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Testimony in the Palm Springs quadruple murder retrial continued Monday for Jose Larin Garcia with a senior criminalist from the California Dept. of Justice on the stand. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended earlier this year with a deadlocked jury. DNA expert Chad Eyerly
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Firefighters rescued an injured person from the flames of a mobile home fire Monday morning near Desert Hot Springs, CalFire reports. The person was taken to the hospital with “minor to moderate injuries.” The fire was ‘well established’ when crews were on the scene just before noon. The home is in the 17500 block of
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Authorities today identified a 61-year-old Santa Ana man who died in Thermal after the pickup truck he was driving overturned into a dirt shoulder. The Riverside County coroner’s office identified the man as Lippel Romulo. A passenger, a 39-year-old Walnut woman, sustained moderate injuries in the one-vehicle wreck and was taken to the Desert
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Update 12/12/22 1:00 PM The roadway was reopened Monday afternoon. Address/Location: N Indian Canyon between Sunrise Parkway and Palm Springs Station Rd is now OPEN Today's Date: 12-12-2022 Current Time: 13:04:39 Preliminary Incident Info: N Indian Canyon between Sunrise Parkway and Palm Springs Station Rd is https://t.co/ZbqpZWAmo7— Palm Springs PD (@PalmSpringsPD) December 12, 2022 Original
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Danielle Deadwyler is the recipient of the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress for her performance in Till. TILL is a modern-day masterpiece directed by Chinonye Chukwu, shining a light on an important American story that has been hidden from the public and education system. A story of immense trauma and tragedy, the film tells the
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The United States Postal Service’s (USPS) decades-old program “Operation Santa” will stop accepting gift requests on Monday for the 2022 holiday season. Thousands of letters are sent through USPS to Santa Claus every year. Operation Santa started in 1912 and allowed local postmasters to open the letters sent to Santa and respond to them. Since
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While the Coachella Valley is experiencing some showers, some locals are still outdoors doing regular Sunday activities. News channel 3’s Miyoshi Price drove around the valley to see how some people deal with the rain. “I think that just having my car clean for Monday, I just gonna start a new work week just the
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Temple Sinai students took part in a Hanukkah celebration Sunday morning to help them get ready for the holiday just a week away. News Channel 3 visited the longest operating Jewish School in the Coachella Valley to hear from students and staff. Students enjoyed a variety of activities from decorating menorahs to making holiday cards,
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A driver is dead, and a passenger is hurt following a crash in Thermal. The California Highway Patrol reports that the crash happened around 12:45 Sunday afternoon on Grapefruit Boulevard and Avenue 58. Authorities say the driver of an F-250 drove into the east dirt shoulder, causing the vehicle to flip. The crash killed the
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A man has died after a fire broke out at a single-story home on Waterleaf Court in Beaumont just after 12 a.m. Saturday morning. Fire crews arriving on scene described it as “well involved.” The blaze was contained at 12:41 a.m. There is no word at this time for what caused the fire. Police have
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thelivingdesertVerified The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert reported on social media this weekend the passing of one of their beloved zoo residents. Below is the announcement that was made on Instagram and Facebook. The Zoo is grieving the loss of Salem, the mountain lion, who was compassionately euthanized Saturday, Dec. 10. At
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Parents who expanded or are growing their families through reproductive technologies brought their kids together today in what’s being called a “Baby Reunion.” The American Reproductive Center in Palm Springs hosted its very first Baby Reunion. Children born with medical help from the center could enjoy a petting zoo, pony rides, and of course, the bounce house.
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Community members celebrated the Holiday Parade of Lights and Holiday Festival in Desert Hot Springs. Many community members came to celebrate the holidays with friends and family. Rebecca Murillo participated in the parade and was eager to get her classmates involved in it too. “This is very special to me because all the members from
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to an armed robbery at a business near Avenue 50 and Van Buren Street in Coachella. Deputies said the suspect was a Hispanic man in his 20s wearing green pants and a camouflage hooded sweatshirt. The suspect reportedly went inside the business after 3 p.m. Saturday with a black
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Palm Springs Police reported a man assaulted his wife and threw her out of a home in Palm Springs off East Waverly Drive around 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The woman said their 12-year-old was still inside and believed her husband intended to hurt the child. Police officers tried negotiating with the man but eventually forced their
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A man was found dead in the lake of a gated community in Rancho Mirage. Deputies were originally called to the area of Via Santo Thomas and Dinah Shore in Rancho Mirage at around 3:15 a.m. for a report of a missing person, according to Sergeant Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez, public information officer for the Riverside County
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A duck hunter who was stranded in shallow water in the northwest area of the Salton Sea is back on dry land Saturday morning. Firefighters with CalFire worked with a helicopter crew from the Coast Guard to hoist the man out of his small boat. Officials first got the call at 11:38 Friday night. By
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Reports of disruptive weather headed to Coachella Valley are keeping organizers alert to local forecasts. The Brad Mercer Band is expected to perform at The River at Rancho Mirage Amphitheater on Sunday, December 11th. “We are scheduled for Sunday,” said Mercer. “if it rains, you know we’re canceled, but so far, we decided, I just
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A 9-year-old girl was killed exactly one year ago near Desert Hot Springs getting off her school bus and then hit by a car. Thursday, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office announced they would file charges against the 88-year-old driver police say is responsible. Robert William Hanson faces multiple charges, including vehicular manslaughter with gross
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A 19-year-old driver was killed in a crash between an SUV and pickup truck at a Moreno Valley intersection, authorities said today. Arnold Perez of Coachella was fatally injured about 8:15 p.m. Thursday at Iris Avenue and Kitching Street, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Perez was driving a Toyota Sequoia through the intersection
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