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State health officials say more than 200 new cases of whooping cough have been tallied in the last week, bringing California’s total to about 3,300 confirmed and suspected cases this year. California Department of Public Health spokesman Ralph Montano says the highly contagious illness has caused the deaths of eight babies this year. All the

A Desert Hot Springs man was behind bars today, after police chased him down Tuesday afternoon, said Sgt Dan Bressler of the DHS Police Department. The chase happened late Tuesday afternoon as Martin Guerrero tried to hide near a residence on Sunset and 8th Street, he said. Guerrero was wanted in connection with another chase

Months of road construction in Beaumont that has caused freeway bottlenecks in Riverside County is expected to be completed by the end of this week. The newly built connector from the eastbound Moreno Valley (60) to eastbound Interstate 10 is expected to open by Friday, Barbara Miller of Caltrans District 8 said today. Because of

A Redondo Beach woman who became separated from her hiking companion was found by a sheriff’s deputy near the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, a sheriff’s sergeant said today. Janice Dannebaum, 52, was reported missing by her friend just before 7 p.m. Monday, a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy said. The two went hiking

Thousands are expected to participate in Wednesday’s National Facebook Fast, an event planned by Texas pastors Kerry and Chris Shook to encourage people to refocus on face-to-face relationships. “You can have 1,000 Facebook friends but not one close friend you can sit down with face-to-face and really share your heart,” said Kerry Shook, who with

A Hate Crime in Palm Springs has police looking for suspects in the early Monday morning assault with a deadly weapon. It happened just after 4:30 a.m. at an I-Hop on the 400 block of South Indian Canyon. Four men were minding their own business when they walked into the I-Hop restaurant. Authorities said four

The Inland Empire baked again Tuesday with temperatures expected to reach well over the century mark and a heat warning issued by the Riverside County Department of Health continues to remain in effect. The scorching weather which sent the mercury skyrocketing on Monday is being brought to the region by high pressure building over the

Firefighters doused a fire that broke out at a double-wide mobile home on Tuesday afternoon, said Cheri Patterson of the Riverside County Fire Department. The fire broke out at the Bermuda Palms Mobile Home Estates at 80870 Highway 111 in Indio around 1:25 p.m. Nearly three dozen firefighters battled the flames in 117-degree heat. The

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 8 checkpoint said they seized a large amount of liquid methamphetamine on Monday with an estimated street value of $500,000. Agents from the Calexico station said they were working the westbound checkpoint when they encountered a suspicious blue sport utility vehicle. The vehicle was referred to a

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Residents near the Kern County brush fire in Lebec were evacuated from their homes as the blaze threatened about 20 structures. The fire broke out on the west side of the 5 Freeway near Lebec Road at about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday. Watch live coverage from KABC-TV’s helicopter Approximately 155 firefighters and several aircraft were on

Un derrame de sustancias qumicas oblig a las autoridades a cerrar la circulacin vehicular en Palm Springs por varias horas esta maana. El incidente sucedi, cerca de las calles Gene Autry y Golf Club cuando a una camioneta se le revent una llanta, ocasinando que se volcara. El vehculo transportaba cloro y cido, utilizados para

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Mexicali area on Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor hit at 2:43 p.m. with an epicenter 19 miles south south-east of Mexicali and 22 miles south south-east of Calexico. There were no reports of damage or injuries. This is the same area rocked by the

Legislation aimed at toughening restrictions on violent sexual predators, and named after a slain Poway High School senior, was unanimously passed by the state Senate today and is headed for the governor’s desk. “Chelsea’s Law,” introduced by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, was named for 17-year-old Chelsea King, who was raped and killed by registered

San Bernardino County investigators were working to determine the identity of a body found at the scene of a fire off of Highway 62 early Tuesday morning. Homicide and arson investigators said they responded to a call from a driver in the area of Highway 62 and Hollinger Road at 5:54 a.m. who called to

Ayer lunes a las 10:30 a.m. el escuadrn antibombas acudi a un llamado que reportaba un artefacto sospechoso dentro de un vehculo que haba sido reposedo por el banco y que sera subastado, el cual estaba estacionado en el rea de Gene Autrey Trail y Visto Chino. Despus de investigar determinaron que el artefacto no

La polica report un fatal caso de violencia domstica ocurrido en una casa de Bermuda Dunes, donde encontraron sin vida a Sandra Smith de 63 aos, ah mismo fue arrestado su esposo Garey Smith de 55 aos, sospechoso de haber asesinado de varios balazos a la mujer. Segn vecinos nunca notaron problemas sentimentales entre la

Las autoridades investigan un incidente que ha catalogado como crimen de odio. Segn el informe ayer lunes a las 4:30 a.m. cuatro hombres llegaron al restaurante IHOP ubicado sobre South Indian Canyon Drive en Palm Springs y fueron confrontados verbalmente por su orientacin sexual por otros cuatro sujetos que posteriormente los atacaron. Una de las

Ayer lunes a las 12:40 a.m. en el punto de revisin de la Patrulla Fronteriza ubicada sobre el Expressway 86 cerca de Salton city, un perro polica de la unidad K-9 alert a los agentes de la presencia de droga en una camioneta que jalaba un remolque cargado de sandas. El vehculo fue enviado a

Scores moved upward for high schoolers in the Coachella Valley who took the high school exit exam at the end of last school year, according to the California Department of Education. In the Palm Springs Unified School District, the pass rate among 10th- graders jumped to 74 percent in math, up from 70 percent last