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Larry Deason was with his family and their friends watching TV when a fire suddenly broke out in the yard between his home and the neighbor’s. “We felt the heat coming through the glass,” Deason said. “It looked like it started in the lady next door’s ficus.” “I looked out the window and it was

Indio Police Chief Richard Twiss will meet community members for lunch Friday. The city is launching its “Lunch with the Chief” community outreach program, which will be held at noon monthly on the second-to-last Friday at the Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church. Residents can ask questions and voice concerns, Indio police spokesman Sgt.

A family of six is displaced after a fire rips through their Cathedral City Cove home early Thursday evening. The fire started just after 5:00 p.m. at a home on Mountain Shadow Lane near Terrace Drive. According to fire officials on scene, the fire started in brush near the house catching the home on fire.

As the Coachella Valley experiences some of the hottest days of the year, now is the worst possible time to be without electricity. Hundreds of valley residents were dealing with such problems, as Southern California Edison had an unplanned power outage on Wednesday. Over 1,000 customers in Cathedral Canyon Country Club lost power around 5pm.

Firefighters spent Thursday carefully combing through the rubble of buildings at the historic Palm Springs Racquet Club. A fire ripped through a vacant part of the site, damaging four buildings, destroying two hotel buildings. Fire crews were looking for bodies and possible causes of the fire. The flames also destroyed a major piece of Palm

In the severe heat the desert is experiencing, the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs is looking out for the well-being of its Meals On Wheels clients. Robert Ochoa is one of seven delivery drivers the senior center uses for food delivery to homebound seniors. Since sometimes he is the only person his clients see

In the week after the Malayasian plane was shot down, two more passenger planes have crashed with deadly consequences. Wednesday a plane went down in Taiwan, Thursday another crash happened. This time in Africa. Late Thursday afternoon the wreckage of the missing Air Algerie flight was found in the northwestern African country Mali. Three plane

Los dos hombres que murieron en tiroteos por separado en Indio el domingo por la noche han sido identificados. Segn el portavoz del Departamento Policial de Indio, el Sargento Dan Marshall, agentes recibieron una llamada de emergencia el domingo a las 8:00 p.m. reportando un tiroteo en el rea de North Jackson Park cerca de

Unos residentes del Valle de Coachella han tendio que tolerar las altas temperaturas sin aire acondicionado ya que el servicio de electricidad se ha visto interrumpido. Los residents de la comunidad privada Cathedral Canyon Country Club se quedaron sin su servicio de electricidad el martes lo que tambin significa sin su aire acondicionado en uno

A victim’s relative called police Thursday afternoon to report someone driving around in his brother-in-law’s stolen car. The man saw the stolen Audi around 3 p.m. and began following the suspects. The pursuit led to Ramon Road, where he said the suspects were driving westbound at about 90 MPH. But when the thieves tried to

The two men who were killed in separate shootings in Indio Sunday night have been identified. According to Indio Public Information Officer Sgt.Dan Marshall, police received a call Sunday around 8:00 p.m. of a shooting at North Jackson Park by Crest Avenue. When officers arrived, they located 20-year-old Julian Palomino Lopez who had been shot

With jurors deadlocked, a mistrial was declared Thursday in the trial of a Cathedral City man accused of setting his hospital bed on fire because he was angry he wasn’t allowed to smoke in the emergency room. Prosecutors said they plan to retry Julio Cesar Lopez, 38, who is charged with one felony count of

Un residente de La Quinta enfrenta cargos despus de que segn el informe de la polica intent entrar a una casa el lunes por la noche. Un agente de la polica que realizaba su patrullaje de rutina por el rea de la manzana 51200 de Avenida Velasco, not la presencia de un hombre que actuaba

An official with Southern California Edison says some people who live at the Cathedral Canyon Country Club are being impacted by a power outage. The outage began around 8:30 Wednesday night. Edison blames the outage on a “bad section” of underground cable. We are told crews have been working through the night to repair the

It will be a way to help Southern California Edison bring renewable energy resources to the Coachella Valley and other areas of the Southland. It’s called the West of Devers Upgrade Project. The idea is to reduce the number of existing 220 kilovolt transmission towers over a 48-mile corridor running from the Colton area to

City manager David Garcia said Coachella lacks in diversity when it comes to economic opportunities and the city’s always been strapped financially to pay for important resources to serve the community. “We don’t have a lot of resources our neighbors have. We don’t have hospitality industry, the resorts,” said City manager David Garcia. To help,

High pressure building over the Four Corners area is expected to cause temperatures to soar to nearly 120 degrees today in the Coachella Valley, forecasters said. A National Weather Service heat advisory is set to take effect at 11 a.m. for the Coachella Valley and for Riverside County’s mountains and valleys, and will extend until

A two-alarm fire burned late Wednesday night at the historic Racquet Club in Palm Springs. Authorities say it burned four buildings, causing major damage to two of them. Palm Springs Fire Chief John Allen said the first engines were called to 2743 N. Indian Canyon Drive, near West Dominguez Road and Puerta del Sol at

A 54-year-old Palm Desert man is being prosecuted on criminal charges for allegedly posing as an Indian Wells property owner to get free tickets to the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament and discounts at a golf club. Michael Capizzi pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday to one felony count each of grand theft and

As Coachella Valley temperatures consistently rise above 110 degrees, it is important for consumers to be aware of home air conditioning systems and potential problems that could arise. “I know my mom has experienced when hers went out during that really truly heat of summer,” said Jodie Woodall, a Palm Desert resident. Woodall said it’s