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More construction woes for Desert commuters. For the next month, Monterey will be down to one lane in each direction near the College of the Desert while crew work to widen the street. “It sucks,” said a local driver. “It’s pretty terrible.” Cars backed up in both directions on Fred Warning and Monterey Friday. The

Cello’s restaurant in Cathedral City is holdingits “Christmas in July” food drive this month to benefit senior citizens. Cello’s is accepting donations of canned food through July for theCathedral City Senior Center, which arranges the food like in a grocery storeat its Palm Canyon Drive location and at the Rancho Mirage Mobile Home Park. Canned

A federal appeals court has ruled that California lawmakers improperly stopped funding certain medical services that rural and other specialized health clinics provided to low-income residents under the state’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion issued Friday that federal law requires

Enraged Islamists pushed back against the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, with tens of thousands of his supporters marching in Cairo on Friday to demand the reinstatement of Egypt’s first democratically elected leader. Soldiers fired on protesters, crowds of Islamists descended on Morsi opponents in stone-throwing and gun-firing clashes, and armored vehicles deployed on bridges

Gov. Jerry Brown is drawing praise for his political maneuvering in closing a $25 billion budget deficit and restoring some of California’s financial luster. The state’s credit rating is rebounding and schools are expecting an infusion of money this fall. Yet Brown’s legacy remains uncertain as he finishes his third term and prepares for a

Rebounding state revenue bolstered by temporary tax increases recently approved by voters are paying off for California’s largest public employees’ union. State lawmakers this week ratified a three-year agreement negotiated by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration giving 4.5 percent pay raises to the 95,000 members of Service Employees International Union Local 1000 by July 1, 2015.

State workplace safety officials are investigating the deaths of a farm worker and construction worker as possibly heat-related. The state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health reported Friday that a 30-year-old farmworker who had been working at a watermelon field southwest of Fresno near Coalinga died on Tuesday. The 55-year-old construction worker died last Friday

One man has been taken to the hospital with major injuries after a tire blew out on his truck around 9:30 this morning. The truck was traveling down the eastbound side of Interstate 10 near the Washington St exit when the tire on his truck blew out. The blowout sent the truck into the center

More than two dozen people were injured when a wood platform holding live fireworks tipped over, sending the pyrotechnics into a crowd at a Fourth of July show northwest of Los Angeles. Between 8,000 and 10,000 revelers were settling into their seats for the fireworks extravaganza at a Simi Valley park Thursday night when the

Another solid month of hiring in June could signal the start of a stronger second half of the year for the U.S. economy. Economists predict that the government will report Friday that employers added 165,000 jobs last month, roughly in line with May’s increase. The unemployment rate is expected to stay at a still-high 7.6

More than 100 people who partied on Southern California beaches this Fourth of July are probably waking up to headaches and big fines. Newport Beach police say they made 123 arrests, mostly related to public drinking, by early Friday morning. More than 50 other arrests were made in nearby Huntington Beach and Hermosa Beach. Many

A brush fire has burned nearly 300 acres of a Riverside wilderness park but no homes are threatened and no injuries have been reported. The blaze began shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday in Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park. More than 100 firefighters were trying to reach the flames in steep terrain and were aided by two

An Indio police officer has shot and killed a suspect, who reportedly had a gun, near Auto Zone on Highway 111 and Monroe. The Shooting happened, just after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, after Indio police got a call for service, about a suspicious man with a gun in the area. The suspect was located west of

A Cal Fire firefighter, who died Friday after being struck by a pickup truck along the eastbound I-10 on-ramp, has been identified as 41-year old Christopher Douglas. Douglas, an eight year veteran of Cal Fire, was stationed in Thousand Palms but lived in Temecula, says Cal Fire. He is survived by his wife, who is

Huge crowds from across the valley joined together at the Palm Desert Civic Center Park to take in the holiday with food, music and fun. People of all ages seemed to have a great time in the family friendly atmosphere. “Fireworks were spectacular, loved them. Oh I’d say freedom, obviously celebrating Americas national holiday of

2.3 million Southern Californians are are hitting the road as they travel to their 4th of July holiday destination. A local law firm is doing their part to make sure people get home safe. The Walter Clark Legal Group is offering its “Safe Ride Home Taxi Program” for the 9th year and will pay American

People all over the Coachella Valley are spending the day celebrating our nation’s 237th birthday. There are festivals, parades and BBQ’s all over tonight, not to mention fireworks. One spot to celebrate on this 4th of July is the La Quinta Community Park. From 4:30pm to 10:00pm there is live music, a beer garden, a

JULY 4 “ALL AMERICAN FOURTH OF JULY” FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, put on by theCity of Palm Springsand POWER Baseball; 9:15pm (entry at 8pm). Fireworks will follow the Palm Springs POWER vs. the Novato Knicks at 6:05pm; Palm Springs Stadium, 1901 E. Baristo Rd. Palm Springs; Free Admission to fireworks; game tickets $7 Adults, $6 kids and