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Month: September 2019

Local parents gather outside Assemblymember’s office to protest sex-ed law

Thousands of parents around California kept their children out school today to protest what they call, “sexually-charged” content in sex education classes. The “Alliance to Protect Children” organized a statewide protest of Assembly Bill 329. According to the legislative counsel’s digest, the revised version of AB 329, now named the California Healthy Youth Act, would

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Two arrested, 1,200 marijuana plants seized at North Palm Springs property

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office Cannabis Regulation Task Force arrested two men and seized approximately 1,200 cannabis plants during a bust of an illegal marijuana grow operation in North Palm Springs Thursday morning. Ronald David Barrett, 54, and Jose Manuel Mercado Beltran, 43, were arrested on suspicion of illegal marijuana cultivation, according to a

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What You Need to Know About Flu Season

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. – Riverside County saw its first flu death this month. Healthcare providers are now urging people to get vaccinated. Dr. Euthym Kontaxis is the Emergency Medical Director at Eisenhower Medical Center. He says vaccinations are critical. “Sometimes when we have a particularly bad strain, we really regret the fact that people didn’t

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Man who allegedly stole beer 50 times from convenience store arrested

A man who allegedly stole beer on 50 separate occasions from a Coachella convenience store has been arrested, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. 35-year-old Coachella resident Marcus Jon Rodriguez remained behind bars Thursday afternoon. He is being held in Indio Jail on $2,500 bail. On Thursday morning, deputies assigned to the Riverside County

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