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Students at Stanford University are demanding a more diverse faculty. They said the ratio of minority and female professors is staggeringly low. More than 100 students formed a coalition called “Who’s Teaching Us?” It started in 2014 when a popular Asian-American English professor was denied tenure. Students recently gave the administration a list of 25

A strike to disrupt the nation’s largest public university system has been averted. California State University officials reached a tentative salary agreement with the teacher’s union. Faculty was planning a five-day strike across 23 campuses starting next Wednesday. The agreement includes a 10 percent salary increase over the next three years. “This agreement will not

Gerald Ford is back open Saturday after a rollover crash shut the street down Friday night. Police arrested 26-year-old Jesse Cota of Palm Desert, for driving under the influence of either alcohol or drugs. The crash shut down Gerald Ford around 9:30 Friday night after a black Honda Civic side-swiped another car. Cota was driving

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who stepped up to the plate Friday and donated to the FIND Food Bank telethon on CBS Local 2. The telethon raised $121,308 dollars, that included a $50,000 dollar match by three donor angels. As FIND is raising money to feed the hungry and food

Firefighters battled a blaze at a multi-family structure fire in Desert Hot Springs for over an hour before putting out the flames. Cal Fire says they got the call around 9:00 p.m. that the two-story structure on Buena Vista Avenue near Palm Drive was on fire. Fire officials say the first arriving unit reported seeing

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s decision to significantly reduce the manslaughter sentence of a political ally’s son will lead to the man’s release from a California prison within days. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Friday that Esteban Nunez will be paroled within a week, though it wouldn’t give the exact day for security reasons.

Thousands of men are in the valley for White Party weekend. The festivities and pool parties kicked off Friday in Palm Springs. With blue skies peaking through gray clouds with occasional liquid sunshine falling, folks partying by the pool for White Party were not deterred from putting on Speedos and having a good time. White

A toddler was pulled unconscious from a backyard swimming pool in Indio Friday and taken to a hospital in serious condition. The child, whose name was not released, was located in the residential pool shortly after 6 p.m. in the 82000 block of Arlene Court, near Janet Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

According to the Riverside County Fire Department, one person has died following a car crash on Highway 74 north of Bighorn Drive in Pinyon. Around 6 p.m. Friday, the first arriving firefighters reported a vehicle flipped over the side of the mountain, approximately 50 to 100 feet down. One victim perished at the scene, according

A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection to the grisly killing of a young woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase. Joshua M. Palmer was interviewed by San Diego police homicide detectives and later arrested while he was at McGregor’s Grill & Ale House in Mission Valley. He

A member of our news staff is gracing the cover of a local arts and leisure magazine. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 reporter Joe Galli is on the cover of the current issue of LIVE Magazine from Palm Springs. The article features Galli’s family, love of professional wrestling, and what it was like

The Oasis County Club in Palm Desert raised money Friday to fight prostate cancer and help veterans. The Art Bowman Memorial Charity Golf Tournament raised money for the Arnold Palmer Prostate Cancer Center and the Independence Fund. Bowman helped get the tournament started before he passed away from prostate cancer. This year, the event also

Cientos de estudiantes del Valle de Coachella vieron de primera mano como se salvan vidas. Alumnos y el cuerpo docente de Desert Mirage High School participaron en una feria de trabajo denominada Heart to Heart en el este del Valle de Coachella. El evento tamibn tiene la misin de crear conciencia sobre las medidas que

The Palm Springs Walk of Stars wants to feature one of the greatest generals of all time, General George S. Patton Jr. A Go Fund Me account is now raising money for General Patton’s Palm Springs Star. General George Smith Patton Jr. is a Southern California native who was born on November 11, 1885 in

Two gang members from Yucca Valley have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting and stabbing victims in Palm Springs, which officers believe was an unprovoked attack meant for intimidation purposes. Officers with the Palm Springs Police Department said the incident happened on March 19 at about 2:30 a.m. at the Pilot Travel Center, located at

Hundred of students in the Coachella Valley Unified School District received some hands-on training and tips to save lives on Friday. Students and staff at Desert Mirage High School hosted the Heart to Heart Foundation’s first Career Technical Education Awareness Fair and life-saving skills event. More than 300 students received CPR certifications and also learned

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A 19-year-old suspected of attempted murder and robbery in La Quinta was arrested Thursday morning. Officers first reported that a 17-year-old was booked into Juvenile Hall on April 5, but a La Quinta Special Enforcement Team identified several additional suspects from the February 26 shooting at the retention basin at Ashley Way and Desert Stream

Dos personas con lesiones graves tuvieron que ser traslados a un hospital va helicptero despus de que se efectuar un accidente automovilstico en Mecca. La colisin fue reportada a las 12:19 p.m. sobre la interseccin de la calle Johnson y la Avenida 62. De acuerdo con April Newman con el Departamento de Bomberos del Condado

The California Highway Patrol released new details about Thursday’s head-on crash in Mecca that claimed the life of a 21-year-old man. The Riverside County Coroners Office said Leopoldo Botello Corona of Thermal died at Desert Regional Medical Center after being airlifted from the crash scene at Johnson Street and Avenue 62. The collision was reported