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  1. Yolanda Guadalupe Pena Courtesy of the La Quinta Police Department

    Yolanda Guadalupe Pena convicted of murder, torture in death of her daughter

    A La Quinta woman who tortured and fatally beat her 3-year- old daughter after abusing the toddler and an older daughter for months was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and other charges.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  2. Two Palm Springs men accused of scamming renters to stand trial

    Two Palm Springs men accused of scamming vacation home renters out of more than $50,000 were ordered Friday to stand trial.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  3. Woman, father accused in fatal hit-and-run free on bail

    A woman accused in a hit-and-run crash in Palm Springs that killed a Desert Hot Springs teenager was free on bail Thursday , along with her father, who is charged with being an accessory.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  4. Judge increases bail for pair in Palm Springs hit-and-run case

    A judge on Wednesday upped bail for a woman accused in a hit-and-run crash in Palm Springs that killed a Desert Hot Springs teenager, and also for her father, who is charged with being an accessory.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  5. Peņa Courtesy of the La Quinta Police Department

    Trial of La Quinta mom accused in death winds down

    Closing arguments are scheduled today in the trial of a La Quinta woman accused of causing the death of her 3-year-old daughter and abusing another daughter.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  6. Hearing set for woman accused of helping murder La Quinta woman

    A July 11 preliminary hearing was set today for a woman accused of helping her husband and his friend around the time that they murdered her husband's sister in La Quinta.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  7. Cathedral City mayor pro tem to be arraigned in funds probe

    Cathedral City's mayor pro tem is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on embezzlement charges after being accused of using funds from the city's employee computer loan program for personal purchases.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  8. Man to be tried in death of Moreno Valley teen girl

    A man accused of abducting and killing Moreno Valley teenager Norma Angelica Lopez must stand trial on a first-degree murder charge with a special circumstance accusation that the crime occurred during a kidnapping, a judge ruled Monday.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  9. George Zimmerman enters the Seminole circuit court on the first day of his trial, in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 10, 2013. Zimmerman is accused in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank/Pool) AP

    Jury selection to begin for Zimmerman's trial

    Jury selection in the case of Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting began Monday an Orlando suburb, the scene of massive protests by people who were angered that police waited 44 days before charging neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman with second-deg

    • Jun. 10, 2013

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