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The Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa is opening it’s doors to 70 employees. “I keep hearing there is a shortage on jobs that’s good to hear that there’s something else coming up,” said Diana Delatorre. Delatorre is pleasantly surprised to hear about the openings. She’s looking for more work. Right now, she works part

An Inland Empire lawmaker’s bill to prohibit the unauthorized use of the names, images and other identifying information of U.S. service members killed overseas is on its way to the governor’s desk. AB 585, sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Cook, R-Beaumont, was unanimously approved by the Assembly and Senate. The legislation makes it illegal for anyone

Palm Springs firefighters managed to knock down a house fire that broke out just before 1pm, today. The fire was reported at the intersection of Mountain Shadow and Twin Star in Palm Springs, near the Sunrise and San Rafael. News Channel 3 crews on the scene say the fire was confined to the interior of

Today marks Cinco de Mayo, and law enforcement agencies throughout Riverside County are banding together to keep drunk drivers off the road. Officers working out of the sheriff’s station in Palm Desert will be part of a county-wide crack down on drunk drivers called “Avoid the 30.” That represents the number of local and state

Gracias a un apoyo federal y a jubilaciones tempranas el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside tiene $5 mdd ms de lo proyectado. An as el departamento prev una reduccin del 3% que le otorga el condado para el prximo ao fiscal.

El Departamento de Bomberos solicit al Condado de Riverside $102 mdd para su presupuesto ya que en el ao fiscal 2009-2010 sufrieron severos recortes. El impacto fue tan negativo que de no recibir dicha cantidad se vern en la necesidad de cerrar una estacin de bomberos. Cabe resaltar que en el condado hay 95 estaciones,

A pregnant woman and her fetus were fatally wounded today in an apparent gang-related drive-by shooting in the South Robertson area of West Los Angeles, police said. The shooting occurred about 9:15 a.m. in the 1900 block of Corning Street, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Bruce Borihanh of the Media Relations office. The woman

Ayer martes a las 5:00 p.m. ms de 2 mil hogares se quedaron sin luz en el rea de Date Palm Drive en Cathedral City debido a una falla en el cableado subterrneo. Cuadrillas de Southern California Edison trabajaron por horas para reestablecer el suministro de luz.

Despus de una excelente investigacin la polica arrest a dos jvenes de 16 aos que en Abril pasado entraron a una casa ubicada sobre Va Loreto en Desert Hot Springs y robaron video juegos, cmaras, telfonos, celulares, laptops y otros electrnicos con valor de varios miles de dlares. Ambos son residentes de Desert Hot Springs

Thirty-one people have been arrested for allegedly operating recycling fraud rings, including two in Riverside and San Diego counties, that imported millions of recyclable beverage containers into the state to claim California Redemption Value refunds, the Attorney General’s Office announced today. The fraud rings bilked the state out of more than $3.5 million, according to

Coachella, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and other desert cities will soon pay more for police protection from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, despite the fact the sheriff’s department now has a $5 million budget surplus. It’s giving that money back to the county. The City of Coachella faces a $1.6 million budget deficit. “We’re short

News Channel 3 has learned that the Riverside County Sheriff has found ways to trim its budget further than originally thought, and will give back $5 million to the county. In a letter submitted to the board of supervisors, this morning, Sheriff Stanley Sniff, Jr., says he and his staff were able to re-balance the

Hemet Police, CalFire, and Riverside Police investigators arrested 29 year old San Jacinto resident Irene Marie Levy at her mobile home in the 900 block of S. Grand Avenue late Sunday night. Levy, who is an Amateur Radio technician (often referred to as a Ham Radio tech) was randomly broadcasting on CalFire and Hemet Police

Erne’s home has been hit twice by buglaries, he finally said enough is enough. With the help of neighbors and police he’s started a neighborhood watch. The most recent buglary attempt was last month. Erne says, “I was putting my girls to bed and we saw a person outside, I called 9-1-1 and grabbed my

Desert Hot Springs Police have detained two teenagers accused of walking into a home and stealing electronic equipment. The teens’ names aren’t being released because of their age. One was transported to Juvenile Hall, and the other was released to his parents. Police say they walked into an unlocked home in Desert Hot Springs on

Earthquake damaged schools in Calexico, which was rocked a month ago by a magnitude-7.2 quake along the California-Mexico border, are reopening Wednesday. Aftershocks still rumble through the area, including a magnitude-4.6 shaker at 4:26 a.m. Tuesday. It was centered south of the border some 30 miles south-southeast of Calexico. Watch News Channel 3 Tonight At

A continuing tough budget picture means job cuts are on the way for Riverside County. That’s going to be one of the subjects at todays supervisors meeting. If cuts aren’t made Riverside County could face a $130 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year. Depending on what the board of supervisors decide, a fire

A Yucaipa woman is in custody, today, accused of killing her sister-in-law then driving around with her body for several hours. Police arrested 48-year-old Sandra Kotz early Sunday morning. She led officers to her Dodge Neon where they found the body of 58-year-old Ellen Bayless covered in an accelerant as if ready to be set

Kate Hutton is among the seismologists at CalTech keeping a watch on the seismic activity near the border following Easter’s powerful earthquake. The 7.2 Mexicali shaker left 2 people dead, destroyed buildings in Calexico and El Centro, and caused nearly $100 million in damage. Hutton says since then, there have been around 8,000 aftershocks, most

News of a near drowning Monday in Palm Springs of an 11-month old girl, once again turned the spotlight on kids and water safety. At a swimming school in Palm Desert, it’s common for instructor Helene Barker to take on students as young as 6 months old. Besides teaching the kids the basics of swimming,