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SEATTLE -Seattle police arrested a man Friday morning after he alarmed people downtown by making threats and walking around with a pipe strapped to his arm. A spokesman says the man has been taken into custody while a bomb squad investigates the device, which has wires coming out of it. Spokesman Mark Jamieson says police

LA QUINTA – A young valley girl suffering from life-threatening seizures has been given the gift of freedom and safety; and it’s all thanks to a dog. She’s friendly, energetic and stylish, but tonine year-old Makenzie Wieden, Disco is also a hero. “I feel she saves my life,” says Makenzie. Makenzie has epilepsy. She suffers

LOS ANGELES -A coroner’s official says authorities have recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Cory Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter declined Friday to identify the drugs. Haim was battling flu like symptoms in the days before his death. Winter says an autopsy

SAN FRANCISCO-After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is now running for lieutenant governor. Newsom’s announcement Friday morning on KPIX-TV is not a surprise. He filed papers on Feb. 17 with the secretary of state’s office, the first steps to becoming a statewide candidate again. The 42-year-old mayor

INDIO – Riverside County Sheriff Deputies are investigating an invasion in the Indio area. They say the incident was reported at 5:15am Friday in the S. Palo Verde neighborhood across Birch Street. Authorities tell News Channel 3 two men made their way inside the home through an unlocked door. They were confronted by the person

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -A convicted California child molester who was set to be released from prison faces charges in Florida for allegedly using a girl he bought in Vietnam as a sex slave. The U.S. attorney’s office in Florida charged George England with transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. He is

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com BERMUDA DUNES – Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies have captured two suspects following an early morning home invasion robbery in Mecca. The robbery happened at 2:30 Thursday morning on the 91-000 block of 3rd Street. The suspects were driving a red Honda Prelude and sent deputies on a pursuit. The chase ended

HEMET- After four months on the run, two murder suspects, 18 year-old Jose Manuel Campos and his girlfriend, Felicia Sharp are found in Mexicali, Mexico and arrested by authorities. Hemet Police officers have been looking for the two since November. Hemet Police Chief Richard Dana says, “We lost them for awhile, then about less than

INDIO – Tony Williams, Director of Operations for the Boys and Girls Club of the Coachella Valley, was pleased to hear the organization is getting part of a $370,000 grant. “See how big I’m smiling. Well that actually is a lot of money,” says Williams. Governor Schwarzenegger sent more than $9 million to cities around

INDIO – Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies Thursday launched aformal internal investigation concerning a suspect’s escape from the Indio Sheriff’s station. The Sheriff’s Office says Sgt.. Krause will likely head up the investigation. This comes asa suspect in a home invasion robbery who allegedly led deputies on a chase in a stolen car today managed to

UPDATE: A safe end for a nearly 6 hour stand off. Police took 36 year old Christopher David Kendll into custody for locking himself inside his home and threatening to hurt himself and anyone who tried to enter his home. Indio Police Department Spokesman Ben Guitron confirms SWAT teams entered the home around 5:30 p.m.

INDIO –The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is taking a hard look at the circumstances surrounding the escape of a suspect Thursday. Deputies arrested Jose Angel Ramos and Juan Adrian Lopez for an armed home invasion robbery in Mecca early in the morning. They were taken to the sheriff’s Indio station for questioning, but Ramos got

MURIETTA – A teenager was charged with murder today in the death of a 17-year-old boy who was shot to death, dismembered and burned in a backyard bonfire in Hemet. He pleaded not guilty in court, this afternoon. Jose Manuel Campos, 18, who was 17 at the time of Adrian Rios’ Nov. 15 murder, will

PALM SPRINGS – A man was run over and fatally injured by a vehicle today as he was walking on a sidewalk in a Palm Springs neighborhood, according to authorities. The accident was reported at 9:54 a.m. on North Farrell Drive at Tachevah Drive, said Palm Springs Fire Department Battalion Chief Jon Merriam. The pedestrian

SANTA ANA -Orange County prosecutors are expected to file a lawsuit against Toyota on Friday because of continuing problems with their vehicles. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas says the company continues to endanger the public through sale of defective vehicles and deceptive business practices. Rackauckas is expected to announce the lawsuit at a press conference Friday

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Cathedral City – Cathedral City firefighters are hoping to question several transients living near a Cathedral City business. They say one of them may have started the fire at FlooringInnovations on Highway 111. The fire broke out just after 10p.m. in the back lot of the building. Wooden pallets and used carpeting were fully engulfed

LA QUINTA – A few schools in the Desert Sands Unified School District are wrestling for more money. The Empire Wrestling Federation is putting on a wrestling show fundraiser later this month at La Quinta High School. It’s not only the pros that are getting in on the action, the principal of Amelia Earhart Elementary

PALM SPRINGS- The Palm Springs Unified School District Board members Tuesday night voted in favor oflaying off62 teacher. Thereductionmeans larger classrooms and less one on one attention for students. The Board voted unanimously in an effort to close an $8 milliondeficit. Board member, Justin Blake, says “The fat is gone, we’re cutting bone and it

COACHELLA– Police saya woman got a knock at her Coachella home around 11:30am Tuesday morning. When she opened the door, 2 armed men forced their way inside. They locked the woman and her two children in a back room while they ransacked the home. They took some jewelry and cash and got away. “It’s kinda