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A Desert Hot Springs toddler died on Wednesday evening after drowning in a backyard pool. Rescue workers transported the child to a nearby hospital on Wednesday afternoon where he later died. Ambulances responded to the 12000 block of Redbud Road in Desert Hot Springs just after 3:30 p.m. The child was listed in critical condition

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The City of Palm Springs alerted residents and visitors that N. Indian Canyon Dr. will be closed for at various times next week. Road repairs and sand removal will take place ono May 31, June 1 and June 2 as a result of recent wind storms. The closures will be from 6 a.m. to 3:30

Two motorcycle officers crashed into each other today during a funeral procession in Torrance, injuring both of them. The collision occurred around 12:30 p.m. at 227th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard, said Capt. Steve Deuel of the Torrance Fire Department. One of the officers was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate injuries, Deuel said.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio station on Highway 86 arrested a driver on Wednesday who they said was trying to transport $200,000 worth of methamphetamine in the country. The incident happened at around 9 a.m. when a canine search team alerted agents to a silver-colored Ford Windstar. The minivan was being driven

El incidente occurio al filo de las 9:00am al ser alertados por unos perros sabuesos de que un vehculo modelo Ford Windstar color plateado podra estar transportando sustancias qumicas. El decomiso de drogas se llevo acabo en un punto de revision en la Carretera 86 cerca de Salton City. El minivan era conducido por una

Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff is proposing an alternate spending plan that relies on attrition, operational adjustments and increased revenue to prevent laying off hundreds of deputies in the next fiscal year. The sheriff said his proposal would knock his department’s 2011-12 budget deficit down from $61 million to $17 million — without issuing pink

Coachella Valley resident Michael Simmons was just 17 years old when he went on the “Oprah Winfrey Show.” “I got to meet Oprah before and after the show and it was really great,” Simmons said. “She’s a great person. She’s the same with the camera on as with the camera off.” Oprah featured him on

A las 11:45 de esta maana se report el incendio de rboles de ctricos en el rea de Dillon Road y Fargo Canyon. Las llamas se extendieron a plameras de dtil rpidamente. lso residentes del rea tuvieron que ser evacuados debido a la peligrosidad y rapidez con que se expandi el fuego. Algunos tramos de

Despus de una excelente investigacin la polica de Indio apoyada con otras agencias del orden arrest en Greenfield, California a Alfonso Verduzco, el quito sujeto involucrado en la doble fatalidad ocurrida en Marzo pasado en Indio Blvd. y Monroe Street. Verduzco quien est en la crcel de Monterrey County ya contaba con orden de arresto

Debido a cambios estructurales, el Restaurante Ruby?s cierra sus puertas tomando por sorpresa a clientes y ms an a empleados que se quedaron sin trabajo. Solo dos gerentes fueron reubicados en Ruby?s de Palm Springs.

El prximo 1ro de Julio entra en efecto la ley estatal que requiere prueba de vacunacin contra la tos ferina a los alumnos del 7mo grado en adelante. Por lo que las autoridades del Departamento de Salud del Condado de Riverside sugieren a padres de familia que vacunen a sus hijos para que no tengan

Gracias a informacin proporcionada por testigos la polica logr el arresto del sujeto que vestido de traje asalt la farmacia de Target de Palm Springs el pasado lunes. Steven James DeAngelis de 32 aos se hospedaba en el Motel 6 donde fue arrestado y donde los agentes encontraron el medicamento que haba robado.

Ya est reabierto al trnsito el tramo de la carretera vieja 86 entre las Avenidas 60 y 61 en Thermal, el cual fue cerrado debido a un incendio que devor seis acres de maleza. Desde las 4:45 p.m. los bomberos combatieron el fuego.

En condicin crtica se encuentra un pequeo de dos aos que estuvo a punto de ahogarse en la alberca de una casa ubicada sobre Red Bud Road en Desert Hot Springs. El lamentable incidente ocurri ayer a las 3:30 p.m.

Dr. Scott Aaronson helped Palm Springs resident Bruce Barrett when his right breast began to grow unexpectedly. Barrett thought he had cancer. He said, “I had a breast, a miniature breast. I said to myself, ‘This isn’t normal to have.’” Gynecomastia is the scientific term for enlarged breasts in men. The condition can be embarrassing,

The disaster in Joplin, Mo., hit home for a Yucca Valley woman who has been glued to the television knowing that close friends are now living in an underground shelter. Leanka Winters has been in touch with her friends through Facebook and text messaging, and everyday there seems to be a new disaster. Winters said

A grand jury investigation into the treatment of mentally ill inmates in Riverside County jail facilities uncovered a number of problems, including a shortage of psychiatric specialists, lost records and inadequate transition care. The Board of Supervisors accepted the 19-member grand jury’s findings without comment today and directed the Executive Office to draw up a

Attorneys will make their first court appearance today in a lawsuit filed by an animal rights group accusing the Palm Springs Animal Shelter of euthanizing animals too quickly and of lax recordkeeping. The complaint alleges that the shelter violated the Palm Springs municipal code by euthanizing animals before the required five-day holding period. The suit

The Palm Desert boys tennis team dominated Burroughs by a team score of 14-4 and locked down their spot in next week’s Division II Final. Led by Abe Hewko’s three individual wins, the Aztecs cruised through the semi-finals at Rancho Las Palmas on Tuesday. Palm Desert has a shot at their first CIF title since