Karen Bravo and her son Sergio could not miss the opportunity of celebrating Mexico’s Independence Day. Young Sergio wore a green shirt and had a painted mustache on his face. His mom wore a Mexico soccer jersey and had a flag painted on her right cheek. Bravo said she wants her son to embrace his […]
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Lucila Monroy held her 2 year old son in her arms while the two stared at the burnt remains of their mobile home in Desert Rose Mobile Home Park in Thermal. Monroy is a seasonal farmworker and stay home mom while her husband works in the fields full time. “We need help for our homes,” […]
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A South Carolina woman who was planning to ride out Hurricane Florence because she couldn’t evacuate with her seven rescue dogs has found a way out. Palm Springs radio host, Kate Zenna was reading the news Wednesday when she saw CNN reported on Christine Meinhold’s dilemma. An adopted dog-owner herself, Zenna decided she couldn’t stand […]
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has not yest shared the names of the man who died or the woman who was sent to the hospital with gunshot wounds, but a local hospital was able to confirm it was the suspect’s sister who was admitted yesterday morning. The Desert Regional Medical Center confirmed it was Stacy […]
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Will Paul Manafort tell special counsel Robert Mueller the truth? Trump’s legal team apparently can’t make up its mind. After Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors working for the special counsel on Friday, President Donald Trump’s legal team released the following statement attributed to Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s outside counsel in charge of the Russia probe: “Once again […]
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An Oceanside man who strangled the mother of his children in front of their toddler was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years to life in prison. Melissa Contreras, 22, a young mother of three was found dead inside a car in Oceanside in December 2016. Uriel Leon, 26, was convicted of her murder in June. He was the […]
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A series of raids were carried out Friday in Jurupa Valley and Hemet, targeting suspected unlicensed marijuana dispensaries run by a church that openly uses cannabis products in its services. The Riverside County Cannabis Regulation Task Force conducted a sweep at locations managed by The Vault Church, allegedly seizing marijuana at the following locations: 5024 […]
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A drunken driver who caused a Desert Hot Springs crash that killed one of his passengers and injured several other people pleaded guilty to a DUI gross vehicular manslaughter charge Friday and was immediately sentenced to a dozen years in state prison. Brandon Byars, 24, of Palm Desert, was driving a minivan that slammed into […]
