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Light rain began to fall around Riverside County early today, a sign that an expected large cold trough of low pressure moving into the region from the Gulf of Alaska has arrived. A steadier rain — heavy at times — will occur by this afternoon and continue into this evening, according to the National Weather

A Wednesday morning car crash in Palm Desert created delays on two main roadways, as firefighters quickly worked to free a person trapped inside a mangled car. Firefighters were called to the intersection of Portola and Frank Sinatra at about 5:45 a.m. after witnesses watched a car flip over, said spokeswoman Jodi Hagemann. Two people

A public meeting will be held tonight to discuss two recent instances of people being overwhelmed by a noxious odor at Saul Martinez Elementary School in Mecca. Representatives from the state Environmental Protection Agency, Riverside County Department of Environmental Health and the South Coast Air Quality Management District will be on hand to discuss the

Touted as the nation’s largest group advocating civil rights for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, the Human Rights Campaign opened what it calls as “pop up” Action Center in downtown Palm Springs, on Wednesday. The new store will offer merchandise and information to help spread the goals and messages of the organization. Retired Marine

City leaders in Palm Desert are thinking about putting security cameras along El Paseo in response to a string of burglaries earlier this month. Bert Bruning is part owner of Palm Desert Tobacco. Last week, someone tried to break into his store. Fortunately, the alarm scared off the would-be intruder. The attempted break-in is part

Three teens have each been ordered to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge in connection with a June 2010 stabbing attack at a Desert Hot Springs house party. Omar Hernandez, David Larios and Steven Ray Arrelano are accused in the death of 23-year-old Jose Alvarez Villalobos. A witness testified on Monday she saw Hernandez

Hundreds of thousands of people visit the valley every year to enjoy the valley weather and big-name events. La Quinta police say that’s not going to stop them from writing traffic tickets. Recently residents and visitors criticized the city’s police department for traffic enforcement during large-scale events like the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament. According

Al parecer, envi a 9 personas al hospital el pasado mes de Enero. Esta tarde, autoridades se reunieron con los residentes de Mecca en la Escuela Sal Martinez para hablar sobre el nocivo olor. Hasta el momento, se cree que una planta de reciclaje es de culparse por el mal olor a gas natural y

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies confirm a 5-year-old boy and his younger sister who went missing on Tuesday night in Yucca Valley have been found 13 miles from where they disappeared. They said 5-year-old Alexander Lain walked away from his home on Onaga Trail in Yucca Valley on Tuesday just before 9 p.m. Several viewers

A Desert Hot Springs man who fatally struck a pedestrian and fled the accident pleaded guilty today to charges of felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. Ronald Andrew Nelson, 50, whose car fatally struck Roger Mason Pace on Oct. 20, 2010, will be sentenced April 13. Nelson was driving on a suspended license at the

The three teenagers accused of raping a girl in Banning last week will not be tried as adults. Police said the 13-year-old boys attacked the girl who’s also 13 as she walked home through a park. Riverside County prosecutors say state law does not allow them to charge the boys as adults because they are

A Mecca elementary school was locked down for about an hour today, while deputies searched for a reported gunman who reportedly fired shots near the school. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were acting on “second-hand information” about a person carrying a gun near Saul Martinez Elementary School, 65705 Johnson St., department spokeswoman Herlinda Valenzuela said. “We

La polica busca a un sujeto que ayer a las 8:50 p.m. a punta de pistola asalt la tienda T-Mobile que se ubica sobre Monterey Ave en Palm Desert con una cantidad no revelada y con varios celulares. Las autoridades ya cuentan con la descripcin del hombre y del vehculo en el que huy.

Maana jueves de 11:00 p.m. a 5:00 a.m. del vienes estarn cerrados los carriles con rumbo al oeste de la rampa de la I-10 entre Date Palm Drive y Ramon Road ya que cuadrillas de construccin removern estructuras temporales del nuevo puente. Con el mismo objetivo, de Febrero 22 al 24 sern cerradas las lneas

Riverside County supervisors approved a $14.8 million contract on Tuesday with a Lake Forest-based developer to upgrade and expand a Cathedral City interchange where traffic jams are a growing problem. Serna Construction was selected over a half-dozen competitors to reconfigure the Date Palm Drive/Interstate 10 interchange. Click here for detailed maps and information on the

Ayer mircoles alrededor de las 9:00 p.m. un hombre asalt a una seora en el estacionamiento de Rite Aid ubicada sobre Harrison Street en Coachella. El sujeto huy con el bolso de su vctima.

En su junta de ayer martes el Bur de Supervisores del condado de Riverside aprob el contrato de construccin por $14.8 mdd de la rampa de Date Palm Drive y la I-10 Los trabajos de construccin iniciarn en 60 das y generarn 250 empleos.

Ayer le informamos que en Desert Hot Springs un hombre fue herido de bala cuando le dispararon desde un auto en movimiento. Ayer mismo a las 4:30 p.m. la polica arrest a William Washington como sospechoso del atentado. El sujeto enfrenta varios cargos, entre ellos intento de asesinato, violacin de su libertad condicional y actividad

One of the nation’s largest potato growers has been indicted by a Riverside County Criminal grand jury on charges of laundering campaign contributions, county prosecutors announced on Tuesday. James Larry Minor, 70, of San Jacinto in Riverside County, was arraigned Wednesday morning on claims he violated California’s Political Reform Act by donating money in the