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California would take steps to regulate the sale of medical marijuana under a bill approved by the state Senate. The measure is intended to restrict dispensaries that federal prosecutors say had grown out of control in California, where voters first supported legalizing cannabis to treat illness in 1996. Federal prosecutors recently cracked down. They said

Two lawmakers are seeking to strip broad secrecy provisions from the California agency overseeing implementation of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms. Monday’s announcement comes less than two weeks after The Associated Press reported that the degree of privacy granted the state’s health benefits exchange could shield the public from seeing how hundreds of millions

Local law enforcement agencies are participating in anational seatbelt enforcement program starting today. “Click It or Ticket,” which runs through June 2, targets people who donot wear seatbelts or use them incorrectly. Local agencies participating inthe effort include the Indio office of the California Highway Patrol and the LaQuinta Police Department. “As we kick off

A San Jacinto woman was arrested Saturday night after allegedly making “terrorist threats” aimed at a roommate and her family members. She also punched a cop in the head and tried to steal his TASER, according to authorities. Late Saturday night, police were called to a home on the100 block of North Alessandro Ave in

Authorities say a Temecula man who apparently shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself has died. Riverside County sheriff’s officials say 65-year-old John Leonard Houston died during the weekend from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say Temecula police officers responding to reports of gunfire found Houston severely wounded inside his

Una residente de Palm Desert enfrenta cargos por manejar ebria y provocar un choque ayer domingo a las 10:42 p.m. en la manzana 100 de Courtside Drived en Palm Desert. La polica inform que la mujer iba con rumbo al este a bordo de un Gran Am, cuando fall dar vuelta en una curva y

Goldenvoice announced this morning the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be held April 11-13th and 18-20th. Advance sale tickets will begin this Friday at 10 a.m. Payment plans are available, and for a $349 GA Pass they will look something like this: -20% Down Payment in May 2013 = $69.80-First Week of July

A Riverside County nurse caught trying to send child pornography to a girl via the internet was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison. David Christopher Jelaca, 38, of La Quinta pleaded guilty in march to attempted distribution of child pornography to a minor. U.S. district Judge Virginia Phillips imposed the sentence called for

Two suspects arrested for breaking into a car in Central California accidentally called 911 on a cellphone, which led police to them. KXTV in Sacramento reports a dispatcher was able to hear a rambling 35-minute conversation between the men as they discussed buying drugs and what implements to use to break into vehicles in Fresno.

A new report shows more poor people have moved to the nation’s suburbs, outnumbering those in urban areas. The Brookings Institution study released Monday says those in poverty living in suburbs jumped 67 percent between 2000 and 2011. But suburbs still have a smaller percentage of their population living in poverty than cities do. Researchers

A proposed state ballot measure in California would require doctors to be randomly subjected to drug and alcohol testing. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the “Pee in the Cup” initiative is being pushed by Bob Pack, a technology mogul and former executive at AOL Inc. and NetZero Inc. His young son and daughter were killed

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday represents Mayer’s boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo’s latest comeback attempt. It marks Yahoo’s most expensive acquisition since

A Palm Desert woman is facing DUI charges this morning after a crash Sunday night. The wreck happened at 10:42 p.m. on the 100 block of Courtside Drive in Palm Desert. Police say the driver of a Pontiac Grand Am was traveling west on Courtside Drive and failed to turn as Courtside Drive continued, hitting

A deadly crash in Palm Desert over the weekend left one person dead and two people critically injured. Police say 29-year-old Melissa Ramos lost control of her car and was ejected when it rolled over on Highway 74 between El Paseo and Highway 111. It happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday. The Desert Hot Springs

Palm Springs police are on the trail of a driver suspected of fatally striking a motorcyclist at an intersection and running away from the scene, a sergeant said today. “Traffic investigators are tracking down leads and close to finding a suspect,” said Palm Springs police Sgt. Erik Larson. Eric Strzelczyk, 29, of Bermuda Dunes, was

It will be an anxious wait for a small Florida city to find out who won the biggest Powerball jackpot in history. The winning ticket worth $590.5 million was bought sometime late last week at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills (ZEH-fur-hills), about 30 miles northeast of Tampa. Whoever has the ticket hadn’t come forward as

The Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley will distribute $100,000 in college scholarships to local students at its annual Scholarship Luncheon Monday. The 11:30 a.m. luncheon will be held at Miramonte Resort & Spa, and the $100,000 is the most ever raised in the Women Leaders Forum’s history. The group received a $50,000 matching

Early Sunday morning turned deadly on the road outside the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. “It’s tragic, it’s just really tragic. Especially this morning,” Tiffany Wojciak, who is staying at the Ace, said. Around 4:30, a motorcycle and a white pickup truck collided at East Palm Canyon Drive and Camino Real. The motorcyclist, 29-year-old Eric

For Greg Bryan, life is good. He hasn’t been on a swing in almost 30 years. “That was like outer space, flying in an airplane,” Bryan said. Now, thanks to AGC Charities, Inc and volunteer contractors, Angel View in Desert Hot Springs offers independence outside. It’s the latest in AGC’s ‘Operation Opening Doors.’ “How amazing,”

A rock climber is dead after falling 150 feet while scaling a rock face in the San Jacinto Wilderness near Idyllwild. Riverside County authorities said Saturday that Lucas Dunn died Friday while scaling Lily Rock in Humber Park, a popular climb just outside of Idyllwild, in the mountains just south of Palm Springs. Deputies and