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“I was just like, ‘Oh my God,’ this is really happening to our school and we’re all going to be notified now and it’s kind of scary,” said Diana Espinoza, a senior at Indio High School. 1,800 students and staff at Indio High School begin their winter break tomorrow by undergoing mandatory testing for tuberculosis.

Tras el brote de un caso de tuberculosis en la preparatoria de Indio, el viernes autoridades escolares del condado de Riverside, y del departamento de salubridad abordaron la preocupante situacin que tiene a ms de padre de familia molesto. Fueron 1,800 estudiantes de la preparatoria de Indio que recibieron el examen de la tuberculosis, luego

Un informe del crecimiento econmico de Estados Unidos, inesperadamente fuerte, empuj al alza las bolsas de valores de Estados Unidos el viernes, coronando la mejor semana de Wall Street en tres meses. El informe, que mostr que la economa norteamericana creci a un saludable ritmo anual de 4,1% entre julio y septiembre, fue el dato

A doctor who groped a then-18-year-old intern at a Palm Springs clinic was sentenced on Friday to three years probation and 120 days in jail and ordered to register as a convicted sex offender. Pulmonary and sleep specialist Daniel Glywn Walters, 67, was convicted in October of two counts of sexual battery and acquitted of

Foreign director Jnos Szsz is up for an Oscar for his Hungarian film, ‘The Notebook’. One of his other films, ‘Le Grand Cahier‘ (Hungary/Germany/Austria/France) will be shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. His Oscar-potential film has advanced with eight other foreign features in the hunt for the prestigious entertainment award. Officials

The City of Palm Desert is offering free Community Emergency Response Team training at the Palm Desert Civic Center for three days in January. City officials said the 20-hour course will be taught in the Council Chamber at City Hall, located at 73510 Fred Waring Drive. Training begins Monday, January 13, and ends on Wednesday,

A two-year investigation by the High Desert Gang Impact Team has lead to multiple arrests after suspects were caught distributing methamphetamine in the High Desert region. According to the United States Attorney General’s Office of Los Angeles, Jessica Enriquez, 29, and 46-year-old Virginia Gomez, both from Appleton, are still on the run. A total of

CHP is looking for the driver of a semi truck who caused a woman to roll her car on I-10 Thursday afternoon. According to Trooper Mike Radford with the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened west of Hayfield Road at 1:30 p.m. and caused westbound lanes of I-10 to close for about 35 minutes. Radford

Desert Hot Springs interim city manager Bob Adams is recommending a dramatic cut in employees salaries as the city tries to close a $4 million budget deficit. The measure was voted on at Thursday night’s meeting and passed unanimously. Most salaries are going to be slashed by 22.5% for $2 million in savings. The measure

With the holiday travel period starting in earnest today, more than 2.6 million travelers are expected to move through Los Angeles International Airport during this holiday season, up 8.2 percent from last year, according to airport officials. Officials at LAX — considered the sixth busiest airport in the world — anticipate the days with the

San Francisco’s top prosecutor is seeking to reclassify some crimes that could save money which could be used to fund crime prevention and mental health services. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that District Attorney George Gascon filed a proposed ballot measure Thursday that would reduce most nonviolent crimes such as petty theft and drug possession

A federal jury has found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs and immigrants through San Diego-area border crossings. But U-T San Diego reports that jurors on Thursday acquitted officer and ex-Marine Lorne Jones, nicknamed “The Hammer,” of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. The jury will

Tuberculosis tests have been expanded to the entire student body and staff at Indio High School after results of an initial screening were higher than expected, according to public health officials. CDC: Basic TB facts When to call a doctor On Monday, 131 students were tested for the illness after a student was diagnosed with

Since 2004, the Coachella Valley Christmas Store has been spreading holiday cheer to many families in need. “When they come to the store they are greeted by a personal shopper and they take them to get a family photo,” says Deanna Gibson, co-director of the store. The store operates under the umbrella of the Narrow

45 estudiantes de la preparatoria de Indio dieron positivo al estar expuestos a la tuberculosis, despus de que se detectara un caso activo de esta enfermedad pulmunar en un alumno, el pasado 20 de noviembre. Hoy se dio a conocer que 131 estudiantes de dicho plantel fueron examindados, 45 mostraron seales positivos del mal, de

A tour bus overturned on Interstate 15 in Corona on Thursday, injuring as many as 20 people. The accident was reported around 2:30 p.m. on the northbound 15, between Magnolia and Ontario avenues, according to the Corona Fire Department. Weather may have been a contributing factor in the wreck, which happened as a thunderstorm moved

Nine lucky students interested in the entertainment industry will get to walk the red carpet with some of the biggest names in Hollywood on January, 4, at the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. Eight middle school students and a senior from Palm Springs High School were selected this year as special

A jury has given the death penalty to Jason Michael Hann for murdering his daughter in Desert Hot Springs. Hann turned 39 years old the same day he learned he would be put to death. Jurors found Hann guilty on Tuesday of first degree murder with a special circumstance, and guilty of assault causing the

On Wednesday night, a family in need was blessed with the spirit of Christmas. Retailers at Westfield Palm Desert surprised the Davila family when they went to the mall for complimentary photos with Santa. Not only did their five children sit in for the photo shoot, but they were each given every item on their