RIVCO UNEMPLOYMENT UP AGAIN
THE LATEST JOBLESS FIGURES SHOW THAT RIVERSIDE COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP NEARLY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY, AND HAS GONE UP UP 3 POINTS FROM THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.   UNEMPLOYMENT IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN JANUARY - THE LAST MONTH THAT FIGURES WERE AVAILABLE -- WA...

WOMEN TAKE THE COURT WEDS. AT IW TENNIS GARDEN
MAIN DRAW WOMEN'S PLAY BEGAN WEDNESDAY IN THE BNP PARIBAS OPEN AT THE INDIAN WELLS TENNIS GARDEN.  THE TOURNAMENT HAS DRAWN SEVEN OUT OF THE TOP 10 WOMEN'S PLAYERS, INCLUDING 8TH-RANKED JELENA JANKOVICH.  THE TOP 10 MEN'S PLAYERS ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENT, INCLUDING ROGER FEDE...

SEX OFFENDERS ARRESTED IN DHS SWEEP
THREE REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY DURING A SWEEP INVOLVING ABOUT 50 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS.  LOCAL POLICE WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, U.S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, FBI AND STATE PAROLE OFF...

INJUNCTIONS AGAINST DHS GANGS NOW PERMANENT
AN INJUNCTION AGAINST TWO DESERT HOT SPRINGSGANGS BECAME PERMANENT THIS WEEK AND HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE JUVENILES WHO HAVE BEEN FILLING LEADERSHIP VOIDS IN THE GANGS.   THE INITIAL TEMPORARY INJUNCTION WAS FILED LAST YEAR AMID ``OPERATION FALLING SUN,'' WHICH RESULTED IN THE ARREST O...

PS AERIAL TRAMWAY STALLS WEDNESDAY
ABOUT 200 PEOPLE WERE BRIEFLY STRANDED WEDNESDAY AT THE MOUNTAIN STATION OF THE PALM SPRINGS AERIAL TRAMWAY DUE TO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE TRAM CARS. THE TRAMWAY WAS CLOSED SHORTLY AFTER NOON BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THE TRAMWAY'S MECHANICS WERE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND IT WAS RE...