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El pasado sbado a las 9:00 a.m. dos sujetos asaltaron Apple Market ubicada sobre el Hwy 111 en Thermal. Por fortuna nadie result herido, no se mencion la cantidad del atraco.

Five Riverside county cities are cracking down on illegal immigrants as their unemployment rates soar. Last month, Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Menifee and Norco began requiring businesses to check the immigration status of new workers through the federal E-Verify database. Employers that don’t can lose their business licenses. Murrieta plumber Pablo Haro approves of the

Same-sex couples will request marriage licenses Monday at county clerks offices in California and throughout the nation as part of a nationwide effort tied to Valentine’s Day to win support for the repeal of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Organized efforts were scheduled throughout California, including Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno,

Betty Garrett, a comedic actress who had good times and bad in Hollywood in a 65-year show biz career, has died. She was 91. Garrett was a familiar face on television, film and on Broadway. She also founded a nonprofit theater in North Hollywood, Theater West, and taught an acting class there as late as

Two men armed with handguns and wearing dark bandanas over their faces robbed a market in Thermal, a Riverside County sheriff’s sergeant said today. Sgt. Steve DaSilva said the two men entered the Apple Market, 56491 Highway 111, at 8:50 p.m. They armed with handguns and demanded money. The suspects then took an undisclosed amount

Sheriff’s deputies closed a one-mile portion of the Pomona (60) Freeway today and walked down the road, looking for bullet casings or other clues in the shooting of an armed motorist by an off-duty deputy. The freeway evidence sweep comes two days after a possible freeway dispute between a 25-year-old man from Maywood and a

An armed man is on the loose, after holding up a coffee shop in Coachella. It happened about 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Starbucks store on the 83,000 block of Avenue 48. Police say a man walked up to the counter, told the employee he was holding a gun, and demanded money. The employee complied,

Banning police say a 13-year-old girl was walking through Roosevelt Williams Park at dusk when three boys grabbed her and began to fondle her. They then forced her onto a playground set where one of the boys raped her while the other two held her down. The girl identified her attackers as schoolmates at Nicolet

Police in San Francisco now confirm a body found in a hotel room in that city is that of a missing Coachella Valley woman. Friday morning, her husband was being called a person of interest in the case by investigators. Billy and Colleen Waterman were reported missing from their Bermuda Dunes home on Monday. Thursday

Two teenagers pleaded guilty this week for their roles in the deadly June stabbing of Jose Villalobos, 23, in Desert Hot Springs. In total, four boys have now pleaded guilty to felony assault. Overall, seven teens have been charged and prosecuted as adults. Three of them are still scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

Canyon National Bank closed its doors Friday Afternoon. A note on the door and on the bank’s web page informed customers of the closure. The following is posted on the Bank’s web page: “On Friday, February 11, 2011, Canyon National Bank, Palm Springs, CA was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

If Gov. Jerry Brown gets his way, he’ll take away redevelopment funds from cities to pay down the state’s huge debt. City leaders and residents debated the pros and cons Friday during a special forum discussing redevelopment funds. “They’re all preaching to the choir, we agree RDA’s are good,” said, Robert High a La Quinta

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake, centered in the mountains between Hemet and Idyllwild, hit the Inland Empire at 9:30 a.m. today. Automated seismographs operated by the USGS placed the epicenter about 7 miles west of Idyllwild and 9 miles east of Hemet and 19 miles west southwest of Palm Springs. “I felt a little jolt. I

A violent robbery happened on Thursday evening at the Los Compas Mini Mart on 6th Street and Date Avenue. Police said two men wearing masks robbed the store of beer and cash. One gunshot was fired into the ground during the robbery but no one was injured. There was no further description of the suspects

A raft of prominent science fiction writers are slated to attend an upcoming UC Riverside scifi confab that begins Friday. The 2011 Eaton Science Fiction Conference will continue through Sunday at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa and will feature established authors in the genre from around the globe. The conference is expected to draw

Motorists planning to travel through Riverside using the Riverside (91) Freeway should be prepared for detours beginning tonight. Crews will be tearing down the remnants of the old Van Buren Boulevard overpass, requiring closures on both sides of the 91, according to the Riverside Department of Public Works. Eastbound and westbound lanes will be shut

A public hearing was scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday to hear from the public on Gof. Jerry Brown’s (D-Calif.) proposal to phase out redevelopment agencies and funding to cities and counties. The hearing, planned and hosted by Assy Brian Nestande (R-Palm Desert) and Sen. Bill Emmerson (R-Hemet) will take place at the Palm Desert

Coachella police were searching for two outstanding suspects on Friday in connection with a carjacking. The carjacking was reported at 7:12 p.m. on Thursday in the area of 52nd Avenue and Empalme Street in Coachella, said police spokeswoman Herlinda Valenzuela. The victim was approached by three Hispanic men and hit over the head with a

En Coachella dos hombres encapuchados abrieron fuego dentro de la tienda Campos ubicada sobre la Calle Sexta y la Avenida Date. Los sujetos detonaron sus armas, robaron cerveza y efectivo para despus darse a la fuga. La policia pide de su ayuda para dar con los malhechores. Si usted tiene mas detalles que puedan esclarecer

Two people were hurt, one seriously, when a car flipped over and got wedged beneath a big rig this afternoon on a freeway east of Moreno Valley. The collision was reported at 12:02 p.m. on the eastbound Moreno Valley (60) Freeway, between Gilman Springs Road and Jack Rabbit Trail, in an area known as the