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A 60-year-old man has been identified after he was hit and killed by a car in Palm Springs early Saturday evening. Michael Kozmiuk was walking across east Ramon Road, just west of Sunrise Way, around 5:30 p.m. when he was struck by the car. Police arrived to find him lying in the roadway. Kozmuik was

The Riverside County Public Defender’s Office is expected to be served Tuesday with at least the third legal action in as many years alleging workplace discrimination based on sex, according to Attorney Megan Beaman. The plaintiff is a former Riverside County deputy public defender who worked for the office from 2006 to 2012. Beaman said

A 36-year-old Pennsylvania man had to call for help after becoming lost in Joshua Tree National Park as it became dark Monday night. Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the man called for help shortly after 5 p.m. He was hiking and went off the marked trail and didn’t know how to get

Hoy a las 5:45 da.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba que un hombre de la tercera edad fue atropellado cuando intentaba cruzar la interseccin de Landau Blvd y McCalum Way en Cathedral City. El coche involucrado es un Chrysler negro conducido por una mujer quien de inmediato paro y pidi ayuda, en todo

The Greater Palm Springs Pride weekend brought thousands of people to the Coachella Valley. For the first time the entire festival took place in downtown on Palm Canyon Drive. Business was good for some downtown shop and restaurant owners. However, others said they lost out on up to 75 percent of sales because they were

Authorities in Northern California say a 4-year-old boy survived after falling 230 feet from a seaside cliff and landing on a rocky beach. The child has been hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports the boy was on a family outing on a trail in Bodega Bay on Monday evening

An investigation is underway into another deadly vehicle versus pedestrian crash. This one happened just before 6:00 p.m. Monday on Highway 62 at Desert Willow Trail just North of Morongo Valley. Police say an elderly man was trying to cross the road to meet his son who was picking him up. He was not in

News Channel 3 has obtained surveillance footage showing Palm Desert High School’s Aztec Band truck driven off campus in the middle of the night. The brazen theft was caught on school security cameras in the early hours of Sunday, November 2. “You can see an unidentified person walking along various places on the campus, trying

Holiday decorations are going up around the valley and that means its time for holiday shopping But, some think it’s too early and aren’t ready for the holiday shopping push. “It’s certainly an earlier start than our industry has ever seen,” said Patrick Klein, General Manager of Westfield in Palm Desert. Some shoppers like Nancy

It’s every high school football players dream. The Xavier Saints beat the Palm Desert Aztecs at home in overtime last Friday. “It was just an amazing feeling, it was just disbelief,” says Xavier Prep Quarterback Sava Voyne. Students rushed the field and everyone thought the Saints were playoff bound. Unfortunately for Xavier Prep, that’s not

El departamento del aguacil de Riverside anuncio que comprara cmaras adicionales de video para el uso en el cuerpo de agentes que ayudara en asegurar la proteccin as como la contabilidad, transparencia y responsabilidad de la unidad en incidentes de supuesta brutalidad policial. El Consejo de Supervisores aprob el uso de ingresos procedentes de fondos

The truck that’s used to transport musical instruments and equipment for the Palm Desert High School band was recently located after it was stolen from the school’s parking lot on Sunday, November 2. According to Mary Perry, spokesperson for the Desert Sands Unified School District, the truck was recovered on Sunday in the Whitewater area

A 17-year-old girl who went missing from her Beaumont home on October 30 has been found safe, according to a release from the Beaumont Police Department. A missing person’s report was filed on Monday, November 10 for Jaydann Patino. Her family said it was uncharacteristic of her to run away from home. The police department

Becas del Programa “Edison Scholars” Otorgar 30 becas de $40,000 mil a Estudiantes que Califiquen QU: Edison International, la empresa matriz de Southern California Edison (SCE), anunci en octubre el inicio del perodo de solicitud de becas para su Programa Edison Scholars 2014-15, el cual se extender hasta el 1 de febrero. Con un fondo

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will purchase additional body-worn cameras that deputies will put to the test. The Board of Supervisors approved the use of revenue from the sheriff department’s asset forfeiture funds. According to Deputy Albert Martinez, the sheriff’s department has been conducting ongoing tests of various brands of body-worn cameras over the past

Patriot Park in Cathedral City is covered in thousands of American flags ahead of Veterans Day. It’s all a part of the Rotary Club’s “Healing Field,” its ninth annual tribute to fallen soldiers. More than 5,000 flags commemorate those who have died while serving in the military since 9-11. Each flag has the name, age,

Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets have landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years. Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications. That’s according to analysis of poison center data for 2012 and 2013. The results were published online Monday in Pediatrics. There were over 17,000 poison

Two small earthquakes shook the region around the Channel Islands early Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.5 temblor struck at 12:40 a.m., followed two minutes later by a magnitude 4.1 earthquake. Both were centered near the islands and roughly 40 miles southwest of Avalon. Some of the islands are in Los Angeles

A 20-year-old man has died at a fraternity house near the University of California Berkeley campus. Lt. Ed Spiller says police and paramedics responded to reports of the unresponsive man at the home of the Zeta Psi fraternity on Sunday. The man was declared dead at the scene, and his body was taken to the

The Coachella Valley will see $5.2 million from the state for drought-related projects. The money is from the California Department of Water Resources. It’s part of approximately $221 million awarded statewide for 27 proposals. The money will be used in meeting long-term water needs such as conservation and recycled water programs. They reduce groundwater use