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Smell-o-vision is finally here. Monday, Google announced it has created a way that allows your phone or computer to change the molecules around you to mimic a certain scent. April Fools’. This cyber joke is a part of a growing trend of elaborate fooling, all on the Internet. There are hundreds, if not thousands of

Former Desert Hot Springs developer Michael Kryzaniak (known as Michael Crosby while he was working in DHS) is one of two people who escaped from a low-security federal prison camp near Duluth over the weekend. Kryzaniak is the man that once promised to bring a high-end golf resort and lavish commercial space to Desert Hot

The Los Angeles Dodgers will open their 2013 season Monday against the World Series champion San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, which underwent $100 million worth of improvements during the offseason. The upgrades — including new high-definition video boards in left field and right field, wider concourses and expanded restrooms — will make attending a

The Rancho Mirage Public Library will host a freescreening tonight of a documentary about classical pianist Marika Bournaki,followed by a performance by Bournaki. The screening of the documentary, “I Am Not a Rock Star,” will beginat 7 p.m., library spokeswoman Susan Cook said. Bournaki began studying piano at age 5 and at 9 was a

El viernes a las 11:40 p.m. un hombre circulaba en su auto sobre Harrison Street en Coachella, cuando a la altura de 6th Street dos hombres se le aproximaron y a punta de pistola le robaron su cartera. La polica confirm que los ladrones vestan con ropa oscura y llevaban la cara tapada con pauelos.

A man robbed a Rancho Mirage gas station atgunpoint early Monday morning, a sheriff’s sergeant said. The robbery was reported at 3:15 a.m. in the 36100 block of Bob HopeDrive. The gunman entered the gas station’s convenience store, demanded all themoney in the cash register and left with an undisclosed amount of cash in ablack

Coachella Valley residents can buy passes for theCoachella and Stagecoach music festivals online starting today. Starting at 10 a.m., residents can buy up to two passes for bothweekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — April 12-14 and 19-21 — and/or for the Stagecoach country music festival, which is scheduledApril 26-29, according to

The gusty west winds that blew through the mountainand desert areas of Riverside County and the Coachella Valley overnight areexpected to continue through early Tuesday, according to the National WeatherService. A trough of low pressure moving inland through the Great Basin pushedwinds of 20 to 30 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 50

This weekend’s White Party, the annual gay danceand music festival held in Palms Springs, set a new attendance record,according to its producer. The festivities began Friday and wrapped up Sunday with a splashyoutdoor extravaganza staged across from the Palm Springs Convention Center. “White Party was originally designed to be a weekend getaway for theL.A. boys,”

Riverside County supervisors today will begin the process of figuring out how to address multi-million-dollar deficits confronting the sheriff’s department and the county hospital going into the next fiscal year. The first budget workshop focusing on appropriations for departments in2013-14 will be held at the County Administrative Center starting around 9 a.m. “While the county

Police in Palm Desert are looking for a Hispanic man who attacked two others over the weekend. Police responded to a report of a fight at the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and One Quail place in Palm Desert just after 9 Friday night. Authorities say two men were injured during a fight with a

Indian Wells Police arrest a La Quinta man for DUI after an early morning traffic accident. Police responded to the accident at about 2:00am Sunday at the the intersection of Hwy 111 and El Dorado Drive. Officers say a white Ford Explorer was traveling eastbound on Hwy 111 when he failed to stop for a

The Cathedral City community came together to hold a car wash at Dennis Keat Soccer Park in honor ofAYSO Regional Commissioner Diane Keat on Saturday. Keat, 55, passed away on Monday afternoon. It will be a quiet Saturday for young soccer players when they hit the field next weekend. After whistles blow to kick off

It’s not every day that a CHP officer has to make a traffic stop on the Easter Bunny. Oddly enough, that’s exactly what happened to San Diego CHP officer AdamGriffiths, who pulled over a motorcyclist with a sidecar who was dressed as agiant rabbit on a La Mesa freeway Saturday. “Griffiths stopped the motorcyclist on

The Palm Springs Fire Department says a small fire broke out at a long-vacant Palm Springs car dealership Saturday night. Firefighters were called out just after 7:30pm to the old Mac Magruder Chevrolet dealership on S. Palm Canyon Drive. The fire burned in a loft area on the second floor, Palm Springs Fire Battalion Chief

Two people were killed in a deadly accident on eastbound I-10 at Cherry Valley Boulevard early Sunday morning. Calfire says the accident happened just before 1:30 AM and it involved four vehicles. When rescue crews arrived, one of the vehicles fully involved with fire. Calfire says two people were killed and one was taken to

A motorist is dead after a car crashed into a light pole in Thousand Palms early Saturday morning. It happened just after 3 am at the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Varner Road just north of I-10. The California Highway Patrol identified the driver as 21 year old, Nydia Davila. Officers say Davila lost

Riverside County Deputies deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 74-000 Block of Desert Aire Drive in North Shore Friday at about 12:30pm Deputies say a 67-year-old female fired a gun at her husband, the round hit the wall next to him. The victim who was not hurt, later notified police of the assault.

Just after 2:00pm on Friday, Riverside County Sheriffs deputies were called out to a store on the 8000 block of Limonite Ave in Jurupa Valley, for a white male adult committing lewd and lascivious acts with two females under the age of 14 years old. The females notified store management, who contacted law enforcement. The

The first accident happened just after 1 early Saturday morning. La Quinta Police found a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision at Highway 111 and Washington St. Police say the driver of a Cadillac sedan was traveling east on Highway 111 when he failed to make the turn. He hit the curb, causing his vehicle to