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NILAND, Calif. – Border patrol agents in Indio seized a hidden stash of marijuana worth $400,000 on Wednesday. The pot was hidden in hollowed out compartments in a white box truck that had entered the Indio checkpoint on Highway 111. A canine search alerted authorities to something suspicious, where agents found the 80 marijuana bundles

LA QUINTA – Security video taken December 8th shows two men walking the halls of the former Homewood Suites looking for open doors. They find one by an ATM. One man searches a dark room. He takes what looks to be a TV or a computer monitor. The other carries out a box filled with

PALM SPRINGS – The community is gathering around to help one family who lost all their belongings in a recent apartment fire. One woman’s wedding dress went up in flames as she planned for her big day. As the Andalucia Apartments in Palm Springs burned this Thanksgiving, one family was in the middle of it

SACRAMENTO – Three California Highway Patrol officers stationed in Indio were awarded the governor’s Medal of Valor, this week, for helping to save a suicidal man in Palm Desert. Sergeant Jackie Rice, Officer Joseph Zagorski, and Officer William Strom responded to the call in March of this year, when a man was threatening to jump

YUCAIPA – Three men were arrested, this week, after police uncovered what was built-up to be a “super covert” marijuana sales operation. Acting on a tip, investigators began watching a suite in a business complex in the 35000 block of Avenue A in Yucaipa. Witnesses said they saw people coming and going from the office

LOS ANGELES -A total of 167 foreign nationals with criminal records were arrested throughout the Southland and marked for deportation as part of a statewide enforcement surge targeting immigrant lawbreakers, federal officials announced today. During the three-day operation, which ended late Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a total of 286 criminal immigrants

By News Channel 3 and KESQ.com News Servicesnewsline3@kesq.com PALM SPRINGS -Police continued searching today for six reputed Palm Springs gang members and associates who have eluded capture for drug and weapons violations. Zachary Clayton, 38; Dominick Winzer, 25;, Dimitri Allen, 32; Tommy Roberts, 47; and Martel Wash, 26, all of Palm Springs and Jahrod Shelton,

NEW YORK -Diane Sawyer left ABC’s “Good Morning America” today but not before an emotional moment that recalled the biggest story of her time on the show. Sawyer met with children born after their fathers were killed in September 11th terrorist attacks. The show first brought them together on the first anniversary of the attack.

PALM SPRINGS -Eleven people were arrested and six more are wanted in a massive weapons a drug sweep of Palm Springs. Police from a long list of agencies made the arrests, this morning, in Palm Springs, Banning, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, and Rancho Mirage. The arrests resulted from an investigation that began in April,

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com SACRAMENTO – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared June 8, 2010, as the day voters will cast their ballots to name a new state senator for the Coachella Valley. John Benoit left the state senate this month to fill a seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors left open by the late

PALM SPRINGS – It has been called “A Roadmap for Terrorists.” The Transportation Security Administration’s confidential security manual, online for all to see. TheTSA posted it on the Internet as part of a contract bidding process. The sensitive information was electronically blacked out, but hackers easily got around it. “I’m afraid to say that there

YUCCA VALLEY -A new food bank in the hi-desert is helping area residents during the holidays. James Wilson’s new job includes making sure the shelves and fridge stay stocked at the American Food Bank in Yucca Valley. Back in August, James and his wife, Brenda, started the area’s first food bank with a can of

CATHEDRAL CITY -Charities are facing big grant cuts as city leaders decide they just can’t afford them anymore. Teenagers take part in the tutoring program at Working Wonders. The Cathedral City charity has expanded their focus on families living with HIV and AIDS to include helping troubled teens. Charity director Evelyn Hernandez Valentino says, “We

PALM DESERT -The Living Desert’s first litter of African wild dogs were born in October, it was announced today. Malia, the puppies’ mother, gave birth to two female and two male pups on Oct. 23, said Liz Hile, curator of animals at the zoo and botanical gardens, which preserves 1,000 acres of natural desert. The

SALEM, Ore. – A man connected to the murder of an unidentified woman in 1992 was arrested this week in Oregon. Keith Hunter Jesperson has been a person of interest in the murder case of a woman found alongside California State Route 95 on August 30, 1992. Coroners estimated her age at 20-30-years-old at the