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Stanley McChrystal, the former U.S. Commander in Afghanistan, and six other retired generals will speak in Indian Wells tonight. The generals will discuss leadership with students from 15 local schools before McChrystal’s 6 p.m. keynote speech at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa. McChrystal’s speech will close out the 2013 Desert Town Hall speaker series.

Some of your friends did it. They changed their profile pictures to a red box with a pink “equals” sign. The logo is spreading like wildfire across social media. Originally blue and gold, the now red logo symbolizes love and support for marriage equality and it’s getting millions of shares. The viral movement, kicked off

At 4 a.m. Thursday morning, seven Mexican nationals were arrestedin a chilling attempt to pass through the Salton City checkpoint in the back of an almost freezing semi-tractor trailer. A canine team at the checkpoint alerted agents to search the trailor. Upon inspection, agents discovered one female and six males between the ages of 20

Baseball legend and Palm Desert resident Steve Garvey wants others to learn from his example. The highly decorated first baseman for the Dodgers and Padres began a fight against prostate cancer last September. “We realized that God threw us a curve and fortunately we hit it out of the ballpark, cautiously and optimistically,” said Garvey.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regulargasoline in the Inland Empire fell today for the 11th consecutive day afterrising 30 times in 31 days, dropping three-tenths of a cent to $4.215. The average price is 5.5 cents less than one week ago and 15.8 centsless less than one year ago, but 8.4 cents

Despite 25-mile-per-hour winds, crews todayexpanded their containment lines around a brush fire that started on the JurupaValley side of the Santa Ana River bottom, scorching 311 acres and damaging twostructures. The non-injury fire, which broke out about 4:45 p.m. Thursday at RioRoad and Calle Hermosa, on the edge of Rancho Jurupa Park, was 40 percentcontained

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was centered 15 miles southwest of La Quinta Wednesday at 11:17 a.m. The earthquake came on the heels of amagnitude3.4 that was felt in the same area at 10:50 a.m. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. RiversideCounty Sheriff’s Cpl. Angel Ramos said no one contacted the sheriff’sdepartment

Las autoridades continan investigando para dar con l o los responsables de herir de bala a un hombre el pasado lunes a las 9:50 p.m. en la manzana 13300 de Verbena Drive en Desesrt Hot Springs, segn explic el vocero del Departamento de Polica de la misma ciudad, Dan Cressler. La vctima fue transportada al

“At 6:00 in the morning, I get a picture on my phone that says something’s wrong with the dog, and his face is all swollen,” Gerianne Wolfs describes her pup, Huckleberry — Huck for short. “He’s been bit by a rattlesnake,” she explains. Wolfs says Huck lives up to his name. At their home up

Four men wanted for serious crimes, including rape andmurder, were being sought Wednesday in the Coachella Valley, investigators with theRiverside County District Attorney’s Office said. Iyad Mahmoud Qeimari, 29, is suspected of raping an intoxicated woman hepicked up in his cab in Palm Springs. On May 7, 2011. The woman told policeshe had been drinking

Bob Pergrim and Gene Burden, of Palm Springs, have a love story of their very own. They’ve been partners since 1963. Like in any relationship, there come good times and struggles. But for this couple they’re united by love, divided by laws. “We’ve been together 50 years and we would like to be married,” said

The desert will soon have its own special brew. The Coachella Valley Brewing Company plans to open the doors to its Thousand Palms location soon, bringing something the desert’s never seen. To help create what he thought was missing, Humphrey teamed up with his wife, brew master Chris Anderson and a handful of investors to

The Board of Supervisors today unanimously agreed tothe formation of a committee to identify strategies for getting RiversideCounty’s estimated 900 homeless military veterans off the streets and possiblyback into the workforce. Supervisor Jeff Stone brought forward the Veteran Assistance Leadershipof Riverside County (VALOR) concept, which he hopes will lead to the expansionof existing programs and

A 21-year-old man shot in Desert Hot Springswas hospitalized today with stable vital signs, a police spokesman said. The shooting was reported about 9:50 p.m. Monday in the 13300 block ofVerbena Drive, according to Desert Hot Springs police. The victim was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center. No arrests wereannounced. Police Cmdr. Dan Bressler said

Riverside County Supervisor Marion Ashley’s proposalfor the sheriff to gradually increase the number of personnel who can bedeployed to communities reeling from spikes in violent crime was approvedtoday. The Board of Supervisors accepted Ashley’s “1.2 Budget Doctrine” in a5-0 vote preceded by observations from all board members that crime wasbecoming more prevalent countywide, but particularly

Next month’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival will bebroadcast live for the first time, television network AXS TV and the promoterannounced today. AXS, founded by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, will carry the three-day festival live from the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The concert is set forApril 26-28. “AXS TV is proud to be the

The Sheriff’s office has confirmed that a Coachella deputy’s patrol car caught fire today just before 11:40 a.m. at Calle Empalme and Bellissima Ave in Coachella. The deputy got out of the car safely. Cal Fire is on scene right now. There is no word yet on what caused the car to catch fire. We

An Orange County man, arrested on suspicion ondrunken driving after veering onto a sidewalk in Palm Desert, was behind barstoday. John Robert Salmon, 45, of Costa Mesa, was arrested near Gerald Fordand Technology drives about 6:55 p.m. Monday, sheriff’s Sgt. Patrick Carrollsaid. Salmon turned into a parking lot, managed to jump a curb, and stopped