News

California has become the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender K-12 students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker room they want. Democratic Governor Jerry Brown announced Monday that he had signed AB1266. The law gives students the right “to participate in sex-segregated programs,

Two skateboarders aged 12 and 13 reported today that a man driving a van pulled alongside them and asked if they could help him find his dog, in what police were investigating as a possible abduction attempt. Police were called around 8:15 a.m. and went to a Rite Aid store at 47- 985 Monroe St.

A construction worker at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden died Monday after collapsing and hitting his head, according to authorities. At around 11 a.m. Monday, Indian Wells police responded to the Gardens in regards to an industrial accident. They soon learned 55-year-old Daniel Duncan of Moreno Valley reportedly “collapsed while working at the construction site

When a vacant home on Acoma Street in Desert Hot Springs burned the morning of July 30th, neighbors said trespassers had been finding their way inside the boarded up building for years. Fire fighters arrived on the scene to find the body of 28 year old Veronica Reyes inside the abandoned building, an apparent victim

Cal Fire confirms a 3-5 acre fire is burning heavy brush on the 69-400 block of Filmore St in Thermal. Water tenders are responding to the scene, and as of 4:20 p.m. no structures were threatened.The fire officially started at 3:50 p.m. We will update this page as more details become available. UPDATE (4:55 p.m.)

The celebrity stars that grace the streets of downtown Palm Springs are prime real estate, but about 50 of them are about to make a big move. “They will be replaced. That was always a part of the program,” Palm Springs city manager David Ready said. As the Desert Fashion Plaza gets built, a new

Together the Mountain and Silver fires burned nearly 50,000 acres of the San Jacinto mountains. Their destruction has taken a toll on animals big and small. Flames destroyed vegetation, displacing some wildlife from their habitat and killing others. “It’s always tough, you realize there are thousands of acres there,” said Jim DeForge, executive director of

Near the Salton Sea were mosquitoes, flies and a setup of traps and pesticides. It’s where the United States Department of Agriculture teamed up with the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District to research the best tactics to protect soldiers overseas from mosquito and fly-borne diseases. It’s part of the Deployed Warfighter Program, funded

US Forest service says new fire burning in the mountains above Palm Desert is just a flare-up from the Mountain Fire. Crews are checking it out, but say it is not threatening any structures. It is in the old burn area, USFS spokesperson says this is not the first flare up since the fire was

The Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs has announced it will hold a job fair August 23rd at the Palm Springs Convention Center in an effort to recruit employees for the new resort scheduled to open this fall. “The Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs will offer a unique resort experience,” said Vice President and General Manager

If Congress agrees on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, it will probably include a requirement to erect fencing that would wrap more of the nation’s nearly 2,000-mile Southwest border in tall steel columns. But the mandate would essentially double down on a strategy that U.S. Customs and Border Protection isn’t even sure works. And the

El sbadopoco antes delas 9:00 a.m. el conductor de un Sebring Chrysler 2000 que circulaba sobre los carriles con rumbo al norte de Indian Canyon Drive cerca de Pierson Blvd en Desert Hot Springs perdi el control e invadi los carriles contrarios impactndose de frente con una camioneta Toyota. Joshua Kelly de 23 aos residente

The California Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that school employees can administer insulin shots to diabetic students if a nurse is not available. The ruling – released on Monday – reverses a lower court decision that said state law allows only licensed professionals to administer the shots. The Supreme Court decision supports a 2007 agreement

The operator of the San Onofre nuclear power plant is defending its closure to customers who may wind up paying hundreds of millions of dollars in shutdown costs. A full-page ad in Monday’s Los Angeles Times argues that closure is in the customers’ best interests. Southern California Edison says it’s trying to recover costs from

A man died Saturday morning after losing control of his car and smashing into another vehicle while driving in Desert Hot Springs, according to police. Just before 9 a.m., 23-year-old Joshua Kelly of Desert Hot Springs was driving a 2000 Chrysler Sebring northbound on Indian Canyon Dr near Pierson Blvd when, for reasons still unknown,

A bobcat was released back into the wild Sunday after being hit by a car and treated by Riverside County Animal Services, according to authorities. Just after midnight Sunday, officers responded to a report from a man saying he hit a “tiger” with his car. Officers arrived at La Sierra Avenue in Riversideto find a

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is promising to reveal design plans Monday for a transportation system that’s twice as fast as an airplane, cheaper than a bullet train and completely self-powered. Musk has been dropping hints about his “Hyperloop” system for more than a year and says it would move people from Los Angeles to San

Immigration advocates are swarming the country this month, trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehensive overhaul. It was hard to tell at the town-hall meeting that second-term Republican Rep. Andy Harris held recently in this town northeast of Baltimore. The overflow crowd in the board of commissioners meeting room was overwhelmingly white and

Crews focused on hot spots as the Silver Fire nearedfull containment today, having charred 20,292 acres, destroyed 26 homes andinjured a dozen people since breaking out south of Banning on Wednesday. The fire was 95 percent contained Monday morning, with full containment expectedlater today or Tuesday, fire officials said. Earlier, 100 percent containmenthad been expected