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A string of smashed windows in Palm Springs Friday morning doesn’t have many businesses surprised. Vandals struck two businesses and a school along Palm Canyon and another business across town. First on the list the Verizon Wireless store at the corner of Gene Autry and Ramon Road. The store manager said it isn’t the first

Usted podra ser el prximo en recibir una nueva tarjeta de crdito o dbito con un cdico y no con una banda magntica. Las compaias creditcias se estn deshaciendo de las tarjetas antiguas porque los comercios estarn instalando nuevas terminales que podrn captar la informacin con eficacia del cdico pero no su informacin personal. Los

El amante de lo ajeno que entr a robar a un mercado en Indio finalmente est bajo custodia de las autoridades hoy. Segn el informe policial, Nicholas Herrera de 20 aos se acecr a un cajero de la tienda Food 4 Less en Indio y le demand dinero. Este orden de acciones sucedio a eso

About 86,000 vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to voters starting Monday for the consolidated general election on November 3. Officials with the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office said ballots should arrive in mailboxes by the end of next week. Completed ballots must be received at the Registrar of Voters Office or any polling place

A senseless act of violence has left a prized polo horse dead and the owners looking for answers. Early Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning someone apparently shot and killed Missy, a 7-year-old mare, at the Mesquite Ranch in Thermal. Ben Smith owns Seattle Polo and Equestrian Club. Once a year for the past six

Authorities are investigating after about five shots were fired near a deputy’s patrol car in Joshua Tree Thursday night. Officials with the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station said they weren’t able to determine if the gunfire was intended for them. The shots rang out around 11:45 p.m. when the deputies were parked on the northwest corner

Frederick Street between Avenues 50 and 51 in Coachella was re-opened Thursday night after a crash shut down the road for several hours. Two people were taken to the hospital with major injuries after the crash happened about 2:45 p.m. Thursday. One victim had to be cut from the wreckage. The cause of the crash

All our efforts to save water are working, Californians have surpassed the mandate to conserve for a third month in a row. State Water Resources Control Board reports the state used nearly 27 percent less water in August than the same month in 2013. The goal was 25 percent, a mandate set by Gov. Jerry

Concluyeron esta maana las labores de reparacin en un puente al este del Valle de Coachella. Equipos de Caltrans trabajaron de noche a lo largo de la Interestatal 10 en Indio para evitar retrasos viales como a principio de semana. Dos carriles fueron cerrados anoche que debieron abrir de nuevo para las cinco de la

College of the Desert, located on Monterey Avenue in Palm Desert, released a statement Thursday afternoon in response to the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon that claimed the lives of at least 10 people. Joel L. Kinnamon, the president and superintendent of the community college, wrote: “The College of the Desert

Instead of a swipe, get ready to insert your credit card into a new device. All credit cards will soon be equipped with a computer chip for added security. It’s technology that’s been used in Europe and Asia for years. “They slide it into the machine, there’s a slot for them, and then they have

The Palm Springs Fire Department has contained a small brush fire that was burning near the Wet and Wild Water Park Thursday afternoon. The small brush fire started just before 2:45 p.m. and was burning in the wash off of Gene Autry Trail near the water park and public golf course in that area. Crews

28 students and staff at Coachella Valley High School were evaluated by emergency crews Thursday after reports that they were not feeling well due to a chemical smell near the campus. According to Coachella Valley Unified Superintendent Darryl Adams, the incident began early in the morning when crews were spraying an organic herbicide on agricultural

Desi Cechin is a year and a half into her battle with cancer. Her family has watched the precious girl fight to survive and try to beat neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of the disease. “She’s been through enough. It’s hard to watch,” said her father Terry Cechin. “She said ‘I’m fighting for my life.’” The

Autoridades locales reportaron que respondieron al reporte de un tiroteo en el Umpqua Community College, ubicado en Roseburg, Oregon. La informacin fue provista por un vocero de la oficina del alguacil del Condado Douglas, quien no especfico si hay lesionados. Umpqua es una escuela de dos aos a la que asisten alrededor de 3,300 estudiantes

Officials at Loma Linda University Health said construction is in full swing as demolition and dirt moving make way for the transformational vision of the organization, including a new adult hospital and a new Children’s Hospital tower. The official renderings for the new Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital towers were released Thursday.

Authorities say a small fire that damaged a Planned Parenthood facility in Southern California was apparently ignited when someone tossed a container with a flammable liquid through a window. Ventura County Fire Capt. Mike Lindbery says it smelled like gasoline at the scene of the arson late Wednesday in Thousand Oaks. No injuries were reported.

State official say Californians have surpassed a mandate to save water for a third consecutive month, using nearly 27 percent less in August than the same month in 2013. The State Water Resources Control Board on Thursday released the statewide conservation figures. Max Gomberg, a senior climate scientist for the board, said the results meet

Police have arrested a UCLA student accused of inappropriately touching three young girls during a soccer game at the university. UCLA Police Lt. Richard Davis said Wednesday that 25-year-old Max Diaz was arrested this week on suspicion of committing a lewd act on a child. Davis says Diaz is suspected of groping three girls between

Do you refuse to buy anything at Bed Bath & Beyond without a coupon? So does everyone else, apparently. While the company is making plenty of sales, they aren’t as profitable as they used to be, something that experts attribute to the chain’s training its customers to always come in clutching a coupon. That little