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Catching a misty breeze is priceless in the desert heat. More than likely, you’ve caught a break thanks to the technology at MicroCool. Vice President Mark Stanley says that four years ago, the company was one transaction away from going dry. “We would be gone, yes, we would be disappeared,” Stanley says. “Had we let

Immigration reform is stalled in Congress but that’s not stopping immigrants from contacting lawyers, filling out paperwork and making other preparations in hopes of getting a head start should laws change. That’s got some advocates concerned that immigrants, who have been duped before by unscrupulous attorneys and others, could be snookered again. California lawmakers last

Felony charges were filed today against a 24-year-old manwho allegedly shot two people following an argument in La Quinta. La Quinta resident Robert Garcia Santos is scheduled to be arraignedthis afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on two counts of assaultwith a deadly weapon. The shooting was reported around 2:35 a.m. last Friday

More than five dozen organizations will recruit newemployees at a free job fair in Indio tomorrow, with military veteransespecially welcome, according to organizers. The 18th Valley-Wide Employment Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the Riverside County Fairgrounds’ Fullenwider Auditorium, 46350 Arabia St. Job seekers should: — arrive before 8:30 a.m. and

Palm Springs officials are collecting items for a local food bank through the end of September, which is Hunger Awareness Month in the Coachella Valley. People can bring canned food for the FIND Food Bank to the lobby of Palm Springs City Hall at 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way and to the Palm Springs Public

The Silver Fire burned 20 thousand acres near Banning, including 26 homes. The fire was fully contained more than a month ago, but a Santa Ana based law firm is now sending out mailings to residents as far east as La Quinta, saying they live in a contamination zone with unseen damage from the Silver

La polica contina investigando para determinar las causas que originaron un accidente automovilstico que mando a dos personas al hospital, una de ellas con heridas de gravedad. El domingo a las 6:17 a.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba el incidente sobre la carretera 74 y Wasson Canyon Road cerca de Lake Elsinore. El

“Bullying has changed. It’s not just one on one, it’s cyber bullying, and groups,” Sally Diane said. It happens a lot. We sat down with psychotherapist Sally Diane, who tells us the signs your kids are victims. “Kids who start isolating in their bedroom, seem to withdraw, don’t have a lot of friends themselves. Seem

James Case came to the desert with hopes of opening a restaurant, but nine months ago his bad habit steered him in a new direction. “I came back from Spain and started smoking again. I decided I needed to quit smoking and a friend of mine was vaping,” said Case. Mixing flavors of blueberry and

Barbara Dorta and Lynn Scott say they love getting dolled up, they just don’t have time for it. “Who doesn’t want to be pampered? It’s just you don’t have time to be pampered with children and stuff like that,” Dorta said. “I’m a full time mom so basically I’m cooking and cleaning and taking care

Varias personas que radican en una zona residencial, en la ciudad de Indio, fueron evacuadas luego de que se registrara la rotura de una lnea de gas. El incidente ocurri al rededor de las 1:40 de la tarde del lunes, sobre el bulevard Dr. Carreon, lugar dnde se lleva acabo una construccin. Ah, un trabajador

A gas line ruptured at an Indio construction site around 1:40 this afternoon on the 83-600 block of Dr. Carreon Blvd near Van Buren St, according to Cal Fire. Cal Fire is assisting the Gas Company, who have been called to the scene to stop the leak. Cal Fire says a construction crew struck the

Palm Springs’ annual gay and lesbian film festivalwill screen more than 50 films starting this week. The sixth annual Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian FilmFestival, put on by the nonprofit Palm Springs Cultural Center, will be heldThursday through Sunday at Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. The festival will open at 5:30 p.m.

A vehicle crashed and slid 30 feet down the side of Highway 74 near Lake Elsinore and left two people hurt Sunday, a spokesman said. Dispatchers received a call at 6:17 a.m. and sent firefighters to the highway and Wasson Canyon Road. One person suffered a major injury and was sent to a hospital, Riverside

A vehicle struck a child riding on a bicycleyesterday in an unincorporated area of Desert Hot Springs and left him with minorinjuries, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP officers received a dispatch at 4:09 p.m. and went to the corner ofCamino Campenero and Via Vista drives. They determined the child was notseriously hurt almost

Since the 1850s Gold Rush, some folks in the rugged hills and valleys along the Oregon-California border have felt they would be better off if they could break away and form their own state. That old secessionist feeling is rising again, triggered by a belief that those in the urban halls of power in both

The Eisenhower Medical Center’s seventh annual Arnold Palmer Prostate Center Symposium, focusing on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, continues Monday. September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and staff at Eisenhower’s Lucy Curci Cancer Center planned the free lectures to raise pSeptember is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and staff at Eisenhower’s

A woman used pepper spray on the estranged father of her 2-year-old son in Perris and kidnapped the child, but was later arrested in Hemet, a sheriff’s sergeant said. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 8:41 p.m. Saturday to an apartment building at 549 N. D St. about vehicle assault. Witnesses told deputies that Mishay Alls,

A drunken driver rear-ended his luxury sedan into another vehicle Sunday afternoon in front of a La Quinta country club, a Riverside County sheriff’s sergeant said. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 1:45 p.m. to Jefferson Street, south of Avenue 50, where they learned the collision occurred at the entrance of the Mountain View Country Club,