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Just before noon on Friday a man with a gun entered the Bermuda Dunes Dairy Queen demanding cash. The suspect is described as a white man, 5 foot 11 inches with a thin build wearing dark colored jeans a gray shirt and a black hat. He was last seen running out of the rear of

The ride to Las Vegas is improving Friday after a big rig semi flipped over in the median at the Nevada state line. All lanes were opened just after 1 pm. A big rig wreck is slowed motorists driving to Las Vegas Friday from the Coachella valley and Los Angeles. I-15 was shut down in

Ayer jueves un nio de 8 aos llev una pistola a la escuela Agua Caliente Elementary, uno de los maestros vio cuando se la enseaba a un grupo de compaeros, de inmediato se la quit y lo report a las autoridades escolares. El arma es propiedad del to del menor, Ricardo Olivera de 24 aos,

The two officers on paid administrative leave for a shooting that left a man dead on Interstate 10 in Indio are back to work, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Joe Zagorski said an internal investigation concluded that the one officer who shot Robert Shirar, 32, after a traffic collision under the Jefferson Street

A second grader at Agua Caliente Elementary School in Palm Springs brought a gun to school in his backpack on Thursday, according to the school district. Spokeswoman Joan Boiko said the student brought the gun to show to another student, who then told the teacher. Palm Springs police were eventually called in. Boiko said the

Two more mosquito samples have come back testing positive for West Nile Virus, according to the Center for Vectorborne Diseases at the University of California-Davis. The samples were collected by mosquito researchers on June 19 from mosquito traps near Mecca. The two positive results bring the total number of West Nile positives in mosquitoes to

Police released surveillance photos Thursday in the hope that someone will recognize two people suspected of trying to torch a medical marijuana dispensary in Palm Springs last week. A burglar alarm was activated about 2:30 a.m. June 14 at Collective Apothecary Prescription Service — also known as C.A.P.S. — at 4050 Airport Center Drive. Responding

This year’s Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals raked in a combined $60.3 million in gross sales, according to numbers posted today on Billboard magazine’s website. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which was held over two weekends in April for the second straight year, brought in more than $47 million, and Stagecoach: California’s Country

Los dos Oficiales de la Patrulla de Carreteras de California que estuvieron en cese administrativo desde Mayo 21 pasado hoy estan nuevamente trabajando segn el reporte del CHP. El oficial Joe Zagorski dijo que la investigacin interna ya concluy y que el agente que dispar a Robert Shirar de 32 aos no hizo nada incorrecto

Police and special agents from several Coachella Valley agencies served two narcotics-related search warrants on Wednesday morning, resulting in nine arrests. Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Hoyt said the warrants were served at two apartments at 5:30 a.m. at the Rebecca Apartments, located on the 34000 block of Rebecca Way, across the street from Cathedral

A Riverside County judge ordered a Menifee man to stand trial on an animal cruelty charge on Wednesday in connection with the death of a Chihuahua. District Attorney spokesman John Hall said Larry Edward Jaurequi, 59, is charged with one count of felony animal cruelty along with an enhancement of personal use of a dangerous

Some call it modern-day slavery — nationwide more than 600,000 kids are victims of human trafficking each year and the Riverside County is looking to put a stop to it. The county’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, which is a collaboration of the sheriff’s department and Operation SafeHouse, joined forces with the community Wednesday at Desert

Richard Lynch, a Palm Springs resident who employed his scarred face to play villainous characters in such films as “Bad Dreams” and “The Sword and the Sorcerer,” has died at age 76. Lynch’s representative, Mike Baronas, said the actor’s body was found Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs by Lynch’s friend, actress Carol Vogel.

A felony DUI charge was filed today against a 23-year-old Palm Springs man who allegedly got into a crash while driving impaired, leaving a woman with major injuries. Obed Rojas Lopez, who also faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of causing great bodily injury, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.

San Francisco firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire burning in a building along the city’s waterfront. Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge says more than 100 firefighters are trying to “surround the fire and drown it out.” Talmadge says no injuries have been reported. The blaze is burning in a mostly vacant building on Pier 29.

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has a new chairman, the tribe announced today. Jeff Grubbe, who had been vice chairman since 2007, was elected Tuesday to succeed Richard Milanovich, whose 28-year chairmanship ended with his death from cancer on March 11. Grubbe has served on the Tribal Council since 2006, and was previously

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were working Wednesday to try to track down the pair of suspected shoplifters who made off with expensive merchandise from Louis Vuitton on Tuesday. The incident happened around 1:15 p.m. at the upscale store on El Paseo. Sgt. Jeff Buompensiero said a black man and woman entered the store and stole