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Newly crowned International Boxing Federation bantamweight titleholder Randy Caballero served as grand marshal of Coachella’s annual Christmas parade Friday night. The parade featuring floats decorated with Christmas lights, festive bands playing holiday tunes marched down city streets and ended up at Veterans Park. The theme is “A Parade of Christmas Ornaments.” Caballero (22-0, 13 knockouts),

The Palm Springs Indians defeated the Serrano Diamondbacks 24-21 to win the CIF-SS Eastern Division Title. This is the school’s 2nd CIF title, the Indians beat Serrano High School previously in 2009 for their other championship. Chris Alvarez anchors the coverage from the studio, while Angelo Caruso reports from Serrano High School.

Police responded to reports of a shooting just before ten o’clock Friday night in the area of Ave El Mundo and Baristo Rd. As police got one scene they found three people with gunshot wounds. Officers were on scene immediately and found the crime scene in the area of the 31450 block of Sky Blue

Firefighters in Desert Hot Springs responded to a structure fire on 8th Street about 7:00 p.m.. Firefighters say the fire was in an outbuilding and no homes were threatened. There are no reports of injuries. Fire crews were expected to clear the scene by 8:00 p.m.. A viewer sent this photo to News Channel 3/CBS

Two major roads have reopened in Palm Springs after flooding in the Whitewater Wash created problems for thousands of drivers in the Coachella Valley. Gene Autry Trail reopened around 10:30 a.m. Friday and Vista Chino was back open around 3:45 p.m. N. Indian Canyon Drive and Araby Drive are all still closed at the wash.

Una recompensa de $12, 000 es ofrecida por el Centro Islmico de Coachella para dar con l o los responsables del tiroteo destinado a su mezquita el pasado 4 de noviembre. Como recordar, la balacera se report al filo de las 5 de la maana en la cuadra 600 de la Avenida 49 en Coachella

Una coalicin de 17 estados entabl el mircoles una demanda por la reciente accin ejecutiva del presidente Barack Obama sobre inmigracin, alegando que la medida “atropella” fracciones clave de la Constitucin de Estados Unidos. Muchos lderes republicanos han criticado la medida unilateral de Obama, la cual fue diseada para proteger de la deportacin a cerca

The Islamic Society of the Coachella Valley is offering a $12,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest after someone shot at its mosque on November 4. The center put up $10,000 of the reward and the city of Coachella added $2000. A news conference took place at 10 a.m. Friday at Coachella City

Este fin de semana se llevar a cabo una caminata para beneficar al mejor amigo del hombre. Le hablo de nuestras mascotas y como lo prometido es deuda tome nota porque se realizar el 14 evento anual el sbado 6 de diciembre en el Palm Desert Civic park, tal como se lo mencionamos el viernes

For pet owners, like Alexandra Melnick, it was a suspenseful wait outside of the Riverside County Animal Shelter Thursday. Melnick, a Marine veteran, drove two hours to Thousand Palms to see for herself if her beloved German Shepard, Kai, was inside. “I’m so nervous,” Melnick said. “He helps with my PTSD. It’s been really difficult

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for the Riverside County Mountains and San Bernardino County Mountains. The Flash Flood Watch will remain in effect through Wednesday morning. Moderate to heavy rainfall will bring the potential for flash flooding late Tuesday morning into Wednesday morning. Heavy rain is expected Tuesday afternoon and

A California senator along with two other senators from New England are helping lead a call for action against outlet stores whose marketing practices mislead consumers. Sen. Anna Eshoo of California along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Edith Ramirez

The film ‘The Imitation Game’ will be presented with the Ensemble Performance Award at the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. The award will honor the film’s cast, which includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance and Mark Strong. “The Imitation Game is one

Now the clean-up begins after an overnight downpour triggered flash flooding and mudslides in the town of Gilman Hot Spring, south of Beaumont just east of Highway 79. The water and mud trapped people in their cars and homes. County Public Works crews were very busy Thursday trying to clear the mud, 5 feet of

Una tormenta de lluvia provoc serios daos deslizamientos de lodo e indundaciones. Lo ltimo de una tormenta de tres das de duracin ha provocado estragos cerca de San Jacinto. Anoche, serias inundaciones y deslaves de lodo fueron reportados en la ciudad de Gilman Hot Springs, justo al este de la Carretera 79. Por lo menos

With some of the major roads closed around the Whitewater Wash the alternate routes were bumper to bumper at times today. Road closures are making it hard to get in or out of Palm Springs. Gene Autry Trail, Vista Chino, and Indian Canyon Drive are closed through the Whitewater Wash. Motorists can were backed up

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies closed southbound Washington Street in Palm Desert Wednesday night and early Thursday morning from Hovley Lane to Avenue of the States as they investigated a car-to-car shooting. Officers from the Palm Desert Police Department were called to the scene around 9 p.m. Police said there was apparently a confrontation between the

New details have been released regarding a man accused of murdering a Cathedral City resident after posing as a potential buyer of the victim’s Mercedes-Benz on Craigslist. Detectives from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested 29-year-old Fontana resident, Gabriel Gayton Cardenas, for the murder of Victor Mendoza. Mendoza had met with Cardenas on November 11,

The Living Desert has welcomed a 5-year-old Mexican Wolf named ‘Desi’ to its family. Zookeepers said Mexican wolves are the most endangered wolf and smallest of the gray wolf subspecies. Desi was born in 2009 at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s pre-release facility in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge near Socorro, New Mexico. This

The Riverside Count Coroner’s Office is investigating after a 58-year-old man was found deceased on the Lykken Trail Tuesday morning. Emergency crews were called to the scene around 9:30 a.m. The trail is located just off Mesquite Avenue near La Mirada Road. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified the man Thursday afternoon as 58-year-old Scott