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The C.I.F. Southern Section released its prep playoff brackets for basketball and girls water polo on Sunday. Here’s a list of the desert teams playing in their respective postseason tournaments (in chronological order). Tune in to the Best Local Sports Show with Spencer Linton and Greg Lee for playoff updates each night. Full brackets can

A road repair project along Interstate 10 made for major delays on Sunday for drivers heading into and out of the Palm Springs area. California Department of Transportation crews were scheduled to make repairs on a six-mile stretch of freeway, from Hargave Avenue to Sunset Avenue, Saturday night and early Sunday morning. The repairs stretched

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Finally able to get a taste of what they know and love, polo players and horses galavant across the Eldorado polo grounds. “We’re practicing in the zones stipulated by the state vet. All the horses playing here today have been contained on this property,” Eldorado Marking and Events Director James A’Court said. After a polo

Gov. Jerry Brown is offering an optimistic political agenda for California Democrats, pitching his accomplishments and goals to delegates at the party’s annual convention. Brown discussed high-speed rail, education reform and the Dream Act for illegal immigrant college students in his address Saturday in San Diego. He said Democrats are poised to capture a two-thirds

Authorities searching with the help of a convicted serial killer have found more human remains in Northern California. San Joaquin County sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Les Garcia says a skull fragment and other bones were found Saturday in an abandoned well, near the town of Linden. It was the third straight day authorities found remains by

A road construction project on Interstate 10 Sunday caused a major traffic back-up, according to the California Highway Patrol. Two westbound lanes and two eastbound lanes are closed, and crews do not plan to have them back open until midnight. The westbound back-up stretched from Banning all the way to the Indian Canyon exit in

Comedian Joan Rivers will host the Desert AIDS Project’s Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards tonight, a spokesman said. Actresses Queen Latifah and Megan Mullally, singer Wynonna Judd and Broadway performer David Burnham also are expected to attend the awards gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center, Desert AIDS Project spokesman Barry Dayton said. Gala co-chair Barbara

A fire broke out at a Cathedral City apartment complex early Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to the Candlewood Villas on the 30505 block of Candlewood Drive around 2:30 Saturday morning. Firefighters say the flames broke out in a storage area on a balcony and then slowly moved through the wall and into two residences.

Joan Rivers is hosting the Desert Aids Project’s 18th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Celebrities waltzed the Red Carpet before the event. Attending the gala are actresses Queen Latifah, Megan Mullally, singer Wynonna Judd and broadway performer David Burnham. More than $1.3 million was raised at last year’s gala

They came from far and wide – nearly 10,000 cyclists rolling through the desert Saturday for the 14th Annual Tour de Palm Springs. “This is the first time I’ve ever been on a bike,” 82-year-old Al Villasenor said. He’s already impressing, because at 82 years old, he’s more active than ever. “These guys dragged me

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory from 6 a.m. today until 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon for Riverside County mountain and desert areas. The weather service reported that winds were expected between 15 and 30 miles per hour today, with gusts of up to 55 mph tonight. Do you have pictures or video of

The Tuskegee Airmen were honored like Hollywood stars on Friday in Palm Springs at the annual Palm Springs Air Museum Gala, which this year, was used to put a spotlight on a group of men who changed the U.S. Air Force. Camera’s and bright-eyed teenagers greeted members of the historic Tuskegee Airmen. The walk down

Desert Falls Country Club resident Bill Brinton said his wife alerted him about the gas leak fire in front of their condo Wednesday night. “She ran out here in her bathing suit screaming, ‘The neighborhood’s on fire!’ I ran out and didn’t know what was going on. The flames were really huge,” said Brinton. It

A snapped power line whipped a Desert Hot Springs man across the head as he tried to lift the line over a delivery truck. “Just a bump. Hurts, yeah,” said T.L. Nolan. Nolan was trying to make a donation a his home on Cahuilla Avenue near Palm Drive. An Angel View truck was picking up

Today, President Obama announced a policy shift–on contraception. The White House insists it’s not a compromise–but an attempt to accommodate religious views.

Responde al nombre de Mario Mendoza Gonzalez. Tiene 41 aos y es residente de Mecca. Autoridades giraron una orden de arresto en un hogar localizado en la cuadra 91-000 de la Calle Quinta. Mendoza continua encarcelado y su fianza fue fijada en 150000 dlares. Por otro lado, 11 libras de drogas fueron retiradas de las

Immigration status reportedly played a role in the Miramonte Elementary School sex scandal. Some students and parents at in Los Angeles reportedly held off on telling authorities about what was going on for fear of deportation. But, in the Coachella Valley, law enforcement agencies want all residents to feel comfortable reporting illegal activity. In regards