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“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Lisa Vanderpump will receive a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars today. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. at 155 S. Palm Canyon Drive. Former ‘NSYNC member Lance Bass and “White Party” founder Jeffrey Sanker are scheduled to speak, and Vanderpump will be presented with

The Cathedral City council voted 3-2 to approve an ordinance legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits. The vote comes after months of discussion and a split council. Cathedral City becomes the second city in Riverside County do so, joining Palm Springs. The vote lifts a ban dating back to 2009. “I believe we have

The prosecution and defense rested Tuesday in the retrial of a parolee accused of killing two farm workers in a Thermal vineyard about two weeks after he fatally shot a teenage boy outside the Boys & Girls Club in Coachella. Angel Anthony Esparza, 30, of Coachella is being retried for the Dec. 19, 2009, deaths

A group of valley science teachers got an opportunity Tuesday to learn about the advanced technology at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. The tour was all part of “Project Prototype,” a program with the ultimate goal of taking what teachers learn back to the classroom. The program is state funded by the California

Kathy Creedon, a former Palm Desert resident, said her son Ryan Creedon was a drug addict, but that didn’t stop Dr. Rudolpho Alegria, a physician and surgeon, from prescribing dangerous doses of prescription drugs to the 21-year-old at his Indio practice on Miles Avenue. “It was devastating,” said Kathy Creedon. “It was frightening that every

Your next meal may cost you more. That’s thanks in large part to our parched state. Vegetables to meat — they’re all going up in price. “In the next two to three months, I believe we’re going to see a 15 to 20 percent increase in pricing as the produce becomes more scarce prices are

News Channel 3 has learned the former home of author Joseph Wambaugh is getting a new owner Tuesday night. We’re told a couple from Nebraska is buying the house in the Thunderbird Heights Development in Rancho Mirage. Normally a home sale like this wouldn’t make news. But, the L.A. Times, a number of national networks

Authorities say a water main has broken near the UCLA campus, spewing water into the air and stranding cars and people in underground parking structures. Television news reports show an immense geyser of water surging from the middle of the street on Sunset Boulevard. Streets on and near campus are flooded and fast-moving sheets of

Esta semana residentes del Valle de Coachella pudieron experimentar lloviznas asi como tormentas elctricas humedad y hasta una advertencia de inundaciones, as lo dio a conocer el Servicio Nacional de Metereologia para el Desierto Alto. Por otro lado en La Quinta, Cathedral City y Palm Springs fueron las ciudades aqu en el Valle de Coachella

More baby animals are on exhibit at The Living Desert! Officials announced the zoo’s newest arrivals on Tuesday. They said eight baby Nubian goats, also referred to as kids, are now on display for the public to view at the Petting Kraal in Village WaTuTu. In the release, zookeepers said Nubian goats are large sized

Las revelaciones en los ltimos aos acerca de cmo las autoridades pueden rastrear a la gente por medio de telfonos, correos y otros registros electrnicos dificultan a los periodistas reportar sobe lo que hace el gobierno, dicen dos organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos. Human Rights Watch y la Unin Americana por los Derechos Civiles

An 83-year-old Palm Desert man who crashed his car into a fence at an elementary school, where a 10-year-old student was struck by flyingdebris and ended up losing a leg, failed to show up for a court hearing Tuesday because he was confused about the date, according to his attorney. Tuesday’s felony settlement conference and

A man and woman were tracked down Monday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in a foot pursuit through a Coachella neighborhood. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a vehicle that was reported stolen in La Quinta was spotted by officers near Avenue 50 and Van Buren Street around 8:45

El Coachella VAlley Wazter District trabja arduamente para reparar la pipa principal que se rompi en Portola Avenue en Palm Desert justo enfrente de The Living Desert. Todo inici hoy martes a las 9:00 a.m. El flujo vehicular est siendo desviado ya que el agua tiene inundada la calle, Buckboard Trail est cerrado, el suministro

The Coachella Valley Water District is working to repair a water main that broke on Portola Avenue across from The Living Desert at about 9 a.m. Tuesday. Traffic is being diverted in the area because of water flowing into the street. Buckboard Trail is closed in both directions. Heather Engel, with the Coachella Valley Water

Business leaders are meeting in Indio Tuesday morning to develop a plan for a strong regional economy. The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership is organizing the meeting. Business owners and other members of the business community will discussopportunities and threats to the local economy, and help formulate an Economic Blueprint 2.0, a follow-up to a plan

A San Francisco Bay area man accused of torturing and killing a puppy in front of his 4-year-old daughter has pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor child endangerment charges. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday that 32-year-old Alan Benjamin Velete of Redwood will be sentenced to no more than three years in

Riverside County supervisors unanimously agreed today to draft regulations aimed at deterring large-scale marijuana growing operations in the unincorporated communities. “We have an explosion of grow yards in the First District, and they’re not small insofar as the numbers of plants go,” said Supervisor Kevin Jeffries. “My goal is to go after the large commercial

Tax revenue could be the answer to stabilize the budget in Desert Hot Springs. The city declared a fiscal emergency in November and it’s fought an uphill battle since. The city made deep cuts and continues to deal with a lawsuit because of it. A fact-finding report was released Monday about the ongoing litigation between

Bighorn Sheep are being spotted more frequently around the desert. They’re on golf courses and many drivers are seeing them up on Highway 74. Mating season is underway, meaning a large presence of bighorn sheep are out and about. Today the California Highway Patrol was called to the scene where a car allegedly hit a