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One person is dead and two others were injured during a car-to-car shooting on the 60 Freeway, a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy said Sunday. It happened at 11:10 p.m. Saturday on the westbound 60 Freeway west of Main Street, said Riverside County sheriff’s Dep. Armando Munoz. He described the incident as an assault with a

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a vehicle in the narrow, winding switchbacks of Highway 74 above Palm Desert Sunday. California Highway Patrol responded to a crash about two miles above the Palm Desert city line, near Vista Point on Highway 74. Sgt. Destiny Tafoya says either the SUV, a silver Toyota, or

The Sports Medicine program at Desert Regional Medical Center’s Institute for Clinical Orthopedics & Neurosciences (ICON) provided baseline concussion testing for Xavier College Preparatory High School football players on Saturday. They used a test called ImPACT, a computer-based test that measures verbal and visual memory, processing speed and reaction times of the student athlete. If

A large group crowded Signature Aviation at Palm Springs International Airport to wave goodbye and send off Desi Cechin. “She excited, first time on a plane and go to this new city with tall buildings,” Desi’s mom, Laura, said. Desi was diagnosed in April with stage 4 high-risk neuro-blastoma. She’s been getting chemotherapy at Loma

A motorist was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and two vehicles were towed during an overnight driver’s license/sobriety checkpoint in Coachella, a police sergeant said Saturday. Also, 16 drivers were cited for driving without a valid driver’s license during the checkpoint at Grapefruit Boulevard and Ed Mitchell Drive that began at 7 p.m. Friday

Two people are fine after a para glide went down in a remote area of San Jacinto Friday night, according to Riverside County Fire Department CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters, with assistance from Riverside City PD, responded to the report of one para glider down north of Soboba Road and Gilman Springs Road on North Mountain

Two Palm Desert residents are behind bars for allegedly making a dangerous oil out of marijuana plants and also operating a large marijuana growing operation in Yucca Valley. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department says that on Wednesday August 13th, the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force served a narcotic related search warrant at a residence located

The driver of a Jeep Wrangler crashed into a utility pole in Desert Hot Springs early Saturday, and initially blacked out more than 1,400 homes and businesses. Dispatchers received a call at 1:20 a.m. and sent California Highway Patrol officers to Dillon Road and Desert Crest Avenue, where power lanes had collapsed onto the roadway.

A lone shopping cart is about the only thing parked at the La Quinta Village shopping center. Now that its anchor store, Ralph’s, is officially closed, the once buzzing plaza feels more like a ghost town. “We’ve seen a little bit of a decline,” said business owner John Reynolds of his long-standing restaurant in the

Ten people were arrested during a mid-Coachella Valley out-of-custody supervision compliance sweep, a sheriff’s spokesman said Friday. Members of the Post-release Accountability and Corrections Team, which includes several local law enforcement agencies, made the arrests Thursday during checks on people under post-release community supervision and mandatory supervision in Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and the unincorporated

A man was ordered Friday to stand trial on murder and other charges in the June 3 death of his roommate, who died at a hospital within hours of being found with traumatic injuries at her Thousand Palms mobile home. Juan Sanchez Inzunza, 30, was arrested eight days after 56-year-old Victoria Supola died at Eisenhower

Water agencies here in the Coachella Valley are implementing new water restrictions as the state continues to face a severe drought. In La Quinta, Doriel Wyler, owner of Egg Cafe, greets customers when they first come in with a glass of water, but not anymore. “A lot of times we just gave customers water and

Victims of a storage unit burglar may be getting some of their belongings back sooner rather than later. An arrest was made in the case of storage burglaries at “I-Storage” near Desert Hot Springs, and victims reacted to the good news. “God bless everyone, the Palm Desert Sheriff’s department,” said James Marmor. Authorities arrested 50-year-old

A Menifee teenager pleaded guilty to killing his 11-year-old half-brother, without saying a word as to how or why the crime occurred. During a juvenile court hearing Friday at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, Skylor Atilano, 17, admitted one count of voluntary manslaughter for the July 6, 2013, death of Terry Dewayne Smith Jr.

Un canino sabueso con la Patrulla Fronteriza alert a los agentes de una gran cantidad de metanfetaminas escondidas en un compartimiento de un vehculo el jueves. Segn el boletin de prensa proporcionado por la Patrulla Fronteriza sector El Centro, agentes asignados a la estacin de control de aduanas en Indio detuvieron a un hombre de

La ciudad de Los ngeles est considerando convertir los votos en billetes de lotera, luego de que menos de un cuarto de los electores se presentaran a los comicios locales ms recientes. La Comisin de tica de la ciudad vot por unanimidad el jueves recomendar al Concejo de la Ciudad considerar un premio en efectivo

If you have ever wanted to name a zebra, the Living Desert is giving you the opportunity. Through the month of August, visitors to the zoo are eligible to vote on the name for the male zebra foal that was born on May 30 th . Guests will receive one ballot for every paid admission

Kenda DeCastro of Desert Hot Springs became tired of commuting two and a half hours each way to get to her classes at College of the Desert. “You can go to Las Vegas in that time and I had to do that every day on the bus,” DeCastro said. So this semester she enrolled only

A Border Patrol canine alerted agents to a large quantity of methamphetamine hidden in the oil pan of a vehicle on Thursday. According to a news release from the El Centro Sector Border Patrol office, agents assigned to the Indio Station stopped a 46-year old man driving a blue 2003 Ford Expedition at the Highway

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians announced Friday its plans to Develop 126 Lots in Palm Springs. In a statement released Friday morning, the tribe said it will work with The Rilington Group, a well-respected Coachella Valley homebuilder and developer to build the Umbria community of single family modern architecturally-styled homes. This will be