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Time Warner Cable reported that service is back to normal for most of its Southern California Internet customers. It’s still not clear how many lost Internet service on Thursday or what caused the problem to begin with. Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the United States with more than 14 million subscribers.

A suspect in the killing of movie publicist Ronni Chasen who shot himself to death in a Hollywood apartment building served two sentences in prison for weapons and drugs. The suspect — identified by several media outlets as 43-year-old Harold Martin Smith — committed suicide shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Harvey Apartments on

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Earl Ellis Green, the ex-convict accused of killing a Riverside police officer, Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco announced today. Green, 44, of Rubidoux, is accused of killing Officer Ryan Patrick Bonaminio on Nov. 7. He is charged with first-degree murder, vehicle theft, being a convicted felon in

The spirit of Christmas was celebrated a few weeks early Thursday in Cathedral City. Santa Clause joined the mayor and city council for the annual tree lighting ceremony in Town Square. Hundreds showed up to ring in the holiday season. Click here to see holiday decorations from around the Coachella Valley Click here to submit

An investigation was under way today into a crash in San Marcos in which a motorist crashed her Mercury Grand Marquis into a 7- Eleven, seriously injuring a customer inside the convenience store, authorities said. The crash at 1650 W. San Marcos Blvd. occurred about 11 p.m. Thursday, according to San Diego County sheriff’s Deputy

A seven month deployment in Afghanistan for more than 120 marines and sailors serving during Operation Enduring Freedom ended with balloons and hot chocolate Monday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms. From one desert, to another, the heroes made it back home just in time for the holidays.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico inspection station reported the discovery of a large quantity of methamphetamine on Thursday. At approximately 8 a.m., a silver truck driven by a 33-year-old male drove up to the primary inspection area of the Interstate 8 checkpoint. A Border Patrol canine team’s reaction sent the vehicle to

A person was thrown from an SUV and seriously injured today in a rollover crash that injured five others on Interstate 10 in Cathedral City. The crash was reported at 2:02 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 10 near Date Palm Drive, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Donovan Rice. The driver of a Ford Expedition lost

Seven people faced charges on Friday connected to schemes that fraudulently took funds from a county child care program intended for needy families. District Attorney Rod Pacheco announced two former child care liaisons that worked for the county had been charged, as well as five others who were family members. Stephanie Luna Vega, 39, and

A 4-year-old mama cat was found injured today in a clothes drier at a Riverside apartment complex, and authorities want to know who’s responsible. The feline was discovered early this morning in a laundry room at a building in the 3000 block of Watkins Drive, near UC Riverside, according to Riverside County Department of Animal

A record-breaking 49 local, non-profit groups are in the money after receiving checks from a group of Indian Wells Tennis Garden volunteers. The checks were handed out during breakfast at the tennis garden. The Champions Volunteer Foundation gave away nearly $144,000. ?Primarily, we’d use it to buy food, to feed our neighbors and friends and

A man accused of making bombs and storing explosives at his rented Escondido home — including compounds used by terrorists — faced federal charges today after a grand jury returned an eight-count indictment. George Djura Jakubec, 54, who was born in Serbia, was charged in state court last week with unlawfully making and possessing explosives.

A fire damaged a vacant double-wide mobile home today near La Quinta. The blaze broke out for unknown reasons about 11:45 a.m. at the trailer on Avenue 58 and Van Buren Street, according to Cheri Patterson of the Riverside County Fire Department. Two dozen firefighters contained the flames within about 25 minutes, Patterson said.

La prxima semana se reunir el Bur de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside con el fin de discutir sus planes de clausurar la estacin de bomberos de Oasis y as cerrar el dficit econmico que actualmente enfrenta el Condado de Riverside. Las instalaciones de Oasis cuentan con ocho empelados, de ellos dos sern trasferidos a

El concilio de Palm Springs vot a favor de ratificar su negativa de construir una prisin en Whitewater, alegando el impacto negativo que sufrira el sector turstico en el Valle de Coachella, y en particular a la ciudad de Palm Springs. Un estudio realizado muestra que se perderan unos $90 mdd. El alcalde Steve Pougnet

Informacin recin revelada muestra que la congresista Mary Bono-Mack gast $4.3 mdd en su campaa por conseguir la preferencia de los votantes sobre Steve Pougnet logrando el 51.49% de los sufragios.

Recientemente Cathedral City recibi un apoyo econmico por parte del estado para construir un parque. Los comisionados de Parques y Recreaciones de la ciudad buscan obtener ms fondos basados en el plan de incluir en el proyecto, un rea de perros, alberca pblica, caminos para excursionar, rea de patinaje y centro comunitario.

A man accused of smuggling hundreds of tarantulas into the United States by mail was under arrest today in Los Angeles. Sven Koppler, 37, of Wachtberg, Germany, was arrested Thursday after arriving in Los Angeles to meet with an associate, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. What federal authorities dubbed Operation Spiderman began in March

En su junta especial del concilio de Coachella jurament como nuevo concejal Arturo Avils, ocupando la silla se Jesse Villarreal que no fue reelegido en las elecciones intermedias del pasado 2 de Noviembre, durante la reunin lo honraron por sus nueve aos de servicio en el concilio. Adems Eduardo Garca fue nombrado alcalde por otros