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President Barack Obama set to make his third visit to the valley in about a year. The President and, for the first time, First Lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to travel to Palm Springs next Friday, June 13. He’s set to speak at the UC Irvine commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 14, but will return

Students will need Internet access in the classroom more than ever next school year when California joins 43 other states in fully implementing a common core curriculum for its school districts. This comes as school districts in the Coachella Valley have been dealing with Internet issues. “Suddenly everything slows down and we don’t have access,

Pete Martinez is a Nashville recording artist who spends a lot of time here in the desert. His song, “We Thank You” is a tribute to veterans he wrote for the Greatest Generations Foundation. He sat down with News Channel 3’s John White at the Palm Springs Air Museum where he spent a lot of

Ann Rhein sees campaign signs everyday on her way to work. Days after the election, she understands they served a purpose, but it’s time to clean up. “It’s quite frustrating. It’s all over. I would just love to see them remove them with the same enthusiasm they placed them,” she said. We made calls to

Cuatro alumnos de La Quinta High enfrentan cargos tipo felonia hoy viernes por vandalismo. Son acusados de ocasionar miles de dlares en daos materiales al prantel escolar. Segn la policia, los hechos sucedieron el lunes. El Sargento Alan Northrup con el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside dijo,“Varios estudiantes colocaron pegamento en casi todas

La ola de calor, es una situacin atmosrrica que produce unas temperaturas extremadamente altas en relacin con la media de la poca y que duran ms de una da. La temporada del ao en que hay ms riesgo de que se produzcan olas de calor es la comprendida entre junio y agosto. Las personas mayores

Hoy la casa blanca anunci una nueva iniciativa para los nios que cruzan la frontera solos mientras que una organizacin revel un anlisis sobre el manejo de la frontera, todo sucede en medio de indignacin por unas fotos publicadas que muestran inmigrantes indocumentados hacinados en un centro de detencin Tras la crisis humanitaria en la

The White House has announced that President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Palm Springs next week. The President and First Lady will arrive on Friday, June 13. The President is scheduled to speak at UC Irvine’s commencement ceremony in Irvine on Saturday. He and Michelle will then return to Palm Springs,

Palm Springs Relay For Life is being held at Wet ‘N’ Wild on Saturday June 7 , 2014 from 10am-10pm. Event coordinators said tickets are $20 and you purchase them online. When you get to Wet ‘N’ Wild’s website you enter the promo code “RELAY” and the ticket will be available to purchase. Coordinators ask

Undefeated middleweights Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. and Gerardo “Tin Tin” Ibarra will fight in the scheduled 10-round main event of a boxing card at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio Friday night. Centeno of Oxnard is 20-0, with 11 knockouts. Ibarra (14-0, 8 KOs) of Houston, replaced Domonique Dolton (14-0, 8 KOs) as

Tres estudiantes de La Quinta High School fueron arrestados con cargos de vandalismo debido a que le pusieron pegamento a casi todas las cerraduras de las puertas del plantel escolar. El incidente fue reportado el 2 de junio, da en que inici una investigacin y que llev al arresto de los adolescentes. El vandalismo ha

A big rig driver was killed when his truck collided with another truck on Highway 60 in Beaumont and overturned, temporarily shutting down eastbound lanes, authorities said. The crash on the eastbound 60 near Jack Rabbit Trail was reported at 8:54 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. A SigAlert was declared by the

Three people are behind bars tied to a gang and weapons violation investigation. On Thursday, the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force, with the assistance of the Coachella Community Action Team and the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team, served three stolen property search warrants. Police arrested 46-year-old Fernando Garcia Regalado and a

Four La Quinta high school students are facing felony vandalism charges accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage at their school. Police said the vandalism occurred on Monday. Sgt. Alan Northrup with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said, “Several students placed glue in nearly all of the door locks at the school as part

A fatal two-vehicle collision in Desert Hot Springs is under investigation today. Sixty-five-year-old Maria Soto Caballero of Desert Hot Springs died in yesterday’s early-morning crash on southbound Palm Drive near Camino Campanero. Three people were injured and transported by ambulance to Desert Regional Medical Center. One vehicle caught fire as a result of the head-on

“They really don’t have anything for youth out here,” said Tyrone Huff, a club promoter and entrepreneur who grew up in Palm Desert and always felt there wasn’t a lot for young people in the valley to do at night. “It’s really hot, people get irritated fast and kids need a place to get their

The Kinetix Health and Performance Center is hosting their 13th annual sports and conditioning camp at La Quinta High School. Camp starts June 16th and runs through July 23rd, Mondays and Wednesdays 6:00 am to 7:20 am. Athletes are pre and post tested and grouped by age, gender and athleticism. The camp is for athletes

The Desert Chiefs Football team will host its first annual Desert Bowl on June 14th, 2014 from 10 am to 2 pm at Desert Hot Springs High School to help raise money for Desert Hot Springs Junior All American Football and Cheer. Admission to the Desert Bowl is free. Entry is $10 per participant and

The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has released updated results in the 28th State Senate District primary. Bonnie Garcia has taken a slight lead over Glenn Miller for 2nd place and a chance to move on to the November election and run against Republican Jeff Stone who’s out in front in the primary. There are

Firefighters contained a brush fire that has scorched 14 acres of brush in Mecca. The blaze was reported at 6:23 p.m. Thursday in the area of Avenue 64 and Lincoln Street, said Melody Hendrickson of the Riverside County Fire Department. The fire spread slowly through medium to heavy brush, she said. Sixty firefighters from 17