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The wet weather in the Coachella Valley is causing problems for one of the valley’s major crops. Ninety-five percent of the county’s dates are grown in the desert. Date farmers are facing losses after too much rain fell in some areas damaging the fruit. The date traditionally thrives in a dry, hot climate. “Well it

Tahquitz and Indian canyons near Palm Springs wereclosed until further notice because of thunderstorm-triggered debris flows. The canyons, owned and maintained by the Agua Caliente Band of CahuillaIndians, were damaged by downpours over the past few days. Trees, boulders andmud covered trails and roads, Agua Caliente spokeswoman Kate Anderson said. “The Indian Canyons are nearly

A two car crash on Highway 111 near Interstate 10 left two people trapped and in serious condition this afternoon. Three people have been transported to the hospital, but all areexpectedto survive. The accident happened around 2 p.m. on Highway 111 near the intersection of Snow Creek Rd in Palm Springs. One southbound lane was

Hoy a las 9:00 a.m. se origin un incendio en un dplex ubicado en el rea de Monte Vista Road cerca de la Avenida 33 en Cathedral City. El fuego inici en una de las unidades y fue contenido ah mismo causando severos daos a la mitad del mismo y result inhabitable. Los bomberos contuvieron

Fire burned a duplex in Cathedral City this morning on Monte Vista Road near 33rd, according to our crew on the scene. The fire started around 9 a.m. and was put out about a half hour later. The fire started inside one of the homes of the duplex but was contained to that area. That

A majority of California Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Wednesday to grant a law license to a Mexican-born man who graduated law school but has been living illegally in the United States for 20 years. The court has 90-days to rule in a case that has garnered national attention, putting the Obama administration against state

The final former Vanderbilt player has been released from jail after posting bond on five charges of aggravated rape. Brandon Vandenburg, 20, of Indio, Calif., was released Wednesday night after posting $350,000 bail. Vandenburg had been held since turning himself in Aug. 10, and he also is charged with one count of tampering with evidence

A Knott’s Berry Farm ride that twice stranded passengers is being moved to Missouri. The Orange County Register says the Southern California theme park didn’t make a safety change needed to reopen the Windseeker – its tallest ride. Knott’s parent company announced last week that it’s moving the 301-foot ride to its Worlds of Fun

Federal officials say illegally dumped domestic sheep may have spread pneumonia that’s killed more than 100 bighorn sheep in Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says four domestic sheep carcasses and some sheep pellets were found last month about 20 miles away from the center of the bighorn outbreak. Linda Slater, a spokeswoman

For the second day in a row, flash flood warnings popped up over the mountains southwest of Palm Springs. And, there again, was a wall of mud and debris that raced downhill through valley washes. The heavy rain continued to force ash and large debris leftover from this summers Mountain Fire down hill, demonstrating just

More hot muggy weather is in store for Riverside County today as high pressure remains parked over Southern California, meteorologists said. “High temperatures in the inland valleys will peak around or slightlyabove 100 degrees (through Saturday),” according to the National Weather Service. In the mountains and Coachella Valley, a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms

Federal officials say illegally dumped domestic sheep may have spread pneumonia that’s killed more than 100 bighorn sheep in Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says four domestic sheep carcasses and some sheep pellets were found last month about 20 miles away from the center of the bighorn outbreak. Linda Slater, a spokeswoman

The Coachella Valley continues to see runoff from heavy rain showers in the mountains. Idyllwild and surrounding mountain communities have gotten hit by a series of heavy down pours this week, pushing debris from the Mountain and Silver fires into roadways and even all the way down to the valley. The storms come quick and

Like hundreds of other people in the valley, Gold’s Gym member Kari Thomas felt the weight of a costly computer glitch that happened in July. “Over $4000 was put on hold from my bank account,” Kari Thomas said. For her, it was much needed money. “I’m a cancer patient, that next morning I was going

We found someone who, like many women, didn’t think twice about sending her boyfriend a naked picture of herself. “He asked for it and I sent it, stupidly,” she said wanting to stay anonymous. They’re not together anymore. “I trusted him and he didn’t post it or send it out or anything. It’s happening though,

For much of Wednesday afternoon, the sky’s color mirrored the ground. The dust of the desert lifted up to make what is always blue turn brown. “Today it looked pretty scary,” Mario Rios said. “Earlier, you couldn’t even see the mountains and stuff.” It looked ominous almost everywhere you turned. From heavy winds blowing the

The Coachella Valley was under both a dust advisoryand flash flood watch today as a storm brought strong winds and thepossibility of heavy rain into the valley. The flood watch issued by the National Weather Service will be in effectuntil 10 p.m. Some Coachella Valley roads were closed Tuesday because offlooding, and Araby Drive remained

Firefighters are battling a small wildland fire south of Hemet. Update 2:00 p.m. – Firefighters contained the fire to 9 acres. No reports of injuries. The fire was reported at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday and is burning in grass and medium brush. A county fire statement says 68 firefighters have been assigned along with two air

An attempted murder charge was filed today against aThousand Palms man who allegedly choked and tried to shoot his girlfriend afteran argument. Daryl Inigo Freeman, 27, was also charged with one felony count each ofassault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, spousal injury andvandalism. He was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon at the

Education officials are proposing to do away with the standardized reading and math tests California public school students have taken since the late 1990s. California Deputy Superintendent Deb Sigman told the California Board of Education on Wednesday that instead of giving the multiple-choice, pencil-and-paper STAR tests this spring, the state would instead introduce new tests