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Californians are eager to tax medical marijuana, but they want limits on who can grow it and sell it. That’s the message from Tuesday’s voting, as backers of nearly two dozen local medical marijuana-related measures tallied the ballots from Encinitas in San Diego County to Butte and Lake counties in the far north. Desert Hot

A new report says the California law mandating GPS monitoring of sex offenders can provide a false sense of security for the public. While it can help law enforcement authorities find suspects after crimes, it has only limited benefits in preventing them. The report from the inspector general in the state corrections department was released

University of California President Janet Napolitano says tuition at the system’s 10 campuses may go up by as much as 5 percent next year – and in each of the four years after that. Napolitano says she is proposing the increases to the university’s governing board on Thursday to fulfill a goal she set when

Hoy jueves la compania de transito SunLine, estara llevando a cabo por octavo anio consecutivo se evento “Fill the Bus” o “Llena el Bus” con el fin de beneficiar a personas desamparadas y sus familias durante la temorada festiva de Accion de Gracias y Navidad a traves de dos agencias caritativas sin fines de lucro,

The midterm election in President Obama’s words: “Obviously Republicans had a good night,” said President Barack Obama of this year’s midterm election. GOP candidates swept up seven seats in the Senate to seize the majority and in the House of Representatives, Republican control extends by at least 11 seats. It’s a gain that gives Republicans

Daily tickets and daily double packages for the BNP Paribas Open held March 9-22, 2015 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, are now on sale, as announced today by Tournament Director Steve Simon. Daily loge and grandstand tickets and daily double loge and box seat packages on sale with new improvements including video walls and

19-year-old Dayton Shewmaker says the first time he took a hit of dabs it put him on the ground. Dabs, is also known as dabbing, wax, shatter, budder, butane hash oil or BHO. They’re doses of cannabis concentrates up to 80 percent THC, the oil in marijuana that gets you high. The high is much

A driver walked away from a crash in Thousand Palms with minor injuries Wednesday night. Witnesses say the driver of a white SUV was exiting I-10 Westbound and ended up driving through the Bob Hope Drive exit and off the embankment. They say the car went airborne as it left the roadway. Rescue crews arrived

In Desert Hot Springs, voters approved two tax measures involving medical marijuana. Measure HH will tax marijuana growers based on the size of their grow buildings. Measure II will pose a 10 percent tax on marijuana sales in the city. However, 55 percent of voters rejected Measure JJ. The measure would’ve increased the sales tax

Although they didn’t take the big win in the Coachella Valley, young Republicans were out in full force on election night. “I have a philosophy… If it’s not fun, you’re not going to do it,” said Hugh Van Horn. Van Horn is president of the Coachella Valley Young Republicans. On election night, the group went

Los republicanos tomaron el control del Senado y afianzaron su mayora en la Cmara de Representantes con una oleada de victorias electorales el martes que sirvi como crtica a las polticas de la segunda legislatura del presidente, Barack Obama, y puso a una serie de estados de tendencia Demcrata -incluyendo la Illinois natal de Obama-

El comit asesor de energa al consumidor recomend un aumento de tarifa para los ms de 145,000 clientes del Distrito de Irrigacin del Valle Imperial, comnmente denominado como el IID. Si es aprobado, la factura elctrica para los usuarios se vera seriamente impactada con un incremento de entr el 6% al 9% para negociantes y

A woman was rescued while hiking along the trails near the Rimrock Shopping Center on Gene Autry Trail and East Palm Canyon Drive Wednesday afternoon. Officials said she was roughly three miles up the trail at an elevation of about 2,500 feet. She’s a regular hiker but said she became fatigued around 3 p.m. and

SunLine Transit Agency is holding its 8th annual holiday food drive on Thursday, November 6 from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Fill the Bus Food Drive helps feed the homeless and families in need during the holiday season. It’s easy to join in the effort by bringing in a few items from your pantry

It took less than 72 hours for vandals to tag the brand new “Family” mural in Desert Hot Springs. The mural, which features Orca whales swimming through the sea, was completed on Sunday. Sometime Tuesday night someone tagged the wall with gold spray paint. “Why do people have to destroy beautiful artwork like this? It

An 18-month-old Jurupa Valley boy was attacked Wednesday by the family pit bull, which ripped off one of the toddler’s ears before neighbors scared away the dog. The child, whose identity was not released, was apparently playing withthe canine in the back yard of his home on Pontiac Avenue around 7:40 a.m. when 2-year-old “Poncho”

A good Samaritan assisted a Riverside County Animal Control officer after a kitten took refuge inside a drainage pipe at an Indio business Monday morning. According to Public Information Officer John Welsh, three kittens were in a box near a dumpster nibbling on food near Sav-On-Carpets at 83151 Indio Blvd. An employee at a nearby

US Congress Dist 36 Congressman Ruiz won his reelection over Assemblyman Brian Nestande with 53% of the vote. He had 54,985 votes to Nestande’s 48,153. Nestande called Congressman Ruiz and congratulated him on his victory. He said it was a hard-fought campaign and is gracious for the enthusiasm and support he received from his many

Two people were injured after a fire ignited in the attic of a Palm Desert apartment Wednesday morning. “My housekeeper shouted ‘Fire Fire!’ I said, ‘Break the glass! Extinguisher extinguisher,” said Jaqueline Lau, who lives next door to the unit that caught fire. She had just returned from a trip to the grocery store when

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