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A powerful storm system brought high winds and blowing sand to the Coachella valley Saturday. The storm was strong enough to cause wrecks, close roads, and down trees and power lines. People scrambled inside to get away from the sand and dust. Wind gusts of between 80-90 mph prompted the closure of the Palm Springs

Police believe alcohol fueled a 2 car crash in Palm Desert. Authorities were called to Monterey Avenue and Magnesia Falls around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. That’s where they say a vehicle traveling westbound on Magnesia Falls failed to stop at the intersection and collided with a vehicle heading northbound on Monterey. Both cars sustained major damage.

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Cuatro personas terminaron lesionadas y una patrulla se vio envuelta en el percance ocurrido en la interseccin de las calles Farrell y Vista Chino anoche cerca de las nueve. Se utilizaron las pinzas hidrulicas de la vida para rescatar a una persona de su vehculo. Por fortuna, no se reportaron heridos de gravedad. Las cuatro

An permanece cerrada desde esta maana de lunes la Gene Autry Trail, en Palm Springs, entre la Interestatal 10 y la Va Escuela. El cierre se produjo debido a una serie de postes de electricidad cados y lneas energizadas tendidas a lo largo de la congestionada carretera. Por su parte, North Indian Canyon, East Palm

Gene Autry Trail permanece cerrada al trfico en Palm Springs entre la Interestatal 10 y Via Escuela hoy lunes por la maana. El cierre se debi a una serie de postes de electricidad que el viento derrib dejando a los cables elctricos cados a lo largo de la carretera normalmente ocupado. No hubo comentarios cuando

Act 1 scene 1 — “Palm Springs Turned Upside Down.” “A pretty scary movie scene,” Palm Springs resident Julie Wolf said. “I watched the pine tree across in my neighbor’s (yard) just keel over. Right into their patio. And then another one.” Miles away, Stewart Soloff and his family experienced the same shock as they

A Palm Springs house fire is under investigation. A spokesman for the Palm Springs Fire Department said the fire broke out around 1:30 Sunday afternoon on Chuperosa Road. A man told dispatchers he drove by and saw a shed on fire at the vacant home. He jumped out of his car and tried to help.

A British pharmaceutical company is working its way toward FDA approval for the world’s first prescription drug developed from raw marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents, a medical milestone that could presage a new era for the plant and the nation’s uneasy relationship with it. GW Pharma has developed a mouth spray called Sativex that contains

Mayors of seven Southern California cities are asking Gov. Jerry Brown for state funding that would help cover the costs of damage from last year’s devastating windstorm. In a letter drafted Friday, the mayors estimate emergency response and cleanup from the Nov. 31 storm has so far cost at least $40 million. They urge Brown

In a tournament marked with a controversial name change, the Humana Challenge — formerly the Bob Hope Classic — closed on Sunday with its inaugural champion. Mark Wilson made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win on Sunday evening, beating Robert Garrigus, John Mallinger and Johnson Wagner by two strokes in a

Just as Palm Springs and several other Coachella Valley cities are picking up from the wind storm that clobbered the area over the weekend, a pacific low-pressure system is moving into the area, bringing the potential for more wind. Track the storm with live radar from the First Alert Weather Team Forecasters expect the system

Winds versus Palm Springs – the desert knows who won. “I’ve never seen anything like this to be honest with you.” Power lines down all along Gene Autry closed the street from the freeway to Vista Chino. Downtown Palm Springs fared no better. “I just couldn’t believe it. People were running into the store for

Los Angeles transportation leaders plan to gather at Caltrans headquarters Monday morning to commemorate the anniversary of what may be L.A.’s most iconic gift to the rest of the world: the SigAlert. Get up-to-the-minute traffic anytime on KESQ.com The world’s first automated traffic alert was transmitted by the Los Angeles Police Department’s AM radio station

Of all the changes the 2012 Humana Challenge brought, the one Mother Nature brought was the most unexpected. “Everything was flying, all the trash cans were going, and over there, one of the tents and scoreboard came down, and we almost flew over at the holes ourselves,” Humana Challenge fan Birgitta Grohs said. “The wind

A trip to the Humana Challenge PGA Tour event isn’t complete without a stop at Bob Hope Square, vendors said. Business has been good the first two days, but with former President Bill Clinton scheduled to hit the links on Saturday, a big crowd is expected, and vendors are hoping they’ll all be hungry. “Smokey

Some local students got to see a few wild animals in their own back yard. George Washington Charter Elementary School in Palm Desert was the first school in the Valley to host the “Wildlife On Wheels” program from the Living Desert. The New Guinea singing dog put on quite a show for the students and

Former President Bill Clinton is as big a draw as any of the pros or celebrities at the Humana Challenge in La Quinta. On Friday, he stopped by the Clinton Foundation’s hospitality tent to talk a little golf. “I have no idea what my handicap is now, but it’s high,” he said during a quick