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The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be commemorated today in the Coachella Valley in various ways, including a concert and a prayer service at a Palm Springs church that lost a parishioner who was aboard one of the jets that crashed into the World Trade Center towers. The annual September Concert at the McCallum Theatre

A La Quinta woman arrested in Palm Desert onsuspicion of drunken driving after crashing into a stopped car, knocking itinto a third, was free on a $2,500 bond today. Rachel Ann Roisum, 27, was driving south on Washington Street when herLexus hit a stopped Honda that struck a stopped Chevrolet near Calle Las Brisasabout 5:20

A former Transportation Security Administrationscreener suspected of making threats to terminals at Los Angeles InternationalAirport was in custody today following his arrest in Riverside, authoritiessaid. Nna Alpha Onuoha, 29, of Inglewood was arrested just before midnightTuesday by members of the Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force withassistance from the Riverside Police Department, said Los Angeles-based

Fire officials say crews battling a wildfire at a San Francisco Bay Area wilderness park became burglary targets. A Contra Costa County fire station in Walnut Creek was broken into this week while crews were out fighting the fire at Mount Diablo State Park. Fire officials say the burglar broke into lockers, desks and gym

California’s clean air agency says so far this year it has settled 26 cases involving violations by firms making or selling products that exceeded standards for gases known as volatile organic compounds. The Sacramento Bee reports Wednesday that since January the California Air Resources Board has collected fines totaling $377,950. The fine proceeds go to

A La Quinta woman is facing DUI charges this morning after police say she caused a three-car wreck in Palm Desert. Police responded to the collision in the area of Washington Street and Calle Las Brisas at 5:20 p.m. On Tuesday. Authorities say a 2002 silver Lexus was traveling southbound on Washington Street when it

A man whose body was found in Desert Hot Springs earlier this week was identified as a 49-year-old transient. Jeffrey Schnorr was discovered around 9:15 a.m. Monday by a man who was walking his dog in the desert area east of Ironwood and Verbena drives. Residents in the area say they heard gunshots just before

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire recorded its largest daily increase since June 22 Wednesday, rising 2.1 cents to $3.914. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has risen 11 times in 13 days, increasing 9.9 cents, according to figures from the AAA and Oil

“Demand peace, not war!” The cries rang out on well-traveled intersections across the Coachella Valley Tuesday morning. A caravan of a dozen people from a coalition of organizations – including Occupy Coachella Valley, and Veterans for Peace – made stops in Indio, Palm Desert and Palm Springs. At each stop they were greeted by honks

In his address, President Obama continued to stand behind intelligence reports he says prove the Assad regime is responsible for a chemical weapons attack in Damascus. However many of the Syrian people deny the government would commit such an attack on it’s own people. Being from Syria and visiting regularly, the Salamas and their extended

Can’t wait for the end of your contract to upgrade your phone? Many companies offer trade-in programs and now, so will the world’s biggest retailer. Walmart announced Tuesday it will launch its new Smartphone trade-in program Sept. 21, joining Target, Best Buy and GameStop who already do it. It’s no coincidence Walmart announced the news

Riverside County started the 2013-14 fiscal year in better shape than originally expected, with a few million more dollars in the bank, but there’s a string of challenges ahead, including red ink on the hospital’s and sheriff’s ledgers, a county official told the Board of Supervisors today. “The budget is balanced and the economy is

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be commemorated tomorrow in the Coachella Valley in various ways, including a concert and a prayer service at a Palm Springs church that lost a parishioner who was aboard one of the jets that crashed into the World Trade Center towers. The annual September Concert at the McCallum Theatre

Gov. Jerry Brown will consider a bill that would make it illegal for employers to report workers to immigration authorities as retaliation for complaining about their working conditions. SB666 by Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento would let the state suspend or revoke an employer’s business license if they attempt to have

To lure more entertainment business to RiversideCounty, the Board of Supervisors today took a major step toward abolishingvirtually all the fees film and television producers would otherwise have topay to shoot in unincorporated areas of the county. “Under these provisions, we will be well-positioned to bring filmbusiness here,” county Foreign Trade Commissioner Tom Freeman told

California lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown several bills that would tighten the rules for gun ownership, including new storage and education requirements and adding limits for people with mental health issues. AB500, which passed the Assembly, would require gun owners to safely store weapons when they live with someone who cannot own a weapon

The board that oversees California’s High Speed Rail Authority has approved a raise for its chief executive, who makes $365,000 a year. Board members unanimously approved a 3 percent raise for CEO Jeff Morales at their meeting Tuesday in Sacramento. That amounts to about $11,000 a year. The 3 percent raise was recommended by CalHR,

Virgin Airlines will be returning to Palm Springs International Airport this fall. Virgin plans to resume their nonstop flights from Palm Springs to New York. The airline is the only one to offer direct flights from the desert to the nation’s largest city, accord to a press release from Virgin. “The City of Palm Springs

Federal regulators have ordered a Southern California mobile home park to get rid of arsenic polluting the drinking water supply for 300 residents. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it gave the order last week to D&D Mobile Home Park in Riverside County. The agency says some water samples from the park were found to