Indio News

Police have arrested a man they believe to be responsible for the death of 19-year-old Karina Sepulveda in May of 2011.

Movement expected about the same. Trading seeded slow, others moderate. Prices seedless 35-60 counts lower, others generally unchanged.

The theme for this year's event is American Indian veterans, with special guests coming from the American Indian Veterans Association of Central California.

The California League of United Latin American Citizens is for the first time in 66 years holding its state convention in the Inland Empire.

Riverside County Superior Court has set later dates for its proposed closure of the Blythe Courthouse as well as extending the time for public comment on the matter.

A man and his wife accused in the death of the man's 2- year-old son in La Quinta 10 years ago both pleaded not guilty today.

Thirty "Coachella-type" rock bands on three stages over two days in late August at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, that's the enticing recipe for the inaugural First City Festival.

Palm Desert police responded to the crash at about 4:30 p.m., Wednesday May 22 to the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and Deep Canyon Road.

Rocker turned country star Darius Rucker probably thought that his days battling skeptics along racial lines were over.

The Indio Water Authority is providing residents in the Boe Del Heights neighborhood with clean water for the time being.

A 29-year-old man accused of using an electronic skimmer to steal account information from Chase bank customers at a La Quinta branch pleaded not guilty Tuesday to more than a dozen felony charges.

Faced with a possible $13 million shortfall for next fiscal year's budget, Riverside County Superior Court officials have floated public proposals to shutter one-judge courts in Temecula and the Colorado River city of Blythe to reduce costs.

An Indio High School student was able to fight off a would- be kidnapper today. The girl was walking in the area of De Plata Avenue and Aladdin Street about 8:10 a.m. when a man in a red, two-door vehicle tried talking to her, then got out of his car and tried to physically restrain her, police said.

The former Indio Youth Task Force got a new name and a larger mission. "In changing to the Coachella Valley Community Trust, what their overall goal was to do is expand and diversify to focus on youth development, health services, and job skills training to help all of the east valley, not just Indio," Allison Fedrick of the Coachella Valley ... (more)

The Coachella Valley's Mariner Girl Scout Troop #103, also known as M.S.S. CONCHILLA, traveled to Newport Dunes last weekend to compete in the annual Mariner competition known as GAM.

The 11-month-old poodle-terrier mix - found by a Union Pacific crew tied to train tracks in Mecca on April 2 - finally has a home with Jeff and Louisa Moore and their Tibetan terrier Lali.

Black Oak Casino Resort has received the California Clean Air Award. The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians were presented the award in recognition of their new smoke-free Hotel.

Thirty "Coachella-type" rock bands on three stages over two days in late August at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, that's the recipe for the inaugural First City Festival.

There is another round of efforts to license online poker in California, but it remains to be seen if a law will emerge or if it will be "no deal," the 2013 version.

"Click It or Ticket," which runs through June 2, targets people who do not wear seatbelts or use them incorrectly.