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Layoffs, early retirements and attrition will reduce the Riverside County government payroll by roughly 1,000 employees this year, county officials told the Board of Supervisors today. During the final hearing on the 2010-11 budget plan, county Executive Officer Bill Luna said spending controls would result in “more layoffs than early retirements” and if further belt-tightening

Police re-opened Highway 111 just south of Mecca, after a train accident early Monday morning. It happened at just before 5am near the intersection of Highway 111 and Toby Road. A hazardous materials crew is on the scene where a train hit a semi-truck carrying car trailer. Fortunately, the trailer was empty at the time,

Two tractor trailer rigs crashed on the Golden State (5) Freeway in Castaic, leaving fiery wreckage blocking lanes before the morning rush, but nobody was seriously hurt, the California Highway Patrol reported. CHP Officer Jennifer Connolly said two people suffered minor injuries in the crash, which was reported at 6:05 a.m. on the southbound 5

Ayer domingo alrededor de las 10:50 p.m. se registr una rplica del temblor del pasado mircoles. El movimiento de anoche se ubic en 3.3 grados. Despus del sismo de 5.4 se han registrado cientos de rplicas de menor intensidad.

Hoy se llevo acabo una audiencia final. Al parecer, el Condado tiene que recortar 63 millones de dolares de su presupuesto para el prximo ao fiscal. Algunos de los servicios ms afectados seran publicos y sociales.

El pasado viernes tres nios de 11, 12 y 13 aos de edad fueron sorprendidos robando en una casa ubicada sobre Suncrest Drive en Cathedral City. El dueo llam de inmediato a la polica y arrestaron a los menores que se cree ya han cometido otros robos.

La polica report un incidente en el que una mujer fue atacada por un sujeto en una vivienda ubicada en la Ave 70 en North Shore, cuando los oficiales llegaron encontraron a la vctima del asalto que logr escapar, el malandrn le dispar varias veces pero no le peg. La mujer fue transportada al hospital

El Bur de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside debatir la posibilidad de recortar el presupuesto al Departamento de Servicios Pblicos que afectar las operaciones de dicha agenda. El Abril pasado se aprob la reduccin de $9 mdd.

A motorcyclist who died in a crash on westbound Interstate 10 in Banning was identified today as a Cathedral City man. Jamie M. Dodge, 49, was pronounced dead at 10:55 p.m. Sunday on the I- 10, west of Highland Springs Avenue, according to the Riverside County coroner’s office. Dodge was riding a 2002 Harley Davidson

More than 30 local businesses will participate in a fundraiser next week as part of an effort to raise $10,000 for the Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. The four-day “Christmas in July” fundraising campaign will begin July 22 at the city’s weekly street fair, VillageFest, said Amy Blaisdell, the city’s director of communications. The

A late count of misplaced mail-in ballots in Riverside County has apparently resulted in a new victor for a state Senate nomination. Assemblywoman Mary Salas edged 83 votes above former Assemblyman Juan Vargas in the 40th Senate district Democratic primary race, in an unofficial tally today of new votes counted 32 days after the election

A Palm Springs gang member convicted in the fatal beating and robbery of a 66-year-old security guard had his sentencing delayed today until next Thursday. Jerrett Lewis, 20, faces life in prison without parole for the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co. guard Wallace “Danny” Brown near Rosa Parks Road and El Dorado

(KGO) – Police have arrested at least 83 people in Oakland Thursday night for failing to disperse, resisting arrest, burglary, vandalism and assaulting a police officer. The rowdy protests followed late Thursday night following the Johannes Mehserle verdict. Protesters defiled several storefronts along Broadway, with businesses between 12th and 20th streets sustaining smashed windows, sporadic

Officer Melissa Desmarais had some good news to share with her mother. “She’s very proud of me. And, obviously she’s always worried about me, as all Moms are, but she’s very proud,” said Desmarais. Desmarais is one of three new sergeants at the Palm Springs Police Department. But Desmarais holds a unique honor. She’s the

Captain Ray Gregory just became the police chief of Coachella, La Quinta and several other east Coachella Valley cities who contract with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The 20 year veteran is the first openly gay man to ever serve the sheriff’s department in this capacity. “Being gay doesn’t have anything to do with the

A necklace is all that’s left of Lily Centino’s son, Carlos. Hunters found his body in 2001 by a shooting range in Perris. Someone shot him execution style. He would have been 34 years old this month. But instead of grieving, his mother is reaching out to other people who lost loved ones. She’s leading

A Riverside County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that 12,563 misplaced ballots that were not tallied during the June 8 primary election must be counted. Tabulation started Friday afternoon with final results expected sometime Saturday. “Voting is a right for which people have sacrificed their lives to protect,” Judge Mac R. Fisher said before announcing

A search-and-rescue helicopter helped Palm Springs police search for a hiker who called in needing help. The hiker called police at 2:45pm, saying he was overheated and needed assistance coming down from the Cactus and Clouds Trail in Palm Springs. Police found the man at 3:30pm, when temperatures were near 110-degrees. He was airlifted off

A third psychologist was appointed today to examine a man accused of killing his baby daughter near Desert Hot Springs and leaving her body in a camper in Arkansas. Jason Michael Hann, 35, could face the death penalty if convicted of the February 2001 murder of his infant daughter Montana. Also charged in Montana’s death