It's Black Friday. You're shopping at Toys R' Us in suburban Palm Desert. You hear two women start to fight over something and roll your eyes. Then... "he's got a gun!" Boom, boom, boom! Two men are running at each other shooting. Chaos erupts and you call 911: &righticonhover=0x333232&text=0x333232&slider=0xF2F2F2&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0x838383&soundFile=http://aprodxn.com/laist/zfiles/toys_r_us_shooting.mp3"> Phone call from store employee Luckily no one else is hurt. Alejandro Moreno, 39, of Desert Hot Springs, and Juan Meza, 28, of Cathedral City, shot......

The two men who shot and killed each other at a Palm Desert Toys R' Us yesterday have been identified as Alejandro Moreno, 39, of Desert Hot Springs and Juan Meza, 28, of Cathedral City. Apparently, as two women not involved in the crime or investigation began to argue "the two men pulled out handguns and ran down the store aisles shooting at one another," the LA Times found according to witness reports. "These guys......

The scene at Toys "R" Us in Palm Desert | AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Rodrigo Pena Police believe that the deadly shooting this morning at a Palm Desert Toys R' Us was not Black Friday related. "We are working closely with local law enforcement officials to determine the specific details of what occurred," Toys R' Us Spokesman Bob Friedland said in a statement this afternoon. "Our understanding is that this act seems to have been......

Two people were shot and killed late this morning at a Toys R' Us in Palm Desert, just outside of Palm Springs. Witnesses say they heard an argument between two women--assumed to be over a Black Friday sale--before someone yelled "he's got a gun!" Then three or four shots were fired causing chaos in the store as people tried to evacuate. KNX1070 says the victims might be two women.......

The inaugural performance at Palm Desert's McCallum Theater featuring Boz Scaggs was canceled last night after a letter containing a suspicious substance and a threatening message directed at Bill Maher arrived at the venue. Maher, whose pointed, yet hilarious cynicism is now on display at a theatre near you (his deity-doubting documentary Religulous opened Oct. 3) performed at the McCallum Theater tonight as scheduled. The substance was deemed unharmful. An FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force......

The Geminid Meteor showers are set to peak this week, especially on Thursday and Friday. Um, great date night, anybody? Astronomers studying the phenomenon, David Levy and Stephen Edberg, are terribly enthused: "If you have not seen a mighty Geminid fireball arcing gracefully across an expanse of sky, then you have not seen a meteor.' Those guys are serious!!! "The Geminid Meteors are usually the most satisfying of all the annual showers, even surpassing......

- David Garcia, KNBC's environmental reporter died of liver failure yesterday in Palm Desert at 63. Adios, Earthman! - KNBC - If you are an illegal alien and you got pulled over, and the LAPD discovered that you didn't have a drivers license, your car would be immediately impounded. That practice might be illegal, somehow, so the LAPD are stopping that. The Sheriff's Dept., however, is a different story - LAT - Frisco man......

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Where are all your good samaritans, Sun Valley? Palm Desert's KESQ reports that "A severely burned woman who went door-to-door in [the] San Fernando Valley neighborhood asking for help has died of her injuries." No one seems to know how the woman actually caught fire but they do know that she left soot and blood on the doors she knocked on. No one opened their doors to help. One woman did call 911. It's......