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A big rig caught fire Sunday afternoon, drawing the attention of many people driving by. It happened just off of Interstate 10 on the Indian Canyon off-ramp. When fire crews arrived, the big rig was fully engulfed in flames. The trucks cab was completely burned. No injuries were reported. No word on what caused the

An early morning house fire consumed a home in the high desert Monday. The fire broke out at 5:15 a.m. near the intersection of Breeze Way and W. Desert Willow Trail in Morongo Valley. Fire crews said the 1,000 square foot home was vacant when the fire erupted. The intense fire burned the home so

Three of the four high-visibility California candidates in the Nov. 2 election campaigned in the Southland over the weekend. Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina was at 30 Years After’s second Civic Action Conference at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City. The event aims to promote civic participation among the Iranian-American Jewish community. Her

The date 10/10/10 happens only once in a millenium, and being born at 10:10 a.m. on 10/10/10 is even more rare, but that’s what happened today at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. Luke William Canfield was delivered naturally at that moment by Amanda Canfield, who told KCAL9 Luke is her “ miracle

According to a new California state law, students from the 7th to 12th grade will be required to receive a pertussis, or whooping cough, booster shot before entering school starting next fall. Last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 354, making California one of the 39 states that require students to be fully inoculated,

California’s September receipts came in $1.1 billion, or 15.3%, ahead of estimates made in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s May budget revision, State Controller John Chiang reported Monday. The controller didn’t see much reason for joy in the numbers, however, pointing out that the Golden State’s 100-day record delay in arriving at a budget left it owing

Concerns over firefighting costs slowed the U.S. Forest Service’s initial response to last year’s deadly 250-square-mile Southern California wildfire that killed two firefighters and destroyed 89 homes, federal investigators said in a report. A review by the Agriculture Department, which runs the Forest Service, cites a letter before the Station Fire instructing managers to hold

Construction crews will begin converting a former Coca-Cola bottling plant into a regulation-sized hockey rink in Cathedral City next week. The Desert Ice Castle at 68600 Perez Road was initially expected to open this month, but some changes were made to the plans, according to property owner Anthony Liu, who also owns the Ice Castle

A brawl at a Riverside County prison involving about a dozen inmates sent four men to the hospital with stab wounds. Guards put the California Rehabilitation Center on lockdown after a fight broke out on Sunday, involving 10 to 15 inmates, in a prison dorm. The four injured men are in serious condition but are

Residents can cheer for the Palm Springs High School Indians at the city’s annual homecoming parade this week. The parade, which is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, will be on Palm Canyon Drive, between Baristo and Alejo roads, said Amy Blaisdell, the city’s director of communications. The football team, the 2009-CIF champions, will

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani campaigned on behalf of Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina and congressional candidate Van Tran today in the Little Saigon portion of Westminster. “Carly Fiorina is a proven leader who shares my commitment to keeping our fellow Americans safe, restoring accountability to Washington and getting our economy back on

Jeremy London is set to testify tomorrow at a hearing that the actor hopes will prove his claims that he was kidnapped and forced to take drugs in Palm Springs. Brandon Adams, 27, faces charges of carjacking, kidnapping, robbery, taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and receiving stolen property, along with a sentence-enhancing allegation

El pasado viernes a las 11:30 a.m. el piloto de una avioneta que haba despegado del Aeropuerto Internacional de Palm Springs report que la aeronave haba perdido fuerza cerca de Las Vegas. El hombre aterriz de emergencia en el Desierto. Los dos ocupantes de la aeronave resultaron seriamente heridos.

Hundreds of women from all across Southern California participated in the 2010 Trek Women Triathlon. The event was held at Lake Cahuilla in La Quinta. The triathlon consisted of a 500 meter swim, 14 mile bicycle ride, and 3.1 mile run/walk. he Trek Women Triathlon Series joins the Danskin Triathlon Series, another Xxtra Mile property,

El pasado viernes a las 2:00 p.m. un motociclista que circulaba sobre Ramon Road al oeste de Gene Autrey en Palm Springs se impact con un vehculo en el que result gravemente herida una mujer que viajaba como pasajera.

Ayer domingo a las 12:30 p.m. la polica recibi una llamada annima que reportaba que en unos condominios ubicados sobre Vista Chino en Palm Springs se encontraba un sujeto que era buscado por la polica de Los ngeles en conexin con un robo a mano armada. De inmediato llegaron al lugar carios oficiales que por

Al Coachella Valley Unified School District que cubre de Coachella a Salton Sea le ser asignado por el condado un experto fiscal ya que inici el ao escolar con un dficit de $6mdd. Gracias a las negociaciones con el sindicato de maestros se redujo $2.9 mdd. Antes de Diciembre el distrito debe especificar en que

El pasado viernes se llev a cabo la ceremonia del primer palazo de tierra de lo que ser el centro acutico de Palm Springs. El lugar contar con tres albercas y tentativamente estar listo para el prximo Memorial Day en Mayo. Se estima que el proyecto costar $11 mdd.

Las autoridades investigan un incidente en el que un hombre fue asaltado en el rea de Avenida Maravillas y Ramon Road en Cathedral City ayer domingo a las 5:30 a.m. Segn el informe la vctima fue golpeada en repetidas ocasiones, el ladrn le rob varios artculos y despus huy. La vctima se rehus a recibir

Una reciente auditoria llevada a cabo revel que un empleado de Coachella recibi varios cheques totalizando $23 mil dlares con el objetivo de hacer una fiesta navidea para empleados municipales y para comprar regalos de Navidad sin que se tengan los recibos o facturas correspondientes. En la auditoria tambin sali a relucir el prstamo que