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The La Quinta Blackhawks beat the odds in 2011 to win a 5th straight Desert Valley League championship. L.Q. rallied over Indio at home with a 4 to 1 victory that locked up the DVL crown. Sophomore Thalia Ortiz had 3 RBI’s to lead the way. She registered two of the team’s three hits on

A California man with a multimillion-dollar trust fund has pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to the office of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle. Charles Turner Habermann, 33, of Palm Springs entered the plea Wednesday to one count of threatening a federal official. Read: Legal Complaint Filed Against Charles Turner Habermann Habermann admitted

The military continues to prepare for the end of the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy banning openly gay people from serving. Bases around the nation are currently conducting sensitivity training, including the Twentynine Palms Marine Base. The hour-long training includes a message from Marine Corps Commandant James Amos and a Powerpoint presentation outlining how

The summer travel season is nearly here, and the price of gasoline has many people thinking about ways to save, including getting back on their motorcycles and scooters. Gayle Berkeley was passing through from northern California. Most days she uses her car to get around, but more often now she’s on her Harley. “A lot

Charges against a self-proclaimed witch were changed by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday after her co-defendant admitted to pulling the trigger in the murder of an Apple Valley man. The Friday the 13th shooting death of Roger Fisk in November in 2009 was part of an incomplete script being acted out by

Cal Fire and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. worked to rescue a hiker in distress on Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Herlinda Valenzuela said they received the call around 1:15 p.m. from a person who needed help along the Pacific Coast Trail near Whitewater. Rescue crews were working on-foot while the sheriff department helicopter was searching

The ABC, Fox & CW affiliates in the Palm Springs market are looking for a Director of Sales to oversee Sales revenue. This position is located in beautiful Palm Desert, California. Duties and Responsibilities: Specific duties include but are not limited to: managing inventory; evaluating pacing; developing sales strategies, supervising and evaluating performance of the

Three people sat in jail on Wednesday, accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting three children over the last two years, said Sgt. Stephen Mike with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. Deputies arrested Monica Silva, 29, Ronald Hurley Sr., 47, and Ronald Hurley, Jr., 22, after reports of the assaults were called in by several mandated reporters.

A Riverside County lawmaker today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its recent action to prevent offensive and disruptive emissions from a solid and liquid waste recycling plant in Mecca. On Monday, the EPA issued an administrative order barring Western Environmental Inc. from accepting biosolids without the agency’s approval and to cover piles of

A Desert Hot Springs man accused of initiating a gun battle with a police sergeant will be retried on attempted murder and assault charges, a prosecutor said today. Francisco “Poncho” Salcido, 31, allegedly opened fire on Desert Hot Springs police Sgt. Robert Ritchie on Memorial Day 2008. Salcido was convicted in April on lesser charges

Ayer le informamos que un hombre haba sido atropellado el lunes a las 8:15 p.m. en la Ave 52 y Subset Drive en Coachella. En ms detalles, la polica confirm que Jess lvarez Moreno de 72 aos falleci horas ms tarde en el hospital. Jos Ramiro Beltrn de 62 aos conductor del vehculo huy del

En el hospital se recupera una persona que circulaba en su camioneta sobre el Hwy 74 a la altura de Pinyon Pines, perdi el control y choc con las rocas de las montaas. Los hechos ocurrieron ayer a las 10:00 a.m. Caltrans removi las piedras del lugar que obstruan el camino.

Despus de varios das de estar cerrada y de arduos trabajos de limpieza ya est reabierta al trnsito la Indian Canyon Drive a la altura del vado de Palm Springs. En las ltimas semanas los costos de limpieza de dicha arteria vial han sido muy elevados al municipio de Palm Springs.

Despus de que en das pasados autoridades estatales tomaran muestras de basura y tierra que eran transportadas a la planta de Mecca que contina trabajando de manera normal, se mantiene en contacto con la Agencia de Proteccin a Medio Ambiente quienes buscan se niegue el permiso de que ah sean depositados desechos txicos que podran

A major Palm Springs roadway re-opened to traffic on Tuesday after sand debris and high winds forced it to close on Sunday, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. North Indian Canyon Drive was shut down between Tramview and Palm Springs Station roads due to the wind and sand, Palm Springs police Sgt. Mike Kovaleff

A woman who initially told sheriff’s deputies someone shot her really shot herself, a sheriff’s deputy said today. The woman, whose name was withheld, was turned over mental health professionals to be evaluated, Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela said. The woman showed up at a Desert Hot Springs Medical Center Tuesday morning and told staffers there that

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday it had pinpointed the source of a foul smell that has plagued the small town in the eastern Coachella Valley of Southern California. The EPA ordered Western Environmental, Inc., to take immediate steps to address what it called “potentially harmful emissions” coming from its Mecca waste handling

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell six-tenths of a cent today to $4.252, the fourth consecutive daily decrease after rising eight of the previous nine days. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is two-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, but

The Coachella Valley Unified School Board voted to begin termination proceedings against Superintendent Ricardo Medina on Tuesday. The move follows a review of information, which started Jan. 21, the day Medina and Asst. Superintendent Rick Alvarez were placed on paid administrative leave, The details of the investigation have not been released. “I want to make

Palm Springs Air Museum has a new volunteer position and it?s loads of fun ? Will Whiteside has joined the Palm Springs Air Museum as the new Volunteer Director of Flight Operations. ?As Director, his duties are to pilot some of our planes and also arrange for our planes to attend air shows,? stated museum