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The scorching heat isn’t stopping people from indulging in the desert. “It’s paradise. It’s a beautiful place to be,” said Peter Mins of Rancho Mirage. With marketing strategies the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau wants to drive people to “chill” in the Coachella Valley. “We did 2.6 billion impressions in May and June

Una comunidad de Palm Springs estaba sin luz y sin aire acondicionado desde ayer por la maana despus de que un presunto conductor irresponsable chocara contra un poste de energa elctrica. Southern California Edison, restaur el suministro al filo de las siete de esta maana, ms de 24 horas despus del percance. El gremio policial

The water crisis in California continues to reap downfalls, now causing turf-growing companies to cut back on their water usage. West Coast Turf, a Palm Desert company that implements grass in stadiums throughout California from Dodger Stadium to the Rose Bowl, reduced how much and how frequently water is used on the turf at their

WASHINGTON (AP) – De politizar su lista anual de pases que no combaten la esclavitud moderna debido al retiro de Malasia, un aliado estratgico, de ese grupo. Cuba tambin sali de la lista negra una semana despus de que restauraran formalmente sus relaciones diplomticas con Estados Unidos tras medio siglo de tensiones. Sin embargo, Tailandia,

Tres de 6 excursionistas tuvieron que ser rescatados el domingo por la tarde a consecuencia de deshidratacin, malestares por las altas temperaturas y la necesidad de lquidos despus de embarcar en una caminata en el sendero Pacific Crest Trail. De acuerdo con agentes, el grupo de personas inicio su excursin a las 7:30 a.m. el

Two men were arrested over the weekend in connection to the burglary of over $1,600 worth of items from a Coachella shoe store, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Antonio Lopez, 24, of Salton City and Angel Roldan Lopez, 20, of Coachella, were arrested for suspicion of commercial burglary, said Sgt. Paul Heredia of

Three of six hikers had to be rescued on Sunday afternoon due to illness, lack of water and dehydration after setting out on a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail that was planned for two days. Officials said the group began its hike at 7:30 a.m. Saturday from Black Mountain Trail and Truck Trail in

Sentencing was postponed Monday for a Cathedral City man convicted of 22 felonies and two misdemeanors for carrying out a five-month burglary spree across the Coachella Valley. Arthur Bryan Byrd, 41, was convicted June 17 of 14 counts of burglary, three counts of resisting arrest, two counts of being a felon in possession of a

A 28-year-old man from Yucaipa was arrested Saturday night after Palm Springs police saw him driving away from a hotel in a stolen car. Lieutenant Mike Kovaleff said officers received a report of a stolen Chevy Malibu that was taken from the 700 block of San Lorenzo between 5 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. They found

Firefighters are battling a vegetation fire that’s sending smoke over part of the Coachella Valley. The Cutca Fire broke out on Friday around 4 p.m. It’s burning in steep and inaccessible terrain east of Cutca Valley and south of Long Canyon, about two miles north of the Palomar Observatory in the Cleveland National Forest, according

Crews are working to restore power for customers impacted after an early morning car cash downed lines in Palm Springs. Palm Springs police said one person was trapped inside the car when it overturned, as it crashed into a power pole. Making the situation more dangerous, power lines fell on top of the car. The

A small plane has crashed and caught fire in Riverside, killing the pilot. Fire Capt. Tim Odebralski said the plane went down in the yard of a home Sunday. He says the fire was quickly doused and nobody on the ground was hurt. The pilot was the only person on board. Odebralski says the pilot

Campgrounds have been evacuated near a Central California wildfire that has chewed through more than 2 square miles of dry timber in Sierra National Forest, one of several blazes burning across the state. The fire in a rural area of Madera County was just 5 percent contained late Sunday. Officials say about 450 structures in

All playoffs long, the Palm Springs Power were down. They were never out. After battling back from two 0-1 deficits in the best-of-three series formats, the Palm Springs Power once again claimed the SoCal Collegiate Baseball League championship. Palm Springs beat Orange County 4-2 in the winner-take-all Game 3 for the SCCBL title, their fifth

An alleged drunk driver crashed into a power pole, hurting a passenger and knocking out power to people in Palm Springs Sunday, police said. Around 2:15 a.m., Palm Springs Police says a car crashed into a power pole, coming to rest on its roof, at N. Indian Canyon and E. Vista Chino. Multiple lines fell

A man is in jail for evading police during a DUI checkpoint in Desert Hot Springs, police say. Friday night, police conducted a DUI/drivers license checkpoint on the 13700 block of Palm between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. While at the checkpoint, a gray 2012 Volkswagen Jetta failed to stop at the DUI checkpoint. Officers

News Channel 3 & CBS Local 2 are tracking reports First Lady Michelle Obama might be staying in the Coachella Valley this weekend after she opened the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles Saturday night. Viewers called into our newsroom saying traffic was stopped just before 11 p.m. at Da Vall Drive and

The five-peat isn’t dead just yet. A day after the Palm Springs Power lost Game 1 of the SoCal Collegiate Baseball League championship series to the Orange County Riptide, the team rebounded for an 8-2 win in Game 2. Luke Barker pitched a complete game for the Power with nine strikeouts and only allowed two

Firefighters battled a mulch fire that ignited near the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal Saturday. Flames sparked around 2 p.m. on Airport Boulevard and Tyler Street. Cal Fire said the 150 foot length fire was in a deep-seeded mulch pile and reached heights of 10 to 15 feet. The first reporting firefighters called in

All lanes are back open on I-10 near Cabazon after a police pursuit Saturday night, according to CHP. Two lanes were shutdown in the area as officers tried to stop a vehicle. Viewers called into our newsroom around 6:45 p.m. telling us they were stuck in traffic because of the lane closures and saw police