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Defense attorneys who claim Palm Springs Police officers unfairly targeted gay men in a sex sting in the Warm Sands neighborhood last summer will have access to two years of past arrest records unrelated to the sting, a judge ruled today. The attorneys hope to use the documents to get dismissals for men charged with

The grudge match is over. The Lakers are NBA champions! The Los Angeles Lakers are champions for a second consecutive season and the 16th time in their history today, thanks to a surge in the final quarter and a half of an 83-79 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals

A parade honoring the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers will be held Monday, with the team picking up the tab. The Lakers overcame a 13-point third-quarter deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics, 83-79, Thursday night in Game 7 of the NBA Finals at Staples Center to win their second consecutive championship. The victory parade will

The Riverside District Attorney’s office tells News Channel 3 they have charged Brian Christopher Ogle with the murder of his uncle Brad Ogle. Ogle was found dead on May 11 in his mother’s arms in the front yard of her home in Palm Springs. Investigators pinpointed his nephew 24-year-old Brian Ogle of Rancho Mirage as

SunLine Transit, the desert’s public transit system, walked away winners in a competition put on by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA recognized the bus line for its “visionary” work in clean air technology. ?The Agency?s mission to provide safe and environmentally conscious public transportation services and alternative fuel solutions to meet the mobility

Downtown Los Angeles was getting back to normal today after Lakers fans and troublemakers filled streets outside Staples Center in the wake of the team’s victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA finals. A few people jumped on cars, set fires, broke windows, tagged buildings and damaged property in the area

Nicole Puls learned something new on Friday. “I learned that I can’t use both the straps through my [child’s] car seat. One is better than having two,” she said. Puls was one of dozens of families who pulled into the Palm Desert Police Department’s parking lot on Fred Waring Dr. to get a hands-on training

A truck clipped a wire holding up a power pole today, causing nearly 3,000 Southern California Edison customers in Palm Springs to lose power for more than an hour. The outage began at 4:25 a.m. in the area of Indian Canyon Drive at Garnet Avenue, said Edison spokesman Steve Conroy. The truck struck the wire,

The Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office mistakenly posted uncertified results from the write-in tally in last week’s election, but officials said the error was caught early and did not affect any races. Two days after the June 8 primary, write-in votes cast were included in the tallies posted on the registrar’s Web site, even

Debido a que The Living Desert tiene un dficit de $300 mil dlares en el presente ao fiscal 2009-2010 y proyecta $500 mil dlares en nmeros rojos para 2010-2011, decidieron recortar siete puestos de tiempo completo. Es la segunda vez que The Living Desert se ve forzada a recortar personal debido a la crisis econmica.

Debido a un desperfecto, ms de 1500 casas y negocios de Indio, Coachella, Thermal y La Quinta estn sin suministro elctrico desde ayer casi a la media noche. Cuadrillas de Imperial Irrigation District trabajar arduamente en solucionar el desperfecto.

La polica recibi un reporte del hospital que informaba que atendan a un sujeto apualado. Cuando fue investigado por las autoridades les dijo que tuvo una pelea con dos hombres sobre la Calle Cayuga en Cathedral City. Ahora los agresores son buscados por la polica.

El concilio de La Quinta aprob cambios en las multas a propietarios de perros que muerdan a alguna persona a partir de Agosto prximo. En la primera violacin se aplicar una multa de $100 dlares, en caso de reincidir la segunda sancin ser de $1000 dlares.

A Palm Springs gang member was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal beating and robbery of a 66-year-old security guard. Jamar Thomas, 21, was found guilty in April of first-degree murder and other charges stemming from the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co. guard Wallace

A day after actor Jeremy London’s claims of 3 men kidnapping him in Palm Springs came to light, there is new information coming out. The website, Radar Online, which first broke the story, now reports London is a wanted by the police. KESQ confirms in 2004, London got caught, and was convicted of driving while

Residents woke up Wednesday morning to an unpleasant surprise: Someone slashed their tires. That same night, Palm Springs police arrested two men in connection with the crimes. 18-year-old Andrew Albritton and 23-year-old Daniel Velaicea were taken into police custody. They now face several charges, including vandalism. “People work hard,” said Katy Diquattro, who called police.

In its 6 years at The River in Rancho Mirage, Piero’s Acqua Pazza has developed quite a clientele. Yet, General Manager Willie Rhine is the first to tell you with the summer heat now taking hold and the snow birds gone, business is off about 50 percent from peak season. Hence, this time of year

A federal judge Tuesday listened to the closing arguments of the landmark trial over a California voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Voters passed Proposition 8 in 2008 – the measure defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The trial has sparked a heated debate between both sides of the arguement, and now, all

The Cabazon Water District has supplied the nearby Arrowhead bottling plant with its industrial water for the last nine years. District officials say, during that time, there has never been a service agreement. They say one is needed now. “We need to have some sort of an agreement that will protect our people here in

The Palm Springs City Council approved an ordinance allowing a third medical marijuana dispensary to operate in the city and awarded the permit to Organic Solutions of the Desert on Wednesday. Eight other applicants had sought the permit. Herbal Solutions also met the city’s requirements to be awarded the permit, according to a city staff