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The mobile home located on Avenue 70 in Thermal, was first reported just after 11:00pm Saturday night. Crews found the mobile home fully engulfed in flames. Authorities say it took crews about half an hour to contain the fire and put it out. No word if anyone was injured. Authorities also aren’t saying how many

A Desert Hot Springs man is behind bars after police say he left an infant inside a hot car in 100 degree heat. Police arrested Narcisco Mercado on suspicion of willful cruelty to a child with possible injury or death. Authorities say, a little after 6 last night, several 911 calls came into the Palm

A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday, after he allegedly sicced a dog on police and armed himself with an semiautomatic rifle before eventually surrendered at the urging of an uncle. Jacob Lee Mitchell allegedly threatened a neighbor in the 33600 block of Whispering Palms Trail about 3:30 p.m. Friday with a SKS rifle that fires

Indiana melons linked to US salmonella outbreak UNDATED (AP) – Health officials in Indiana and Kentucky say they are investigating farms, distributors and retailers after an outbreak of salmonella that has killed two and sickened at least 141 people nationwide was linked to cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana. Officials Friday advised all Indiana residents to

52 year-old Caleb Hesse of Joshua Tree is accused of committing sex crimes with young boys. He was a first grade teacher at Friendly Hills Elementary in Joshua Tree. But San Bernardino County Sheriff’s investigators believe most victims were involved with a youth group at the Evangelical Free Church in Yucca Valley, where Hesse worked

Back in June, a Riverside County Superior Court judge granted an injunction, to prevent the city of Indio from re-organizing its police department. The union that represents police management filed suit against the city, charging unfair labor practices. Now four members of the union are formally requesting to be removed from the court injunction. They

Indio Police confirm that they arrested 48 year old David Joseph Schneider, Thursday around noon, in the 82-300 block of Astaire in Indio, Schneider was booked on suspicion of giving marijuana to a minor, oral copulation with a minor, annoying or molesting a child and violating parole, according to jail records and Indio Police Spokesman

Un ex maestro esta bajo arresto despus de que el mismo confesara que abus sexualmente de nios.. Se trata de Caleb Hesse de 52 aos residente de Joshua Tree. Segn la polica el mismo se denuncio, confesando que haba tenido contacto inapropiado con varios menores. Las autoridades creen sus actos fueron cometidos hace unos 20

One long stretch of winding road and twenty minutes later, we put picture to the words Manuel Galvan used to describe his land after the Buck Fire hit it. “It looks like you’re on the moon, and just my house is sitting there and that’s it,” Galvan said. The Galvans saw the Buck Fire way

The unemployment rate for veterans is still above the national average. So, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hosting job fair, to hire our heroes. It’s targeting active duty military, veterans and their families. A volunteer recruiter with the Hero to Hired program tells a group of veterans on the job hunt, “Everything from the

This time of year, with the extreme weather, the fire threat grows in the San Bernardino National Forest. Some special volunteers play a vital role in preventing wildfires and are often the first ones to spot them. “If we can spot a fire when it’s in its early stages — 20 minutes, half an hour,

A former first grade teacher is under arrest after he confessed to sexually abusing children. The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department released the information and the photo of 52 year old Caleb Hesse, of Joshua Tree, to the media today to hopefully help their case. The Sheriff’s Department says Hesse reportedly told investigators that he had

La Quinta Police released the name Friday of a man found badly injured at a local construction site Wednesday evening. Joseph Vaccaro, 51, fell approximately 50 feet from a construction crane parked next to La Quinta high school. Firefighters were called to Adams Street and Black Hawk Way to rescue him. Vaccaro is believed to

Fire investigators are blaming a garage light for the partial destruction of a single-story home in Palm Desert. Homeowner Roger Tuck says he left a light on in the corner of his garage on Hastings and Edinborough Street, near Palm Desert Country Club, which somehow ignited around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Investigators told Tuck that they

Finalmente despus de cuatro das desde que inici, fue contenido en su totalidad el incendio “Buck” en la comunidad de Aguanga ubicada entre Mehet y Temecula y que acab con 2700 acres de meleza, destruy cuatro estructuras, dej seis heridos, cuatro de ellos bomberos y forz a la evacuacin de decenas de hogares. Ms de

Home sales in California increased last month, and the median price of a home reached its highest level in nearly four years, the Los Angeles-based California Association of Realtors reported today. Closed escrow sales of existing single-family detached homes reached a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 529,230 in July, up 2 percent from June’s revised

Surveillance video has led to the arrest of two suspects involved in two recent valley crimes. “We got it to watch the neighborhood and keep it safe around here and catch people doing wrong things around here,” Cora Parsons said of the camera on her home. Parsons sits in front of her home at ease,

A Northern California man accused in the financially motivated murder of a Palm Springs retiree rested his case Thursday. Daniel Carlos Garcia, 30, who is representing himself, is charged with 10 felony counts, including murder and conspiracy, for the Dec. 5, 2008, stabbing death of 74-year-old Clifford Lambert. Co-defendant Kaushal Niroula, 31, is representing himself

On Saturday night, vandals broke into the Save-A-Pet shelter near Desert Hot Springs and stole all of the cat and dog food. If you’d like to donate, you can drop off food or treats to KESQ in Palm Desert Thursday and Friday, and we will bring all donations there this weekend. The animals will appreciate