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Eight motorists were cited for failing to yield to an undercover sheriff’s deputy as he crossed a Moreno Valley street corner dressed as a traffic cone, a sergeant said. Six other motorists received citations for speeding in a school zone and four vehicles were impounded and towed during the hour-long decoy operation at Eucalyptus Avenue

Authorities have agreed to pay $8.5 million to residents of a San Bernardino County community that was buried by a mudslide in 2010. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the county and the city of Highland agreed to settle with about 150 residents last month. A judge dismissed their lawsuit on Wednesday. Mud ran through the town

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped Friday to its lowest amount since May 4, decreasing 1 cent to $3.882. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has fallen for 17 consecutive days and 23 of the past 24, according to figures from the AAA

A popular Halloween attraction may become the latest victim of our recent wildfires. Idyllwild’s Ghost Town is in need of more sponsors. Many of the businesses who usually help out with the mountain tradition are struggling to make ends meet. The Mountain Fire did evacuate the community of Idyllwild but firefighters were able to stop

The Silver Fire destroyed more than 27 structures in the mountain communities above Banning. Dramatic aerial video shows flames quickly moving through a property, burning everything in its path. One week later, the fire left behind only a charred pile of rubble. “I wanted to scream and cry, but I didn’t,” said Haven Hills Ranch

A high-profile bipartisan task force chaired by former governors and Cabinet secretaries endorsed eventual citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as part of a package of recommendations Thursday. The proposals were aimed at influencing the debate on immigration, with Congress on a five-week summer recess and Senate-passed immigration legislation stalled in the GOP-controlled

Tickets are on sale for the World’s ChampionshipChili Cookoff, which will be held in Palm Springs this year, the event’sproducer said today. Spa Resort Casino will host the 47th annual world championship cookoff,considered one of the largest food festival contests in the country, Oct. 11-13. The event will include 400 competitors, 50 vendors and food

The state Senate has approved a bill outlawing so-called “revenge porn,” which lawmakers say is an increasing problem on the Internet. People who post identifiable nude pictures of someone else online without the victim’s permission, intending to cause emotional distress or humiliation, could be charged with a misdemeanor under the bill. The penalty is up

Being burglarized or robbed leaves you feeling violated. That feeling is motivation for Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s new Forensics Investigator Jillian Frisby. “I’ve been a victim of burglary, my home’s been broken into, I’ve been a victim of a robbery — I was a bank teller and I was the teller that was robbed, and

Researchers are announcing the rare discovery of a new species of mammal. It’s a raccoon-sized creature with a teddy bear face called the olinguito (oh-lihn-GEE’-toe). A Smithsonian researcher says it lives in the mountainous forests of Ecuador and Colombia where it leaps through the trees at night. It eats fruit and weighs about 2 pounds.

A suspected drunken driver barreled across a centermedian early today in Palm Desert and was arrested, a sergeant said. Tiffany Lynn Sill, 21, of Cathedral City, was heading east on FredWaring Drive when she lost control of her Kia Spectra and crossed the raisedcenter median at Elkhorn Trail, Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Ken Black said.

A California bill that would give some sex abuse victims more time to sue has failed to gain enough support to make it out of a key legislative committee. The Los Angeles Times reports the bill, which needed nine votes to move forward, received only six votes Wednesday. The bill would lift the statute of

The California Highway Patrol in Indio will offer a free“Smart Start” teen driver class tonight for parents and teenagers. The 6:30 p.m. class at the CHP’s Indio office at 79-650 Varner Roadincludes information designed to help teenagers become better equipped tohandle situations behind the wheel, according to the CHP. The class starts with a “Red

The Pentagon says it will make health care, housing and other benefits available to same-sex spouses of military members by Sept. 3. The Pentagon said Wednesday that it reached the decision after consulting with the Justice Department, following the Supreme Court’s ruling in June on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. The benefits

Legendary Pictures has worked out a deal with Sean O’Keefe to adapt a movie about the 2006 Esperanza Fire, according to Deadline Hollywood.The movie will be adopted from John Maclean’s book, “The Esperanza Fire.” The wildland fire that burned near Cabazon west of Palm Springs killed five firefighters after it was started by an arsonist.

It looks like your typical grade school classroom. Motivational mantras are written on white boards, books line the shelves, and the alphabet wraps around the walls. The thing that sets this school apart though, is the shiny new desks will only be sat in for half the day. For kindergarten through 8th graders at Hope

Four people were injured, three of them seriously, in a single-vehicle crash south of Beaumont late Wednesday afternoon. The crash was reported about 4:55 p.m. on northbound Lambs Canyon Road north of Gillman Springs Road. Some of the injured were trapped in the vehicle — four were transported to a hospital, three with major injuries

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped Thursday to its lowest amount since May 6, decreasing 1.5 cents to $3.892. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has fallen for 16 consecutive days and 22 of the past 23, according to figures from the AAA

Thousands of people from all over the state flooded the office of Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy demanding action towards immigration reform. The caravan from Dodger stadium included people from the Coachella Valley. The activists want the Republican Whip to push his party towards a vote on comprehensive reform. The congressman was unavailable, because he is

The general manager of the Hard Rock Hotel in Palm Springs, Hector Moreno, described the new hotel. “Hip, cool. We want to be a little different than everyone else,” Moreno said. Many people hope it will bring some new energy to the desert. Room rates start at $159.00. We toured the new hotel, still the