A fire that spread to 27 acres in Thermal, leaving one firefighter injured, was extinguished Friday and all evacuation orders were reduced to warnings.
A 45-year-old felon who stole a vehicle from a motorist at gunpoint in Thermal pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges and was immediately sentenced to five years in state prison.
A young man suspected in a shootout that authorities say led to an allegedly gang-related retaliatory attack one day later pleaded not guilty Tuesday to an attempted murder charge.
A man suspected of shooting at a home in Indio in an allegedly gang-related retaliatory attack involving several teenagers pleaded not guilty to felony charges Monday.
Jury selection began Monday for the trial of a 28- year-old Coachella Valley man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend during a frenzied attack possibly stemming from drug use, dumping her remains in a Thermal cemetery, then setting her residence ablaze.
