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Four men are behind bars accused of attempted homicide. Saturday, police arrested 19 year old Osvaldo Arias, 22 year old Christopher Baldenegro, 20 year old Abraham Collins, and 19 year old Dylan Sambrano. Police caught up with four men after a report that a man had been shot at on 8th street in Desert Hot

Palm Springs police arrested two people Friday in connection with several thefts occurring in the Coachella Valley, according to a press statement Saturday. Officers were conducting an investigation of wanted persons tied to stolen property and identity theft and arrested the suspects identified as Martin Wayne Ortega and Marisol De La Fuente at a hotel

Dirt, thick mud and lingering puddles surround several Cathedral City businesses on East Palm Canyon Drive. It’s a site that some call the remains of a disaster zone. With a shovel in hand, Tori Meza the general manager of Del Taco says it looks like you need an off-road vehicle just to grab a quick

(AP) The state Assembly has killed a bill that would have given overtime pay to farm laborers who work more than eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week. AB1313 would have given farmworkers the same overtime rights as other employees who are not managers. Currently, farmworkers earn overtime only after working

California Lawmakers are sending Governor Jerry Brown legislation that would extend a Hollywood tax break for two years in an effort to keep film and TV production in the state. The Senate on Friday passed AB2026 on a 32-2 vote, while both chambers approved companion legislation, SB1197. The bills extend a $100 million-a-year tax break

Individual tickets for the fifth annual “Cinema Diverse” Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival go on sale today (September 1, 2012). The festival is planned for Sept. 20th through 23rd at Camelot Theaters in PalmSprings and will include 22 feature films. The festival is presented by arts non-profit Palm Springs Cultural Center. Organizers are

This Labor Day weekend you can help feed those in need ! While checking out the Palm Springs Air museum. This weekend Coachella Valley residents can bring in sealed food and receive two for one admission tickets! For more information visit www.PalmSpringsAirMuseum.org

A local church is giving back to the community today (September 1, 2012) by handing out 600 backpacks. But that’s not the only thing The Rock Church in Palm Desert will be doing for kids. They will have games and a skateboard exposition, thanks to a world champion skateboarder and hall of famer — who

Yosemite National Park officials are saying up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus. Park concessionaire Delaware North Co. sent letters and emails this week to nearly 3,000 people who reserved the insulated “Signature” cabins between June and August, warning them that they

Thousands of dead fish are washing ashore in the Salton Sea. As you can imagine it’s causing quite the smell, just in time for dove hunters hoping to enjoy the holiday weekend. At the State Park on the North shore, there are thousands of dead tilapia. In some places, the groups of dead fish are

Police in New Jersey say a supermarket employee that killed two coworkers once lived in the high desert. ABC News identified the alleged shooter Friday as Terrance Tyler, 23, a former Marine who lived in Twentynine Palms in 2009. Tyler shot himself Friday morning after opening fire in the Pathmark store just outside Manhattan around

East Palm Canyon Drive in Cathedral City reopened to traffic early Friday morning at 6 am. Cathedral City Public Works Crews were working overnight to clean up mud and debris following flooding Thursday afternoon along East Palm Canyon Drive between Golf Club Drive And Cathedral Canyon Drive. In a printed statement Thursday, Cathedral City Communications

Law enforcement agencies will be operating DUI and driver’s license checkpoints in three Coachella Valley cities tonight. Sheriff’s deputies will conduct a checkpoint in Coachella from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., and in Palm Desert from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., both at undisclosedlocations. The Palm Springs Police Department will operate a checkpoint from 8

Some called it “the wall of water”, some called it “an ocean”. Others called the force that cascaded into Cathedral City Thursday night unbelievable. “It was crazy, like something out of a movie. You would never believe it,” Caroldean Ross, whose store was damaged from the water, said. Moving at high speeds, the water changed

Cathedral City Police terminate a pursuit after suspects on Interstate 10 Friday morning reach speeds over 100 miles per hour. It all began around 9:30 this morning when an undercover Cathedral City Police officer noticed a suspicious vehicle in the Rio Vista Area of Cathedral City. A patrol unit was dispatched to the area and

Steve Martin and bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers will open the McCallum Theatre’s 25th anniversary season tonight. The actor-comedian-banjo player has toured with the band for three years, performing at such events as Bonnaroo, New Orleans’ Jazzfest and the Newport Folk Festival and winning the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2011 “Entertainer of the Year”

California plans to crack down on Internet sellers who don’t collect state sales taxes. The Los Angeles Times says the state plans to spend $10 million in the next three years to hire new state auditors and other specialists to enforce the collection. More than 200 retailers will be warned that they may have to

Several Cathedral city businesses announced they were planning to be open for business over the Labor Day holiday weekend, despite a torrential rain storm. Thursday’s downpour sent water flooding into several store fronts along East Palm Canyon Drive. Several businesses saw flood damage from the slow moving thunderstorm that dumped a recorded .60 inches of