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The holiday music echoing throughout the Westfield Shoppingtown kept shoppers in the buying spirit. “I was all done and caught up and home ready for Christmas,” said Judy Austin. “And I decided to go shopping.” But some shoppers scrambled through the mall to get gifts under the tree. “I’m running back to JCPenney’s for another

Due to heavy over-night rains some people living on Via Eduardo Road in Thousand Palms woke up Wednesday to up to a foot of water in their homes. All toll four of the twenty-four homes on the dirt road suffered some form of flooding. It could have have been much worse had neighbors not banded

Undercover officers conducted two massage parlor investigations in the high desert only to find an alleged prostitution business being run inside. A spokesperson with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said the investigation began on Dec. 8. During their investigation, officers confirmed that customers had been receiving sexual acts in exchange for money and officers

Debido a la lluvia ayer a las 10:00 a.m. dos vehculos que circulaban por el rea de Washington Street y la Ave 41 en Bermuda Dunes chocaron de frente. Ambas conductores resultaron lesionados.

En Desert Hot Springs un complejo de apartamentos ubicado sobre 4th Street se inund con tres pulgadas de agua, daando severamente las pertenencias de sus moradores que son ayudados por la Cruz Roja Americana. Adems que varios automviles quedaron atrapados en sus vehculos en reas inundadas. En el Cabbot Museum sus empleados desaguaron cinco pulgadas

En Thousand Palm cuatro casas se inundaron ya que el rea en que se sitan es ms baja que el resto de la ciudad. Residentes y vecinos de las viviendas afectadas trabajaron arduamente para sacar el agua que da sus pertenencias.

El prximo lunes cuadrillas de Southern California Edison estarn llevando a cabo trabajos de instalacin y mantenimiento en Date Palm Drive en Cathedral City. Por lo que el norte de la I-10 estar cerrado al trnsito de 9:00 a.m. a 3:00 p.m.

Un total de 30 agencias del orden efectan su campaa de fin de ao que terminar el 3 de Enero intensificando patrullaje y llevando a cabo retenes de sobriedad. El fin de semana pasado se arrestaron a 146 conductores ebrio. La polica de Coachella realizar hoy un retn de sobriedad en un ligar no especificado.

Las autoridades investigan en torno al hallazgo de un cuerpo sin vida de una mujer indigente. Los hechos ocurrieron ayer mircoles en un predio de la Ave 48 en Coachella. Aparentemente la hoy occisa no tiene huellas de violencia pero ser el forense por medio de la autopsia de ley quien determine la causa de

The number of home sales in the Coachella Valley fell nearly 17 percent in November versus the same month in 2009. According to a San Diego-based MDA DataQuick analysis, 536 existing homes sold last month, down 9.6 percent from the previous November. A total of 154 condos sold, off 7.8 percent from November 2009, and

A pilot killed in a plane crash near Moreno Valley was identified today as a 65-year-old Riverside man. Christopher Julius Petrikas died Monday morning when his twin-engine Aero Commander went down in the Lake Perris State Recreation Area. Petrikas departed Palm Springs International Airport solo around 9:30 a.m. en route to Chino Airport, according to

A woman who reportedly tried to cross the flooded roadway on Vista Chino in Palm Springs while riding a bicycle has been swept away by the water, prompting a swift water rescue, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Witnesses reported the incident at around 2:20 p.m. Palm Springs Fire crews, Cathedral City paramedics and

Riverside County fire crews hustled today to keep up with a flood of water-rescue calls. At 1:15 p.m., county fire personnel were sent to Benton and Winchester roads, in the French Valley area of southwestern Riverside County, on a report of two men stranded on the roof of a submerged vehicle. They were eventually rescued,

Outgoing Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco got some of what he wanted from the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday. Supervisors agreed to give his office eight short-term positions he had requested among dozens of others after he lost his re-election bid in June. County counsel Pamela Walls said the workers would be

More rain was expected in soggy Riverside County today, but pleasant weather is right around the corner, according to forecasters. Rain continued to fall over saturated western portions of Riverside County yesterday, while residents farther east had only a half-dozen or so road closings to contend with, along with moderate downpours. In Indio, shallow water

Esta madrugada, docenas de personas en el rea de Thousand Palms trataban de salvar sus pertenencias mientras el nivel del agua creca cerca de sus propiedades. Algunos hogares se vieron cubiertos con hasta 5 pulgadas de lodo y agua. Al parecer, algunos de los afectados no cuentan con un seguro contra inundaciones y a tan

The 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced its galas, premieres and special presentation programs, which help launch the event that often draws an international spotlight on the Coachella Valley. The Festival begins on Thursday, January 6 with the French farce Potiche and wraps on Sunday, January 16 with The First Grader. More

Nearly 50 roads across Riverside County — including a major freeway interchange — were closed today, because of storm-related damage, the county’s transportation director told the Board of Supervisors. “This is the most closures I can recall since 2005,” Juan Perez said. “We’ve certainly been impacted by the amount of rain generated over the last

En nuestro Valle de Coachella contina la alerta por las lluvias, las autoridades reportan sobre importantes arterias viales cerradas al trnsito debido a encharcamientos. En Palm Spings: ?South Araby Drive entre Anza Trail y Stagecoach ?South El Cielo Road entre Sunny Dunes y Cambridge ?Golf Court Drive entre Ave 34 y Pueblo Vista ?North Indian