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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.