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The old Palm Springs Police Station has a new life. The building, located on 3111 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, is now the headquarters for the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP). COO Wesley Ahlgren said CVEP spent eight months looking for its new home. “We gutted the whole thing,” he said. CVEP’s former offices were located

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is still piecing together it’s investigation into a home invasion on Monday that ended with a suspect being shot. Just after 4 p.m., deputies were called to a burglary in-progress on the 81000 block of Francis Avenue in an unincorporated area that is surrounded by the City of Indio. The

Riverside County supervisors Tuesday put off a vote on imposing a fee on solar power companies for the use of county land, roads and services, citing concerns about its impact. “If the county rams through something that the industry can’t live with, it’s not going to have good consequences,” Todd Stewart, a spokesman for Oakland-based

A child molester who fled the county to avoid sentencing was behind bars today, a sheriff’s corporal said. Hector Barron Martinez, 44, was arrested Monday afternoon by members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Fugitive Warrant Enforcement Team in the 27000 block of Seventh Street in Highland, in San Bernardino County. Officers took him into custody

Indio police blocked access to Jackson Street between Ave, 48 and Dr. Carreon Blvd. for three hours on Monday morning due to a gas leak in the area, said a police spokesperson. The leak was first reported shortly after 7:15 a.m. when several people called Indio police claiming they could smell natural gas, said Ben

(CNS) – A 10-year-old girl was killed in a crash in Blythe, county fire officials announced today. The crash was reported at 6:54 p.m. on De Frain Boulevard, north of Seeley Avenue, said Cheri Patterson of the Riverside County Fire Department. “Upon arrival of the incident firefighters located a 10-year-old female who had been ejected

(CNS) – The AIDS Assistance Program will hold one of its main fundraisers Sunday night, with music by British R&B and soul singer Maxine Nightingale. The 16th annual Jeannette Rockefeller Angel Program Kickoff Party, named for an AIDS Assistance Program founder Jeannette Rockefeller, starts at 5:30 p.m. at The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn. “The

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Palm Springs and U.S. Forest Service fire crews made quick work putting out a fire near the same area as last weekend’s Windy Point wildfire that scorched 541 acres. The fire and two others were reported just after 2:30 p.m. northwest of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, according to Palm Springs fire dispatchers. News Channel

Some are calling it the banks’ new “Swipe and Gripe” program. Swipe your debit card to make a purchase — then gripe about the added charge to do so. Bank of America now plans to charge customers a $5 monthly debit card fee beginning early next year. “I think that’s a rip-off. It’s just more

The debate over the future of the Salton Sea returns to the limelight after recent proposals have initiated debate and disagreement on its future. The Coachella Valley Water District continues to support the preservation of the Salton Sea because of its many functions. “It supplies habitat for migrating birds, but it also provides a lot

“Welcome to the voting machine.” It was the voice Elsa Enriquez had been waiting to hear. She’s visually impaired. “I want to be able to vote very independently in the future,” she said. Enriquez and a handful of her classmates at the Braille Institute received training Tuesday on how to use the audio electronic voting

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