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California Highway Patrol officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads in Riverside County starting Friday to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency’s annual Fourth of July crackdown. The agency’s “maximum enforcement period” will begin at 6 p.m. Friday and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Monday, during which all
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NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers
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A 20-year-old man was charged today with allegedly smuggling 46.7 pounds of methamphetamine and 18 pounds of fentanyl in Indio. Joshua Lamar Chamberlain was charged with four felony counts — one for importing/selling/distributing controlled substances into the state, two for possessing controlled substances for sale, and one for transporting/selling narcotic and controlled substances. Joshua Lamar
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Amazon announced its partnership with Find Food Bank Tuesday at a news conference at the new Amazon Fresh store in Murrieta. Local leaders from many of the valley cities were there in support of the partnership. The Coachella Valley has become a new home for the Fortune 500 company. A new Amazon distribution center now
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Homelessness is a growing problem on the streets of Indio. Some residents have shared their concerns about what the city is doing to resolve this issue. “How could they let the people, especially females, live on the street like this,” said Palm Desert resident John Barnwell. Barnwell frequently makes trips to Indio and said he’s
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A 17-year-old Indio baseball and football player graduated from high school and shortly after, he found out he had stage 4 colon cancer. Julissa and Miguel Ramos are the parents of Aeneas Ramos, the young man that was diagnosed with Metastatic Adenocarcinoma, also known as stage 4 colon cancer. He is currently on aggressive chemotherapy
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You may be changing your spending habits to adapt to the price increases on just about everything from groceries and rent to gas. The Labor Department said consumer prices in May increased by 8.6% from where it was a year ago. Making the inflation rate the highest it has been since the 1980s in the
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Three armed suspects remain on the loose after an armed robbery in Palm Desert Tuesday morning. The robbery happened at the 111 Jewelry and Watch Repair store on the 73200 block of Highway 111. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said that three Black male adults entered the store with weapons shortly before
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Palm Desert is one step closer to having the valley’s first stand alone college campus. California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus is expected to be awarded $79 million in the state’s budget plan – the full amount requested to build a new student center building which would expand programs and resources. Jason Davalos, a
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The mental competency trial for a man accused of severely injuring a 7-year-old Desert Hot Springs boy in a random attack has been delayed. The trial is now scheduled to be held on August 31. Daniel Birch Poulsen, 34, was arrested in July 2020 after allegedly attacking Gavin Ludwick in the middle of the street in the
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A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty today to three felony counts for his involvement in a gang-related shooting that wounded a passerby in Indio. Jesse Hernandez and a 17-year-old juvenile were arrested Sept. 17, 2020, by detectives with the Indio Police Department and personnel from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office Gang Impact Team in Escondido,
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A garage fire at a home in La Quinta Tuesday afternoon left one person with minor injuries. The fire happened on the 52000 block of Avenida Herrera. CAL FIRE said the injured person did not need to be taken to the hospital. A utilities and building inspector has been requested to the scene. The Red
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The line-up for the next two weekends of Splash House has been released. Remaining General Admission passes will go on sale Thursday, 6/30 at 12pm PT You can get passes at https://splashhouse.com/book/. Guests must be 21+ in order to purchase. Splash House, the popular music festival that takes place across three Palm Springs hotels, returns
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A man accused of possessing and disseminating child pornography and other sexual abuse material was arrested Monday morning in Desert Hot Springs. The Desert Hot Springs Police Department’s Detective Bureau and the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team served a search warrant at a home in the city. There was little information available at the time
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You can watch the complete hearing below: WASHINGTON (AP) — Cassidy Hutchinson, a key aide in Donald Trump’s White House, told the House committee investigating the violent Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on Tuesday that Trump was informed that people rallying on the mall that morning had weapons but he told officials to “let my people
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Officials said a fourth person died following Monday’s Amtrak train derailment in Missouri. The train originated from Los Angeles and was en route to Chicago before crashing into a dump truck in Chariton County, Missouri just before 11 a.m. PT. Amtrak officials said the dump truck “was obstructing a public crossing.” According to Amtrak, eight train cars
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution, a question sure to boost turnout on both sides of the debate during a pivotal midterm election year as Democrats try to keep control of Congress after the
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Rent prices are going up year after year. “I’m already tapping into my savings just to get by to pay for rent,” said resident Kassandra Loureiro. Loureiro, like so many others, is experiencing these significant price increases firsthand. “It went from like $1400 to $1800, and then now that I’m gone it went up to
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Millions of Californians may be eligible to receive an ‘Inflation Relief’ rebate payment. Valley residents, like many Californians are looking for relief. “It’s not only gas prices. You look, and inflation is going up everyday. I think something major has got to be done,” says Alibaba Farzaneh, who was pumping gas in Palm Desert. One
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Fourth of July firework celebrations come as local water agencies start enforcing state-mandated water restrictions. Starting earlier this month, daytime watering is no longer allowed. More: State-mandated water restrictions, what Coachella Valley residents need to know “So with the new watering restrictions, I expect many people probably have grass that’s getting a little brown or dried out,”
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