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Search Warrant Results in Arrest for Narcotics Sales and Illegal Weapons Possession
On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 9:30 A.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force with the assistance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served a search warrant at a residence in the 900 block of Arroyo Vista Drive in Palm Springs. During the service of the search warrant Gang Task Force Officers located suspected cocaine, body armor and multiple illegally possessed firearms including an SKS Rifle, AR-15, 12-Gauge Shotgun and a 9mm Semi-Auto Handgun.
Five Sexual Assault Survivors Sue Riverside County School District for Employing Convicted Serial Sexual Abuser High School Teacher-Track Coach
Former high school teacher, track and field coach, and cross-country running coach Joe Robles, Jr. – who is currently serving a four-year prison sentence after being convicted of multiple felony sex crimes – has been named in a civil action alleging that he sexually assaulted at least five children between the ages of 14 and 17 between 2014 and 2017, during the time Robles was employed at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Riverside County.
As California’s Wine Country burns more often, ag workers there face perilous future
Between 2017 and 2020 Northern California’s Wine Country was battered by successive years of devastating wildfires. Images of vineyard workers toiling under smokey skies circulated widely.
Study Examines Resilience of Immigrant Youth in Various Living Arrangements
A new study is the first to examine the resilience and emotional well-being of adolescent migrants from Latin America who came to the U.S. as unaccompanied minors, with special attention to the impact of household composition.
CMS Proposes Updates to Reduce Barriers to Coverage, Simplify Medicare Enrollment and Expand Access
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules that would expand coverage for people with Medicare and advance health equity.
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Kohler booked on murder, hit-run death after Palm Avenue scooter crash
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
Vote Yes on Proposition 45: A Vote for Jobs and Innovation
A yes vote on Proposition 45 is a vote for jobs and innovation.
San Jacinto Planning Commission recommends two annexations, including 151 homes south of Ramona Expressway
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.
Shooters Hemet restored to full permit; A placard, score 92
Shooters Sports Bar & Grill at 121 E. Florida Ave. was approved Sept. 22 to open back to full permit status, and the A placard was re-posted. The county report lists a manual score of 92, with no live or dead cockroach activity observed and a surveillance recheck by Sept. 29.




