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Former State Assembly candidate Steve Sanchez is now back home in the desert. Sanchez was stabbed last weekend trying to break-up a fight at a party in Whittier. The 34-year old is recovering, after undergoing 2 surgeries in Los Angeles. He was released from the hospital Friday night, and returned home Saturday afternoon. He tells

The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing for take-off on a plan to require all small aircraft owners to reregister their planes. The FAA discovered it doesn’t have enough registration information on more than 100,000 aircrafts. “It’s just from sloppy work, I think,” said Don Laurila, who bought a plane four months ago. “They [FAA] haven’t

The men accused of stabbing former state assembly candidate Steve Sanchez are in custody, according to the Whittier Police Department. Friends and family at a ‘Support Steve Sanchez’ party in Indio on Friday said they were relieved to hear the news. Sanchez is still recovering in a Los Angeles hospital, but he is no longer

It’s been two years since friends of Clifford Lambert saw the 60-year-old man alive. “He was the best of friends, caring person always asked what he could do for you, how he could help out in life,” his longtime friend Ann Heavey said. A middle-class family in St. Louis adopted Lambert when he was a

A magnitude-4.9 earthquake that stuck near Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico, this morning was felt in El Centro but apparently caused no damage north of the border. “It felt like it was rolling the building for a few seconds,” El Centro Police Department dispatcher Kristi Davis told City News Service. “It was roller, not a shaker. Just

Offshore winds pushed into the Los Angeles basin today, gusting above hurricane force at one mountaintop and threatening to squeeze temperatures into the 80s Sunday. A wind gauge at Whitaker Peak, just west of the Golden State (5) Freeway near Castaic Lake, hit 78 miles per hour this morning, the National Weather Service said. Other

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake shook an area along the California/Mexico border on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered 16 miles west, southwest of Calexico, an area rattled by a large earthquake on Easter Sunday. There were no reports of damage or injuries from Friday’s earthquake. According to the USGS,

Three groups were involved in a pair of shootings that sent an elementary school into lock down on Thursday afternoon. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies told News Channel 3 they had two suspects in custody and were looking for more. The first shooting was fired from a vehicle at someone walking outside the Cedar Springs Apartments

U.S. Attorney General Eric holder made a stop in Palm Springs Thursday, giving a voice to Native American victims of crime. Holder delivered the keynote address at the 12th Annual National Indian Nations Conference at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel. Holder arrived 15 minutes late for the speech but that didn’t seem to bother the

A woman convicted of the beating death of her 21-month-old son was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to life in prison. Superior Court Judge Randall D. White denied Ana Alicia Cedillo’s new trial and probation requests before imposing the sentence. Cedillo, 28, was convicted June 3 of murder and seven lesser felonies — attempted

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Palm Desert station was evacuated Friday afternoon after a woman brought in a live grenade. The incident happened at 1 p.m. Deputies quickly made sure everyone was out of the new building on Gerald Ford Drive, and blocked off some traffic immediately outside the facility. Deputies said the woman, who

Two schools were placed on lockdown on Friday morning after a reported armed robbery, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. John Adams Elementary and Ben Franklin Elementary were both locked down for a short time after the hold-up at As Time Goes By on Main Street. The robbery was reported by workers at 11:35

La Fundacin de Cncer del Desierto recibi un apoyo econmico de $50 mil dlares por parte de a Fundacin Frances C. Berger que ser utilizado para diagnostico y tratamiento de pacientes con la enfermedad.

Ayer jueves el Juez de la Corte Superior del Condado de Riverside Harold Hopp aprob la orden judicial solicitada por la Oficina del Abogado de Distrito en contra de la pandilla South Side Indio, que prohbe a sus miembros convivir entre si, impone toque de queda de 10:00 p.m. a 5:00 a.m., prohbe venta uso

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival began selling layaway tickets today for next spring’s festival admission, camping and transportation. Layaway options for the Empire Polo Fields performances are available through Frontgate tickets by calling (888) 512-7469. Options are as follows: — 50 percent down: Selecting this payment option will allow you to pay half

Gracias a donativos y a los esfuerzos del Departamento de Polica de Palm Springs por mantener segura a la comunidad, ayer arranc el programa ?Gifts for Guns? Regalos por armas que consiste en que los residentes lleven pistolas rifles a cambio de una tarjeta de regalo. Las autoridades no hacen pregunta alguna y segn informacin

Ayer jueves alrededor de las 12:00 p.m. el Departamento de Bomberos acudi a sofocar el incendio de una casa ubicada sobre Ambrosia Drive en Desert Hot Springs. La lumbre que logr destruir el 40% del tico fue controlada en 30 minutos. El residente y su mascota resultaron ilesos.

La polica de Coachella investiga dos tiroteos registrados ayer y que se cree estn relacionados con las pandillas. El primer reporte se recibi a las 2:00 p.m. afuera de los apartamentos Cedar ubicados sobre Harrison Street. Testigos informaron que los tripulantes de dos vehculos en movimiento se dispararon entre si. Siete minutos despus se registr

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit an area between the towns of Julian and Borrego Springs on Friday morning, according to the USGS. The temblor hit at 10:44 a.m. and was centered 8 miles northeast of Julian and 10 miles southwest of Borrego Springs and 55 miles southwest of Palm Springs. Most of the people reporting