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A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck the Coachella Valley Sunday, one of a string of weekend quakes centered in the mountains north and east of Indio. The quake was the largest of a series centered 8 miles northeast of Indio that started Friday night. On Saturday, a magnitude 2.6 quake struck at 8:22 a.m., preceded at

Power is back on for about a hundred Rancho Mirage residents after a hit-and-run driver hit a power pole. The outage was reported at 3:15 a.m. Sunday, but affected only a fifth of theentire circuit. By 11:30 a.m. seven homes and businesses were still withoutpower. The pole that was hit was near Ginger Rogers Road

Part of the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Hotel was evacuated early Sunday morning after hotel staff found a suspicious package. It was found in the front lobby near the entrance. The item was partially visible and had wires. Sheriff’s deputies arrived at about 4:30 am, and evacuated the area as a precaution. Riverside County Sheriff’s

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has released this sketch in the search for a man who reportedly is exposing himself to female students near schools in La Quinta. The Sheriff’s Department says the first incident occurred Tuesday, April 2. Officers from the La Quinta Police Department responded to an indecent exposure call that occurred in

The City of Palm Springs has closed Gene Autry Trail due to high winds and blowing sand. Traffic was closed to northbound traffic at Via Escuela and southbound traffic at I-10 at 4:30 Saturday morning. Palm Springs Street Maintenance personnel say the road will stay closed as along as weather conditions are hazardous. Motorists are

One person is dead and another hurt after a morning crash in Moreno Valley. Cal Fire says two vehicles collided at Gilman Springs Road and Big Wash Road around 6:30 Saturday morning. One person died at the scene and a second person had to be extricated. They were transported to the hospital with moderate injuries.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says a small plan went down on Saturday around 10:40 in the morning. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the plane went down in what was described as a hard landing near the south shore line. Several passengers were able to exit the plane and a couple of them have

Jerry Sims says 45 days is all it took for more than eight cracks to break ground on Saint Annes Bay Drive in Bermuda Dunes. “In 45 days it’s just gradually gotten bigger and bigger. We didn’t have these cracks before. They’re virtually in every lot,” said Sims. What started as a hairline crack in

According to Coachella Valley Unified School District, parents were given a warning today about a man and a woman who might be trying to lure students into their car. The Riverside County Sheriff released this statement on the incident: “On 04-03-13 at about 8:30 AM, a 14 year-old kid and two friends were walking to

Local television personalities will host FIND Food Bank’sannual End Hunger Telethon in Indio and Rancho Mirage today, and Palm Springscity leaders will join in. Brooke Beare and Kris Long of CBS Local 2 will host the telethon fromthe FIND warehouse in Indio and Agua Caliente Casino. Palm Springs councilmembers Rick Hutcheson and Paul Lewin, Police

Krista Rainey and Thomas Cook, of Joshua Tree, were out at the Cathedral City Auto Center on Thursday ready to pick up their new Nissan Altima after trading in their old Nissan Sentra last week. “We’ve kind of been saving up. It was a spur of the moment thing and we just went and did

Multiple people were taken to the hospital after a four car accident shut down Gene Autry Trail this morning. At around 11 a.m., four cars were involved in an accident on Gene Autry Trail just south of Via Escuela. Multiple people were taken to the hospital, but it appears all injuries were minor, and non

The U.S. Marshals Service says it’s found the two men who walked away from the Duluth prison camp last week. Authorities say Gerald Greenfield and Michael Krzyzaniak were arrested at a hotel in Burnsville about 1 a.m. Friday. The fugitives escaped from the prison camp in Duluth on March 30. Federal agents say a tip

The 23rd Dinah Shore Weekend continues today andtomorrow with a lineup of events in Palm Springs. Most of the events, which cater to lesbians, are at the Hilton, 400 E.Tahquitz Canyon Way. Dinah Shore Weekend runs through Sunday and includes twonew events — a Saturday celebrity poker tournament to benefit the Human RightsCampaign, and a

Na Yeon Choi, Suzann Pettersen and Jodi EwartShadoff share a one-shot lead over Amy Yang and Anna Nordqvist entering today’ssecond round of the $2 million Kraft Nabisco Championship. Choi, Pettersen and Ewart Shadoff all shot four-under-par 68s Thursdayat Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage in the LPGA’s first majortournament of the year. Choi and

Authorities say a California teen involved in a crash that killed five people in Nevada had escaped from an Orange County Juvenile Facility. Eighteen year old Jean Soriano is accused of driving drunk when he rear ended a van over the wekeend, just outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Seven people were in the van. Five were

Riverside Community College administrators are standing by the student body president after his history of sexual abuse was made public. Doug Figueroa, 40, was elected to the position last year. Figueroa admitted to kidnapping and committing lewd acts with a boy under the age of 14 back in 2005. That information was made pubic after

Next time you reach for your phone in the car, you might want to think again. For the entire month of April, law enforcement agencies in the valley are cracking down on distracted driving. Whether they admit it or not, almost everyone uses a phone at some point while driving. Pam Michelle is visiting the

The players at the Kraft Nabisco Championship are competing for part of the $2 million purse and their part in history. The unique tradition of the leap into “Poppie’s Pond” celebrates its 25th anniversary. The water hazard surrounding the 18th hole at the Mission Hills Country Club. The tradition started when Amy Alcott leaped into