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Some changes will be made to a dangerous Thousand Palms intersection. The Riverside County Transportation Department decided weeks ago to make the changes next Monday. A family says the changes come 5 days too late. Ophelia Porter, 84, died in a car crash Tuesday at the intersection. Crews will install a right turn lane on

Here is a sampling of some of the reaction pouring in over the judge’s decision to overturn Proposition 8: — “This thorough review of both sides’ evidence vindicates the rights of LGBT people not only to marry based on love and commitment, as heterosexuals do, but to be treated equally and fairly by their government

A federal judge issued his ruling in a landmark case, overturning a ban on same-sex marriage. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8, according to the court’s e-filing website. His verdict comes in response to a lawsuit brought by two same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco

El hombre toc el timbre de una casa localizada en la calle Date Palm al filo de las 11:30pm. Cuando uno de los ocupantes abri la puerta, el sujeto lo amenaz con una pistola y le exigi que le entregara su dinero, telfono celular y las llaves de su auto. Segundos despus, se dio a

El hombre toc el timbre de una casa localizada en la calle Date Palm al filo de las 11:30pm. Cuando uno de los ocupantes abri la puerta, el sujeto lo amenaz con una pistola y le exigi que le entregara su dinero, telfono celular y las llaves de su auto. Segundos despus, se dio a

A brush fire has erupted off the 5 Freeway near Weldon Canyon and all lanes of northbound traffic have been shut down. The fire was reported around 11:40 a.m. with initial reports saying that cars were actually driving through flames. County and city firefighters are battling the blaze from the ground. The acreage estimate was

The search is on for a suspect in a home invasion robbery in the east valley. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies it happened at the Nueva Vista Apartments along the 65-100 block of Date Palm in Mecca. The victims say they heard someone ringing the doorbell and knocking at the door around 11:30 Tuesday night. When

A long-expected baby flamingo hatched Tuesday morning at the J.W. Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, according to a wildlife specialist Linda Whittington. She said the baby flamingo was the newest member of a 30-bird Chilean Flamingo brood at the resort, located at the corner of Cook Street and Country Club Drive.

In an effort to prevent shootings, robberies and unnecessary deaths, communities across the desert and around the United States stood fast Tuesday and addressed crime in their neighborhoods. National Night Out is essentially a big block party that brings local law enforcement and the people they serve together to party and to promote zero-tolerance to

Former “Party of Five” star Jeremy London dropped his bid to for a permanent court order preventing his family from expressing doubts about his claim that he was kidnapped and by two men and forced to take drugs in Palm Springs. London, 37, claimed the men abducted him in June, and Brandon Adams, 26, was

Every year the Cathedral City Police Department responds to 4,000-6,000 security alarm calls. Officers say 99% of them are false alarms. As a way to prioritize calls the Cathedral City Police Department is implementing a verified response policy. This means unless you purposely set off your alarm, police will require someone to verify a crime

Common sense tells us to turn on the fan to cool down. But, doing that may actually be dangerous to your health, especially if the air that is circulating around you is hot air. “Well, [we turn on] the fan with the air conditioner,” says Denise Beneteau, of Palm Desert. “Never just the fan with

Some emergency medical responders are recovering after they were reportedly attacked at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. A police officer noticed a severely dehydrated man fighting with EMTs who had been called to the hotel on the 700 block of East Palm Canyon Drive Monday afternoon. The man then passed out, and was rushed

Despite vowing greater transparency in the wake of a salary scandal, the city of Bell has been refusing to turn over public records to community activists, a sitting councilman and a newspaper, it was reported today. “They continue to keep us in the dark,” Bell City Councilman Lorenzo Velez told the Los Angeles Times. Velez

A woman was struck and killed today by a Metrolink train in Riverside, police said. The woman was walking on tracks west of Jefferson Street and south of Indiana Avenue when she was struck by a westbound train about 5:40 a.m., said Riverside police lt. Melissa Bartholomew. Train service was interrupted while an investigation was

A federal judge in San Francisco will hand down his decision Wednesday on whether California’s same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians. A U.S. District Court spokeswoman announced Tuesday that Chief Judge Vaughn Walker will issue his opinion through the court’s electronic filing system. He will not conduct a special

The “27th Annual National Night Out” (NNO), a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 3, 2010 (Texas will celebrate on October 5th, 2010). We cordially invite you and your community to be a part of our NIGHT OUT 2010 team. Last year’s

Una mujer de la tercera edad perdi la vida en un accidente automovilstico esta tarde, en Thousand Palms Sucedi cerca de la 1:30pm en la interseccin de las calles Varner y Boca Chica Trail. Fue donde una camioneta se impact contra un vehculo sedn que al parecer trataba dar una vuelta hacia la izquierda sobre

A fire blackened about 30 acres of brush near Lake Elsinore today, briefly threatening nearby power lines. The blaze near El Toro and Lindell roads was reported at 7:54 a.m., Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department said. More than 100 firefighters, two helicopters, four air tankers and one bulldozer were able to slow