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Los perros habian sido hasta ahora solo fieles compaeros de quienes trabajan en las fronteras, pero varias denuncias los han colocado ltimamente como un peligroso enemigo de quienes intentan llegar a Estados Unidos. Diversas organizaciones de defensa a los migrantes dicen que este tipo de agresiones en contra de quienes solo van en busca de

Federal officials say they are shutting down a California group of debt collectors for alleged extortion, humiliating debtors by calling their friends, employers and families, and making false threats of lawsuits. The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it’s using a temporary restraining order to halt four people accused of operating an elaborate debt collection

Police arrested a man in Palm Springs Tuesday after they found him inpossessionof a stolen car and other stolen property, according to a press release from the Palm Springs Police Department. At around 5:55 a.m., PSPD officers noticed an unoccupied car parked at a hotel on the 1600 block of South Palm Canyon Dr that

An Indio man was arrested on DUI charges early Thursday morning after crashing his car into a pole in Palm Desert County Club and attempting to flee the scene on foot. At around 6 a.m., 20-year-old Darrell McClendon Jr crashed a tan Toyota Corolla into a power pole as he attempted, and failed, to make

At the request of Supervisors Jeff Stone and John J. Benoit, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors formally declared two local emergencies for the Mountain Fire and added recent and future potential flood damages to the county’s request for recovery funds. The county is seeking assistance to recoup the costs for suppressing the now fully

A judge today kept bail at $50,000 for a 64-year-old SkyValley woman charged with animal cruelty for allegedly neglecting dogs on herproperty. Mary Bernadette Schwenn was arrested at the Indio branch of theRiverside County Law Library on July 25 on 30 animal cruelty-related countsfiled by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. She pleaded notguilty Monday.

California high-speed rail officials are seeking to reassure the public about the rail project’s safety in the wake of deadly European train crashes this summer. Members of the board overseeing the project said at their meeting Thursday that a train that crashed in Spain last week, killing 79 people, was not operating on a system

A partir de hoy regresan a clases los alumnos de ocho planteles escolares de educacin primaria del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Palm Springs. Se tata de: Cahuilla y cielo Vista de Palm Springs Agua Caliente, Cathedral City Elementary, Landau y Sunny Sands de Cathedral City Cabot Yerxa y Julius Corsini de Desert Hot Springs El

Blogger Joe Jervis will serve as national grandmarshal for the 27th annual Greater Palm Springs Pride Parade later this year. Jervis will join community grand marshals Melanie Jones, EllenZimmerman, Mark Jones and Brian Vatcher, and other to-be-announced marshals forthe Nov. 3 parade in downtown Palm Springs. The parade is part of the PalmSprings Pride Celebration

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office today officiallyidentified the remains of an 11-year-old Menifee boy discovered in the backyardof his mother’s house, where his older half-brother allegedly buried him afterkilling him. Sheriff’s Sgt. Lisa McConnell said the cause of Terry Smith Jr.’s deathwas pending — coroner’s officials only said he was the victim of a homicide.

Forty-one pro-immigrant activists were arrested outside the Capitol Thursday after blocking traffic while pushing for passage of comprehensive immigration legislation. Among the activists were leaders from a range of immigration groups and unions including the United Farm Workers and AFL-CIO. After marching by the Capitol, the activists joined hands and sat down on Independence Avenue,

A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive is setting sail from San Francisco to study a so-called “dead zone” in the Pacific Ocean and other mysteries of the sea. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 272-foot vessel called Falkor was scheduled to leave port Thursday. The ship carries an unmanned submarine

California State University students will be able to earn credit this fall by completing online courses offered through any of the system’s 23 campuses. CSU officials announced Wednesday that full-time students are being allowed for the first time to include in their schedules online classes that are not offered by the school where they are

Areas of the San Jacinto Mountains closed because ofthe Mountain Fire will reopen to the public today. National Forest land will open today and Mount Jacinto State Park landwill open Friday. Slated to reopen are all areas of the National Forest north of the statepark — including Marion Mountain, Seven Pines and the Deer Springs

Starting today, some local elementary schoolstudents will head back to class. Eight Palm Springs Unified School District elementary schools will startthe 2013-2014 school year Thursday. They are: — Cahuilla and Cielo Vista Charter in Palm Springs; — Agua Caliente, Cathedral City Elementary, Landau and Sunny Sands inCathedral City; and — Cabot Yerxa and Julius Corsini

Authorities say a Los Angeles County man infected with the West Nile virus has died and health officials are trying to determine whether the illness caused his death. The Long Beach Press-Telegram says the 78-year-old Carson man died Tuesday night. His family says he was hospitalized two weeks earlier with symptoms that included slurred speech,

A Southern California school district has accepted a $1.4 million grant to expand a student yoga program that sparked religious complaints and a lawsuit. U-T San Diego says the grant was accepted Wednesday by trustees of the Encinitas Union School District. The grant is from the same nonprofit foundation that provided earlier funding to place

The Riverside County Coroners Office identified a woman Thursday, believed to have been killed in a Desert Hot Springs house fire. The body of Veronica Reyes, 28, was discovered by firefighters after they were called to a fire on the 66200 block of Acoma Avenue early Tuesday morning. The coroner’s report said Reyes was an

Twenty contestants — including adults, children,pets and professional entertainers — will compete in a Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest at the Monroe statue in Palm Springs today. The free event starts at 7 p.m. at the “Forever Marilyn” statue atTahquitz Canyon Way and Palm Canyon Drive. Categories include pets, under 16,over 16, drag and performers. Seven