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The ex-boyfriend of a young woman killed in a 2006 triple murder in Pinyon Pines appeared in court Friday morning, but his arraignment has been delayed until June 13. Robert Lars Pape was arrested in March along with co-defendant Cristin Conrad Smith, and charged with the Sept. 17, 2006, killings of Vicki Friedli, 53, her

Videos showing Sonoma County high school students abusing rats at an on-campus wildlife museum have sparked outrage and a petition to the governor asking him to shut down the nonprofit program. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Thursday that the videos, posted to an anonymous student’s Instagram account, show at least two students slamming live

Passes for next year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will go on sale at 10 a.m. today on the festival’s website, coachella.com. General admission passes are $375 and VIP passes $799. Parking, camping and shuttle passes will also be sold, according to festival organizers. The festival is scheduled for April 10-12 and 17-19 at

Advanced ticket sales and payment plan options for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2015 will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Officials with Goldenvoice said this is the only chance you have to take advantage of the payment plan. The advanced tickets will be available while supplies lasts. General admission passes are

The Desert Recreation District will be holding a job fair this weekend. They are looking for local residents with a talent or a skill who are interested in teaching. The recruitment fair will be held at the Palm Desert Community Center on Saturday, May 17th, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Potential instructors can learn

For close to a quarter century the Palm Springs Follies filled the Plaza Theater with spectacular costumes, dance and memorable music of decades past. “It’s so amazing and so motivating to all of us folks that are past the 65 mark,” said Virginia Dillon of Long Beach who has seen the show 11 times. But

14 hundred pharmacists who work for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California are threatening to go on strike on Monday. A work stoppage would force most of the health providers’ pharmacies to close including three in the Coachella Valley. The workers union, the Guild for Professional Pharmacists, says bargaining sessions on a new contract have bogged

The Cocos fire continued to spread throughout San Marcos on Thursday. The flames forced more than 21,000 evacuations. More than 10,000 of those evacuations were from the campus of Cal State San Marcos. “It was so close, like I’ve never been so close to a fire, like everyone was just scared,” said Michele Virgilio, a

El cuerpo de socorristas Cal Fire respondio a un campo de casas improvisadas utilizadas por personas desamparadas en Desert Hot Springs a eso de la 1 p.m. del jueves, despus de que se reportara un incendio en dicho sector. Segn la version de las autoridades del Valle de Coachella, lo que parecia ser una casa

Right light cameras are here to stay in Cathedral City at least for now. The city council voted to renew their contract with the company who runs the traffic system, even if it will mean a tighter budget. “I don’t like it personally,” said resident Jordan Calhoun. Run at red light at one of three

La sucursal U.S.Bank que fue el blanco de los amantes de lo ajeno el 18 de abril, fue robado de nuevo hoy mircoles. El Departamento de Policia de Indio cree que el mismo sospechoso podra ser el responsable de ambos hurtos. El banco est localizado en la cuadra 82-100 de la Carretera 111 y Monroe

Once a rare sight, tattoos have become a big part of today ‘s modern world. In fact, some argue tattoo artists can now do with ink what some of the greats did with paint. But could this body art be hiding something deadly? “I decided to tattoo my life story on me,” said Marlin Perez.

Cal Fire responded to a homeless camp in Desert Hot Springs around 1 p.m. Thursday after a fire was reported. The fire started in an area near Pierson Blvd. and Skyborne Drive. Officials said a shack, or something similar to a shack, caught fire and ignited debris in the area. Firefighters said the structure burned

Firefighters continue to battle raging wildfires in San Diego County on Thursday. Nine fires have been reported and Riverside County has sent about 300 firefighters to the area to help with containment efforts. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 spoke to officials with the Palm Springs Fire Department. They’ve sent one of their crews

A violent and dangerous day in Desert Hot Springs. Two shootings and a police chase all took place within a mile of each other, and all in less than three hours. The incidents left one man in the hospital and another in custody. Desert Hot Springs police officers began searching a red car after a

Three weeks after Riverside County’s top prosecutor allegedly pulled down his opponent’s campaign signs along an Indio roadway, the city’s police chief said Wednesday the investigation remains “active” and asserted that it will not be hurried up to achieve a “political outcome.” “We’re going to do this right,” Chief Richard Twiss told City News Service.

The renovated Ritz-Carlton luxury resort reopened in Rancho Mirage Thursday after several years of delays. The 244-room hotel, spa and State Fare Bar & Kitchen restaurant opens to guests and the public at 3 p.m. The resort sits on a 650-foot bluff and includes 16 suites, about two dozen fire pits, three swimming pools and

A Cathedral City man was convicted today of killing a woman and wounding two other people at a house party. Gabriel Cuevas Cardoza, 34, was found guilty of first-degree murder forgunning down 52-year-old Mary Ellen Palacios Rodriguez and two counts ofattempted murder for shooting two of her male relatives on April 2, 2011, inCathedral City.

A search was underway Wednesday for the people who vandalized a paint store in Cathedral City with graffiti. Bill Grande, store manager at Vista Paint on Perez Road near Date Palm, drove to work Wednesday morning to find the business got a new paint job of its own. He says it’s not the first time.