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Los cirujanos podran tener un nuevo instrumento para detectar cncer. Un bistur experimental puede ayudar a los cirujanos a asegurarse que han retirado todo el tejido canceroso, reportaron mdicos el mircoles. Los cirujanos normalmente utilizan bisturs que calientan el tejido mientras cortan, produciendo un humo muy oloroso. El nuevo escalpelo analiza el humo y puede

La pobre calidad de aire en el valle de Coachella con motivo al incendio “Mountain” es de gran preocupacin hoy por lo quesigue vigente una alerta de humo nocivo a lo largo del valle de Coachella , sectores de Hemet , San Jacinto Valley y el Paso de san Gorgonio. La administracin de calidad de

An employee at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, and the hospital is working with county health officials to notify those who might have been exposed to the illness. The individual is being treated and is expected to make a full recovery. “The employee participated in mandatory annual tuberculosis

Police released the mugshot of model Renee Alway today, who was arrested on June 28th in Palm Springs after police found her with a gun. The arrest came after what turned into a standoff on the 600 block of Violeta Drive. It began with police responding to reports of a suspicious woman in the area.

A 21-year-old Murrieta man was charged today withmurdering his grandmother, who went missing last week, and another young manwas charged with being an accessory. Kyle Roger McLean, along with Neil Michael Erickson, 18, of Wildomar,were arrested Monday in connection with the disappearance of 71-year-oldCatherine Sutton of Murrieta, now presumed dead. McLean ,who is being held

Palm Springs will be the final destination of alucky pair of New Zealanders who will become the first same-sex couple to bemarried 30,000 feet over the country’s landscape, as part of a contestannounced today by Air New Zealand. And the primary witness for the mid-air nuptials will be “ModernFamily” actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Same-sex marriage

For the third straight day, the South Coast AirQuality Management District today issued a smoke advisory for the CoachellaValley due to ash and smoke from the 22,800-acre brush fire in the nearbymountains. The air quality could reach an unhealthy level, according to air qualityofficials, and residents should avoid vigorous outdoor activity, keep windowsand doors closed

With wildfires raging in the mountains above Palm Springs, Desert Regional Medical Center offered the following information and health tips. “People with lung conditions may be severely affected by the smoke and fine ash in the air and need to do everything they can avoid exposure as much as possible,” said respiratory therapist Tina Louise

Border Patrol arrested a man near the Salton Sea Wednesday after discovering over 39 pounds of meth hidden in his truck. The 41-year-old man was passing through the Highway 86 checkpoint between Westmorland and Salton City at around 5 a.m. when a canine team alerted agents to search his vehicle. During the inspection, agents discovered

The U.S. Forest Service is using a communityinformation board in Palm Springs to post updates on the so-called MountainFire, a city spokeswoman said today. The board is at the Forest Service’s satellite information center atSouth Palm Canyon Drive and Bogert Trail, city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell said.The Mountain Fire started Monday in Mountain Center and has

A man who operated two Palm Desert jewelry businesses is under orders to pay more than $184,000 in restitution for tax-related crimes, court documents obtained Wednesday show. Atulkumar Bhogilal Mehta, 58, of Walnut was also sentenced to three years probation and 120 days in custody on July 10 after pleading guilty to one felony count

A wildfire in Southern California’s rugged San Jacinto Mountains has grown to more than 22 square miles. The U.S. Forest Service says despite the expansion to 14,200 acres, the fire southwest of Palm Springs has not destroyed any more structures, as of Wednesday morning. The blaze earlier destroyed three houses, three mobile homes and damaged

A Desert Hot Springs man convicted of taking part in a shooting that killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded the teen’s friend in 1994 is scheduled to be sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ian Davis Hudgins, 36, was found guilty on May 30 of one count each offirst-degree murder

Flames continue to flare up in spots on the valley side of the mountains near South Palm Springs, leaving many people worried. Cal Fire officials say they don’t expect flames to reach the valley floor, but there are 10 Type 3 wild land engines on stand by in the Indian Canyon area, just in case.

Indio Police have a man in custody, charged with the murder of a teen following a fight at a house party last month. Police say that 25-year old Ernesto Acuno got into a fight out on the street of the 83-100 block of Sonora Avenue in Indio on June 20th. Police were called to the

A man who operated two Palm Desert jewelry businesses is under orders to pay more than $184,000 in restitution for tax-related crimes, court documents obtained today show. Atulkumar Bhogilal Mehta, 58, of Walnut was also sentenced to three years probation and 120 days in custody on July 10 after pleading guilty to one felony count

Family, friends and the Southland’s firefighting community said their final farewells today to 21-year-old Seal Beach native Kevin Woyjeck, who was killed along with 18 fellow firefighters in a wildfire in Arizona last month. The late-morning service for Woyjeck, who was the son of Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Joe Woyjeck, was held at

Parked at Fobes Ranch Road with binoculars in hand, long time Mountain Center residents Tom Firth and Mike Thomas monitored the flames that burned through Mike’s former neighborhood in May Valley. “My kids grew up back there,” Thomas said. “It’s a beautiful beautiful place. My son said it’s gone.” Tom watched the fire scorch his

El humo y las llamaradas del incendio denominado Mountian que inicio ayer a eso de las 2:00pm de la tarde se podan apreciar a travz del Valle de Coachella. Autoridades ordenaron evacuacin obligatoria para decenas de residentes al sur de las montaas de Palm Springs. Mientras tanto, partculas de ceniza siguen cayendo a lo largo

Karen Piper spent more than an hour hosing down her driveway. “The ash, it looked like someone dumped a thousand cigarette ashtrays. It was just heavy,” Piper said. Her backyard looks no different. “I’m an asthmatic, so probably the smartest thing wouldn’t be to be out here. I stayed in yesterday, but today I had