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El su junta de hoy martes el Bur del distrito Escolar Unificado Desert Sands someter a votacin una propuesta llamada Biometric Observation Security System que consiste en instalar en los autobuses escolares una escner donde los estudiantes podrn su huella dactilar. Una alarma sonar en caso de que el estudiante se suba o pretenda bajar

Se investiga la causa que origin que un conductor que circulaba sobre Hwy 111 cerca de Overture Drive en Palm Springs hoy martes a las 6:07 a.m. perdiera el control y se volcara. Su condicin es crtica en el hospital.

Homes sales in Riverside County dropped 23.7 percent in September, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices increased 8.1 percent during the same period, a real estate information service reported today. A total of 3,292 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 4,312 in September 2009, according to La Jolla-based MDA

Estudiantes de High School del Valle de Coachella podran ganar una beca hasta por $5 mil dlares si participan en el diseo de un poster que motive a los alumnos a asistir al colegio y a realizar el examen ACT 2011-12. El poster debe ser enviado antes de Enero 31 de 2011 y ser juzgado

Continan los problemas con el servicio de electricidad en el estacionamiento de casas mviles ubicado en Thermal. A pesar de que el dueo contrat un electricista como lo orden el juez, no instal nuevo sistema, solo conect el servicio a otro tablero, lo que ha causado sobrecargas que provocan apagones, situacin que causa problemas a

Ayer lunes alrededor de las 3:00 a.m. la polica arrest a un sujeto que fue sorprendido dentro de un negocio ubicado sobre South Indian Canyon Drive en Palm Springs. Cuando Sergio Flores se percat de la presencia de los uniformados intent huir sin xito. El ladrn de 22 aos estaba en libertad condicional.

Este prximo 2 de Noviembre los votantes de Indio decidirn la suerte de la Medida S, que de ser aprobada incrementar otro 3% el impuesto a las utilidades sumando un total del 6%. Indio ya ha realizado recortes por $10 mdd y an enfrenta un dficit de $3 mdd. De aprobarse la Medida S se

Organizers for the 22nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced on Tuesday the first honoree for the film festival gala planned for January. Festival leaders will present Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan with the Breakthrough Performance Award for her work in the currently released drama “Never Let Me Go and Wall Street: Money Never

A fire broke out at about 4 Sunday morning in Desert Hot Springs, destroying an abandoned home. The blaze was on the 16,200 block of Avenida Monteflora. As firefighters arrived on scene, they found flames shooting from the house. Crews were able to contain the fire after about 40 minutes. Nobody was hurt in the

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is scheduled to meet with U.S. Coast Guard officials in San Diego today before visiting National Guard troops stationed along the U.S. and Mexico border. Napolitano will be joined later in the day by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin at a news conference at the

Jury selection is expected to begin today in the retrial of a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy accused in the off-duty assault of a tow truck driver in Eagle Mountain. Richard Heverly, 43, faces charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, assault by a public officer, making criminal threats and false imprisonment. He faces up

Happy birthday to the National Monument! The 280,000 acres of protected land, stretching from the Salton Sea to the Banning Pass, turns 10. The monument would not have been made possible without donors and supporters from the non-profit group Friends of the Desert Mountains. “We just can’t keep building homes all the time,” said donor

A federal judge in Riverside indicated today she would stand by her earlier decision to bar the U.S. military from continuing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy against open gay service, but held off on making her ruling final. After hearing arguments from attorneys for the Log Cabin Republicans — the group that challenged the

Cathedral City police are investigating a robbery that happened at Sally’s Beauty Supply, just as the store was opening for business on Monday. Police said they were dispatched to the location on the 31700 block of Date Palm Drive regarding the robbery. When they got there, some of the workers told them a light-skinned Hispanic

A Riverside County judge ordered a Hemet teenager to face trial on Monday for the 2009 murder and dismemberment of another teen Jose Manuel Campos was charged with the Nov. 15, 2009, murder of 17-year-old Adrian Rios, whose remains were found in Campos’ backyard and in the waters of Canyon Lake, according to the district

More than 45-percent of registered voters in Riverside County have already requested mail-in ballots for the November 2 General Election. Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore said more voters can request the mail-in ballot. They have until October 26. “I urge every eligible voter to cast their ballot and exercise our nation’s most important right,” Registrar

Former Chargers linebacker Junior Seau was arrested early today on suspicion of domestic violence, then drove his Cadillac sport utility vehicle off a coastal cliff in Carlsbad after bailing out of jail, authorities said. Emergency crews responding to a 911 call found Seau, 41, on the beach below Carlsbad Boulevard and Solamar Avenue about 8:45

Chances are you already know someone afflicted by Alzheimer’s Disease. In fact, every 70 seconds someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with this debilitating condition. But did you know that women are at the epicenter of this growing epidemic? “Sixty-percent of the people who get it are women,? said Maria Shriver, president of A Women?s

A man on probation in a DUI case was arrested today on suspicion of two window-smashing burglaries in downtown Palm Springs. Sergio Flores, 22, was arrested about 2:45 a.m., about an hour after the initial burglary in the 100 block of S. Indian Canyon Drive, said Officer Rhonda Long of the Palm Springs Police Department.

A federal judge who halted the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays may decide Monday whether to permit its enforcement pending an appeal. Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside issued an injunction against enforcing the 17-year-old policy last week in a lawsuit filed by a gay rights group. However, the Department of Justice has