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State officials will spray backyard citrus plantings in Riverside County to kill a tiny pest that is potentially fatal to trees. The Press-Enterprise newspaper says the Department of Food and Agriculture will start spraying Tuesday in two areas of East Hemet and Valle Vista. About 3,500 residential properties will be treated as a preventative measure.

It’s a pressing matter for the tiny U.S olive oil industry. Americans are pouring European oil more often because it’s cheaper and viewed as more authentic than the domestic competition. And that’s pitting U.S. producers against importers of the European oil. Some liken the battle to the California wine industry’s struggles to gain acceptance decades

Not far from the Coachella Valley, an online charter school uses a unique method to teach its students leadership skills. Juan Bautista de Anza Online Charter school offers grades three through twelve and serves Riverside, San Diego, Imperial and Orange counties. The school also offers a special Horse Wisdom class, which helps students build leadership

“It’s costing billions of dollars in drug and alcohol rehab, and DUIs, and road rage, and accidents; you know, all these things,” says Psychotherapist Carol Teitelbaum. The “it”? Child sexual abuse. The Centers for Disease Control say one in six men and one in four women in America are sexually abused before turning 18. Chances

A man is dead after getting hit by two cars in Palm Springs Sunday night. One driver stopped, the other kept going. It’s the latest hit-and-run crash to take a life in our valley. Now, one victim’s mother wants to make a change and is calling on other families to do the same. Cody Tarrant

Palm Springs High School students and dozens of people of all ages stood proudly at the corner of Ramon Road and Kirk Douglas Way, waiting for President Barack Obama. “We just thought it would be such a great occasion being Presidents Day to see the presidential motorcade,” said PSHS 12th grader John Lanca, who invited

President Obama headed back to Washington, D.C.night after a long weekend in the Coachella Valley. No matter your political ideology it’s pretty neat to see the current president take off in Air Force One especially on Presidents’ Day. It wrapped up a four day trip to the desert that was a mix of business and

Nuevamente el valle de Coachella acaparo tilures con la visita del presidente de los Estados Unidos, Barack Obama y el rey de Jordania Abdullah II.Los mandatarios llegaron el viernes a la finca Sunnylands estates en Rancho Mirage, Ca. en donde aboradaron diversos temas de importancia para ambas naciones. Tras 4 dias de trabajo y descanso

Jessica Rodriguez grew up coming to the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival’s Annual Presidents’ Day Parade. “My dad used to bring me when I was small, now I come with my kids,” Rodriguez said. She now sits with her young daughter Rosa every year, watching local organizations, high school bands and cheerleaders, city

The Elvis Presley estate known as “Graceland West” was just introduced to the market. If you want to see the estate in person, an Open House is planned on Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s located at 845 West Chino Canyon Road, Palm Springs, 92262. And if you have enough money, Elvis’ former

President Obama has left the Desert. He arrived at Palm Springs International Airport in his motorcade at 1:50 p.m. and Air Force One took off around 2 p.m. There were some onlookers along the motorcade’s route taking pictures and waving as the President left Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage at 1:35 p.m. President Obama is on

Traffic is backing up on Interstate 10 after four cars were involved in a crash. The accident was reported just before 2 p.m. According to CHP, the four-car pileup happened in the westbound lanes of I-10, just east of Washington Street. Cal Fire had to use the jaws of life to get two of the

Ayer poco antes de las 10:00 a.m. una mujer conduca una camioneta que remolcaba un trailer en los carriles con rumbo al este de la I-10, a la altura de Date Palm Drive en Cathedral City perdi el control y se volc. Laura Abbott de 52 aos residente de Mira Loma falleci en la escena,

President Barack Obama is wrapping up a three-day weekend in Southern California with a game of golf. Obama was scheduled to return to Washington late Monday. The White House says Obama was playing on the nine-hole course at the sprawling Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage. Childhood friends Bobby Titcomb, Greg Orme and Michael Ramos rounded

Admission will be free at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda today for Washington’s Birthday, while the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley will mark the holiday with a free set of family-oriented activities. The Nixon Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the first 300

Road closures in Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs were in place all weekend due to President Obama’s visit. But there’s good news for commuters; all road are expected to reopen open by 5 p.m. Monday. According to officials with the White House, the President is playing one more round of golf at Sunnylands before heading

The woman who was killed in a car crash on eastbound I-10 while heading to the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival over the weekend has been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. Laura Abbott, 52, died after she lost control of her pickup truck that was pulling a trailer around 10 a.m.

Today is Veterans’ Appreciation Day at the Riverside County Fair and Date Festival. The annual Presidents’ Day parade starts at 9 a.m. Local, state and federal government offices will be closed today in observance of Presidents’ Day. The closures include administrative offices, libraries, pools and recreation centers and schools. There will be no trash collection

A man was injured after he was bucked from a horse Sunday night near the Indio/Coachella area. According to John Welsh with the Riverside County Department of Animal Services, the incident happened around 5:30 p.m. along Jackson Street, near Avenue 48. The city boundaries of Indio and Coachella run parallel along Jackson Street. The man

According to the Palm Springs Police Department, a man has died at a local hospital after getting hit by two cars in Palm Springs. It happened on N. Gene Autry Trail, north of Via Escuela. PSPD says the man was hit in the road by two cars around 9:20 p.m. One vehicle stopped, while the