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A 16-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck today by a vehicle in Palm Desert, a sheriff’s deputy said. The accident was reported at 8:07 a.m. on Fred Waring Drive at Monterey Avenue, said Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The bicyclist suffered minor injuries in that case. This afternoon, a girl

La compaa Verizon entreg un apoyo econmico de $50 mil dlares a Martha?s Village & Kitchen de Indio para la clnica que atiende vctimas de violencia domstica como abuso psicolgico y sexual. En 2009 la clnica atendi a ms de 700 vctimas.

El Departamento Geolgico de los Estados Unidos report un movimiento telrico de 5.1 grados registrado ayer martes a las 5:38 p.m. con epicentro en el Valle de Mexicali. El temblor se sinti en ambos lados de la frontera y es otra rplica del terremoto del Domingo de Pascua de 7.2 grados.

Autoridades y residentes de Palm Springs estn preocupados por la ola de vandalismo que se registra en el parque Demuth, en ocasiones mientras padres de familia observan a sus hijos jugar su autos son blanco de robo o vandalismo. Segn ellos mismos comentaron que el problema siempre ha existido, pero que ha incrementado de Marzo

One of two medical marijuana dispensaries given permits by Palm Springs to operate in the city legally is to open later this month, a spokesman for the dispensary said today. Desert Organic Solutions, which is at 19486 Newhall St., near Indian Canyon Drive, is expected to open by the end of May, said Tim O’Bayley.

Friends, family and other mourners are gathering in Southern California to remember LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg, whose death last week remains under investigation. The 25-year-old’s silver coffin was flanked by flowers and her red and white golf bag Wednesday at a public memorial in her hometown of Corona. The memorial will include speeches from family

Hoy mircoles y maana jueves de 7:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. estar cerrado un carril de Ave Monterrey en el tramo entre Dinah Shore y Gerald Ford Drive en Palm Desert, ya que se estarn llevando a cabo trabajos de construccin. Se recomiendan rutas alternas como Bob Hope Drive, Portola Ave y Cook Street.

Con el fin de reducir los gastos, el Condado de Riverside decidi poner en manos de los votantes incrementos o reducciones en las pensiones de empleados del condado. La decisin vendr en la boleta de votacin de las elecciones de Noviembre Prximo.

Desert restaurants said they are already paying more for their seafood, which could also lead to higher prices on the menu. Tar balls are starting to hit the shore on Key West. But, Officials in Florida cannot confirm whether or not that oil stems from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20.

Riverside County fire crews responded to an apartment fire, this morning, along the 46-000 block of Arabia Street. The 911 call came in at 5:36am, according to Cal Fire, and happened in a fourplex apartment complex. It was contained in about 10 minutes, and only impacted one of the units. Fire crews tell News Channel

Eleven out-of-state elementary school students on a bus involved in a collision at the Golden Acorn Casino on the Campo Indian Reservation today were being checked out at hospitals, authorities said. The bus struck another vehicle in the casino’s parking lot about 8:10 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Ten students on the bus

The recession has some in the Southland resorting to drastic measures to keep their jobs. Coachella Valley plastic surgeons report that a trend amongst women is growing in the desert: investing in plastic surgery to remain competitive in the workplace. It might be shallow, and it might be unfair. But it’s a reality. “Physical appearance

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office reached a plea agreement with Ronald Nieto. Nieto is the registered sex offender who volunteered with the Palm Desert High School girls’ softball team. He pleaded guilty to one of the charges against him, while the DA?s office dismissed the other 3 charges. If he is charged with another

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department recommended to the District Attorney’s Office today that charges be filed against the admitted killer of two San Diego County teenagers for allegedly trying to abduct a Lake Elsinore girl in 2009. Sheriff’s officials recommended that John Albert Gardner III be charged with attempted kidnapping and assault with a deadly

The man who admitted raping and murdering North County teenagers Amber Dubois and Chelsea King began serving his lifelong prison term today. John Albert Gardner III, 31, was transferred this morning from county jail in San Diego to North Kern State Prison in Delano, leaving about 2 a.m. and arriving shortly before 6 a.m., said

ABC announced today it will have five new dramas on its fall schedule, which you’ll be able to watch on KESQ, News Channel 3, featuring such stars as Dana Delany, Michael Chiklis, Michael Imperioli and Rob Morrow, along with one new comedy. Series not returning include “The Deep End,” “FlashForward” and “Romantically Challenged,” which all

A city firefighter was stabbed today while treating a patient in downtown Los Angeles, prompting an intensive police search for the assailant. The firefighter was expected to survive. ABC7 identified the firefighter as Charles McDougal, a nine-year veteran of the city Fire Department. The station reported that McDougal was stabbed four times in the chest

A former Riverside County Probation Department employee must stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted an underage relative more than a decade ago, a judge ruled today. Donald Monplaisir, 54, of La Quinta is charged with 47 counts of rape by force and a dozen counts of lewd acts with a child under 16

The Board of Supervisors voted today to explore a possible challenge to a measure proposed by the sheriff’s deputies union to make voters the final authority on whether retirement benefits for county public safety personnel can be modified. “This (proposal) … strips this and future boards of supervisors from carrying out their most fundamental job,