A sergeant with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is behind bars on accusations of possession and distribution of child pornography. Marc Goodwin, 43, was arrested by the Fontana Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit on Wednesday. Goodwin was listed as a homicide detective on Sheriff’s Department news releases in 2016-2017. According to
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Todd Leishman has been appointed as the new city attorney of Indian Wells. The change goes into effect on Thursday, June 24. Leishman currently serves as of counsel for Best Best & Krieger’s (BBK) Ontario and Irvine offices where he specializes in short-term rentals and other housing issues, such as sober-living and group homes, affordable
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A convicted sex offender is back behind bars after being accused of annoying and molesting a minor in Twentynine Palms. Derek Latimer, 67, of Twentynine Palms was arrested by deputies Wednesday afternoon. Officials from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station said the incident started at around 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday, when deputies received a report of
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A Sky Valley resident accused of fatally shooting a man in Palm Springs has been officially charged with murder. Jeff Burgess, 42, was arrested Tuesday and remains held at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, with bail set at $2 million. Along with the murder count, Burgess faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a
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UPDATE 06/24 : A 32-year-old man was arrested by Riverside Sheriffs Office (RSO) after authorities said he was wanted for a domestic violence incident that happened early Tuesday morning. Sheriff deputies said the suspect barricaded himself in the 78500 block of Via Bolero in La Quinta. This incident led to an hours long stand-off. The
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PS Homeboys is a new furniture and decor store in Palm Springs that’s open for business, but the owners say you might not know it from the street. The temporary parklet for Thai Smile on the corner of Indian Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way is in the way, said co-owners Neils Kosman and Jeremy
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The period to withdraw signatures from the petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom is over and just a few signatures were removed. Shirley N. Weber, the Secretary of State, notified the Department of Finance that just 43 signatures were removed from the petition during the 30-day signature withdrawal period. The recall petition has more than
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The Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, ‘Short Fest,’ officially kicked off this week. The event is happening in-person once again this year and features 295 short films. “For all of us who worked the virtual festival last year, this feels like we’re celebrating two festivals in one,” said Lili Rodriguez, Artistic Director, Palm Springs
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A fourth air-conditioned community building has been transformed into a public cooling center in Indio in order to help residents beat the heat, it was announced today. The new Indio Public Library site, located at 200 Civic Center Mall, will open from noon to 8 p.m. on Monday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Firefighters are at the scene of a lightning strike in Cathedral City Wednesday afternoon. More lightning being detected on radar over Cathedral City and La Quinta cove. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/gl6GqqGCeF— Haley Clawson KESQ (@KESQHaley) June 23, 2021 The Cathedral City Fire Department received reports that a tree was struck by lightning in the 36000 block of
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article listed the driver as a 10-year-old, as it was listed on the California Highway Patrol CAD. However, we have since learned the driver was actually a 17-year-old. We have updated this article to reflect this change A 17-year-old driver smashed a vehicle into property owned by Spotlight 29
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 struck 13 miles north-northeast of Desert Hot Springs at 1:06 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS has reports of people feeling the earthquake throughout the west end of the valley and up in the high desert. The rupture originated about 3 miles underground, USGS data
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Tonight News Channel 3 has learned exclusively a man visiting the valley collapsed and later died during last week’s record heat. Geoffrey-Martin Cyr, 55, was visiting Palm Springs for the weekend. In a photo shared by friends, he is seen lounging by the pool Friday afternoon, where they said he laid for more than an
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Update 06/24/21 The District Attorney’s office has filed murder charges against Jeff Burgess, 42, a Sky Valley resident. Along with the murder count, Burgess faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury. Burgess is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, June 24 at the Banning Justice Center. The victim has only been
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The Board of Supervisors signed off today on Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin’s contract with the state to take the lead in handling investigations and prosecutions involving unemployment fraud. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized the agreement with the California Office of Emergency Services, the terms of which are retroactive to
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Jury deliberations got underway today in the trial of a Desert Hot Springs man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend in the leg through a window as she slept in her Palm Springs apartment. Sergio Juan Marques, 41, allegedly shot Jovanna Tapia at the Palos Verdes Villas apartment complex at 392 E. Stevens Road in June
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as the White House acknowledges it will miss two key vaccination benchmarks and as concern grows about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead. The delta variant, first
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Palm Springs ShortFest is back as an in- person event, featuring nearly 300 films from around the world. What’s billed as the largest festival for short films in the United States will be the first film festival in California to return with in-person screenings since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, according to the organizers.
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The summer heat means that business is booming for this week’s Now Hiring Employer. General Air Conditioning and Plumbing is looking to fill a variety of positions. Chief People Officer Kelly Robichaud said that “We are always hiring. We recruit 365, always looking for the right talent. Specifically, we need a Call Taker and we
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A valley education community is mourning the loss of a veteran teacher who lost her battle with Covid-19 this month, and now her family and friends have a plea about fighting the virus with vaccines. Flavia Reyes has educated elementary school students in Desert Sands Unified School District for more than two decades. Her loved
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