Bermuda Dunes News

An Indio cafe has plans to serve more than just coffee and pastries next month. Dan Spriggel, co-owner of Just Java Coffee, is expanding his coffee shop's Indio location on Jefferson Street into a tapas and wine bar.

Nadia Gonzalez says her brother, Raul Gonzalez is lucky to be alive. He was in the car and good friends with 17-year-old Lisel J. Wiedemann who was killed in Sunday night's car accident.

Opening statements are scheduled today in the murder trial of a 37-year-old man accused of shooting an Indio cabbie in the head six years ago during a robbery.

One teenager was killed this weekend and four others badly hurt when the car they were in crashed on Highway 74 off Carrizo Road in Pinyon Pines, south of Palm Desert.

Barney and Robin break up, and Barney gets serious about dating again by consulting his "playbook" containing all of his greatest techniques.

As the holidays charge toward us and visions of shopping malls dance in the heads of eager gift givers, The Desert Sun hopes our readers will take the time to help hungry people.

Sen. John J. Benoit, R-Bermuda Dunes, was to commemorate Veterans' Day in a ceremony at the General George S. Patton Memorial Museum, during which the state lawmaker would present U.S. Senator John McCain with the Patton Award.

Ed Fergon battled the Germans in the skies over Europe in the summer of 1943. "On the fifth mission, we got shot down.

Sen. John J. Benoit, R-Bermuda Dunes, will end his seven-year career as a state lawmaker when he's sworn in today as a Riverside County supervisor, taking over the seat that was occupied by the late Roy Wilson.

Governor Arnold Swarzenegger is finally going to fill the vacant Riverside County Board of Supervisors seat by appointing state Senator John J. Benoit, the seat has been left vacant since the resignation of former Supervisor Roy Wilson prior to his death in August.

Both Republicans and Democrats started jockeying for position on Thursday for a special primary election to fill the state Senate's 37th district seat.

Click to Enlarge; Sketch provided by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Police were looking Tuesday for a man suspected of exposing himself to one teenager before then attempting to lure another teen into his car.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who was said to have exposed himself to a teenager in Bermuda Dunes on Monday and later tried to lure another girl into his vehicle.

Take a drive down any road in any city or neighborhood, and there's likely to be at least one eyesore.

Trinity E&S Services, Inc., with offices in Bermuda Dunes and Petaluma, Calif., is announcing the introduction of an E&S Business Owners Policy for retail agents in California that do not otherwise have access to a business owners policy product with standard carriers.

The headless horseman from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" comes to life and haunts Melinda, and she fears for Aiden when the book shows up at his school.

A small plane made a hard landing at the Bermuda Dunes Airport. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, a gust of wind pushed the plane's wing, causing the plane to cartwheel as it was landing.

It was once peddle to the metal. Now, illegal street racing is on the skids around the Coachella Valley.

What happens when you mix trash, dry brush and tamarisk trees right next to a highway in the desert? If it's hot enough, or someone in a passing car tosses a cigarette, it's likely the firefighters will come calling.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors' seat left vacant following the August death of Supervisor Roy Wilson may not be filled anytime soon, making action on some county business a potential challenge, officials said Tuesday.