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PALM SPRINGS -Palm Springs Police are still looking for a gunman on the loose, today. Police say two people were shot yesterday afternoon just before 3pm at the corner of Ramon road and Vella, just south of the airport. Witnesses say thegunman stopped at the light, got out of his car, and then opened fire

CABAZON -Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man for investigation of stealing cattle from Southern California’s Morongo Indian reservation. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department says 47-year-old Steven Seick of Cherry Valley was booked Tuesday on six counts of grand theft of cattle after an investigation that began last month. The alleged thefts involved five cows, a

LA QUINTA -The 51st Bob Hope Classic comes to the desert Jan. 18. The tournament, featuring nearly 130 pros and about 30 celebrities, will be played on four desert courses, with the Arnold Palmer Private Course at PGA West serving as the host site. Pat Perez will be returning to defend his Bob Hope Classic

SACRAMENTO -Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledges that more pain lies ahead for California as it confronts yet another massive budget deficit. But he is pledging deep reforms he said are vital to the state’s economic future. The Republican governor, in his final State of the State address to state lawmakers, said California faces a $20 billion

GRAND TERRACE – Surveillance video captured a man wanted by authorities in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties for a series of armed robberies. The latest happened on December 2, 2009, as a Hispanic man walked into a convenience store in Grand Terrace, pointed a black handgun at the clerk, and demanded money. He got away

INDIO – A teenage boywas arrested at the intersection Avenue 42 and Jackson after Indio police say he led them on a 100 MPH chase through Indio. At 8:04p.m. Monday,police received reports of a 1994 red Ford Explorer stolen from the Arabia apartment complex. An unmarked police officer spotted the stolen vehicle shortly after police

PALM SPRINGS -Five hundredmiles.Seventeen days.One mission, cure cancer. That’s the goal of long-distance runner Mike Sheehy. “We have a lot of friends who were lost to blood cancer, breast cancer and various other types of cancers, so we wanted to do something different in 2010 and kick off the new year in the right way,

RIVERSIDE -Riverside County supervisors are expected today to advance a proposed ordinance that would require landlords whose properties are condemned to cover the expenses of tenants forced to relocate. Supervisors John J. Benoit and Marion Ashley authored the measure, noting that county residents in rental units are not currently entitled to automatically receive relocation assistance

PALM SPRINGS – The city of Palm Springs is trying to rise from the ashes of tragedy in more ways than one. After an early morning fire New Year’s day killed a woman, her three children and a man at a mobile home park near Palm Springs, communities have come together. “Our rule is to

PALM SPRINGS -Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Michelle Pfeiffer are among the Hollywood celebrities scheduled to present awards today at the 21st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. The red carpet event, hosted by “Entertainment Tonight” anchor Mary Hart, is slated for 6 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center, and News Channel

RIVERSIDE – Slumlords who rent out dilapated, rundown properties could soon be paying moving costs for those who are forced out when the property is condemned. Riverside County lawmakers are working hard to get the “slumlord law” passed. But passing this new law stalled Tuesday in Riverside. They are the rental homes with holes in

RIVERSIDE – A self-proclaimed American Catholic bishop accused of possessing illegal drugs for sale did an about-face today in court, switching his plea to guilty on four felony charges and a misdemeanor count. Bishop Anthony Martinez Garduno, 51, was arrested Dec. 29, after an investigation determined he was selling methamphetamine and in possession of other

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles judge has ordered the City of Cathedral City to pay $952,097 in court costs and legal fees to a former employee and others sued over a new shopping plaza. The city had sued Beverly Hills-based Tri-Millennium Cathedral City LLC, claiming there was a conflict of interest in the construction

RIVERSIDE -The Riverside County Board of Supervisors islooking at purchasing more land at Date Palm Drive and Interstate 10. It’s for a new interchange project to expand the freeway to improve access to Cathedral City and Rancho Mirage. The board has already approved spending $3 million on land near the current exit. The plan is

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PALM SPRINGS – In a rare move, today, the City of Palm Springs came out and urged everyone to help the victims of the New Year’s Day fire that claimed the lives of two adults and three children. “When a tragedy like this occurs, it’s important we all come together as a community and do

KESQ.com News ServicesANAHEIM -Rory Markas, a play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, has died, the team announced today. He was 54. Markas died at his Palmdale home last night, said Angels vice president Tim Mead. “We have lost one of the faces of our organization,” Mead said. “He was a tremendous broadcast

CATHEDRAL CITY -Police say a man who held up a Jiffy Lube store Sunday night is still on the loose. It happened around 5 p.m. on the corner of Ramon Road and Cielo Vista Road, according to Sgt. Corwin de Veas with the Cathedral City Police Department. Police say a man walked in, pulled a

PALM SPRINGS – Police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly beat his wifein the face with the buttstock of a fully loaded shotgun, while threatening to kill her. It happened at 6:30pm on South Saturmino Road. Policeare looking for 25-year-old Jesus torres Rodriguez after he ran away from the scene. His wife

PALM SPRINGS -The Riverside County Coroner’s Department completed autopsies Monday on the five people killed in a fire in Palm Springs early New Year’s Day. His official findings weren’t immediately released. First graders Sergio and Selena Hernandez and Fifth Grader Pamela Sanchez went to Vista Del Monte Elementary School in Palm Springs. Two grief counselors