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So it’s happened — right or wrong: a downgrade of Uncle Sam’s credit for the first time in history. As the world waits for the Tokyo market to open at 8 p.m. on Sunday night, lots of people will be wondering what this means for the real economy and stock market. Here’s a quick primer

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire recorded its largest daily decrease since July 8 today, falling seven-tenths of a cent to $3.786, the lowest since July 17. Track the 10 least-expensive places to buy gas in the Coachella Valley with KESQ.com’s Gas Tracker The average price in

Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that burned a bedroom in an an apartment building, a county fire spokeswoman said today. No one was hurt in the fire, and firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, reported about 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Casa del Sol apartments in the 66500 block of Fourth Street, Riverside County

The 512 point stock market plunge on Thursday brought back painful memories for desert residents who lived through the wall street crash of 1929. Martha Patterson, 93, was 9 years old when the bull market shattered on “Black Thursday,” Oct. 24, 1929. “I remember my mother being so upset,” said Patterson., who was upper middle

Sucedio en un almacenamiento ubicado en la interseccin de Dillon Road y Tamarisk justo al Oeste de Palm Drive. Al parecer, era de dos unidades. Se cree que en una de las unidades se llevaba acabo una venta con posibles compradores en el interior cuando una persona reporto el incendio. Horas despus, no fue localizada

A fire engulfed four units at a Desert Hot Springs storage facility before being extinguished today, a county fire spokeswoman said. The blaze was reported around 11:50 a.m. at Desert Self Storage, 66251 Dillon Road, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said. No one was injured, she said. A worker at the facility told

El Desert Sands Unified School District nombra asistentes de director de high school a planteles pertenecientes a dicho distrito. Se trata de Todd Bigert para La Quinta High, Carol Daiberl para Palm Desert high y David Gustafson para Shadow Hills high.

The Senate majority leader announced an agreement Thursday to end a partial Federal Aviation Administration shutdown, which stalled construction of an air-traffic control tower at Palm Springs International Airport. “I am pleased to announce that we have been able to broker a bipartisan compromise between the House and the Senate to put 74,000 transportation and

Sanos y salvos se encuentran tres nios de 9 aos de edad que fueron rescatados en el rea de La Quinta Cove donde se extraviaron mientras excursionaban en las montanas. Un helicptero del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside auxili al escuadrn de rescate durante la bsqueda.

Project Manager Lance Robutz can’t wait to get back to work on an abandoned housing development at the corner of San Lorenzo and Random Roads. Construction stopped in November, 2008. “That’s something you never want to do,” he said. “As everyone saw in the [housing] market, lenders started going belly up.” For nearly three years,

La polica revel nuevos detalles del fatal accidente en el que perdi la vida una mujer en el rea de Jackson Street y Ave 54 en Thermal. Segn el informe la mujer que manejaba realiz una vuelta en “U” y fue impactada por otro vehculo. La residente de Desert Shores muri al instante, se trata

One person died on Wednesday after a two vehicle crash in Thermal which forced authorities to close the area down to allow authorities to land a helicopter and airlift an injured driver to a local hospital, according to Officer Joe Zagorski with the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened at around 6:45 p.m. on Jackson

Main Street Palm Springs was the third group to endorse a 1 percent sales tax proposal set for a city-wide vote in November. The revenue would benefit the city’s general fund to pay for capital improvements. “One of these programs will be for the (Desert)Fashion Plaza,” said City Manager David Ready, “to pay off any

Segn el reporte policial, un beb no estaba en su asiento de seguridad cuando la unidad en la que viajaba fue impactada por un conductor distraido. El chofer intentaba dar una vuelta en “u” sobre la calle Jackson justo al sur de la Avenida 54. La Patrulla de Caminos dio a conocer que el beb

A 400-foot-long big rig hauling a low-level radioactive steam generator from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Diego County headed north through Riverside and San Bernardino counties today en route to a plant in Utah. The 192-wheel truck will return to San Diego County later this year for three more identical trips, according

A brush fire broke out near Highway 243 late Wednesday, quickly blackening 20 acres and forcing the closure of the roadway, but was 100 percent contained as of 8 p.m., according to the county fire department. The blaze was reported about 5 p.m. on the south side of the highway near a call box and

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mecca reported four air conditioning units turned up missing on Wednesday. The stolen units will cost $6,000 to replace. According to police, air conditioning thefts have been on the rise in the Valley, lately. Deputy Angel Ramos says “theft of air conditioning units in the Coachella Valley has

Rep. Mary Bono Mack says the debt deal passed in Washington prevented a financial disaster in the short term. But she warns it won’t be enough. “The real work begins now, and that is to seriously rein in our spending — to get the budget under control. Regardless of the deal that was passed, Congress

La falta de un acuerdo en el congreso de EEUU sobre su financiacin, la Administracin Federal de Aviacin (FAA) est en un cierre parcial y tiene a unas 4 mil personas sin trabajo y el cual costar al gobierno 200 millones de dlares semanales. Es verdaderamente alarmante, a nivel local las repercusiones ya se estn

Ante la persistente preocupacin por el mal estado de la economa en Estados Unidos, el ndice Dow Jones lleg a perder 400 unidades y ha perdido 1.200 unidades desde el 21 de Julio. Si la tasa de desempleo vuelve a subir, lo ms probable es que las acciones se vean deprimidas. El ndice Dow Jones