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An alert about the food labels you may trust. Those buzz words on the front of your favorite products, “low fat,” “whole grain,” “all natural,” may not tell you the whole story about what’s inside. They’re hard to miss — labels aimed at the increasingly health conscience buyer. “When I first started it was a

Do same-sex couples have the same constitutional right to marry? It the question before the U.S.Supreme Court. The answer could affect the lives of same-sex couples across the country and in the Coachella Valley. Tuesday the 9 Justices listened to 2 and 1/2 hours of oral arguments on what will undoubtedly be a historic case

The Supreme Court is now hearing a potentially landmark case on gay marriage, Obergefell vs. Hodges, a case originating in Ohio. People surrounded the television at the Equality California office in downtown Palm Springs Tuesday, listening closely to the arguments made in the high court. For them, marriage equality is a transgender equality issue. “This

The drought and new water agency restrictions could change the way people use their pools. Stephen Little of Claro Pools has been building pools in the Coachella Valley for 15 years. According to Little, they are experiencing a spike in pool construction, but he is worried that could change with new water regulations. “If the

A 38-year-old man from Indio died Monday night after being hit by a Honda Odyssey van in Rancho Mirage. Officials with the Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Shane Brandon. They said he was hit in the eastbound lanes of Country Club Drive, about 85 feet east of Vista Dunes Road, just before

El Distirto de Agua del Valle de Coachella comparte ideas para reducir el uso de agua en por lo menos 35 porciento. Pero antes de aprobar cualquier medida, el comit de agua cit a residentes del Valle de Coachella el martes para escuchar su punto de vista al respecto. Aproximadamente 30 personas asistieron a la

WASHINGTON (AP) – El magistrado Anthony Kennedy, cuyo voto crucial podra decidir la legalizacin del matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo en todo Estados Unidos, no revel el martes su postura en las histricas exposiciones planteadas en la Corte Suprema. Sin embargo, el historial de Kennedy sobre el tema podra alentar a las parejas gay

The Coachella Valley Water District is proposing ways to cut back water use by 36 percent. As News Channel 3’s Samantha Cortese reports, before passing any measures, the board wanted to hear from the public. Read CVWD’s full water shortage contingency ordinance Joe Nolan is the treasurer for the Sommerset HOA in Palm Desert. He

Four Coachella Valley teenagers are facing charges after being arrested in a sting targeting drug sales at Shadow Hills High School in Indio. Officers with the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force served three drug-related search warrants last Thursday. A male student, whose name was withheld because of his age, was arrested at the school for

If you’re a fan of the popular CBS show Big Brother, you have a chance to star in the reality TV series by showing up to an open casting call in Palm Springs this April. The open casting call will take place inside the Cascade Lounge at the Spa Resort Casino on April 11 from

The Indio Police Department has released the arrest statistics from 2015’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival, which took place April 24-26 at the Empire Polo Grounds. A total of 157 people were arrested during the weekend. 13 arrests were made for drunk in public 141 arrests were made for alcohol violations 1 simply battery arrest was

Myles Vine goes to College of the Desert. Assigned female at birth, the 21-year-old lives as a man. “I always knew that I was male. It was just getting my family and the people around me to recognize that,” Vine said. After months of testosterone injections, he’s preparing to undergo surgery in the near future.

Cuatro adolescentes de nuestra regin enfrentan cargos tras ser detenidos en una emboscada contra la venta de drogas en Shadow Hills High School de Indio. Despus de una excelente investigacin y amparados con una orden de cateo las autoridades realizaron redadas en dos casas de Indio y en una de La Quinta. Un estudiante, cuyo

Un jurado encontr culpable de asesinato en primer grado a Raymundo Garcia Vasquez de 29 aos por la muerte de una mujer de 19 aos tras ser encontrada sin vida en un cultivo de elotes en Coachella. Miembros del jurado estuvieron deliberando la evidencia por casi un da antes de alcanzar una decisin a cuarto

A sample of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus in Indio. Officials with Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control said this is the first time since 2012 that mosquitoes have tested positive so early in the season in the Coachella Valley, when the valley had five human cases; it’s highest number of human

A jury found 29-year old Raymundo Garcia Vasquez guilty Monday of first degree murder in the death of a 19-year old woman whose body was found in a remote Coachella cornfield. Jurors deliberated just under a day before reaching the verdict nearly four years to the day after Karina Sepulveda was reported missing. Vasquez claimed

A massive rescue effort is underway in Nepal after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake Saturday. The death toll is now topping 4,000 and more than 7,000 people injured. In California experts warn a devastating earthquake of that magnitude or greater is inevitable and the so-called “Big One” could hit tomorrow or 100 years from now.

Una muestra de mosquitos result positivo con el virus del nilo occidental en la ciudad de Indio. Autoridades con la agencia de control de vectores y mosquitos Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control informaron que sta es la primera vez desde el ao 2012 que los mosquitos dan positivo con el mal a principios de

Emergency crews closed a portion of Palm Drive Monday morning after a fire ignited inside an abandoned building. “People were asleep upstairs, my back was turned making something for breakfast, I started smelling smoke, and one room was engulfed in black smoke and the whole wall was on fire,” said Shaun Healy. He said 3

BALTIMORE, Maryland, EE.UU. (AP) – Manifestantes saquearon locales y arrojaron ladrillos y piedras contra elementos de la polica de Baltimore, lastimando a varios de ellos, horas despus de que miles de personas asistieran el lunes al funeral del hombre que falleci de una severa lesin vertebral mientras estaba bajo custodia policial. La Guardia Nacional fue