News

A 33-year-old parolee was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of a home invasion robbery. Desert Hot Springs police were called to a home invasion robbery on the 68100 block of Club Circle around 10:45 p.m. According to Desert Hot Springs police officers, a man later identified as Joseph Montanez, forced open a room door while

A 29-year-old Riverside man was arrestedFriday nightin connection with the “Snowboarder Bandit” bank robberies in Orange, Riverside and Ventura counties. Michael B. Franks will remain in custody over the weekend and was expected to be charged next week, Laura Eimiller of the FBI said. Franks is suspected in at least 10 bank robberies in Orange

Police in Orange today sought a missing 31-year-old woman and her two children after the arrest of her ex-boyfriend, who is suspected of killing all three.Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, the father of the missing children, wasarrested by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 5 south of the San Onofre weigh station in San Diego County

Palm Desert police are searching for a man who may have held up the First California Bank branch at the corner of Fred Waring Drive and Washington Street on Friday. Police were alerted by the bank’s holdup alarm just before noon, said spokesman Angel Ramos. Officers arrived, set up a perimeter and launched a search

Palm Desert police are searching for a man who may have held up the First California Bank branch at the corner of Fred Waring Drive and Washington Street on Friday. Police were alerted by the bank’s holdup alarm just before noon, said spokesman Angel Ramos. Officers arrived, set up a perimeter and launched a search

If you’ve lived in Mecca for at least the past year, you can attest to the fact that the city has had a certain air about it. “Kind of like an egg smell,” Mecca resident Rene Rodriguez said. In January of 2011, health officials determined the source of the smell — an oil and water

Car crashes are theNo. 1killer of teens in the United States. As prom and graduation season approaches, police and insurance companies are trying to reach out to high school students. The lesson: one mistake can change your life. The program kicked off at Palm Springs High SchoolFriday with an inspirational video on leadership. The Teen

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today for the State Route 86/Airport Boulevard Interchange, which is tentatively scheduled open to traffic on May 11. Construction began in April 2011 on the $6.1 million, state-funded structure, which replaced a ground-level intersection with an interchange carrying Airport Boulevard traffic over SR 86. The project added three 12-foot-wide lanes,

A 7 car pile-up shut down Gene Autry Trail just south of Interstate 10 Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crashhappened around 8 a.m. andclosed allsouthbound lanes. There’s no word on any injuries. Authorities reopened the lanes about an hour later. Investigators are now trying to piece together how the crashes happened.

A man taken into custody at the end of a vehicle chase through South Orange County was placed under arrest today on suspicion of murdering his former live-in girlfriend and their two young sons. Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 5 south of the San Onofre weigh station

A man taken into custody at the end of a vehicle chase through South Orange County was placed under arrest today on suspicion of murdering his former live-in girlfriend and their two young sons. Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 5 south of the San Onofre weigh station

Si usted es un padre de familia que tiene que levantar a su hijo de la preparatoria de La Quinta o simplemente es un conductor que transita por el rea de la calle Adams, seguramente ya se dio cuenta de los retrasos en la construccin de un puente que ya lleva varias semanas y no

The iconic 26-foot-tall statue that became a controversial fixture on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue will leave the Windy City on Monday and head for warmer temperature in Palm Springs. WMAQ-TV reports “Forever Marilyn,” created by sculptor Seward Johnson, will be installed next month at the intersection of Palm Canyon and Tahquitz Canyon drives in the heart

Explosives experts removed a harmless device from a man who came into a Southern California emergency room and said he had a bomb. San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says the suspicious device attached to the man Thursday was removed and X-rayed and it was determined it was not an explosive. The all-clear was

Eight Southland residents, including two doctors, were charged today for their roles in schemes to submit more than $14 million in false billing to Medicare. Among those charged are two Orange County doctors and two associates who allegedly billed nearly $5.7 million in false claims to Medicare for durable medical equipment, according to the U.S.