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A murder charge was filed Wednesday against a 20-year-old Coachella man suspected of fatally shooting an Indio resident earlier this month. Nestor Gazca Cervantes was driving near Avenue 54 and Shady Lane in Coachella about 7 p.m. Friday when an officer pulled him over and arrested him on suspicion of killing 25-year-old Christopher Luis Aguilar,

Authorities in San Bernardino County found an outdoor marijuana grow operation on Wednesday. Officials said the cultivation was taking place off of Highway 18 in Crestline, below Panorama Point. Investigators seized 2,740 mature plants, which were all about four to six-feet-tall, according to a release from the sheriff’s department. No suspects were at the grow

Un hombre de Cathedral City fue puesto tras las rejas ayer martes bajo la sospecha de conducir en estado de ebriedad y chocar el vehculo que conduca con una camioneta que estaba atascada en el camino. El percance sucedi alrededor de las 10:53 p.m. en el rea de Ramon Road y Bob Hope Drive en

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a Rancho Mirage man who was reported missing Tuesday has been found safe. There were no immediate details regarding the whereabouts of 72-year-old Walter Thomas Loebmann, or how he was found. Loebmann was last seen at about 12:30 p.m. in Rancho Mirage on Bob Hope Drive before he was

It’s been over a month since anyone has seen Erin Corwin and her case continues to gain national attention. This week her story is getting front page coverage on People Magazine. The 20-year old who is also pregnant disappeared after family members say she went to Joshua Tree National Park on June 28. The print

The Indio COD Campus closed due to water leak on Tuesday but officials confirmed the campus was back open Wednesday morning. According to COD spokesperson Robin Cotton, the water leak was reported shortly after 3:00 p.m. The water and power to the building was shut off while repairs were made. For the safety of students

A Cathedral City man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of drunk driving after he crashed into an unoccupied pickup truck that was stalled out in the road. The crash happened at about 10:53 p.m. on Ramon Road and Bob Hope Drive. The Rancho Mirage Police Department was called to the scene. According to the

Indio’s new Walmart is set to open this fall and is now hiring. The store is looking for 300- full-and part-time workers. A hiring center has opened at 43990 Golf Center Parkway at the corner of Avenue 44. You can apply for work there on weekdays from 8 a.m until 5 p.m. or online at

“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Lisa Vanderpump will receive a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars today. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. at 155 S. Palm Canyon Drive. Former ‘NSYNC member Lance Bass and “White Party” founder Jeffrey Sanker are scheduled to speak, and Vanderpump will be presented with

The Cathedral City council voted 3-2 to approve an ordinance legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. The vote comes after months of discussion and a split council. Cathedral City becomes the second city in Riverside County do so, joining Palm Springs. The vote lifts a ban dating back to 2009. “I believe we have

The prosecution and defense rested Tuesday in the retrial of a parolee accused of killing two farm workers in a Thermal vineyard about two weeks after he fatally shot a teenage boy outside the Boys & Girls Club in Coachella. Angel Anthony Esparza, 30, of Coachella is being retried for the Dec. 19, 2009, deaths

A group of valley science teachers got an opportunity Tuesday to learn about the advanced technology at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. The tour was all part of “Project Prototype,” a program with the ultimate goal of taking what teachers learn back to the classroom. The program is state funded by the California

Kathy Creedon, a former Palm Desert resident, said her son Ryan Creedon was a drug addict, but that didn’t stop Dr. Rudolpho Alegria, a physician and surgeon, from prescribing dangerous doses of prescription drugs to the 21-year-old at his Indio practice on Miles Avenue. “It was devastating,” said Kathy Creedon. “It was frightening that every

Your next meal may cost you more. That’s thanks in large part to our parched state. Vegetables to meat — they’re all going up in price. “In the next two to three months, I believe we’re going to see a 15 to 20 percent increase in pricing as the produce becomes more scarce prices are

News Channel 3 has learned the former home of author Joseph Wambaugh is getting a new owner Tuesday night. We’re told a couple from Nebraska is buying the house in the Thunderbird Heights Development in Rancho Mirage. Normally a home sale like this wouldn’t make news. But, the L.A. Times, a number of national networks

Authorities say a water main has broken near the UCLA campus, spewing water into the air and stranding cars and people in underground parking structures. Television news reports show an immense geyser of water surging from the middle of the street on Sunset Boulevard. Streets on and near campus are flooded and fast-moving sheets of

Esta semana residentes del Valle de Coachella pudieron experimentar lloviznas asi como tormentas elctricas humedad y hasta una advertencia de inundaciones, as lo dio a conocer el Servicio Nacional de Metereologia para el Desierto Alto. Por otro lado en La Quinta, Cathedral City y Palm Springs fueron las ciudades aqu en el Valle de Coachella

More baby animals are on exhibit at The Living Desert! Officials announced the zoo’s newest arrivals on Tuesday. They said eight baby Nubian goats, also referred to as kids, are now on display for the public to view at the Petting Kraal in Village WaTuTu. In the release, zookeepers said Nubian goats are large sized

Las revelaciones en los ltimos aos acerca de cmo las autoridades pueden rastrear a la gente por medio de telfonos, correos y otros registros electrnicos dificultan a los periodistas reportar sobe lo que hace el gobierno, dicen dos organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos. Human Rights Watch y la Unin Americana por los Derechos Civiles

An 83-year-old Palm Desert man who crashed his car into a fence at an elementary school, where a 10-year-old student was struck by flyingdebris and ended up losing a leg, failed to show up for a court hearing Tuesday because he was confused about the date, according to his attorney. Tuesday’s felony settlement conference and