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On Friday, April 8, 2022, at 10:30 AM, the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team with the assistance of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) served a search warrant at the 79-000 block of Highway 111, in La Quinta regarding a sex trafficking investigation. The search warrant stemmed from a prior incident where a sex act was negotiated in exchange for money.

On August 9, 2021, about 2:45 PM, Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station Deputies were dispatched to a check the welfare call in the 10000 block of Sparrow Court city of Moreno Valley. Upon deputies' arrival, it was determined a 25-year-old female adult was deceased. The case was immediately assumed by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Overdose Death Investigations and Narcotics Unit (ODIN).

The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a sex trafficking investigation that began in Cabazon. During the investigation, RCAHT members learned Cody Hansen, 31 of Desert Hot Springs, was involved in human trafficking of a minor.

The San Jacinto City Council meetings usually flow like velvet to a conclusion. On Tuesday night, they bogged down in one place. I’ll explain later.

A law that Gray Davis signed in 2003, five days after voters decided to oust him from the governorship, is the the subject of new political and legal conflicts. On Oct. 12, 2003, five days after California voters decided he should be ousted from the governorship, Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 796 , a valuable gift to the labor unions, attorneys and other groups that supported him during the recall election.