Desert Hot Springs News

A woman died Wednesday after her vehicle was hit broadside by a sport utility vehicle between North Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs.

Two Desert Hot Springs residents, described as the city's main rival drug dealers by federal and local authorities, face life in federal prison following their arrests Tuesday in an a series of raids dubbed "Operation Falling Sun Phase II." Rigoberto Lopez, 22, Miguel Gilbert, 26 and Lopez' girlfriend, Teresa Coronado, 20, were taken into ...

Summer vacation time is here, so don't let a lack of money or time be a reason to dump plans for a needed retreat.

Firefighters say a Desert Hot Springs home is a "total loss" after flames tore through it overnight.

A 150-ton piece of equipment that will cap off a nuclear reactor made its way through Palm Springs early this morning, California Highway Patrol officials said.

He may have new duties, but new Division Fire Chief Dorian J. Cooley is not new to the Coachella Valley.

A man who shot his roommate in the back after the victim ordered him to do the dishes and turn down the air conditioner in the mobile home they shared was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder.

Closing arguments were scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of murdering his roommate for annoying him.

The Desert Hot Springs City Council on Monday approved a balanced $14 million general fund budget for 2009-2010 that closes a nearly $4 million gap with city employee layoffs, furloughs, benefit cuts and early retirement, among other cost-saving measures.

Two Desert Hot Springs men were in custody Friday on suspicion of robbing a homeowner at gunpoint, but a third suspect remained at large, a sheriff's sergeant said.

A motorist trying to use his cell phone while driving crashed into a boulder Tuesday, injuring himself and his passenger, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A retired chief deputy sheriff is announcing today that he's running for Riverside County sheriff in 2010.

Cabot's Trading Post & Gallery and the Desert Hot Springs Visitors' Center switch over to their summer hours this week.

The Desert Hot Springs City Council will hold its regular public meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Carl May Community Center, 11-711 West Drive.

The king of the Rat Pack called it home. And his desert playground is still hot stuff, says Valerie James Why Palm Springs? Why Palm Springs? There had been a film colony here since the 1930s, and Sinatra's first house was just around the corner from the homes of Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Cary Grant.

A suspect believed responsible for the May 30 stabbing of a clerk during a robbery at the Rite-Aid in Desert Hot Springs is in custody, police said Monday.

Two teenagers with gang ties are suspected of breaking into a Cathedral City car and stealing property, police said Thursday.

Keith Kroeker revisits the field where he found Anastacio Torres' body. He discovered the body while jogging with his dog on Mother's Day morning in 2006.

Two reputed gang members are being prosecuted on murder charges for allegedly kidnapping a man and breaking his kneecaps and toes with a sledge hammer before shooting him three years ago, court papers show today.

A man died from a gunshot wound to his upper torso after a shooting at a Desert Hot Springs apartment Monday night, police said.