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The Coachella Valley’s first two human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) have been confirmed by the Riverside County Department of Public Health. The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District received confirmation September 24 that a 23 -year-old woman in the Thermal area and an 81-year-old Palm Springs man contracted the virus. Both residents

It may not be the list USC officials want to be on,but the university was ranked fourth today on Playboy magazine’s list of thenation’s Top 10 Party Schools. USC was the only California university to make the list, which rankedWest Virginia University as the top party school in the nation. According to the magazine, the

A man stole a car during a test drive this morning in Rancho Mirage, leading to a high speed pursuit that ended in Burmuda Dunes, according to the Riverside CountySheriff’sOffice. The suspect took the car, a 2011 Chevy Malibu, near the area of Palm Springs Motors. How he managed to carjack the vehicle during the

Skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA have won the America’s Cup with one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. Spithill steered Oracle’s space-age, 72-foot catamaran to its eighth straight victory, speeding past Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in the winner-take-all Race 19 on San Francisco Bay to keep the oldest trophy

A fire damaged a garage at a Desert HotSprings home today, but no injuries were reported, a county fire departmentspokesman said. The fire was reported at 8:30 a.m. in the 66300 block of EstrellaAvenue. Firefighters contained the blaze to the garage, which sustained“minimal” damage, Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Mark Annas said. The cause was

Gov. Jerry Brown has put his signature on a bill that will hike California’s minimum wage to $10 an hour within three years. The legislation signed Wednesday will raise the current minimum of $8 an hour to $9 on July 1, 2014, and then to $10 on Jan. 1, 2016. It’s the first increase in

A free event today will showcase Thousand Palms businesses. Businesses and county agencies will set up informational booths at the Thousand Palms Community Center, 31-198 Robert Road. The event, which begins at 4 p.m., is organized by the Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone, Thousand Palms Chamber of Commerce, Desert Recreation District and Riverside County. Prizes and

A Cathedral City man is facing charges this morning accused of resisting arrest and fighting with a police officer. Police arrested 27-year-old German Alverdin Tuesday morning in La Quinta. It started as a routine traffic stop when an officer pulled him over near Jefferson and Independence Way. Police say Alverdin was driving without a license.

More than $1.14 million in property tax overpayments that went unclaimed by hundreds of individuals and businesses in Riverside County was deposited into the county’s general fund today by the Board of Supervisors, several of whom expressed regret that the money couldn’t be returned to taxpayers. “I can’t help but wonder what we’re not doing

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped Wednesday for the seventh consecutive day, falling 1.3 cents to $3.96. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 5.3 cents less than one week ago and 15.7 cents lower than one year ago but 13.1 cents more

An attorney for AEG Live will give his closing argument today in the trial of Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit alleging the concert promoter negligently hired Dr. Conrad Murray as Michael Jackson’s personal physician and failed to properly supervise him. On Tuesday, Jackson family attorney Brian Panish told the Los Angeles Superior Court jury that AEG Live

A lawsuit filed by the city of Ontario seeking to wrest control of Ontario International Airport from Los Angeles will face its first legal hurdle today when a Riverside County judge considers motions by the defendant to summarily dismiss the case. Los Angeles World Airports, a municipal agency that also runs Los Angeles International and

Renowned addiction treatment providers Hazelden and Betty Ford Center announced today their respective boards have voted to merge. In a joint statement, the Chair of the Hazelden Foundation Board of Trustees and the Chair of Betty Ford Center’s Board of Directors, said, “The integration of these two industry leaders will expand our geographic reach to

It would take a pretty outrageous costume to shock Lynn Abdelnour, owner of Halloween Gear. We found one. “I just don’t think toddler costumes should be labeled that. That would bother me as a parent,” Abdelnour said. There’s a costume sold at Walmart for little girls, called a Naughty Leopard. We showed moms the picture

Open enrollment for health insurance begins on October 1st under the Affordable Care act, commonly known as Obamacare. In California, the program is being administered by Covered California. The organization has set up a website athttp://www.coveredca.com/where people can get quotes on what it will cost to insure themselves and their dependents. Those with additional questions

La atencin mdica rene una vez ms al presidente Barack Obama y al ex presidente Bill Clinton. Ambos planean presentarse juntos el martes a discutir la ley de salud de Obama en una sesin patrocinada por la Iniciativa Global Clinton, la fundacin del ex mandatario. La aparicin conjunta ocurre exactamente una semana antes de que

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Move over, Mexico City, a think tank study says the country’s most damaging air pollution is in the border city of Mexicali. The nation’s capital has long had a reputation for smog, but in small particle pollution it registered in about the middle of large Mexican cities studied. But Mexicali, across from Calexico, California, has

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