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An elderly man with dementia who went missing Monday afternoon was found safe and unharmed in Indio Tuesday. According to Deputy Armando Munoz with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, 83-year-old Lawrence Hoodye disappeared around 4 p.m. near Jefferson Street and Miles Avenue on Monday. The La Quinta Police Department issued an alert when Hoodye was

Coachella valley landscapers and homeowners are being encouraged to wait a bit later than normal to begin their fall overseeding, the annual effort to replace summer Bermuda grass with winter Rye, especially in the Palm Springs area. Waiting longer into the fall is one recomendation offered by the Desert Water Agency, which says it’s unable

University of California President Janet Napolitano is responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and staff by directing the system’s 10 campuses to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name. Napolitano said Monday that the two

A lot of excitement took place in Week 4 of the high school football season. We’ve narrowed down the top plays of the week to three candidates and you voted for the winner. With 52% of the vote Erick Navarro of Desert Hot Springs earns Play of the Week honors in Week 4

The valley’s professional golf tournament sponsorships are in flux. First, Kraft-Nabisco announced late last year it would end its 33-year association with the LPGA Major. And now, Humana has withdrawn from the PGA Tour just four years into an eight-year deal. Both tournaments are on the hunt for new backers. “It’s a big ticket item,

The PGA TOUR announced Monday that 2015 will mark Humana’s final year as title sponsor of the Humana Challenge. We have confirmed with Chris Smith from the PGA Tour that the Desert Classic Charities and the Clinton Foundation are currently in active discussions with a number of prospects to become title sponsor in 2016. Tournament

Charity organization Desert Arc opened it’s new, larger recycling facility in Indio Monday. The 10,000 square foot operations center was necessary after Desert Arc outgrew its previous two recycling facilities. The new facility, located at 45875 Commerce Street, employs 30 developmentally disabled Desert Arc clients. The charity has trucks that will pick up household recycling

Four years into what was supposed to be an 8-year contract , Kentucky based insurance company Humana announced Monday it is ending its sponsorship of the Humana Challenge Golf Tournament in La Quinta. “Yeah, I was just real surprised, I hadn’t heard anything about it. It was a great tournament with the Clinton Foundation,” said

Ron and Michele Sznaider want answers in the death of their only son, 27-year-old Joshua Sznaider. They held a news conference Tuesday in Palm Springs. Police said Sznaider was high on a lethal amount of methamphetamine as he ran in and out of traffic at Baristo Road and Sunrise Way around 7 a.m. on Oct.

Rancho Mirage residents who adopt a pet from the Coachella Valley Animal Campus or any certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization can receive up to $300 from the city to help defray adoption fees and pet care expenses. The money will come as a reimbursement as part of a newly approved amendment to the Animal Adoption Incentive

El desperfecto en un calenton de agua casero al parecer fue la causa de un incendio en el tico de una vivienda en Coachella, as lo dio a conocer Cal Fire. Los bomberos se abocaron a eso de las 12:26 p.m. del sbado a la cuadra 52-300 de la avenida Dos Palmes. Los uniformados lograron

Insatisfechos y molestos se encuentran los jvenes beneficiarios del DACA, el programa de accin diferida, tras el anuncio de la Administracin del presidente Barack Obama en referencia a la prohibicin de soadores o dreamers al servicio militar. Este viernes 26 de Septiembre, el programa reclutador- Adhesiones Militares Vitales para el inters Nacional, o MAVNI, anuncio

La Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Washington aceptar a estudiantes que participan en el programa federal que protege de la deportacin a jvenes que fueron trados ilegalmente a Estados Unidos cuando eran nios. El cambio en las normas de admisin se anunci la semana pasada, lo que abre la puerta de la escuela

State leaders will gather with Sea View Elementary school students this morning celebrating the designation of the new state amphibian. Last year, students at the school contacted assemblyman Manuel Perez to author a bill declaring the threatened California red-legged frog as the official state amphibian. Perez was impressed by their work and introduced the measure

A faulty water heater caused the attic fire that scorched a home in Coachella Sunday, according to CAL FIRE. Firefighters were dispatched at 12:26 p.m. Saturday to an address in the 52300 block of Dos Palmas Avenue. Firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading in the attic almost 30 minutes later, Riverside County

The owners of a Bakery and Cafe in Indio are remembering a man killed in a plane crash last weekend. 69-year-old Max Mizejewski, a pilot from Orange County, died when his small plane went down in a remote area of Borrego Springs. Mizejewski frequently flew in and out of Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal.

Golfers of all ages got a chance to hit the links Saturday for free at the annual Family Golf Festival held at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa in Palm Desert. The event encourages families to get out and learn to play the game together. The Jotblad family, visiting from Laguna Niguel, hit

As California’s severe drought continues, state and local agencies are looking at budgeting water use by creating a daily water allocation for each household. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports that under such a scheme, a household would get a certain number of gallons allotted to it for indoor water use and another for outdoor

It’s Week 4 of high school football and The Best Local Sports Show will bring you all of Friday night’s action from the gridiron. The Game of the Week features La Quinta at Palm Desert. Chris Alvarez and Angelo Caruso have also picked Friday night’s winning teams. At the start of Week 4, they’re tied

Drivers crossing the Cajon Pass between Riverside County cities and Las Vegas will encounter a new and major bottleneck for the next few months, as a pavement replacement project is in a new phase. One lane in each direction of the eight-lane freeway were to be closed — starting Saturday– on Interstate 15 at the