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Crash knocks down power lines in Desert Hot Springs, leaving thousands without power temporarily

A single-vehicle crash Thursday evening left thousands of customers without power in Desert Hot Springs. The crash happened at around 5:30 p.m. on Palm Drive near Camino Aventura. Desert Hot Springs Police officials said the crash caused minor injuries. Photos from residents show a pick-up truck that got wrangled into some power lines. The crash

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WATCH: California adopts nationโ€™s first โ€˜endemicโ€™ virus policy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a state to an โ€œendemicโ€ approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes prevention and quick reactions to outbreaks over mandates, a milestone nearly two years in the making that harkens to a return to a more normal existence. Newsom said the approach โ€” which

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Megadrought grips California, impacting the Coachella Valley

California, along with the Western U.S., is in its worst drought in centuries, scientists reported this week. A study published in Nature Climate Change found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest in 1,200 years. Last yearโ€™s drought severity was โ€œexceptional,โ€ researchers said, and all indications are the extreme conditions will continue through 2022. The human-caused

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Prosecution and defense rest in Palm Springs quadruple murder trial for Jose Larin Garcia

Testimony is complete in the murder trial for Jose Larin Garcia, accused of fatally shooting four people in Palm Springs in February 2019. Prosecutors and defense attorneys officially rested their cases Wednesday afternoon after a prosecution expert made a rebuttal to claims his blood spatter analysis was inaccurate. Prosecution blood stain pattern interpreter Craig Ogino

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