Arias pleads for life
Jodi Arias, who said after her murder conviction she would prefer death to life imprisonment, stood before jurors Tuesday and pleaded for her life instead, asking them not to punish her family for her actions.
- May 21, 2013
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Jodi Arias, who said after her murder conviction she would prefer death to life imprisonment, stood before jurors Tuesday and pleaded for her life instead, asking them not to punish her family for her actions.
When you've been to three CIF championship baseball games in a row, it only makes sense that you are the type of team that isn't easy to beat in the postseason.
A Palm Desert woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol Sunday night after hitting a wall in her Pontiac Grand Am while trying to make a turn on Courtside Drive in Palm Desert, police said Monday.
The Palm Desert High School baseball team will face a familiar foe in Tuesday's second round of the CIF playoffs.
The Coachella Valley Women's Business Center will present the workshop 'Writing a Winning Business Plan' from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the center's office, 77-806 Flora Road, Suite A, Palm Desert.
Two months after a Mercedes was driven straight into his Postal Annex store, Clint Rodgers considers himself a lucky man. He reopened the store just north of Interstate 10 and east of Washington Street last week to a warm welcome.
Rowdy Gaines had a difficult time finding one person who believed him when he said publicly last summer that he didn't think Michael Phelps was done swimming competitively.
Craig Marlar — a longtime Coachella Valley businessman who battled over ownership of the fire-ravaged GG's Island — is dead, The Desert Sun learned Friday.
He comes from Dallas Jesuit College Prep, the same school that brought current athletic director Mark Campbell from Texas to the Palm Desert school.
Home and business construction is starting to come back in the city, Mayor Jan Harnik said at the annual State of the City event Thursday, and the repaving of Highway 111 could make the slow summer months go by even more slowly.
Vahe Ruben Yerkanyan, who's accused of using an electronic skimmer to steal key account information from Chase bank customers at a La Quinta branch, is expected in court Friday.
A first-round playoff game for Desert Valley League baseball champion Palm Desert was tougher than expected, as the Aztecs needed four innings to take control of Downey and come away with a 9-5 victory.
The Palm Desert High School softball team couldn't dig out of an early hole and it eventually became too deep to come back in the first round of the Division IV CIF playoffs Thursday night.
Big Black was a feral 2-week-old kitten when Maureen Prowse of Palm Desert adopted him.
The successor agency to the city's former redevelopment agency, one of the state's wealthiest, wired the county $28.2 million over the weekend, and the city is awaiting official word it's free from the hassles of dismantling the agency.
A literacy summit focusing on the use of technology in classrooms will be held today at Cal State San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus.
The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took about three hours Wednesday to determine that the former Palm Desert resident is eligible for the death penalty.
EXCLUSIVE: Walmart is opening a Neighborhood Market in the former Toys R Us building at Highway 111 and Fred Waring Drive, the retail giant confirmed on Tuesday.
Residents of a southern Palm Desert neighborhood say a push to get their overhead utility lines put underground has less to do with aesthetics than safety.
At least one person was taken to a hospital following a collision that is delaying traffic on Highway 74 today.
Two local golfers made the cut at the U.S. Open local qualifier at Ironwood Country Club Tuesday, bringing them just one step away from the field at the 113th playing of the Open next month at the East Course of the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
Neon and other types of illuminated signs would be permitted under a planned update of the city's zoning code.
While three-time Desert Valley League singles champion Abe Hewko and Austin Rapp are the front men for Palm Desert High School's powerful tennis team, the doubles team of Cameron McDonald and Brad Cummins is proving to be the most dominant in the playoffs.
A construction fence and trailer have gone up in the parking lot of the old Toys R Us building on Highway 111 and Fred Waring Drive, though lips remain sealed as to what is going into the vacant building.
A La Quinta man accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a three-vehicle collision is scheduled to appear in Riverside County Superior Court on July 30.
Four motorists were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during an overnight sobriety/driver's license checkpoint in Palm Desert, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.
The fourth annual Environmental & Sustainability Expo, hosted by California State University San Bernardino in Palm Desert, took place Thursday and Friday at the school's Palm Desert campus.
Palm Desert investigators are conducting a death investigation after an elderly couple was found dead Thursday inside their Palm Desert home.
Palm Desert High School coach Randy Blalock said depth will be the key to the Aztecs' bid to win a third consecutive CIF boys' tennis title, but his team also needs to raise its level of play through each round.
A bill to clarify the conditions of opening the upper part of the popular Bump and Grind trail was passed Thursday by the state Assembly.
The city is going to take a look — again — at how much it would cost to annex unincorporated areas including Sun City Palm Desert, Bermuda Dunes, the Classic Club and Xavier College Preparatory.
The Living Desert has gotten a little bit cuter with the birth of two African crested porcupines, born over the weekend.
On a gusty Thursday evening in Palm Desert, winds of change were blowing across Aztec Field.
Brew at the Zoo last Saturday brought out hundreds of Living Desert supporters who kicked up their heels dancing to four different bands, tossed back some brews, and smacked down tasty treats from some 20 restaurants and food vendors for this fourth annual fundraising event.
Amiga, usually called Meggie, is a purebred miniature parti poodle.
Family and friends filled the Palm Desert City Council Chambers recently for a salute to the 2013 Student Art and Essay Contest winners. Winners were presented certificates and awards of cash or Target gift cards by Mayor Jan Harnik.
Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday. The former Palm Desert resident was found guilty in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial.
A four-acre wildfire that started in a Palm Desert-area canyon was 100 percent contained or surrounded today, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said.
Abe Hewko, Austin Rapp and Matt Leggat put up an impressive number Wednesday during the first round of the CIF Division II tennis playoffs.
The three- to four-acre wildfire that broke out Tuesday near along Highway 74 in the hills south of Palm Desert, according is 31 percent contained, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said.
For the fifth time in as many years, and the 10th time in 11 years, the Palm Desert High School baseball team is champion of the Desert Valley League.
The Jodi Arias trial has become a real-life soap opera watched by people around the world and dozens of fanatics who camp out on a Phoenix sidewalk in the middle of the night to get into the show. One seat even sold for $200.
The Jodi Arias murder trial would at first appear to be a run-of-the-mill case, but if you've missed one of the most unusual, lengthy and salacious court proceedings in recent memory, we have five things to bring you up to speed.
With another deep team and thriving confidence, two-time CIF boys' tennis champion Palm Desert High School begin its title defense Wednesday at home.
Dan Buchner of Seal Beach fired a 5-under 66 on Monday to earn medalist honors at a U.S. Open local qualifying tournament at the Grove Course at Indian Ridge Country Club.
The Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Palm Springs Art Museum to put on the 'Emerging Professionals' networking mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the museum at 72567 Highway 111 in Palm Desert.
Orthodox Christians at St. George Greek Orthodox Church celebrated 'Greek Easter' on Sunday.
A stalemate between the Desert Sands Unified School District and a teachers union is impacting a local high school, causing some teachers to consider a boycott of graduation.
Palm Springs High School alumna Karina Romero hit a dramatic two-run walk-off home run to lead College of the Desert's softball team to a 6-5 victory over host Santa Ana to win the first round series in a two-game sweep Sunday and advance to the Southern California regional.
Don't use the word dynasty around College of the Desert men's golf coach Tony Manzoni.
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