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Californians can now add their driver’s license to their phone through DMV program

The California Department of Motor Vehicles is allowing California residents to enroll in its pilot program for mobile driver’s licenses. This program, called mDL, lets Californians add their Driver’s License, or other government-issued identification, onto their Apple or Google Wallets. mDL is currently authorized for limited usages. Several airports are enrolled in the program, though Palm

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Riverside County settles with Lamps Plus over misleading ads

Riverside County will receive just over $1 million from Chatsworth-based Lamps Plus Inc. under a civil settlement stemming from the company’s marketing strategies, which prosecutors contend involved false advertising that misled consumers, it was announced today.   The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, together with D.A.’s offices in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties,

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Firefighters take part in ‘live burn’ training at Palm Springs International Airport

Preparing for an aircraft emergency! On Tuesday, fire crews took part in a “live burn” training at the Palm Springs International Airport. Airport officials say the FAA-required exercise uses a specialized aircraft prop that shoots real propane flames. “We don’t get aircraft emergencies very often when they do happen we have to be able to perform

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Board OKs new contract with nonprofit for Coachella Valley spay and neuter services

The Board of Supervisors today signed off on a new two-year contract between the Riverside County Department of Animal Services and a Thousand Palms-based nonprofit for low-cost spay/neuter services, in the county’s ongoing effort to reduce pet overpopulation impacting shelters. The compact with Animal Samaritans is retroactive to July 1 and will expire on June

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Prosecution rests in trial of man accused of killing acquaintance at Cathedral City Applebee’s

The prosecution rested Monday in the trial of a man accused of gunning down a 31-year-old acquaintance during an altercation that erupted in a Cathedral City restaurant. Willie Ramirez Bustamante, 34, of Cathedral City, is charged with second-degree murder and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations for the slaying last year of Ernesto Lazcano

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