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CATHEDRAL CITY -We’re learning more about a late-night robbery at a local hair salon. Police say the gunman helda rifle or shotgun as he demanded workers give him money from a cash register at Express Beauty Salon. It happened at just after6pmTuesday night on Rancho Vista, just west of Date Palm Drive. Police arrived within

SAN BERNARDINO – Authorities with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department demonstrated how their residents can use the “Offender Watch” program. They say the website is a faster way to track sex offenders. It takes 7 to 10 days to update the Megan’s law website, not the case for offender watch. “When an officer comes

CATHEDRAL CITY -More than40 Cathedral City Cove residents attended an open house Tuesday night to discuss a proposal for a 60 foot-high cell phone tower disguised asgiant white cross. If approved by Cathedral City, the tower would be owned by T-Mobile USA and would lease the space from the Community Presbyterian Church in Cathedral City.

INDIO – Joseph Duncan, the man who’s charged with killing a Beaumont boy in 1997, waived his right to a preliminary hearing today, clearing the way for his trial to begin, possibly next year. Duncan was arraigned today on charges that he murdered 10 year-old Anthony Martines. During his arraignment, Duncan, who is representing himself

PALM SPRINGS -The Palm Springs City Attorney says city leaders may decide exactly how many medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed to open. Elevendispensaries have applied, but city officials may only pick two. But there’s a backlash.Petitionsare making the rounds,claimingmarijuana dispensaries will bring a bad group of people in their neighborhoods. But medical marijuana patients

INDIO -Two 36-year-old men robbed more than 30 people across the Coachella Valley in crime spree because they needed money for drugs, a prosecutor said today. George Gomez Jr. and Raul Pardo Avina are charged with 31 felony counts, including armed robbery, attempted robbery, grand theft and burglary. Deputy District Attorney Deana Bohenek said during

INDIO -Jurors convicted Miguel Valdiva Najera of first degree murder today in theshooting a Cathedral City man during a robbery. Najera, 28, was charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and being a felon in possession of a gun in the killing of 40-year-old Adrian Cedeno at a home on C Street in Cathedral City on May

INDIO -An autopsy is set for Wednesday for a man who was found dead with a gunshot wound on an Indio roadway, authorities said today. The man, whose name and age were not released, was found on John Nobles Avenue east of Monroe Street around 2:45 p.m. Monday, said Ben Guitron of the Indio Police

HEMET -Police are questioning a “person of interest” in the disappearance of 2 teenagers. That person could be connected to burned human remains found at a home in Hemet.Police aren’t saying who that person of interest is. A search warrant says Hemet police found a machete, butcher knives, a shovel, a bullet casing, burned clothing,

The California Highway Patrol’s annual CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive is currently under way. For over 16 years the Indio Area CHP Office has been collecting toys for Coachella Valley children in need. This year, we will be taking the donated toys to a local school that is in dire need of donations. You can

PALM SPRINGS – Residents are still being relocated after an apartment fire Wednesday night. The Andalucia complex had 3 fires within the past year. News Channel 3 has uncovered a pattern of fire safety allegations surrounding several other local complexes owned by the same company. The cause of Wednesday night’s fire at the Andalucia apartments

INDIO (CNS) – A La Quinta man shot a cabbie twice in the head for $80 during a robbery in Indio, a prosecutor said today, but a defense attorney argued that another man charged in the case fired the fatal shots. Christopher Guy Jasso, 37, is charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of 30-year-old

INDIO -A judge appointed two psychologists today to evaluate the mental state of a couple accused of killing their infant daughter near Desert Hot Springs and traveling around the country with the corpse before leaving it in a camper in Arkansas. Jason Michael Hann, 34, and Krissy Lynn Werntz, 29, were indicted by a grand

RIVERSIDE – John Benoit takes his seat as the County Supervisor for the Coachella Valley. The Republican delayed resigning his State Senate post until now to save the county money in future election costs. Everybody inside the supervisor’s chamber was clapping now, but soon they’ll be looking to Benoit for answers in getting this financially

INDIO -A La Quinta man accused of shooting a cabbie twice in the head for $80 during a robbery in Indio,was found guiltyof first degree murder by a jury in Indio, today. Christopher Guy Jasso, 37, was charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of 30-year-old Carlos Rafael Cuellar Cardona on Sept. 7, 2003. He

PALM SPRINGS – Rick Freeman is HIV+ for the past 21 years. “Ihave a fairly good quality of life: taking your medications, following your regime of healthy lifestyle,” he says. “Due to theHIV meds, it’s working.” On this December 1, World AIDS Day, Freeman gets a special treat. Not only is he getting his grocery

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com PALM SPRINGS – Actress Helen Mirren will be among the handful of Hollywood dignitaries honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala on January 5. Mirren will be awarded for her career achievements in acting. Mirren stars in the Sony Pictures Classic release The Last Station, a tale of two

PALM DESERT – California schools are finally getting closer to competing for ” Race to the Top” funds. If one state lawmaker has his way, our schools will have a chance to get their fair share of more than 4 billion dollars in federal funds. President Obama’s ” Race to the Top” program has specific