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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today for the State Route 86/Airport Boulevard Interchange, which is tentatively scheduled open to traffic on May 11. Construction began in April 2011 on the $6.1 million, state-funded structure, which replaced a ground-level intersection with an interchange carrying Airport Boulevard traffic over SR 86. The project added three 12-foot-wide lanes,

A 7 car pile-up shut down Gene Autry Trail just south of Interstate 10 Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crashhappened around 8 a.m. andclosed allsouthbound lanes. There’s no word on any injuries. Authorities reopened the lanes about an hour later. Investigators are now trying to piece together how the crashes happened.

A man taken into custody at the end of a vehicle chase through South Orange County was placed under arrest today on suspicion of murdering his former live-in girlfriend and their two young sons. Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 5 south of the San Onofre weigh station

A man taken into custody at the end of a vehicle chase through South Orange County was placed under arrest today on suspicion of murdering his former live-in girlfriend and their two young sons. Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 5 south of the San Onofre weigh station

Si usted es un padre de familia que tiene que levantar a su hijo de la preparatoria de La Quinta o simplemente es un conductor que transita por el rea de la calle Adams, seguramente ya se dio cuenta de los retrasos en la construccin de un puente que ya lleva varias semanas y no

The iconic 26-foot-tall statue that became a controversial fixture on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue will leave the Windy City on Monday and head for warmer temperature in Palm Springs. WMAQ-TV reports “Forever Marilyn,” created by sculptor Seward Johnson, will be installed next month at the intersection of Palm Canyon and Tahquitz Canyon drives in the heart

Explosives experts removed a harmless device from a man who came into a Southern California emergency room and said he had a bomb. San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says the suspicious device attached to the man Thursday was removed and X-rayed and it was determined it was not an explosive. The all-clear was

Eight Southland residents, including two doctors, were charged today for their roles in schemes to submit more than $14 million in false billing to Medicare. Among those charged are two Orange County doctors and two associates who allegedly billed nearly $5.7 million in false claims to Medicare for durable medical equipment, according to the U.S.

A man who beat his ex-girlfriend to death in her car and dumped her body in a Palm Springs field was sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison. Ron Dwayne Martinez, 43, was convicted of second-degree murder on April 5 for killing 43-year-old Palm Springs resident Karyn Kleine on March 9, 2007. Kleine’s

Police are investigating shooting at the home former San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau. The shooting was reported on the 600 block of The Strand South in Oceanside. TMZ is reporting the 43 year old was found dead inside the home, but there is no official confirmation. Stay with CBSLocal2.com for the latest on this

The McCallum Theatre announced the winners of this year’s Open Call talent competition on Wednesday. This year’s 22 finalists were selected from 181 submissions, according to a theatre spokesperson. Winners were selected by a panel of four judges and the audiences from the first three performances, whose combined votes served as the fifth judge. Open

A former Desert Hot Springs school security guard will be required to register as a sex offender after being convicted of four sexual abuse charges involving female students Tuesday. A jury found 47-year-old Marvin Cash guilty of simple assault, simple battery and two counts of molesting a child under 18, all of them misdemeanors. Sentencing

The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an apology to a California student who was picked up during a drug raid and left in a holding cell for several days without food, water or access to a toilet. DEA San Diego Acting Special Agent-In-Charge William R. Sherman says in a statement Wednesday that he was troubled

Firefighters contained a vegetation fire burning in very dry brush near the Thermal airport, said a fire department spokeswoman. Melody Hendrickson said the fire had burned 4 acres of in the Whitewater storm drain by 10 a.m., which was littered with dry vegetation. Seventeen mile-per-hour winds were reported in the area with a wind advisory

Facebook wants to help you share your organs. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. and U.K. users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world’s biggest social networking site. Facebook users who are already organ donors can add that information to their Facebook Timelines. Zuckerberg says his friendship with Apple Inc.