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Two local veterans and two U.S. Marines from the Twentynine Palms Marine Base were honored at the Fourth Annual Veterans Expo today at the Riverside County Fairgrounds. The expo also provided vets with essential information on finding jobs, housing and health care. But the government shutdown left a noticeable mark on the event. Sergeant Brett

Timothy Bradley “La Tormenta del Desierto” y Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Mrquez estan a punto de hacer historia en el Thomas & Mack Center. Bradley quiere provar al mundo que es un verdadero campen, mientras que Mrquez quiere hacer historia al obtener un quinto cinturn. El factor en esta pelea, podra ser la juventud de Bradley

Five men were nabbed during an undercover sting in Banning targeting unlicensed contractors attempting to bid on home repairs connected to summer wildfires in the San Gorgonio Pass, authorities said today. The Contractors State License Board conducted the operation on Thursday and arrested John Gutierrez Flores of Moreno Valley, Angel Arcega Granados of Riverside, Kenneth

Fall is officially in full swing and this weekend some special events are helping kick off the season. And all of them give a little something back to the community. Palm Springs Modernism Week celebrates the fall season this weekend with a three-day preview of their popular February event. “This is an opportunity for the

Van Halen is suing its drummer’s ex-wife in Los Angeles, alleging that she is illegally infringing on the group’s trademark to sell her fashion line, according to court papers obtained today. Kelly Van Halen’s “unauthorized” use of the Van Halen name to market clothing, blankets and fashion accessories leads to “confusion” among consumers and violates

Alejandra Duran and Lisette Reyes sit and wait for the SunLine bus in Indio. You can bet your bottom dollar they’ll be there tomorrow, too, and, the next day and the next. Their mothers can only drive them from Coachella to Indio because gas costs too much. “It depends how much people there is, sometimes

A judge today ordered a preliminary hearing to begin Wednesday for a former Indian Wells elementary school teacher accused of molesting eight children. The preliminary hearing will determine if there is enough evidence for Robert Keith Bryan to proceed to trial on 12 felony counts of committing a lewd act with a child under 14

UPDATE: Governor Brown signs AB 1213 the Bobcat Protection Act of 2013 into law . The following story was produced before the bill was signed into law… Hiking around his home near Joshua Tree National Park last January, Tom O’Key found something out of place. “It was sort of a cage and I recognized it

UPDATE: Linda Murillo called with an update… She said because of our story, she received an incredible response and someone actually made an anonymous donation to Wiefel’s Palm Springs Mortuary paying for the entire cost of Mercier’s cremation. Murillo would like to personally thank the community for their support today. She plans to use the

Three honorees at Saturday Night’s Equality California Palm Springs Equality Awards will not make the event due to the federal government shutdown. Jesse Melgar of Equality California confirmed to News Channel 3 Friday afternoon that honoree U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, along with Congressman Ruiz and Congressman Mark Takano, of Riverside,

A new poll by Public Policy Polling shows that American voters do not think very highly of the job that Congress is doing. Compared to several universally disliked things, Congress did even worse. The full results can be found here. When asked if voters approve or disapprove of the job Congress is doing the results

El Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA por sus siglas en ingls) dijo que las tres plantas procesadoras de pollo Foster Farms que se ubican en California y que fueron ligadas con la Salmonella pueden permanecer abiertas por ahora. La USDA dijo en un informe que las plantas realizaron cambios inmediatos en el proceso

The Agriculture Department says three California poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak in raw chicken can stay open, for now. In a statement Thursday, the USDA said Foster Farms, which owns the facilities, has made, quote, “immediate substantive changes to their slaughter and processing to allow for continued operations.” The department threatened earlier

A woman testified tearfully Thursday that a doctor groped her two consecutive days during a stint as medical assistant at the Palm Springs clinic where he worked. Dr. Daniel Glywn Walters, a 67-year-old pulmonologist, is charged with five misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. He was arrested March 7 and is free on $3,500 bail. In

Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will ensure workers in industries such as agriculture and landscaping get rest breaks during hot weather. Under the legislation from Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles, workers exposed to extreme heat must be granted cool-down periods during the work day. Padilla’s office says SB435 is intended to

The proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center cleared its final regulatory hurdle Thursday when it was approved by the California Coastal Commission. The decision came during the second of three days of commission meetings in Mission Valley. Commission staff had recommended that the project be denied. Commissioner Greg Cox, who also is a

Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs will host the 47th annual World’s Championship Chili Cook-off this weekend. The three-day event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday and will feature 400 competitors, 50 vendors and food trucks along with live music on two stages. The event is sanctioned by the International Chili

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped to its lowest amount since Jan. 30 Friday, falling eight-tenths of a cent to $3.803. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has decreased for 23 consecutive days and is 6.2 cents less than one week ago, 11.1