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Unos trabajadores del campo encontraron el cadver de una persona en Thermal hoy viernes, as lo dio a conocer el portavoz del Departamento del Sheriff. El hallazgo se reporto a eso de las 10 a.m. entre la Avenida 60 y Monroe Street en Thermal. Los empleados agrcolas limpiaban un terreno en preparacin para el cultivo

The Board of Supervisors next week will begin theprocess of figuring out how to address multimillion-dollar deficits confrontingthe sheriff’s department and the county hospital while balancing other countyagencies’ needs. The first budget workshop focusing on appropriations for departments infiscal year 2013-14 will be held at the County Administrative Center, startingat 9 a.m. Monday. “While the

Riverside County’s unemployment rate dropped below 11percent last month as most sectors of the regional economy added jobs, a stateagency reported today. The county’s non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in February, based onpreliminary estimates, was 10.9 percent, compared to 11.5 percent in January,according to the California Employment Development Department. The rate was almost two percentage points below

Workers clearing a field for agricultural purposes inThermal today found human bones, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The find was reported shortly after 10 a.m. at Avenue 60 and MonroeStreet. Workers who were clearing a large field of brush so it could be usedfor farming found the bones and called the Riverside County Sheriff’sDepartment, sheriff’s Cpl.

Here’s a rundown of all your local Easter-related events happening this weekend. Saturday, March 30th -What:“Easter in the Park” Where: The Living Desert Time: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. -What:Easter Egg Hung and Spring Fling Where: Noble Creek Community Park in Beaumont Time:9 a.m. – 2 p.m. -What:Boys & Girls Club Easter Egg Hunt Where:DHS

El gran Festival de Baile y Msica “White Party” se celebra este fin de semana en Palm Springs que ha sido el anfitrin por 24 aos. El gran festival inicia con una fiesta en la alberca en el hotel Renaissance donde famosos artistas se darn cota para deleitar a los presentes durante tres das y

California’s jobless rate dipped to 9.6 percent last month, the lowest in more than four years. The state’s Employment Development Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since December 2008, signaling a continued improvement in the state economy. The rate fell from 9.8 percent in January after falling below double

Cathedral City is still interested in expanding that city’s boundary lines to include the currently unincorporated Riverside County community of Thousand Palms. Cathedral City council members created a subcommittee Thursday tasked with continuing to study an annexation effort, which would include 9,700 acres of land and its 7,000 residents. That committee would return its report

White Party, the annual gay dance and music festival, will start in Palm Springs Friday. White Party weekend starts with a pool party at noon at the Renaissancehotel. Carly Rae Jepsen, Carmen Electra, Alexis Jordan and Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters will headline events over the White Party weekend, which runs through Sunday. Electra

Thieves are targeting taxi cabs on the west side of the valley and now the cab company is taking expensive security measures. American Cab Company plans to install surveillance cameras in its vehicles after a recent rash of break-ins. The company reports nine of its vehicles have been broken into in the last month in

The fourth annual Art Bowman Memorial Golf Tournament will be held in Palm Desert today to benefit support and outreach programs for a local cancer center. The tournament, which starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Oasis Country Club,supports the Arnold Palmer Prostate Cancer Center at Eisenhower Lucy CurciCancer Center. Bowman was an original homeowner at

Palm Desert attorney Mary Lehman, a former professional boxer, was named today by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California State Athletic Commission, which oversees boxing and mixed martial arts. Lehman, 49, has been a civil appeals attorney at the Law Offices of Mary A. Lehman since 1995. The position requires Senate confirmation.

En medio de ms polemica se encuentra nuevamente el Distrito Escolar Unificado del valle de Coachella (CVUSD por sus siglas en ingls) luego de que uno de sus miembros del comite escolar fuera arrestada por malversacin de fondos, pero no del distrito. La detencin se di en medio de la controversia que atravieza dicha entidad,

A La Quinta artist was killed by “greedy men,” one ofwhom shot him in the back “like a coward,” a prosecutor told jurors today. The prosecutors comments came in closing arguments in the retrial of twomen accused in the Oct. 25, 1997, murder-for-hire of Bernardo Gouthier. JesseDean Nava and Jerry Eugene Reynolds are both representing

A Coachella Valley Unified School District board memberwho worked for Farmers Insurance pleaded not guilty today to charges she keptmore than $12,000 in cash that should have gone to her employer. Juanita Delara Duarte, 61, who is charged with one felony count of grandtheft, was ordered to return to court April 9 for a felony

Local anchors Brooke Beare and Karen Devine were among 45 women honored today in Cathedral City by Assemblyman Brian Nestande at the”Women of Distinction” luncheon in honor of Woman’s History month. Remarkable women whose contributions have improved lives in their communities were celebrated – this is a tradition that began in the State Capitol in

Seasonal allergies are on the rise. That’s just one thing local doctors are talking about when looking at “What’s Going Around” the area where you live. The citrus blossoms have kicked off a good start to allergy season in Palm Springs. Dr. Michael Jardula is treating a lot of people for sneezing, coughing, watery nose

Californians who buy individual health plans will see their premiums rise an average of 14 percent next year under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report released Thursday by California’s health care exchange. The report commissioned by Covered California found the increase is largely due to an influx of people who previously could

Juanita Delara Duarte de 61 aos quin es miembro del Coachella Valley Unified School District fue arrestada en su casa de Coachella ayer mircoles y es acusada de enriquecimiento ilcito, aunque no se ha especificado en agravio de quin. El superintendente del distrito Dr. Darryl Adamas coment que se sorprendi al enterarse de la noticia