Month: August 2013

California State University students will be able to earn credit this fall by completing online courses offered through any of the system’s 23 campuses. CSU officials announced Wednesday that full-time students are being allowed for the first time to include in their schedules online classes that are not offered by the school where they are

Areas of the San Jacinto Mountains closed because ofthe Mountain Fire will reopen to the public today. National Forest land will open today and Mount Jacinto State Park landwill open Friday. Slated to reopen are all areas of the National Forest north of the statepark — including Marion Mountain, Seven Pines and the Deer Springs

Starting today, some local elementary schoolstudents will head back to class. Eight Palm Springs Unified School District elementary schools will startthe 2013-2014 school year Thursday. They are: — Cahuilla and Cielo Vista Charter in Palm Springs; — Agua Caliente, Cathedral City Elementary, Landau and Sunny Sands inCathedral City; and — Cabot Yerxa and Julius Corsini

Authorities say a Los Angeles County man infected with the West Nile virus has died and health officials are trying to determine whether the illness caused his death. The Long Beach Press-Telegram says the 78-year-old Carson man died Tuesday night. His family says he was hospitalized two weeks earlier with symptoms that included slurred speech,

A Southern California school district has accepted a $1.4 million grant to expand a student yoga program that sparked religious complaints and a lawsuit. U-T San Diego says the grant was accepted Wednesday by trustees of the Encinitas Union School District. The grant is from the same nonprofit foundation that provided earlier funding to place

The Riverside County Coroners Office identified a woman Thursday, believed to have been killed in a Desert Hot Springs house fire. The body of Veronica Reyes, 28, was discovered by firefighters after they were called to a fire on the 66200 block of Acoma Avenue early Tuesday morning. The coroner’s report said Reyes was an

Twenty contestants — including adults, children,pets and professional entertainers — will compete in a Marilyn Monroe look-alike contest at the Monroe statue in Palm Springs today. The free event starts at 7 p.m. at the “Forever Marilyn” statue atTahquitz Canyon Way and Palm Canyon Drive. Categories include pets, under 16,over 16, drag and performers. Seven

A Chinese professor who was seriously injured in the Asiana Airlines crash has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the carrier in San Francisco federal court. Zhengheng Xie, whose lawsuit was filed Monday, is filing under an exemption in an international treaty that limits legal actions by foreigners. The San Jose Mercury News reports the