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A jury has reached a decision in the trial of a man accused of slaying a 20 year old Marine and another man. Just after 1:30 p.m. in Indio, the jury decided that Emilio Manuel Avalos, 35, is guilty of 1st degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Marine Cpl. Henry Lozano. They also found

A stinky situation has made for quite a sticky situation for Palm Desert Shoe Repair. The owner says she’s been wrongly evicted, while her landlord says he’s tried to clear the air, but now it’s time to leave. Saida Schneider has been in the shoe repair business in Palm Desert, for 24 years. She moved

Tens of thousands of sample ballots for the Nov. 6 general election will be mailed tomorrow by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office, which is expecting a record number of people to be registered to vote countywide. More than 890,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets will be sentout to voters over the next week,

In a world where there’s an app for everything, educators think bringing technology to school just clicks. “We’ve looked at what’s happening in education today, and what’s happening around the world. We know that technology is key to success whether it be in business or in education,” Coachella Valley Unified School District superintendent Darryl Adams

La cima del rea conocida como Bump and Grind es una de las favoritas de las personas que gustan de excursionismo, de correr, trotar y andar en bicicleta entre otras y que en 2011 fue prohibida por el Departoment de Pesca y Juegos, que argumentaba que afectaba el habitat natural de las especies que ah

Emmy-winning TV host and “Moon River” crooner Andy Williams has died at age 84. Williams’ publicist, Paul Shefrin, said Wednesday that the silky-voiced singer died Tuesday night at his home in Branson, Mo., following a year-long battle with bladder cancer. Williams had ties to the Coachella valley where he loved to golf, had a home

Firefighters were monitoring an overnight debris fire in the east valley Wednesday morning. The fire was reported in Thermal near Avenue 70 and Harrison street late Tuesday night shortly after 11 p.m. Riverside county firefighters said flames blackened five acres of vegetation and debris. Firefighters stayed on scene overnight. No structures were threatened, and no

The Bump and Grind trail is one of the valley’s popular spots to enjoy a tough run, hike, or bike. For Jacob Schefa, since his dad passed away in 2010, he’s called the Rancho Mirage hike his place of “walking meditation.” “During that time, my mother passed away and a lot of things changed in

Another mosquito sample has tested positive for the West Nile virus in Rancho Mirage. That brings this year’s total positive mosquito samples in the valley to 110, the highest number of samples since the virus arrived in 2003. Last week Riverside County health officials confirmed the valley’s first 2 human cases of West Nile for

Riverside County’s general fund is a little larger in the wake of the Board of Supervisors’ vote today to deposit $1.2 million in property tax overpayments into the county treasury. In a 5-0 vote, the board authorized county Treasurer-Tax Collector Don Kent to take the unclaimed money and place into an active account for the

If you’re looking to transform your view from the desert landscape, to the New York skyline, it just got a whole lot easier. Virgin America is expanding its service to Palm Springs, with new non-stop flight from The Big Apple. Steve Lumbard is visiting from Seattle and says, “Anytime you can have people come in

The NFL announced on Tuesday that they support the Seattle Seahawks’ 14-12 victory over Green Bay in Week 3. The game ended on a controversial decision from a crew of replacement officials, the latest mistake that’s fueling the fire against the league. On the final play of the game, Russell Wilson heaved a hail-mary towards

A local biologist now says that a sharped toothed fish that a young valley fisherman reeled in this weekend at an East Valley canal is a Pacu not its dangerous cousin the flesh eating Piranha. According to Jack Crayon, Associate Biologist from the Department of Fish and Game, the pacu is not a carnivore, but

An ex-Marine today admitted embezzling more than $116,000from a Palm Desert-based Marine scholarship fund and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison. Jason Patrick Hitt, 36, of Pomona, embezzled from U.S. Marine Scholarships of the Desert Cities Inc., a nonprofit that awards scholarships to current and former Marines in the area, while serving as

Governor Brown has signed AB 880, better known in the valley as the Bump and Grind Trail Bill. This measure will now re-open the upper portion of the Mirage Trail, known as the Bump and Grind. The bill was amended in the Senate Natural Resources Committee to re-open the upper portion for nine months out

Five years ago 40-year old Howard Villanueva was stabbed to death in the Palm Springs home of 19-year old Candace Duran. Police say, the day of the murder, Duran confessed to killing Villanueva. She was arrested and charged. Duran, a member of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, was held on a one million

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que hoy a la 1:30 a.m. entr al negocio conocido como “Perez Images” que se ubica en el 68360 Perez Road en Cathedral City y a punta de pistola exigi al empleado que le diera el dinero de la caja registradora. Segn coment el Sargento Julio

Prosecutors say a mother and her adult son abandoned 30 dogs in a Southern California park. The Orange County Register says 59-year-old Floreliza Aguillo Escano has been charged with animal abandonment, cruelty and neglect. Her 26-year-old son James Francis Alambra has been charged with animal abandonment and mistreatment. Two kennels stuffed with 30 dogs were

A gunman robbed a Cathedral City adult video store and zapped an employee with pepper spray Tuesday morning, authorities said.The robber entered Perez Images at 68360 Perez Road around 1:30 a.m., displayed a handgun and demanded cash, said Cathedral City police Sgt. Julio Luna.An employee allowed the suspect access to a cash register, Luna said,