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A Desert Hot Springs police officer who was sent to a man’s home to investigate a hit-and-run crash testified today that he forced the resident to the ground after seeing a sergeant grab one of the man’s arms. “You used force against Edward Moore, right?” asked Jerry Steering, one of Moore’s attorneys. “Yes, I did,”

El percance occurio a la altura de Thousand Palms. Socorristas fueron llamados al este de la salida de la calle Monterrey al filo de las 6:45pm. La Patrulla de Caminos inform que Nevaeh Sessoms, de nueve meses estaba bien asegurada en su asiento de seguridad pero ste no estaba bien instalado. Cinco personas ms tuvieron

Southland activists on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate will learn tomorrow the next twist in the saga of Proposition 8, with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals expected to issue its ruling on the constitutionality of the ballot issue that prevented same-sex weddings in California. The court’s ruling is expected to be

Screen siren Zsa Zsa Gabor turned 95 years old Monday, in spite of the health scares she suffered over the past year. Gabor’s leg was amputated last year, after previously breaking her hip and suffering a blood clot. She was rushed to the hospital several times, including the day after her friend and one-time neighbor

A 9-month-old girl was killed on Sunday evening in an accident on Interstate 10 involving three cars. A California Highway Patrol spokesperson said the collisions happened around 6:45 p.m. in the westbound lanes, just east of the Monterrey Avenue exit. Witnesses said a 1997 Saturn SL4, driven by Alyissa Gross, 21, of Coachella, tried to

El fin de semana se registraron dos choques en los que ambas conductores manejaban ebrias. El primero fue el viernes a las 10:14 p.m. cuando una mujer perdi el control y se impact con vehculos estacionados en la calle Desert Greens Drive en Palm Desert. Y el sbado a las 5:00 a.m. la chofer de

Buenas noticias para los tres distritos escolares del Valle de Coachella. Gracias a una iniciativa de ley recin aprobada mientras no sea aprobado el presupuesto estatal por parte de los legisladores, el transporte escolar no ser eliminado como se haba estipulado originalmente. Pero si anunciaron que el ao escolar ser acortado. Los tres distritos piden

Cinco personas heridas, una de ellas de gravedad es el resultado de un choque entre dos vehculos registado ayer a las 6:45 p.m. en los carriles con rumbo al oeste de la I-10 cerca de Monterrey Ave en Palm Desert. Se supo que una persona qued atrapada en uno de los vehculos, despus de ser

If your mental taste buds can dream it up, the first-ever Palm Springs Food Truck Festival served it up. “Out To Eat” television show host Cliff Young, who can be seen on KVCR-TV, stirred Saturday’s event up for the desert — a first for the Coachella Valley. “I was scared to death. What if nobody

Friends, food, and football: “Should be a good one, wait all year for this to happen. I think it’s the single best sporting event out there. Great action and great atmosphere,” a fan said. Fans from all over gather around TVs for Super Bowl XLVI. “The entertainment, the game, the excitement,” Giants fan April Waters

A man is in critical condition after being hit by a car while riding his bike in Palm Desert. It happened around 11:15 Sunday morning at the intersection of Portola and Frank Sinatra. No word on what caused the collision. The cyclist was taken to the hospital with major injuries. His name has not been

A crash along Interstate 10 Sunday night shut down multiple lanes on the westbound side, according to the California Highway Patrol. It happened around 6:45 P.M., just east of the Monterey exit. Three vehicles were involved, one of them was found facing the wrong way. Some of the victims were trapped inside their cars and

Military officials say a Marine’s wife and mother of two killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was a 31-year-old from Hudson, Iowa. The Marines released a statement late Saturday saying the woman killed was Lori Hardin, wife of 34-year-old Gunnery Sgt. Greg G. Hardin of Tuolumne, Calif. Greg

Riverside County law enforcement agencies will be teaming up today to crack down on Super Bowl fans who drink and drive. The “Avoid the 30” task force — named for the number of participating agencies — is planning saturation patrols to snare impaired drivers before, during and after the NFL championship game, according to Riverside

A family friend of Jack Banaszynski, 68, of Palm Springs, told News Channel 3 on Friday that Banazinski died while on vacation in Hawaii. He said from injuries he suffered during a tandem parasailing accident Jan. 29 near Honolulu. According to news reports from Honolulu, the accident happened as Banaszynski and a 51-year-old friend, who

Twenty-eight educators from around the desert attended a Wind Energy Workshop at College of the Desert’s Enterprise Center. Teachers learned the basic principles behind wind energy, and how to engage their students in learning about it. “We have a lot of wind turbines, we see them as we come in and out of the valley,

The Sizzler restaurant in Cathedral City has closed its doors once again. The franchise restaurant reopened last may after a remodeling. The building sat vacant for more than two years at the busy intersection of Date Palm Drive and Ramon Road after shutting down for the first time in 2009. Saturday, people had to walk

Seven protestors stood in Friday morning’s chilling temperatures to support a man they say Desert Hot Springs residents need. “He’s a great guy with a big heart. He’s a professional police officer. He’s got a master’s degree, used to be a teacher,” protestor Rita DelValle said. Officer Paul Tapia, the Police Officers Association president, is

A deputy arrested a Mexicali, Mexico, man Saturday when he found 26 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle, according to a sheriff’s department spokesman. Jose Alejandro Bojorquez, 27, was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Riverside on suspicion of transportation of a commercial substance, possession for sale of a controlled substance, committing

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a house fire that broke out early Saturday morning in Palm Springs. It broke out just after 3:30 A.M. on the 2000 block of Farrell Drive, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found smoke coming from a vent in the roof, said Battalion Chief John