemente una persona muri y dos ms resultaron lesionadas y fueron transportadas al hospital aunque no se ha especificado la gravedad de sus heridas. El flujo vehicular fue desviado por el CHP mientras que

A 19-year old man is in custody accused of holding up a Chevron station in Coachella. Authorities say Cesar Cazares handed the clerk a note, pulled-out a gun, and then took-off. Investigators were able to identify Cazares as a local transient and tracked him down in the Indio Hills area on Sunday. Police recovered a

Colon cancer is the second deadliest type of cancer in the country, killing about 50,000 people a year, with 150,000 new people diagnosed annually. Eisenhower Medical Center is hosting the 13th Annual Community Cancer Awareness Day at Lucy Curci Cancer Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Organizers have set up an interactive exhibit

The University of California has revised a proposed policy on intolerance to include “anti-Zionism” and antisemitism as forms of discrimination that won’t be tolerated on UC’s 10 campuses. The draft document released Tuesday was applauded by Jewish organizations that had demanded more be done to protect students against anti-Semitism after several high-profile incidents, including one

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued an apology for jokes Chris Rock made about asians while hosting the 20-16 Oscars. The comedian was recognizing the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers as the official ballot counter for the award show when he brought three asian kids on stage. Rock hailed the

Growing concerns over the potential of a cellphone tower going up at a local church. Parents with students in the schools at the Palm Desert Oasis Church said they don’t want the tower to go up. But the church said the tower is going up. Gregory Clark is the senior pastor at the Seventh-day Adventist

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is planning a celebration to honor the Desert Mirage High School boys soccer team for its perfect season this year. The team claimed the title on Saturday and made CVUSD history by winning every single game of the season, ending with a 26-0 record. “The boys soccer team achieved

Nuevos lderes policiales en palm springs buscan maneras de mejorar las relaciones humanas en su comunidad.Cmo? Utilizando la ms alta tecnologa y colocando ms oficiales en las calles. El Jefe de polica Bryan Reyes y el Capitan Walter Combs llevaron a cabo su primer reunin anoche ante la Comisin de Relaciones Humanas. Los temas que

A man from the United States is facing charges of attempted drug smuggling after Border Patrol agents found nearly 24 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in his car at the Highway 86 checkpoint on Tuesday. Agents said the 25-year-old man’s Honda was searched at a secondary inspection and authorities discovered packages of methamphetamine hidden in the

Cinco das antes de que se realice el primer viaje de un presidente de Estados Unidos a La Habana en casi 90 aos, el gobierno de Barack Obama le propin una serie de golpes al embargo comercial a Cuba al convertir la prohibicin de viajar a la isla en un sistema que depende de que

Extra Desert Hot Springs police officers will be on the road looking for intoxicated drivers as folks begin to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Tragically, March 17 has become one of the nation’s deadliest holidays. In fact, from 2010 to 2014, almost three-fourths of the drunk-driving fatalities during this holiday period involved drivers who had blood-alcohol

Five people, including a student, were hurt Tuesday morning when a car struck a school bus in Thermal, but all of the injuries were described as minor. The crash was reported at 6:27 a.m. at the intersection of 60th Avenue and Polk Street. Jose Meza, 45, of Mecca, was headed west on 60th Avenue and

The new leaders of a desert police department are looking for ways to improve race relations, use the newest technology and get more officers on the beat. On Monday new Palm Springs Police Chief Bryan Reyes and Capt. Walter Combs had their first meeting with the city’s Human Rights Commission. “It’s always a good opportunity

Las autoridades investigan una serie de incendios ocurridos en el ltimo menos mes que suman por lo menos 10 , el mas reciente ocurri ayer por la maana cuando un edificio vacante ardi en llamas y se colaps, tan solo el domingo, un da antes se habia incendiado una vivienda. Las autoridades piden a la

Cal Fire and Riverside County Firefighters were battling a blaze that sparked at an abandoned building in the 13000 block of Palm Drive on Monday morning. The 5,000 square-foot building is located at the corner of Palm Drive and Hacienda Avenue, and only a skeleton of the building remains Monday afternoon. This is just one

The coroner’s office has identified the man who died after being hit by a car at the intersection of E. Arenas Road and Calle El Segundo in Palm Springs on Friday night. Cathedral City resident Douglas Decker, 71, was struck while he was in the roadway, shortly after 8 p.m. Decker was rushed to Desert

The Palm Springs Police Department released new surveillance photos on Monday as officers continue to search for three suspects who were involved in an apparent shooting on Saturday, March 5. The incident happened at 2 p.m. that day at the northwest corner of Calle Encilia and Saturnino Road. Officers said one of the victims was