A 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty today to her involvement in an armed robbery at a Palm Desert jewelry store more than one year ago and was immediately sentenced to 60 days in county jail and two years of formal probation. Â Â Tracy resident Karina Monique Ortega pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in
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Nine Southern California residents — including three from Riverside County — have been charged in federal indictments targeting an alleged drug pipeline in which suspected members of an organized crime ring imported hundreds of pounds of cocaine and other narcotics from Mexico through Los Angeles for export to Canada or distribution throughout the United States,
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And now we have two! Jackie the Bald Eagle laid her second egg of the 2024 season up at the Big Bear nest. According to the Friends of Big Bear Valley, Jackie laid her egg Monday at around 2:00 p.m. Jackie laid her first egg on Thursday. But this might not be it for Jackie
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The Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions Department will host a Fourth District Homeless Symposium on Thursday to facilitate a discussion on creating housing and addressing homelessness. The symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, 47470 Van Buren St., according to Supervisor V. Manuel Perez. It will
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Twenty-two high schools throughout Riverside County are participating in this year’s 42nd Annual County Mock Trial competition. “I learned a lot of interview skills and how to ask people questions in an appropriate manner that I carried over into my law practice as I was a practicing attorney,” said Riverside County Superior Court Judge Melissa
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Ms. Tammy Ashworth has been selected as the latest One Class at a Time award recipient. Ashworth has been teaching at Toro Canyon Middle School in Thermal for 20 years. News Channel 3 and attorney Walter Clark, with the Walter Clark Legal Group, surprised Ashworth during one of her art classes. She’s also taught English
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The Board of Supervisors today approved a 10-year, $15 million consulting contract sought by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for management of the flow of construction projects required by the agency. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized the sheriff’s department, in coordination with the Department of Facilities Management, to retain the services
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This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkely) and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced the Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) and the California Children’s Data Privacy Act (AB 1949). According to the Attorney General’s Office, these new bills would address the harms of social media addiction and provide
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KESQ and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation launched the Impact Grant Saturday at the Palm Springs Health Run and Wellness Festival. The Coachella Valley chapter of Make-A-Wish received $30,000. “We see that Make-A-Wish is making an impact in our community by granting life-changing wishes for children and their families,” the Vice President of
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Five men have been arrested in the investigation surrounding six bodies found last week at a remote dirt crossroads west of Victorville. The dispute was over marijuana, sheriff’s officials said Monday. Authorities discovered the bodies in the Mojave Desert outside El Mirage after someone called 911 and said he had been shot,
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Joe Duffle, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1167, is responding to allegations he attacked Former College of the Desert President and current COD Board member Joel Kinnamon, Ed.D., at a political gathering over the weekend, telling News Channel 3 the accusations are “false and a gross misrepresentation of the facts.”
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A Desert Hot Springs Police Department vehicle was involved in a crash Monday evening. The crash happened along Palm Drive just south of Ironwood Drive. Palm Drive was shut down for between Ironwood Drive and Two Bunch Trail was closed but was back open by around 7:20 PM. DHSPD announced on social media that there
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Investigators need your help to find the hit-and-run driver who left a teen dead in Yucca Valley. We are told the boy was found Friday night around 8:30 p.m. off Highway 62 near Avalon Avenue in the center median. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The boy was identified as
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The organizers of the Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival are inviting local businesses to contribute to the Date Festival Scholarship Program to help students. According to Pickering Events, more than 200 students from Riverside County applied for the Date Festival Scholarship Program, up nearly 900% from last year. Check Out: 14 students awarded
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A former Capitol police officer who was injured in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will be coming to the valley soon to discuss his new memoir, “American Shield.” Staff Sergeant Aquilino Gonnel received the Congressional Gold Medal for his actions. The Army veteran says his story is more than just what happened
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Residents in Cathedral City’s Panorama neighborhood and surrounding communities are on high alert following a recent surge in mailbox thefts. Thieves have been specifically targeting mailboxes, making off with sensitive information such as bills, checks, and even identity documents. W-2 forms and other tax-related documents are expected to arrive in mailboxes shortly. This criminal activity
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This month, 21 highschool seniors from all three Coachella Valley school districts are being honored by the Riverside County Office of Education for their personal and academic achievements. The Greater Coachella Valley Student of the Month Program highlights students who continue to strive for success, “…in the face of life’s challenges while maintaining a commitment
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A La Quinta man who broke into a home and attacked people inside with a rock which he then threw at two sheriff’s deputies, prompting a shooting that left him injured, was sentenced today to 12 years and four months in state prison. Christopher Curci, 28, was convicted Dec. 15 of three felony counts of
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A First Alert Weather Alert will be in place through this morning as we track lingering showers/storms that developed behind the cold front. Rainfall totals were in line with what we anticipated from this storm system, and more rain is on the way early next week. A Flood Watch remains in effect until 10 AM.
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A tractor-trailer hauling a load of apple juice overturned today at the 60/91/215 interchange in downtown Riverside, spilling juice all over a transition ramp, forcing the California Highway Patrol to shut it down. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway transition to northbound Interstate 215, according to the CHP.
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