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The South Coast Air Quality Management Districtissued a dust advisory today for the Coachella Valley because of gusty windsblowing dust and sand. The winds caused particle concentrations in the air to reach anunhealthy level for sensitive groups, which include people with respiratory orheart disease, the elderly and children. Concentrations were expected remainaround that level through

Three Inland Empire charities will be splitting morethan $100,000 raised during a two-day golf tournament hosted by the PechangaIndian Reservation, tribal officials said today. The 15th annual Pechanga Golf Classic wrapped up Thursday, cappingmultiple rounds of play by 300 golfers on the 18-hole Journey at Pechanga golfcourse. Proceeds from the event will go to the

Vin Scully will return to the Dodgers broadcastbooth for a record 65th season in 2014, again calling all home games and roadgames in California and Arizona, the team announced today. “I have thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of this season and there isno way I could leave this truly remarkable team and our great fans,” the

A couple accused of plotting to abduct, torture and kill police in a plot to draw attention to an anti-authority “sovereign citizens” movement has told a Las Vegas judge they don’t recognize his authority to keep them in jail. So noted, the judge told David Allen Brutsche and Devon Campbell Newman on Friday, before ordering

A Northern California wildfire raging out of control grew overnight to more than three times the size of the city of San Francisco as it spread inside the border of Yosemite National Park. The flames have also forced the evacuations of hundreds from homes. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said

A man who shot and killed a Los Angeles County residentduring a scuffle at a Desert Hot Springs apartment building was sentenced todayto 40 years to life in prison. La Von Albert Myers, 37, of Desert Hot Springs, was convicted of second-degree murder on July 22 for the shooting death of 46-year-old Whittierresident Ronald Locke.

California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for a large and expanding wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park. Other officials had asked for the move, including supervisors in Tuolumne County, who issued a resolution saying the threat posed by the growing fire was beyond their capabilities to handle. The wildfire raging out

A job fair will be held today for potential employees of the Hard Rock Hotel, which is slated to open in Palm Springs this fall. The fair will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros. About 100 full- and part-time jobs

A 13-year-old Hemet girl who went missing earlier this week was found in Perris today, apparently unharmed and in the company of a young man, who was arrested, police said. Brittany Davis was reported missing by her mother Sunday afternoon after she left her house on South Santa Fe Street, saying she was going for

Police in Cathedral City are investigating a deadly head-on crash that happened around 11 a.m. Thursday on Ventura Drive and Garbino Road, in a neighborhood near Vista Chino and Landau Boulevard. Police say a blue sedan pulled out from Medano Road and hit a dirt bike that was traveling on Ventura Drive. The dirt bike

Police shot and killed a man Thursday morning after he stole a car and ran fromauthorities. He wasidentifiedthis afternoon as 24-year-old Eulizez Rodriguez of DHS. Just after midnight, a resident of DHS reported their vehicle stolen. A short time after, Desert Hot Springs police officers located the vehicle near Hacienda Avenue. When the officer attempted

California would become the first state to allow non-citizens who are in the country legally to serve as jurors under a bill that cleared the Assembly on Thursday and heads to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. If signed into law, the legislation would make immigrants who are legal permanent residents eligible for jury duty. It would

With tears in his eyes, 12-year-old Ricardo Torres Jr. could only watch as flames ripped through his parent’s two cars and the home he and his three younger siblings grew up in at the Sky Ridge Mobile Home Park in Cathedral City Thursday. “My parents said to get out. There was lot of smoke everywhere.

A tour bus carrying gamblers to an Indian casino overturned on a Southern California freeway, injuring 55 people on board. The bus went off the side of Interstate 210 around 10 a.m. and ended up on its side in dirt between the freeway and railroad tracks. The Los Angeles County Fire Department says more than

Poco despus de la media noche de hoy, la polica de Desert Hot Springs recibi el reporte de un carro robado, minutos despus los agentes encontraron el coche en el area de Hacienda Ave, le ordenaron al chofer deternese pero desobedeci, as inici una persecucin por varias calles. Poco despus dos hombres bajaron del vehculo,

A 32-year-old Coachella man was behind bars today forallegedly ramming his pickup truck into the back of a car carrying a couple anda 3-year-old girl in La Quinta while under the influence of alcohol. Witnesses allegedly saw a Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Josue GeorgeMontano “intentionally ramming” the back of a Toyota Camry several times

Ayer a las 3:28 p.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba la presencia de un cuerpo sin vida en la tienda de autoservicioAM PM que se ubica en el 12775 Palm Drive en Desert Hot Springs. Cuando los agentes llegaron al lugar, confimaron la versin de los testigos. Al momento no han dicho si

A woman whose boyfriend allegedly killed a man the couple suspected of molesting the woman’s young daughter is due in a Riverside courtroom today to be arraigned on a murder charge. Amy Lou Daniel and Brian Thomas Matheis, both 30-year-old Banning residents, are each charged with murder in the Aug. 22, 2012, slaying of JoshuaLee

DHS police released a statement yesterday saying they are investigating the death of a man found Wednesday at 12775 Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs. The release says the man was found dead at around 3:28 p.m., and they believe the man be be about 47 years old. A Google Maps search revealed the address