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Two men accused in the Pinyon Pines triple murder case appeared in a Riverside courtroom Wednesday morning. KESQ & CBS Local 2 were the only television outlets in the courtroom, where just before 10:30 a.m., a Grand Jury indictment was unsealed. Robert Pape and Cristin Smith have been charged with three counts of murder for

Han pasado ms de 7 aos de la brutal muerte de Becky Friedli de 18 aos, su madre Vicki y el novio de su mam John Hayward. Ayer martes arrestaron a dos hombres en coneccin al triple homicidio ocurrido hace ms de 7 aos. Los sospechosos son Robert Pape y Cristin Smith ambos de 25

An Indio man is recovering in the hospital after being shot in the head Tuesday morning and police are still gathering information as they search for suspects, according to Ben Guitron with the Indio Police Department. The shooting happened on the 82-400 block of Mountain View Avenue around 10:50 a.m. Police said the victim is

Milos Raonic rode his big serve to a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over Andy Murray in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open, giving the young Canadian his first win over a top-10 player since September. Raonic fired 15 aces Wednesday and held triple match point when he ripped a crosscourt forehand to close

Zookeepers have confirmed that The Living Desert’s female giraffe Dadisi is pregnant and they anticipate their newest arrival in the upcoming weeks. Dadisi continues to grow larger in the right places and officials invite everyone to learn more about giraffes and participate in a birth date and time guessing game. Submit your guess online or

From Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Deputy Armando Munoz: On March 11th, 2014 at 2:14pm investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Central Homicide Division along with investigators from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office arrested Cristin Smith at the Palm Springs Airport. Also on March 11th, 2014 at 4:09pm, investigators with the

While officials are calling for conservation in the face of an ongoing drought, 42 California communities are lagging in installing the most basic tool of water management: water meters. The San Jose Mercury News says that means more than more than 255,000 homeowners and businesses statewide can still use all the water they want without

Seven inmates were injured as violence broke out among some 200 inmates at a state prison in southwestern California. A statement from Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County says the brawl broke out in a yard Tuesday. Guards fired warning shots, pepper-spray rounds and rubber bullets, quelling the melee after about eight minutes. Seven inmates

High pressure expanding into the Great Basin will bring gusty offshore winds to the Banning Pass and Western Riverside County through early this afternoon. Dry conditions will present a high wild fire danger as well. The Wind Advisory has been cancelled for the Coachella Valley but it remains in effect for the Banning Pass area

Positive news on the jobs front at home. A new proposed FedEx distribution center is expected to help create dozens, if not hundreds of brand new jobs in Palm Springs. “The FedEx business is growing and you know the valley is growing. They needed a larger facility so they proposed this larger facility,” said Director

Debra Doran has her hands full with three kids and a job, so having her sons and daughter buy lunch at school is the easiest option. “It’s usually about $2.75 and I give them a check every two weeks. Sometimes they spend over the amount I gave them, and she was short a quarter and

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services withdrew a proposed rule for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage on Tuesday. The rule would have abruptly changed and limited the availability of prescription drug coverage for seniors who rely on Medicare. The decision by CMS comes after Dr. Ruiz and over 40 Members of Congress sent

Un hombre hispano fue baleado dentro de una vivienda de la ciudad de Indio. El tiroteo se registro la maana del martes, sobre la avenida Mountain View cerca de la calle Monroe al sur de la Interetatal diez en mencionada entidad. Ben Guitron, portavoz de la polica explico a Telemundo 15 que alrededor de las

The Imperial County Board of Supervisors approved a $250,000 award to Seismic Warning Systems, Inc. of Scotts Valley, to deploy the nation’s first regional earthquake warning system, officials announced on Tuesday. Seismic Warning Systems has already been providing systems for early seismic detection and automated system response to commercial, industrial and government customers for twelve

Increasing reports of counterfeit money has the Palm Springs Police Department warning businesses in the area. Authorities said the majority of the fake money is being passed around Downtown Palm Springs. The counterfeit bills they found were $100 and $50 denominations that were originally $5 bills. The bills were chemically washed and reprinted to change

Hoy a las 4:56 a.m. le tron una llanta a un trailer que transportaba verdura sobre la I-10 al este de Dillon Road en Coachella, de inmediato el semais ardi en llamas de acuerdo al Departamento de Proteccin Forestal. Por espacio de una hora todos los carriles con rumbo al este fueron cerrados al flujo

Al momento las autoridades no han dado a conocer la condicin mdica de la seora que el pasado fin de semana recibi ms de mil piquetes de abejas africanizadas tambin conocidas como abejas asesinas. La mujer de 71 aos est en el Eisenhower Medical Center de Rancho Mirage. Las autoridades urgen a la poblacin a

A man was robbed in Palm Desert Monday night as he was walking home from work. Police said the 34-year-old victim from Rancho Mirage was approached by two suspects who asked to borrow his cell phone at Town Center Way and Fred Waring Drive. The suspects simulated a weapon and demanded money, according to police.

Riverside County supervisors are expected to sign off on agreements with a solar power company planning to build a generating facility near Blythe that will net the county hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and create several hundred construction jobs. The 4,400-acre McCoy Solar Energy Project will require use of county roads and the

It was a day of shocks at the Indian Wells Masters tournament Monday as two of the biggest names in tennis suffered third round defeats. Defending champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal was beaten in three sets by Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov, while women’s 2013 winner Maria Sharapova lost to Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi. Spain’s