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The January Intersession is being reinstated this year at College of the Desert. College officials said the Winter Intersession is a full semester of material condensed into a month-long class, meeting from January 5 to January 23. The college decided to bring back the Winter Intersession to help students move forward with their required classes

A car hit some protesters near the Mission Inn in Riverside Saturday night. Our ABC affiliate in Los Angeles reports “about 50 people were blocking Mission Inn Avenue at about 7 p.m. during the city’s Festival of Lights, an annual five-week attraction on Main Street Riverside that includes holiday decorations, lights, an ice skating rink

Hundred of endurance athletes have taken over parts of La Quinta and Indio for the HITS Triathlon Series. On Saturday morning, more than 650 athletes plunged into chilly Lake Cahuilla for the first leg of the Ironman and half Ironman races. The full Ironman is a total of 140.6 miles, and the half Ironman is

Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Chief John R. Hawkins announced the promotion of four Cal Fire battalion chiefs to division chief on Monday morning. Chief Hawkins honored the fire service tradition of pinning collar brass on the following men: Robert Peteren – Division Chief – Support Services Silvio Lanzas – Division Chief – Northwest Division Curtis

Raucous demonstrations hit Berkeley’s streets for a second straight night as protesters angered by police killings in Missouri and New York clashed with officers, vandalized businesses and even fought with each other. Media reports said at least eight people have been arrested. Officials said the protest began peacefully on the UC Berkeley campus but eventually

A Sacramento firefighter is being held on suspicion of going into people’s homes under the guise of inspecting smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and stealing prescription drugs. Citrus Heights police arrested 30-year-old Craig White on Saturday after responding to reports of theft from two homes inside a mobile home park. He was booked for investigation

Power is back on for about 650 households in La Quinta after an outage Sunday afternoon. IID Energy worked on it all afternoon and had it restored in about 3 hours time. The outage was reported on IID’s twitter page around 3:00 pm affecting 652 customers east of Madison street, north of 58th street, south

The Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade stepped off on Palm Canyon Drive Saturday night, with an estimated crowd of about 100,000 spectators in attendance. “It’s my favorite time of the year, I love it,” said festival spectator Frank Milkovich who’s been coming to the parade for years, “Well, I’ve been coming here for about

Tis’ the season for giving and today the community came together to do just that. From a toy drive in Palm Springs to a holiday party for kids and their mentors with Big Brothers Big Sisters in Indian Wells, the efforts make for a much merrier holiday season for many. At the Big Brothers Big

David Oyelowo will be presented with the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor at the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala for his critically acclaimed performance as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ava DuVernay’s film ‘Selma’. “David Oyelowo’s transformation into Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is truly outstanding,” said Film Festival Chairman Harold

Two people spent the night at the top of the tram Friday night after getting lost in the hiking the trails near the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Juan Mendez, 37, and Angelica Limon, 25, used a cell phone to call for help at about 6:40 Friday night. They were located about three-quarters

Los Angeles police shot and killed a suspect armed with a knife in the heart of the Hollywood tourist district. The shooting occurred about 7 p.m. Friday after the Los Angeles Police Department received a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. LAPD spokeswoman Meghan Aguilar says the man had a knife and was

A lawsuit claims a 2-year-old boy was injured by shrapnel after Oxnard police looking for gang members raided the wrong home. The Ventura County Star reported (http://bit.ly/1z8POXO) Saturday the lawsuit filed in county Superior Court seeks unspecified damages for negligence, assault, false imprisonment and emotional distress. The lawsuit says police and FBI agents broke the

Newly crowned International Boxing Federation bantamweight titleholder Randy Caballero served as grand marshal of Coachella’s annual Christmas parade Friday night. The parade featuring floats decorated with Christmas lights, festive bands playing holiday tunes marched down city streets and ended up at Veterans Park. The theme is “A Parade of Christmas Ornaments.” Caballero (22-0, 13 knockouts),

The Palm Springs Indians defeated the Serrano Diamondbacks 24-21 to win the CIF-SS Eastern Division Title. This is the school’s 2nd CIF title, the Indians beat Serrano High School previously in 2009 for their other championship. Chris Alvarez anchors the coverage from the studio, while Angelo Caruso reports from Serrano High School.

Police responded to reports of a shooting just before ten o’clock Friday night in the area of Ave El Mundo and Baristo Rd. As police got one scene they found three people with gunshot wounds. Officers were on scene immediately and found the crime scene in the area of the 31450 block of Sky Blue

Firefighters in Desert Hot Springs responded to a structure fire on 8th Street about 7:00 p.m.. Firefighters say the fire was in an outbuilding and no homes were threatened. There are no reports of injuries. Fire crews were expected to clear the scene by 8:00 p.m.. A viewer sent this photo to News Channel 3/CBS

Two major roads have reopened in Palm Springs after flooding in the Whitewater Wash created problems for thousands of drivers in the Coachella Valley. Gene Autry Trail reopened around 10:30 a.m. Friday and Vista Chino was back open around 3:45 p.m. N. Indian Canyon Drive and Araby Drive are all still closed at the wash.

Una recompensa de $12, 000 es ofrecida por el Centro Islmico de Coachella para dar con l o los responsables del tiroteo destinado a su mezquita el pasado 4 de noviembre. Como recordar, la balacera se report al filo de las 5 de la maana en la cuadra 600 de la Avenida 49 en Coachella

Una coalicin de 17 estados entabl el mircoles una demanda por la reciente accin ejecutiva del presidente Barack Obama sobre inmigracin, alegando que la medida “atropella” fracciones clave de la Constitucin de Estados Unidos. Muchos lderes republicanos han criticado la medida unilateral de Obama, la cual fue diseada para proteger de la deportacin a cerca