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Now that daylight hours are quickly dropping, evaporation rates are falling quickly as well. This means more water stays in your soil so you can effectively water your plants with 10-30 percent less water. So, if you normally water for 10 minutes with a spray system, you can drop that to 7. Not all lawns

Two thousand guests have been invited to help celebrate Wednesday’s swearing-in of the first Latino to head the California Senate in more than a century. Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles is breaking with tradition to hold his ceremony at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The invitation lists the event

State Sen. Alex Padilla is meeting with state emergency officials to get an update on the progress of an earthquake early warning system that could give millions of Californians seconds of warning before a powerful temblor strikes. The Los Angeles Democrat is convening a hearing at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday that will also

College of the Desert will be hosting a University Transfer Fair today. Representatives from over 40 colleges and universities will set up information booths from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. They’ll be answering questions and passing out information about various programs.

“We must respect the dignity of every person,” said Monsignor Bruno Forte, a Vatican official. Catholic bishops are showing unprecedented acceptance in their stance on the gay community. In a document released by the Vatican during a two-week meeting of the bishops, known as a Synod, the Catholic church said homosexuals “have gifts and qualities

Local families are being encouraged to attend one of four upcoming child safety events. Assemblymember V. Manuel Prez is working with local law enforcement and the ASES after school program on the events at Coachella schools, where parents and children will receive helpful safety information and can fill out child identification and fingerprint cards. Date

Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone sat down with CBS Local 2’s Kris Long during a live Newsmaker segment on Oct. 14 to talk about his campaign for California’s newly drawn 28th State Senate District. Among the issues discussed, prison overcrowding, giving up a Supervisor’s seat, a road rage incident getting a lot of airplay, and

The Coachella Valley Unified School District partnered with Mika Moulton, founder of Christopher’s Clubhouse, to teach children at Mecca Elementary School what a stranger is and what to do if they approach you. “If you don’t know somebody, that’s a stranger,” said 5-year-old Ricardo Felix. Moulton knows painfully well about child kidnappings. Someone abducted and

Indio Police confirm that the Boost Mobile on Highway 111 near Madison Street in Indio was robbed late Tuesday afternoon. Indio Police Sgt. Dan Marshall says they got the call around 4:40 pm. that a male suspect used a gun to rob the store and got away with two phones and some cash. The suspect

With election day around the corner, it’s important to make sure your vote counts. Many are unaware that two first class stamps are required to cast your vote when you mail in your ballot. Gregory Height of Rancho Mirage was surprised to learn that. “I think most people get their ballot, put the stamp on

Un camin de carga que remolcaba varios vehculos de lujo termin envuelto en llamas hoy martes. La unidad llevaba a bordo varios vehculos de lujo cuando estall en llamas en la Autopista 10 un poco antes del medioda a la altura de la avenida Monterey en direccin este. Al parecer, el camin arroll una bolsa

A dos semanas de que 43 estudiantes de la norma rural Isidro Burgos de Ayotzinapa desaparecieran sin dejar rastro algn, las esperanzas de encontrarlos con vida desvanecen con el hallazgo de 4 nuevas fosas clandestinas en la zona. Tras este descubrimiento y la falta de accin por parte del ayuntamiento municipal, estudiantes de la misma

A 48-year-old felon from La Quinta was arrested Friday after officers with the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at his home, revealing over $23,000 worth of methamphetamine and nine guns. Richard Rios lives on Avenida Martinez. Authorities said they confiscated over a pound of meth, a substantial amount of marijuana, four

A Nov. 4 preliminary hearing was scheduled Tuesday for a Thermal resident accused of killing a 20-year-old man because of his sexual orientation. Miguel Angel Bautista Ramirez, 25, of Thermal, was arrested July 28 in Coachella for the shooting of Juan Ceballos in Mecca on July 13. A bail hearing will also be held Nov.

CHP and Cal Fire responded to eastbound I-10 just before 12 p.m. Tuesday after a truck hauling cars ignited in flames. According to officials, the fire started after the car hauler hit a burlap sack full of vegetation, possibly from a landscapers truck. The collision happened near the Monterey Avenue on-ramp. The bundle of vegetation

El Consulado Mexicano llega al Valle de Coachella y atender a las personas que deseen tramitar su Matrcula Consular o Pasaporte. Donde: Iglesia Evanglica Bethel que se ubica en el 43-907 Jackson Street, North Indio, Ca Cuando: Del Martes 14 al viernes 17. Se requiere una cita para que lo atiendan llamando a Mexitel al

A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight that left San Francisco yesterday turned back and made an emergency landing after some of the cabin’s wall panels cracked loose. The airline says the captain of the Boeing 757 decided to turn around an hour into the flight because of a possible blown air duct. A passenger said the

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $25 million to the CDC Foundation to help address the Ebola epidemic. The money will be used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Ebola response effort in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and elsewhere in the world where Ebola is a

Mark Anton knows what it’s like to have the ground rattle beneath him. He experienced multiple earthquakes living in Seattle, and his partner lived through the 1994 Northridge quake. “They were scary enough to instill in me to keep earthquake insurance no matter what,” Anton said. But Anton is in the minority if Californians who

A mental competency report on a 55-year-old man accused in a deadly hit-and-run on the 4th of July in Palm Springs is scheduled to be heard in court Tuesday. David Buckley Doyle pleaded not guilty. He’s accused of striking 53-year old Mark Norton who was on a motor scooter. Doyle is charged with DUI, gross