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An ex-Marine today admitted embezzling more than $116,000from a Palm Desert-based Marine scholarship fund and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison. Jason Patrick Hitt, 36, of Pomona, embezzled from U.S. Marine Scholarships of the Desert Cities Inc., a nonprofit that awards scholarships to current and former Marines in the area, while serving as

Governor Brown has signed AB 880, better known in the valley as the Bump and Grind Trail Bill. This measure will now re-open the upper portion of the Mirage Trail, known as the Bump and Grind. The bill was amended in the Senate Natural Resources Committee to re-open the upper portion for nine months out

Five years ago 40-year old Howard Villanueva was stabbed to death in the Palm Springs home of 19-year old Candace Duran. Police say, the day of the murder, Duran confessed to killing Villanueva. She was arrested and charged. Duran, a member of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, was held on a one million

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que hoy a la 1:30 a.m. entr al negocio conocido como “Perez Images” que se ubica en el 68360 Perez Road en Cathedral City y a punta de pistola exigi al empleado que le diera el dinero de la caja registradora. Segn coment el Sargento Julio

Prosecutors say a mother and her adult son abandoned 30 dogs in a Southern California park. The Orange County Register says 59-year-old Floreliza Aguillo Escano has been charged with animal abandonment, cruelty and neglect. Her 26-year-old son James Francis Alambra has been charged with animal abandonment and mistreatment. Two kennels stuffed with 30 dogs were

A gunman robbed a Cathedral City adult video store and zapped an employee with pepper spray Tuesday morning, authorities said.The robber entered Perez Images at 68360 Perez Road around 1:30 a.m., displayed a handgun and demanded cash, said Cathedral City police Sgt. Julio Luna.An employee allowed the suspect access to a cash register, Luna said,

Riverside County supervisors today will consider whether to make formal arrangements with the Port of Los Angeles to handle more county-made and grown manufacturing and agricultural products bound for foreign shores.Riverside County’s Economic Development Agency is seeking to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the port that would ensure the efficient movement of county-originating

A registered sex offender steps down from volunteering with the band at Cathedral City High School. Palm Spring Unified School District communications manager Joan Boiko says they found out Monday the parent resigned last week. Boiko says the district knew the person is a parent and a registered sex offender. “The parent has been a

Planning a wedding? How about one with 52 million orso guests? One lucky couple will win the chance to get married in front of a liveand television audience by becoming the first people ever joined in matrimonyaboard a float in the Rose Parade, Farmers Insurance announced today. Farmers’ 54th entry in the Rose Parade in

“Usually come fever, headache, aches and pains, the whole gamut,” pharmacist Steve Pomerance said. With those symptoms, and this time of year, you know flu season is here. “The viruses you get in the winter come from the far east, and work their way across and land in the United States,” Pomerance said. Though most

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting in the town of Idyllwild Monday. Riverside County Sheriff Spokesman Cpl. Angel Ramos says they got a call at 11:24 a.m. to assist Cal fire at a home on the 25-300 block of Hotei Lane in Idyllwild. When they got there they discovered an adult male suffered

Indio’s Police Command Unit Union won one in court Monday. Judge Randall White, has granted a permanent injunction to stop the city’s reorganization plan, until at least both sides sit down and negotiate personnel changes, that affect those in the Union. You may recall that the city was going to reorganize the top tier of

“It’s very roomy and I got taken care of right away.” Says Rhonda Taylor of Indio. “Quick. Not too many people.” Not things you usually hear from people walking out of the DMV. A new DMV location is now open in Palm Desert and people say that it’s time. Stan Thomas of Palm Desert agrees.

Hoy a la 1:13 a.m. los bomberos acudieron a un negocio que almacena automviles exticos y que se ubica en 42-100 Beacon Hill en Palm Desert. Segn los clculos las prdidas se extiman en $50 mil dlares y existia un potencial de daos de $1.2 mdd. Tom media hora a los bomberos controlar las llamas.

A Russian woman has been seriously hurt while trying to set a world skydiving record in Southern California. The woman, whose name was not released, was found unconscious after landing beneath her emergency parachute Sunday afternoon at Perris Valley Airport. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/SfrZE8) that she was part of an international team of skydivers

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell today for the 13th time in 14 days, decreasing three-tenths of a cent to $4.118. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.2 cents less than a week ago, but 2.3 cents more than one month ago

An exotic vehicle was destroyed and one was slightlydamaged early today when a second-alarm fire broke out at a 7,000-square-footcommercial building in Palm Desert, the Riverside County Fire Departmentreported.The fire in the 42100 block of Beacon Hill was reported at 1:13 a.m.,said department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson.The fire was knocked down around 1:40 a.m., she said.

The challenge of saving for your kids’ college education while building your own retirement nest egg is difficult, and getting harder every year as tuition keeps rising. When it comes to saving for college and retirement, the answer is to start early. According to financial experts, the earlier you start thinking about the cost of

A Washington state woman was killed in a boating accident on the Colorado River. Authorities say 58 year-old Deanna Lewis of Mead, Washington, was knocked into the water just before one Saturday afternoon. It happened in the city of Needles, east of the Coachella Valley, near the border of Arizona. Police say Lewis and others