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A teenage boy was struck and killed by a Metrolink train at a rail crossing in Riverside today. The accident was reported at 5:58 p.m. at the Madison Street crossing, near Indiana Avenue. The victim was hit by a train heading from Orange County to San Bernardino, Metrolink’s Jeff Lustgarten said Riverside Fire department paramedics

The Press-Enterprise will be sold to the parent company of the Orange County Register for $27.25 million, it was announced today.“We are pleased to have found a partner in Freedom Communications to purchase The Press-Enterprise assets and who we know will continue to support journalism as we have in the critical Inland Southern California region,”

Keeping the Whitewater River storm channel free of debris to limit flooding is a never-ending battle. The majority of the channel that runs through the Coachella Valley is maintained by the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). The agency is responsible for a 50-mile stretch of the storm channel, east of Cathedral City to the Salton

While the nation gets ready for a system of mandatory health care, many still view dental care as an option, a costly one. “It is not optional, our oral health is key to our overall health,” said Dr. Rene’ Dell’Acqua, a general and cosmetic dentist in Palm Desert. 127 million Americans (40 percent of the

The federal government shutdown is affecting lots of different groups of Americans. One of the lesser publicized groups is craft brewers. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TBB, is part of the Treasury department. The agency handles approvals for new breweries, bottling, labeling and new recipes. For the Coachella Valley Brewing Company,

DIRECTV retir de su programacin a todas las estaciones propietarias de Gulf California Broadcasting incluyendo KESQ, CBS LOCAL 2, KDFX, KCWQ y KUNA, Palm Springs, California a las 10am (hora estnder del pacfico ) el mircoles. El gerente general de Gulf California Broadcasting, Mike Stutz expres su decepcin diciendo “DIRECTV privar a sus suscriptores de

La celebracin de los premios Billboard a la Msica Mexicana, se llev a cabo en el reconocido Dolby Theatre en Hollywood, Las estrellas ms grandes de la msica mexicana se reunieron en los Premios Billboard de la Msica Mexicana 2013, con presentaciones y un festivo ambiente para el tributo a la msica Mexicana. El evento

Los hospitales JFK de Indio y el Desert Desert Regional Medical Center de Palm Springs estn trabajando activamente para ayudar a la gente a obtener cobertura mdica y as ayudar tambin a su lnea de fondo. Richard Ramhoff, portavoz de ambos hospitales dice que los hospitales de todo el pas han sufrido recortes por $320

While the standoff over whether to fund the Affordable Care Act continues to shut down parts of the federal government, hospitals are busy preparing for changes to the health care system. Two Coachella Valley hospitals are actively working to help people get coverage – in large part because it will help their bottom line. Richard

Erick Church, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are set to headline next year’s Stagecoach music festival. The three-day event will take place starting Friday, April 25, through Sunday. Tickets for the country music festival go on salesale Friday, Oct. 18th, at 10:00 a.m. Additional performances include: Hunter Hayes, Florida Georgia Line, Brantley Gilbert, Jennifer Nettles,

Drug store chain Rite Aid Corp. has been ordered to pay more than $12 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed in California claiming about 600 of its stores illegally dumped pesticides, bleach and other toxics. The environmental protection lawsuit was filed last month by the district attorneys of Los Angeles, San Joaquin and Riverside

The four-day Interfusion Music Summit will start today in Cathedral City. The event, which runs through Sunday at the Red Lion Inn & Suites and the city’s Town Square on Avenida Lalo Guerrero, includes performances, seminars, workshops and networking opportunities. The event is geared toward recording artists, DJs, music producers, record labels, distributors, promoters and

Fans will not be able to park or conduct tailgate parties on the USC campus for tonight’s USC-Arizona football game because classes will still be in session and operate on their normal schedule. The restriction includes campus buildings, parks, the Row and plazas, the university announced. Tailgating at the Coliseum and Exposition Park will be

Gov. Jerry Brown is scheduled to be in San Diego this morning to sign legislation that could lead to better housing opportunities for the state’s military veterans. Brown will sign the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 at Veterans Village of San Diego, a shelter for former members of the armed forces

An early winter storm covered the San Jacinto mountains with snow and brought rain drizzles to the valley floor. The chilly weather and snow came as a complete shock for many visitors the the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, some who dressed for the norm this time of year. “It was pretty cold, like 28 degrees,”

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department launched a search for small airplane in rugged terrain Wednesday night after the aircraft failed to land in San Diego as expected. Deputies said that at around 6:15 p.m. officials from Gillespie Tower reported that the airplane, described as a single-engine Piper Mooney traveling from Palm Springs, Calif., to

Forty thousand people from all over the world come to Palm Springs for Modernism Week in February. “When you came here you could buy a $5000 couch or a beautiful table, but there wasn’t a nice mug or t-shirt you could go home with,” Jeffrey Bernstein, president of Chelsea Lane Bodywear and Destination PSP, said.

Michelle Cherland and her husband, Rod, are accustomed to doing double duty. “I’m a captain in the United States Army Reserve,” Michelle said. “I am a correctional officer and when my wife is gone away on deployments I do a dual parent role,” Rod said. They have seven kids together, and she has even more

El Bur de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside vot unanimemente la propuesta de que todo perro Pit bull mayor de cuatro meses que viva en reas no incorporadas del condadodebe de ser esterilizado. La medida surge a raz de los recientes y variados ataques que llevaron a sus victimas a la muerte, como un pequeo