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A serial bank robber dubbed the “Geezer Bandit,” who is believed to have held up 10 banks across San Diego County since August, struck a bank in Temecula and was at large today, a sheriff’s sergeant said. The latest robbery occurred about 1:16 p.m. Thursday at the Bank of America located at 31934 Temecula Parkway

Cathedral City Fire Department are warning residents of the potential dangers of fireworks heading into the 4th of July weekend. Fireworks go on sale Monday starting at noon. Cathedral City Battalion Chief Robert Van Nortrick says stands are required to ID customers. Anyone under 18 are prohibited from buying fireworks. The State Fire Marshal has

Prosecutors believe they have a strong case against a Palm Springs man accused of kidnapping actor Jeremy London and forcing him to use drugs, a Riverside County district attorney’s spokesman said today. Brandon Adams, 26, faces felony charges of carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and receiving stolen property, along with

An Indio man wanted for assault with a deadly weapon was in jail Thursday after authorities found him in brush after more than a four hour search. 34-year old Eddie Zamorez Garcia was caught just before 6:30 p.m. The scene in Thermal was calm for most of the day, but the search quickly turned chaotic.

California’s violent crime rate dropped 6.6-percent in 2009, according to numbers released by the state Attorney General’s Office on Friday. “Crime in California 2009 – Advance Release” is compiled by the California Department of Justice based on data reported by police and sheriff’s departments in all of California’s 58 counties. Attorney General Jerry Brown released

Ayer jueves se llev a cabo un operativo en el que la polica cate 57 viviendas de Palm Springs en busca de violadores de libertad condicional. Ocho personas fueron arrestadas, se trata de: Scott Webster, Sony Telez, Ramn Ramos, Jack Pavish, Jessica Vey, James Williams, Roderick Paschal y Vincent Little. Todo estn en la crcel

Un individuo de Indio vinculado con robo vehicular y actos de agresin con arma mortal fue arrestado. Eddie Zamorez Garca de 34 aos logr burlarse de las autoridades por unas horas. Segn el Departamento del Alcuacil del Condado de Riverside, era buscado por robo comercial, vehicular, posesin de armas y agresin con un arma mortal.

La Policia est tras la pista de un sospechoso de apualar a una persona en Desert Hot Springs. El lamentable hecho occurio en una vivienda localizada sobre Nahum Drive. Al arribo de refuerzos, se encontr a la vctima en el interior del inmueble. El presunto responsale es descrito como de ascendencia afro-americana, de complexin delgada

Two men were arrested today on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale at a Coachella home where eight young children were living, a sheriff’s sergeant said. Esperdeon Parra Barnachia, 29, of Coachella and Ronaldo Hernandez Bravo, 28, of Indio were taken into custody around 7:15 a.m. while deputies were serving a search warrant in the

According to a Los Angeles Times report, more than half of the state’s tribal casinos and state-licensed poker rooms have ATMs where welfare recipients can use state-issued debit cards to cash-out and make their bets. The cards are meant to help recipients clothe and feed their families. A Department of Social Services website has a

Farrah Fawcett, who died a year ago today from cancer, will be remembered today as more than just a sex symbol. Though the poster image of the beautiful “Charlie’s Angels” actress in skin-tight red swimsuit will forever remain an icon of the 1970s, Fawcett is also remembered as an actress who demostrated her dramatic chops

The first tropical depression of the Atlantic 2010 hurricane season has formed in the Western Caribbean, but it is unclear if it will pass over the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday that the depression has winds of about 35 mph (55 kph).

The only man to ever be arrested in connection with three murders in Rancho Mirage may not face trial, according to the daughter of one of the victims. James “Jimmy” Hughes had been extradited from Florida In December 2009 to face murder charges in Riverside County in connection with the case prosecutors had been working

En su junta de ayer jueves el Bur del Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella aprob el presupuesto para el ao fiscal 2010-2011 por $164 mdd que incluye $6 mdd en nmeros rojos. Segn los oficiales an se desconoce de donde recortarn los $6 mdd debido a que ya han eliminado puestos, recortado programas

Contina la bsqueda del responsable de haber quebrado los vidrios de dos vehculos en el rea de Monroe y John Nobles en Indio. Un poco ms tarde otro conductor report la misma accin. Por fortuna nadie result herido.

De un plumazo, la gobernadora republicana de Arizona Jan Brewer puso nuevamente sobre el tapete el explosivo debate en torno a la inmigracin ilegal, sacudiendo el espectro poltico en un ao electoral en el que los dos grandes partidos haban tratado de ignorar el tema. Dos meses despus de que Brewer rubricase una ley que

Dos equipos estadounidenses desarrollaron tejidos pulmonares que podran usarse para futuros trasplantes o para probar los efectos de nuevos frmacos. En un estudio, un equipo de la Yale University, en Connecticut, implant tejido pulmonar manipulado en ratas y comprob que funcionaba como los rganos reales, ayudando a los animales a respirar y a suministrar oxgeno

Se llev a cabo por cuarto ao consecutivo el evento ?Life Without Limits? con un torneo de boliche con ms de 150 participantes que lograron reunir $4 mil dlares en beneficio del Indio Teen Center que ofrece programas gratuitos de la comunidad.

Insisting that the university was being too harshly punished, USC officials filed an appeal today with the NCAA, asking it to lessen the penalties imposed on its football program for improper benefits being received by former star running back Reggie Bush and his family. Earlier this month, the NCAA handed down stiff penalties against the

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered 4 miles south, south-east of Ocotillo, and hit at 10:07am. USGS maps show most of the shaking was felt in Imperial County, and there were also reports from San Diego of shaking there. It was an