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Friends of an Indio family are asking for help after the family was displaced by a fire that sparked at their home last week. The fire happened just before midnight last Wednesday in the 81000 block of Avenida Gonzalez. It didn’t take long for firefighters to contain the blaze but the garage and two bedrooms

The Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs has selected a Cathedral City High School senior for its 2015 Youth of the Year award. Congratulations to Alejandro Flores! Club members said the Youth of the Year award is the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs’ premier way to recognize one exceptional member for serving

The second man accused in a North Shore armed robbery from March 13 was arrested early Friday morning, just one day after his alleged accomplice was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio. Rafael Isais Murua was taken into custody around 1 a.m. Friday in the 72000 block of Fantail Drive in North Shore

Officials with Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs announced a new nightclub will be opening at the hotel this spring. Bardot (bar-dough), located in Hollywood, is expanding its brand of nightlife to Palm Springs. Construction of the new lounge is already underway and it’s expected to open in June, according to the release. The hotel is

Hoy a la 1:20 a.m. las autoridades recibieron una llamada que reportaba un incendio en una casa ubicada sobre la manzana 12600 de Sumac Road en Desert Hot Springs. Cuando los bomberos llegaron al lugar se encontraron con que las llamas que haban iniciado en la cochera ya se haba extendido al resto de la

The USGS reports an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 struck in Joshua Tree National Park at 8:37 am Friday. The preliminary magnitude was 3.7. The temblor was centered 14 miles south of Twentynine Palms and 17 miles northeast of Indio. This is the fourth quake in the last 30 days with a magnitude greater

Un agente del Departamento de Polica de Indio est bajo investigacin por supuestamente divulgar informacin confidencial. De acuerdo con el reporte oficial, el Departamento del Alguacil del Condado de Riverside inicio el proceso de investigacin la semana pasada y fue despedido temporalmente con gozo de sueldo el pasado jueves. La polica de Indio seal que

El Departamento del Alguacil del Condado de Riverside emiti la causa de muerte de Omar Meza, un empresario de Los Angeles que fue encontrado muerto en un estanque de agua en un campo de golf en Palm Desert el pasado mes de enero. De acuerdo a los resultados de la autopsia, Meza muri a consecuencia

The family of a Desert Hot Springs teenager who ran away from home said their daughter is back home after “five gut-wrenching days.” The girl ran away from home just before midnight on Sunday, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. Officers put out an alert to the community a few days after the

A man has been fired from his job as a “hospitality ambassador” in Berkeley after video surfaced that appears to show him beating up a homeless man. Berkeley’s ambassador program is coordinated through the Downtown Berkeley Association, a non-profit group. Downtown Berkeley Association CEO John Caner apologized for the incident and said the man was

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has released the cause of death of Omar Meza, the Los Angeles businessman who was found dead in a Palm Desert golf course pond back in January. According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office, Meza’s cause of death is listed as Drowning with “other significant conditions being acute ethanol intoxication.”

An Indio police officer is being investigated for allegedly releasing confidential information. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department began the investigation last week and the officer was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday. Indio police say the officer has been with the department for 16 years. There’s no word on what information the officer may have

It took fire crews about a half an hour to knock down a fire at the Arabian Gardens Mobile Home Park in Indio. The fire at the park on the 43 500 block of Clinton Street started around six thirty tonight. Four people, two adults and two children are receiving aid from the Red Cross

Hyatt Hotels and Rael Development Corporation will be building an Andaz hotel in downtown Palm Springs. The 150-guestroom, 17-suite Andaz Palm Springs Hotel is expected to be complete by late 2016. The hotel will be located on Alejo Road between Indian Canyon Drive and Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs. It will be built

Riverside County is now the 10th largest in the country. It’s a distinction county leaders hope will lead to more prosperity. “We are really taking our place among the major urban counties in America,” said Supervisor Chairman Chuck Washington. Riverside County is the ninth fastest growing country, a population boon that put it ahead of

April Gonzalez said a knock on the door was all that alerted her and her dog Kirby as flames ripped through the apartment units above them Wednesday just before 4 p.m. “It was the maintenance man he said to get out of the apartment. I just grabbed the dog and got out of the apartment.

“We’ve always had a big television footprint in the Asian countries,” said Gabe Codding, director of the ANA Inspiration LPGA tournament, formerly known as the Kraft Nabisco. “But now that we have an official airline, I think people will start to flood the valley.” All Nippon Airways, Japan’s leading air carrier, hopes its partnership with

A huge selection of desert native and desert-adapted plants will be for sale this weekend as the Living Desert gets set for its annual Spring Plant Sale. Officials said the event includes rare, hard-to-find desert plants, and one of the best selections of southwestern desert plants in the state. Plus, all garden dcor, books, garden

Un hombre de Los Angeles enfrenta varios cargos criminales hoy despus de que fuera desmantelada una red de robo de identidad y fraude. La investigacin comenz despus de que autoridades se percataran de un depsito sospechoso realizado en el banco El Paseo en Palm Desert. Dicha investigacin dirigi a los uniformados a un hombre quien

Nuevas cifras difundidas este jueves por el Bur de Censo de los Estados Unidos revel que el Condado de Riverside se esta convirtiendo en uno de los sectores ms poblados de toda la nacin. De acuerdo con el reporte, California fue el estado con ms habitantes en el 2014, con 38.8 millones de residentes. Texas