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A standoff between a wanted parolee and Indio police ended Tuesday afternoon with the parolee in custody. The standoff forced Eisenhower Elemenary School into lockdown for about 90 minutes, according to Indio police. Officers were trying to serve an arrest warrant for the man near the intersection of Jackson Street and Sonora Drive in Indio

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was taken back to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center today when her husband found her having difficulty breathing and spitting up blood. Gabor, 94, has been in and out of the hospital over the past year. She was hospitalized briefly last week due to elevated blood pressure after she learned of

Drivers in the valley continue to deal with longer commutes due to road closures and delays due to construction. Another series of closures is scheduled for Interstate 10 at the Palm Drive / Gene Autry Trail intersection to allow workers to demolish the old overpass. Traffic will be diverted onto the eastbound on- and off-ramps

Organizers of the Kraft Nabisco Championship aren’t holding back this year at Mission Hills Country Club. It’s the tournament’s 40th anniversary. “It’s the largest tenured event at the same location in the LPGA tour,” said Director Gabe Codding. First-time visitor Shernay Thornton was proud to be part of this momentous year. “40 is monumental in

Jurors today began deliberating the fate of a felon who allegedly shot two brothers in Coachella, killing one of them. Leonard Ysiano, 38, is charged with murder, attempted murder and being a felon in possession of a gun in the March 28, 2007, shooting near Genoa Street and Hill Drive in Coachella that killed Francisco

On election night, Cathedral City suffered one of it’s worst shootings ever. Five people were shot in the Dream Homes area, and two of them were killed. Yanize Mora was carrying her 2-month-old baby boy at the time and Monday would have been her 17th birthday. Mora’s family gathered at her grave at Forest Lawn,

Hundreds of people came out on Sunday to help the family of a mother killed in a car crash in Indio earlier this month. Support for 34-year-old Linda Franco’s family kept rolling in. She died on Saint Patrick’s Day after crashing into a traffic light. The family doesn’t have enough money to bury her yet,

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire reached the $4 mark for the first time since Aug. 18, 2008 today, increasing four-tenths of a cent to $4. Click here for a list of the ten least-expensive places for gas in the Coachella Valley The fifth consecutive daily increase

A Cathedral City Denny’s restaurant will hold a fundraiser today to support the family of Cathedral City police Officer Jermaine Gibson, who was killed in a crash during a high-speed pursuit. Gibson, a 28-year-old former Marine, died early March 19 when his patrol car slammed into a palm tree while he was chasing a stolen

Cathedral City police today publicly thanked those who joined the department in honoring Officer Jermaine Gibson, whose funeral was on Friday. Gibson, a 28-year-old former U.S. Marine, died early March 19 when his patrol car crashed as he pursued two suspects. The officer was married and the father of a 4-week-old boy. Hundreds of people

Este orden de acciones occurio un poco antes de las 10:30pm sobre la calle Clinton y la Avenida 46. Fue donde dos automovilistas cruzaron su camino. Por lo menos una persona fue rescatada via helicptero y llevada al Centro Medico de Loma Linda. Tres personas ms fueron trasladadas al Hospital Regional del Desierto en Palm

Residents of Indio have the opportunity to win free tickets to the annual Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, a city spokesman announced today. Registration began today for a raffle that will award 10 tickets to both the Coachella Music Festival and the Stagecoach Country Festival, said Jim Curtis of the city of Indio. Residents can

After serving 18 years on the board of directors for the Desert AIDS Project, Fr. Andrew Green will be leaving his position. ?Although change is the nature of volunteer boards, this is a departure that we all feel deeply,? said David Brinkman, CEO of Desert AIDS Project. ?During his long tenure with us, Andrew has

Palm Springs police arrested a Desert Hot Springs man on charges he broke into a hotel and stole several items. The burglary happened on March 17 at around 6 p.m. at the Hilton Hotel on the 400 block of Tahquitz Canyon. Police were called after a guest discovered a laptop computer and iPad were stolen

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A 25-year-old Los Angeles parolee pleaded not guilty today to killing his girlfriend’s toddler. Esteban Alamo faces felony charges of murder and assaulting a child for allegedly killing Serik Mathew Nieto. The youngster died Oct. 9 — five days after the defendant allegedly hit the boy repeatedly, inflicting bruises all over his body, while Alamo

Cal Fire and Riverside County firefighters stopped a kitchen fire from spreading throughout a La Quinta home on Monday. The fire was reported shortly before 12:15 p.m. on the 54600 block of Avenida Vallejo, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The first engine to arrive reported smoke coming from the home. Firefighters said they

Authorities have arrested another suspect in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in a Riverside County, Calif., park bathroom. County sheriff’s Cpl. Courtney Donowho (DON’-uh-yoo) says 19-year-old Michael Sykes of Moreno Valley was arrested Monday morning but she has no other details. Sykes is the eighth person arrested in connection with the March 10

El viernes a la 1:00 a.m. una mujer conduca su auto en el rea de Ave 46 al este de Madison Streen en Indio cuando se le atraves un gato negro, al evadirlo perdi el control y cay al canal Todo Americano. Por fortuna la mujer result ilesa y pudo salir del vehculo que result

Agentes de la Patrulla fronteriza del punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 en Salton Sea y Westmorland realizaron dos decomisos de droga con un valor de casi $1 mdd. En el primer incidente al inspeccionar a los pasajeros de un autobs Crucero USA, uno de ellos tena dos paquetes de herona adheridos a sus piernas.