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A new family has been chosen for a two-legged Chihuahua who was abandoned in a box at the Riverside County Animal Services building. A selection committee pored over more than 50 applications for the two-legged Chihuahua nicknamed “Roo.” Animal Services said the committee made a decision, and the adopter will be coming to the Western

Ayer se report un supuesto incendio en el rea del paso a desnivel ?Whitewater? en Palm Springs. Al llegar al lugar, los bomberos descubrieron un campamento de indigentes y el fuego provocado por una cafetera que tenan en una fogata. Los tragahumo se encargaron de tumbar los campamentos que ilegalmente haban instalado los indigentes.

Three juveniles assaulted and robbed a woman at a Palm Springs bus stop, but she fought off her attackers and got her money back, police said today. The 59-year-old woman was watching over her friend’s belongings about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at the bus stop on Rosa Parks Road near Indian Canyon Drive when the boys

Un agente de la Patrulla fronteriza que realizaba un chequeo de rutina a tres hombres que viajaban en un auto sobre la I-10 en Whitewater, les pregunt por sus papeles y estos lo atacaron para luego huir. De inmediato llegaron refuerzos en patrullas del ICE, oficiales de polica de diferentes dependencias, incluyendo un helicptero, todos

Thousand Palms is one of the largest unincorporated communities in the Coachella Valley. For years the community has wanted to become its own city. The Riverside County Local Agency Formation Commission has made it very clear that isn’t going to happen. Cathedral City to the south is working out a proposal to study the annexation

A homeless village in the Whitewater Wash was torn down by Palm Springs maintenance crews Tuesday because authorities say the area was unsafe. The camp was discovered at around 7 a.m. after someone reported smoke coming from the area. The homeless are now searching for another place to go. Luis Gutierrez, 52, is a handyman

With this being national diabetes prevention month, a new report shows that more than 50 percent of all Americans will have diabetes or prediabetes by the year 2020. The analysis for the report was conducted by the United Health Group’s Center for Health Reform and Modernization. It confirms that diabetes is one of the fastest

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was attacked Monday while making a traffic stop along Interstate 10 East, and a California Highway Patrol officer was wrestled to the ground earlier in the day while serving a notice in Thousand Palms. Both incidents sent other law enforcement agencies to the scenes to prevent any further escalation. The

Some residents in the high desert are fed up with illegal off-roaders. They called a public forum with law enforcement and Bureau of Land Management to discuss how to curb the problem. Phil Klasky calls the open desert in Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms the wild west of off-road riding. Klasky is a

Over the weekend the storm that passed through the valley brought the first real snow of the year to the San Jacinto Mountains. And that’s good news at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Monday tram cars were packed with people who wanted to play in the fresh snow. The tramway’s busiest period of the year

Former Mt. San Jacinto College police Chief Kevin Harold Segawa is slated to be sentenced today to a year in jail for bribery and other felonies tied to towing scams he perpetrated at the campus. Segawa, 39, entered a plea deal in June, on the day of his preliminary hearing. The defendant was charged last

The Coachella Valley honored everyday heroes at the annual Peace Officer and Public Awards held at the Hyatt Grand Champions in Indian Wells. Police officers, sheriff deputies and firefighters were all honored… like officer Simon Min. Min is no stranger to awards. He’s won awards for making a series of DUI arrests. Now a detective,

City maintenance workers Juan Lira and Ritchie Hartsock have a big cleanup ahead of them after an elaborate homeless village was discovered in the middle of the Whitewater wash. Firefighters who responded to a report of smoke coming from the wash area near the Cimmaron Golf Course in Palm Springs early Tuesday morning arrived to

One person was injured Tuesday morning and four others were arrested following an assault in Whitewater. Riverside County Sheriffs deputies were called to the scene around 8:40 a.m. to the 12500 block of Beland Drive. Armed men had reportedly entered a trailer and tried to force two of the tenants out. One of them was

News Channel 3 learned the identities of the two women accused of attacking a California Highway Patrol officer Monday in Thousand Palms. They are 49-year-old Lori Ann Samalin and 24-year-old Rachel Logan. Officer Tami Low was impounding a car for a registration violation on Monday when investigators say she was confronted by the two women.

Newschannel 3 confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Indian Wells City Council candidate Ted Mertins will ask for a recount if he continues to lose the race for the second city council seat. Monday’s count left Mertens only 7 votes behind incumbent Patrick Mullany. “The people of Indian Wells deserve to have the candidate they choose representing

A judge in Indio has ruled that a Florida woman must stand trial on several felony charges stemming from the theft of a vehicle in Palm Springs with a 2 1/2-year-old child inside. Urshla Robinson, 22, faces charges of kidnapping, carjacking and willful child cruelty. The carjacking and kidnapping was reported about 10 p.m. September

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Riverside County mountains and high desert areas until 3 a.m. Wednesday. Forecasters say a low pressure system moving through California will bring strong southwest to westerly winds to the mountains and upper deserts starting Tuesday afternoon and continue through the early morning hours. They say

Por medio de un comunicado de prensa, el Departamento de Polica de Coachella anunci una fuerte campaa para estas festividades de Accin de Gracias en la que pondrn su mayor esfuerzo para que conductores y pasajeros que circulen por sus calles y caminos se abrochen el cinturn de seguridad y as evitar ser multados convertirse

Culpables de una gran cantidad de cargos se declararon Joseph Stewart Cunninham de 47 aos y su madre Mary Stewart de 65 quienes cometieron el fraude de enriquecimiento ilcito por casi $1 mdd. Segn el informe en 2006 Cunningham mostr una licencia de contratista a un matrimonio de Palm Springs con el fin de remodelar