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More than $3.5 million the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spent on training and new equipment should have gone into California’s cash-strapped general fund, according to a new audit. The Los Angeles Times reports that the money, obtained over the years from legal settlements, was parked in a fund controlled by the nonprofit

Beginning today, as part of a nationwide effort toprevent traffic fatalities over Labor Day weekend, the California HighwayPatrol will be intensifying enforcement activity on Interstate 10, joiningmultiple law enforcement agencies in other states that will be doing the samething along the roughly 2,450-mile route. The “I-10 Challenge” will continue to 11:59 p.m. Monday, with theobjective

We will be hosting a blood drive from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 station (31276 Dunham Way, Thousand Palms). If you donate, we will give you a $5 gift certificate to In-N-Out. Healthy people at least 15 years old can give blood, but those 15 and

Former Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Lamar Odom has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence. The California Highway Patrol reports that Odom was stopped about 4 a.m. Friday after a CHP officer saw his white Mercedes-Benz traveling erratically on a San Fernando Valley freeway. The CHP says Odom, 33, was arrested after failing

Authorities today identified an 18-year-oldmaintenance worker killed when he and a colleague were struck by a vehicle onCathedral Canyon Drive in Cathedral City. He was Arthur Plata of Cathedral City, according to the Riverside Countycoroner’s office. Plata and the other worker were near a trailer attached to a truck thatwas parked at a curb on

Disgraced San Diego Mayor Bob Filner leaves office Friday, less than nine months into his term. Filner, whose resignation takes effect at 5 p.m., is the third mayor of San Diego in recent times to resign amid scandal, following Roger Hedgecock and Dick Murphy. The 70-year-old former congressman, who initially insisted he wouldn’t go, agreed

A federal appeals court has upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Thursday that the state’s ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors doesn’t violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors

Mounds of dirt and mud were shoved aside by a snow plow Thursday evening to help clear and clean up Highway 62 after rain splattered a wet mess outside the doors of the Country Inn in Twentynine Palms. “It looks bad. The dirt and everything just washed up on the streets. They’re trying their best

With the new school year set to begin Tuesday, Indio High School is trying to beat the clock to repair flood damage caused by Sunday’s storm. The sand bags around the administration building tell the story. Six inches of water backed up into the school’s courtyard flooded offices in the administration building and 27 classrooms.

More than a month after the Mountain Fire burned more than 27,000 acres and threatened mountain communities around Idyllwild, business owners are still feeling the pain. Tourists have been slow to return. Now, the area is dealing with the threat of flooding with is also keeping people away. The federal government is now offering assistance

La administracin del presidente Barack Obama public las normas finales para que el “IRS” pueda multar a quienes no tengan seguro mdico esto a partir del 1 de enero del ao 2014. El mandto individual ha sido uno de los elementos principales de la ley que ha sido desafiada en diferentes cortes estatales, hasta llegar

One maintenance worker died and another wasinjured when they were struck by a vehicle on Cathedral Canyon Drive thisafternoon, a Cathedral City police spokesman said. The two workers were near a trailer attached to a truck that was stoppedat a curb on northbound Cathedral Canyon. Another vehicle struck the trailer,pinning and crushing one of the

The left two lanes on the westbound I-10 were shut down today after a big rig swerved into the centerdividerand then jackknifed, blocking the road. The accident happened around 2 p.m. just west of the Indian Canyon exit. According to CHP, the driver of the big rig swerved initially to avoid hitting a slower moving

The city of Palm Springs will collect items for alocal food bank throughout September, which is Hunger Awareness Month in theCoachella Valley. Starting today, people can bring canned food for FIND Food Bank to thelobby of Palm Springs City Hall, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, and the PalmSprings Public Library, 300 S. Sunrise Way, city

Riverside County high school sophomores topped theirclassmates from the previous year on the math portion of the California HighSchool Exit Exam, but slipped slightly on the English section, according totest results released today. According to 2012-13 CAHSEE results released by the CaliforniaDepartment of Education, 84 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion ofthe test,

Two Thermal men were arrested late Wednesday night after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery a loaded gun, high capacity magazine, and a substance suspected of being black tar heroin. The incident happened just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, when two CHP officer pulled over a Cevrolet Silverado on Lingayan Ave just east of

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that the state’s ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors doesn’t violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will reopenSaturday after being closed three weeks for annual maintenance work. The first tram car will go up at 8 a.m., with additional cars leavingevery 30 minutes on the hour and half-hour. The tram closed for maintenance Aug. 10. Tram General Manager RobParkins said the maintenance work was done in

Las imgenes de las cmaras de video de la Botica Health Mart and Pharmacy de Coachella, captaron que a las 5:20 a.m. del martes un sujeto entr al negocio y se robo unas 90 recetas que ya estaban listas para entregarse a sus clientes. Cuando el dueo del establecimiento Chandra Patellleg encontr la ventana rota,