Indio News

Indio City Councilwoman Lupe Ramos Watson will represent the city at the upcoming League of California Cities Annual Conference.

Twenty Indio city and chamber officials are scheduled to attend a daylong retreat today to work on plans to overhaul the Indio Chamber of Commerce.

Colleen Walker was once a single mother working as a waitress in Indio when her regular customers encouraged her to become a Riverside County Sheriff's Department dispatcher.

An Oregon man will appear in court today for a hearing that will determine if there is enough evidence for him to stand trial on robbery charges stemming from the holdup of three Riverside County hotels.

The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died after being scalded by hot water pleaded not guilty today to murder and other felony charges.

There are new developments in a Rancho Mirage cold case murder investigation. The Riverside County Sheriff's cold case squad are investigating the murder of 3 people in 1981 now called "The Octopus Murders." News Channel 3 first broke news of this investigation last year and has since won an Emmy award for investigative reporting.

Hotels in Indio are reporting today that they are sold out for Halloween weekend following rumors that folk band Phish is planning a three-day music festival at one of the city's polo clubs.

The Indio city went all out on this year's July Fourth festival. All over the nation, many Fourth of July fireworks cutbacks have been made due to the economic struggle.

Grant Vorster is celebrating the Fourth of July with fireworks on the lake today as a new citizen.

Fireworks will fly over Indio this Fourth of July with the city-sponsored festival on Saturday.

The Indio Teen Center is open and operating for its first summer this year. Opened on Sept.

June 15 - Police are looking for a San Diego woman who has been missing since June 15, after she left an Indio medical facility.

A traffic sign near the Heritage Palms Golf and Country Club is scheduled for construction by the end of the year.

Phish are back on the road and have a new studio album, Joy, coming out at the end of July.

In April an arsonist started a fire at the well known Neil's Lounge in Indio. On Monday CalFire released surveillance video of the April fire.

On Flag Day weekend, I called a friend and we explored the Hawaiian- themed Ho'olaule'a at the San Dimas Nature Center.

Two people died during a pair of car accidents in Saturday night in Coachella. Fermin Figueroa, 25, of Indio, died on Dillon Road, near the intersection of Silver Oak Lane.

All five suspects accused in the stabbing death of Canadian businessman during a robbery are scheduled to appear in court together for the first time today.

The palm fronds on the trees lining Towne Street in downtown Indio are still tied back waiting to be let down.

One man is behind bars accused of breaking into an Indio store overnight. It happened around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Casa de Las Pinatas store on Miles Avenue.