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A 16-month-old Palm Desert girl who drowned in her family’s swimming pool was identified today. Isabella Brunson was pronounced dead at 3:21 p.m. Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. A family member pulled her from the pool about 2:44 p.m. and were attempting to revive her

Timothy Whiting says SunLine bus drivers are creating a very dangerous and possibly deadly situation for some passengers. Almost two years ago this month, Whiting fractured his right ankle after stepping off of a bus at the corner of Highway 111 and Van Fleet Street in Cathedral City. Whiting says, “The bus driver said it

Ever since Michael Jackson’s death, Melissa Johnson vowed to keep what she called one of his ?beloved? charities alive. She said she’s also trying to protect the pop star’s legacy for his family, but for the last year she’s been locked in a legal battle with Jackson’s estate. “They’ve been hostile, vicious,? Johnson said. ?There?s

A man charged with attacks on Hemet police says in a jailhouse interview that he’s being framed by a corrupt police department and he denies having anything to do with booby traps targeting a detective. Nicholas John Smit is charged with nine felonies, including conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder on a police officer.

Starting today, first time passport fees will cost $135 – that’s up $15. If you need a renewal — the new fee will be $110 – up $35. It will also cost more to add pages. The new fees for passports will help cover the actual cost of making the blue books and cards. The

Seven people are recovering from smoke inhalation after a tour bus caught fire on Interstate 10, Monday night. At least 40 people were on the bus last night as the fire broke out just east of Desert Center at about 10pm. Firefighters say the bus was fully engulfed in flames when they got there. Six

Indio police say they’ve arrested a man suspected of stealing a car who led them on a high-speed chase early this morning. Police say they got a call around 3am from a 24-hour animal care clinic in Indio reporting a stolen car. About 15 minutes later , an officer saw spotted the Honda Civic that

The down economy is no excuse for allowing a lawn to die and failure to maintain a yard could net homeowners a hefty fine, according to the Cathedral City Fire Department. Code enforcement officers across the desert have written homeowners citations for not taking care of their property. Dead grass, brush and bushes can be

An attorney for the nation’s largest Republican gay rights group has told a judge he will use President Obama’s statements in a federal court lawsuit challenging the government’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military. In his opening statement Tuesday at the trial in Riverside, Calif., attorney Dan Woods said he will

Esto, respecto a una nueva medida que obligara a los empleadores a revisar el estatus migratorio de sus trabajadores. De no hacerlo corren el riesgo de perder su licencia para operar. Los oponentes aseguran que podra motivar la discriminacin hacia la comunidad inmigrante. Mientras tanto, una medida similar ya se aplica en otras ciudades cercanas

Fire crews are investigating two suspicious overnight brush fires in Indio. Riverside county firefighters say one is on Avenue 50 at Madison, and the second is nearby on Avenue 49, west of Monroe. Both were reported around the same time this morning at 3am. The fire on Avenue 50 involved brush and palm trees, and

Homes sales in Riverside County dropped by 1 percent in June, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices increased 13.5 percent during the same period, a real estate information service reported today. A total of 4,645 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 4,694 in June 2009, according to La Jolla-based

Ejecutivos del Condado de Riverside anunciaron ayer lunes que 500 empleados podran perder su puesto debido al dficit proyectado de $130 mdd. La cantidad exacta se dar a conocer en Agosto prximo cuando empleados elegibles opten por el plan de retiro temprano. A la fecha el Condado ya ha eliminado 1000 puestos entre despidos y

A partir del prximo domingo los residentes de Indio que soliciten el servicio de ambulancia pagarn 45%. En otro esfuerzo por obtener ingresos Indio incrementa de $86 a $1200 dlares el viaje ms tambin sube el extra por milla de $9.61 a $22 dlares.

Hoy martes a la 3:13 a.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba que se haban robado un carro de la clnica animal ubicada sobre Jefferson Street en Indio. De inmediato un oficial lo encontr en el rea de la Ave 50 y Van Buren en Coachella. Ah mismo el conductor fue arrestado.

Oficiales ejecutores de la ley pondrn su mayor esfuerzo en que propietarios de casas del Valle de Coachella cumplan con mantener sus viviendas limpias, que no tengan maleza o pasto y hierba seca, ya que son factor potencial en los incendios adems de que deprecian la propiedad. Como ejemplo en Cathedral City existen ms de

Cathedral City police said they arrested three children after a resident claimed he walked in on them during a burglary. A police representative said it happened Friday morning along the 34300 block of Suncrest Drive in the Panorama area of Cathedral City. A resident called 911 and reported finding three juveniles inside his home trying

Power has been restore to a Palm Springs mobile home park, nearly a day after an unspecified “accident” knocked out electricity in the area. The outage occurred at the Safari Mobile Home Park at 2601 Cherokee Way around 3:30pm Saturday afternoon. A person trimming nearby trees accidently knocked over the power line, said Vanessa McGrady

A 13-year-old Orange County girl who went missing after allegedly chatting online with an older man has been found safe. Orange County sheriff’s officials say Cheyenne Bradford of Rancho Santa Margarita was found in San Juan Capistrano Monday afternoon. U.S. marshals detained Dave Burton Egert, 48, in Altadena on Monday and took him to sheriff’s

Dueling protests are planned today before the Temecula City Council votes on a measure that would require local businesses to confirm a new hire’s immigration status, or risk losing their license to operate in the city. Temecula is poised to follow its neighbors, Lake Elsinore and Menifee, in implementing the E-Verify program, which draws on