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It’s called Secure Communities, a program that sends electronic copies of booking fingerprints to Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). The department compares those prints with their database to see if the suspect is in the country illegally. ICE could then have local law enforcement hold the suspect while they investigate them. Riverside County Sheriff’s department has

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is set to announce potential layoffs at its school board meeting. Forty-seven positions are at stake in tonight?s vote. Wednesday, teachers in the Palm Springs Unified School District prepared for pink slips. As KESQ.com reported, that board unanimously approved sending final layoff notices to 36 teachers at a meeting

It’s hard to argue with sequels being “tired.” “Iron Man 2” scored $330 million since its debut, and considering what’s happening financially with all businesses, it may be a smart move. Dusty chimed in on our “Facebook” page, telling us “spending millions on the production of a sequel to a highly profiting blockbuster seems to

Only one school from the three major districts in the Coachella Valley ranked among the top 10 percent of public schools statewide, according to rankings released today by the state Department of Education. The state ranks schools academically on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 representing the top 10 percent, to determine a

A 20-year-old reputed Palm Springs gang member was convicted today of first-degree murder in the fatal beating and robbery of a security guard. Jerrett Lewis faces life in prison without parole if convicted in the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co. guard Wallace Brown near Rosa Parks Road and El Dorado Boulevard. The

A Long Beach woman who suffered an ankle injury while hiking with a companion was airlifted to safety today from a mountain slope above Palm Springs. Nelly Guerrero, 49, called for help around 10:25 a.m. when she hurt herself while climbing about 150 feet up the side of the mountain near Baristo Road, said Officer

Palm Springs Police and other agencies safely removed a small homemade explosive device that was found along the 4600 Block of E. Mesquite in Palm Springs, today. The device was found by a worker for Palm Springs Disposal Services in a load they had collected. Mesquite was shut down in the area of the Palm

El Departamento de Bomberos investiga las causas que originaron el incendio de un trailer cargado con vegetales que estaba estacionado afuera de Oasis Exchange ubicado sobre la carretera vieja 86 y Ave 77 en Oasis. Segn informacin preliminar el fuego inici en la cabina y rpidamente se extendi al resto del trailer. Unos 70 empleados

El Distrito Escolar Unificado Desert Sands podr reducir el nmero de despidos al eliminar un programa considerado innecesario. El Sistema al Mrito que otorga a empleados clasificados el cual fue votado por los trabajadores del distrito con un 54.6% a favor de eliminarlo. De ser ratificado por el Bur de Educacin entrar en efecto el

La escuela primaria Benjamn Franklin de La Quinta fue distinguida a nivel nacional por el xito que obtuvo bajo el programa 1-B. El cual se trata de incorporar un idioma extranjero, arte, msica y servicios a la comunidad. El programa involucra a todos los estudiantes a que aprendan, compartan y enseen a sus compaeros. Cabe

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que ayer mircoles poco antes del medio da rapt a una mujer y a tres nios. Segn testigos Rafael Delgado de 19 aos y su pareja sostuvieron una pelea, el sujeto se llev a su novia, a la bebita de ambos y a los hermanitos de

Un helicptero y una cuadrilla de rescate del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside acudieron al rea de las montaas locales a auxiliar a un excursionista extraviado en Willow Creek Trail cerca del telefrico. El dato curioso es que Emin Alihodic de 57 aos residente de Palm Springs se ha extraviado por segunda ocasin.

Two hikers are suffering from cold exposure and dehydration, today, but otherwise fine after spending a cold night atop Mt. San Jacinto. The Cabazon station of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department got the first call of a hiker missing in the Willow Creek area of the wilderness. Police say the hiker departed the lower Tram

California Highway Patrol officers will work as hosts and servers at the Yard House restaurant to help raise funds for the Special Olympics of Southern California. The money will be used to help local athletes compete in the Summer Games next month, which will be held in Long Beach, Calif. This is the fifth year

A Coachella man is in custody, today, accused of exposing himself to children. Police arrested 32-year-old Jose De Jesus Escatel. Witnesses say they saw him exposing himself near fifth Street and Palm Avenue in Coachella on Monday morning. Children were in the area, and on their way to Palm View and Bobby Duke Elementary Schools.

Teachers in the Palm Springs Unified School District are preparing for pink slips. The board unanimously approved sending final layoff notices to 36 teachers at a meeting Tuesday night. If any teachers leave or take early retirement, some of the notices could be rescinded. Last week, Desert Sands Unified approved layoff notices for 150 people,

The backlash over Arizona’s new immigration law could cost that state an estimated 90 million dollars in tourism over the next 5 years. A lot of tourists go to Arizona to see spring training baseball, but could some of those fans be heading our way? That’s what Cathedral City Councilman Greg Pettis would like to

A cat found when its owner died of natural causes appears to have been forced to live in a pet crate full of its own feces for many months, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services reported today. The 3-year-old female cat was found Monday when Desert Hot Springs police responded to an apartment in

The Coachella Valley and the state of California have suffered through a rough couple of years. Job cuts, furlough days and budget cuts in education have hurt many businesses. But one constant during the recession is the strong tourism base, and on Tuesday, travel experts celebrated “Travel Rally Day” and a booming industry. “As Humphrey

With bathing suit season coming up, we thought we’d put a new cellulite solution to the test. It?s called the SX-4000 Pro-Body treatment. ?Everyone hates cellulite,? said Dr. Andrew Ordon. ?But women out there, you all have it to a certain degree. Men too. And it’s not related to being overweight, or fat.? In fact