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A man defending himself against charges he fatally shot a Blythe store clerk will now receive the help of a legal courier. A Riverside judge ordered a legal courier to be hired for Ernesto Salgado Martinez, 36, who has already been sentenced to death in Arizona for the 1995 killing of public safety officer. During

Police today were trying to figure out how a .22-caliber revolver wound up on the ground outside a Banning mobile home, where a woman mistook it for a cigarette lighter and accidentally fired it, wounding her 12- year-old daughter. “We’re looking into the gun, how it got there and who left it there,” Banning police

Six local organizations will receive about $930,000 in grants from the Desert Healthcare District, the district announced today. The district’s board voted Tuesday to award grants to programs at Hidden Harvest, F.I.N.D. Food Bank, Mizell Senior Center, Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert campus, the Desert AIDS Project and United Cerebral Palsy of the Inland

A Palm Desert man suspected of raping a woman who passed out at a party was arrested today. John Charles Velarde, 23, was located this afternoon and taken into custody without incident, according to Riverside County sheriff’s Capt. Raymond Gregory. Velarde was booked into the Indio Jail on suspicion of rape. Bail information was not

Inside a hangar at Hemet Ryan Airport, Riverside County Sheriff’s helicopter pilots gear up for a full day of training. The volunteer Blythe Search and Rescue Team is along for the ride. The Aviation Unit is made up of deputies with 43 years experience. Last year, they flew over 2,200 hours. The Sheriff’s Offic have

Debido a que el Congreso Federal no autoriz trabajos en decenas de proyectos, la construccin de la torre del Aeropuerto Internacional de Palm Springs se pospuso. La pausa en este proyecto de $24.5 mdd podra dejar sin trabajo a 60 empleados de la construccin que ah laboran, adems Palm Springs perdera $2 mil dlares diarios

The Palm Springs POWER took game one of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League Championship Series Tuesday night at Palm Springs Stadium, winning by a score of 6-1. The Power’s Nick Baker (SO, California State University, Chico) took the mound for the tenth time this season… looking for his tenth victory. However, the Athletics struck

Maana a partir de las 10:00 a.m. oficiales de Indio y del College of the Desert se darn cita en la vieja estacin del Grey Hound ubicada sobre Oasis Street para llevar a cabo la ceremonia de demolicin de dicha estacin, donde luego iniciar la construccin del nuevo College of the Desert campus Indio. La

Ayer a las 3:40 p.m. la polica de Indio realizaba su patrullaje de rutina cuando en el rea de la Ave 48 y Calhoun localiz un carro con reporte de robo, de inmediato orden al conductor detenerse pero el hombre aceler iniciando as una persecucin. Minutos despus el vehculo se impact con un sealamiento de

A woman who twisted her ankle on a popular local trail was airlifted to a hospital today. Riverside County and Cal Fire firefighters hiked to the woman at the Mirage Trail, locally known as the “Bump and Grind” trail, near Painters Path and Fred Waring Drive about 6:40 a.m. and had a helicopter take her

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake hit an area between Anza and La Quinta on Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit about 10:42 a.m. and was centered about 12 miles ease southeast of Anza and 18 miles southwest of La Quinta. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

El Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos esta contemplando cerrar varias oficinas en el estado. El ao pasado el servicio postal perdi ocho mil millones de dlares. La agencia considerara el cierre de mas de 3-mil 600 oficinas, estaciones y sucursales, pero muchas de estas estn en zonas rurales. A nivel nacional, el servicio postal cuenta

El Vice Presidente del banco Manuel Chinea dijo que el nombre en espaol era un obstculo. El nuevo nombre en el Sur de California ser “Popular Community Bank”. Un esfuerzo de renombramiento en Illinois ayudo al banco atraer a nuevos clientes de ambas culturas. El Banco Popular fue fundado en Puerto Rico en 1893 y

Goldenvoice put out an invite to its Empire Polo Club neighbors on Tuesday to attend The LA Rising Festival in Los Angeles, this Saturday. Residents of the cities of Coachella, Indio, La Quinta, Mecca and Thermal are invited to attend, Goldenvoice leaders said. Goldenvoice will provide a ticket and a bus ride to and from

About 20 people turned out to protest the on-going negotiations in Washington concerning the nation’s debt limit on Tuesday in Palm Desert. Members of the group MoveOn.org had called for the noon-time protest at Rep. Bono Mack’s desert offices, even though the congresswoman was in Washington, D.C. “With the deadline to raise the nation’s debt

Here is a list of contact information for legislators who represent the Coachella Valley and Southern California areas in Washington, D.C. Use the information to let them know how you feel about the on-going negotiations concerning the debt crisis. Rep. Mary Bono MackE-mail Rep. Bono Mack by clicking here Phone 760-323-8810 Website http://www.marybonomack.com Rep. Jerry

About 100 gallons of waste oil went into a storm drain in Banning today, prompting a cleanup involving state and county teams. Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said officials were investigating the source and cause of the oil spill, which was reported around 9:40 a.m. in the 550 block of East Ramsey Street.

Spending countless hours on the web is hurting relationships and ruining lives around the country, and according to a new study conducted in the UK, Facebook and Twitter can be as addictive as drugs. “I’m kind of addicted to it,” said Valena Parker, a longtime Facebook user. More than a half a billion people and

The Living Desert Zoo’s baby zebra has a name: Tisa. Tisa, the number 9 in Swahili, is a 9-week-old Grevy’s zebra and the ninth offspring of the zoo’s zebra stallion, zoo spokeswoman Cate Ervin said. Tisa has doubled in size since she was born and is sampling grain, hay and other food from trainers, Ervin

En lo que va del ao ha incrementado el nmero de casos de homicidios en el Valle de Coachella. Hasta el momento an se investigan ocho de 17 asesinatos en este 2011. Adems de esa cifra continan indagando crmenes de 2010, 11 de 20 ocurridos el ao pasado continan en el limbo. Los investigadores comentaron