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NEAR COACHELLA – Just one day after Spotlight 29 Casino celebrates its $50 million dollar renovations, News Channel 3 uncovers the casino has cut all of its workers pay by 12 percent and ended their retirement programs. While a ribbon was cut to celebrate Thursday’s opening of Spotlight 29’s renovated casino floor, the workers were

PALM DESERT – The Veterans Administration opened up its new clinic Friday. The new VA clinic is on 41990 Cook St near Hovely Lane. It’s run by doctors at Loma Linda Medical Center. They moved from a smaller location up the street. Last month the medical center added 100 new veterans from the wars in

PALM DESERT – A strange smell and upset stomachs are causing a massive recall, but some say the real problem is deeper than the sickness. “The company knew about it for a long time, but waited a long time before the recall and that’s the problem,” says Mort Farina, Clinical Compounding Pharmacist. For the second

THERMAL – Kindergarten students at Westside School could not believe what was happening Friday morning. They were getting gifts, uniforms, and school supplies from total strangers. “It’s like a fairy tale princess that comes through and delivers your wishes,” says Ricardo Medina, Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent. “It’s Christmastime in January!” That fairy tale

KESQ.com News Services PALM SPRINGS -Up to four feet of snow could fall on Mount San Jacinto next week, which could draw more traffic to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, a tram spokeswoman said. The first of several large storms is expected to reach Riverside County Sunday, and

INDIO -Over the objection of prosecutors, a Superior Court commissioner today dismissed nearly six dozen underage drinking cases involving Coachella Music and Arts Festival attendees. Commissioner Hugh Bobys denied a motion by the District Attorney’s Office to overturn the dismissal agreements that defense attorneys and the Van Nuys-based commissioner reached on July 13. He upheld

Bauer niega fracaso del América Jesús Ramírez, técnico de las Aguilar del América rechazó que piense renunciar luego de que sus pupilos perdieron la final del Interdiga El medio campista brasileño y de origen japonés proveniente de Chivas USA Paulo Nagamura, llegará el viernes a Monterrey con la idea de cerrar su traspaso con Tigres

NEW YORK -MTV is joining the major broadcast networks and several cable channels for an all-star telethon for Haitian earthquake relief on Jan. 22. A statement released by MTV Networks on Friday says “Hope for Haiti” will be shown at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Networks showing the telethon are ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET,

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -The U.S. military has distributed its first aid in the massive effort to help quake-ravaged Haiti. A rapid response unit from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division has handed out food, water and medical supplies to Haitians outside the main airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince. The unit’s commander, Capt. Mike

PASADENA -A swarm of small earthquakes rattled southern Inyo County today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first quake hit at 4:56 a.m. with a magnitude of 3.2, the second a minute later with the same strength and the third at 5:37 with a magnitude of 3.4, according to computer-generated messages. All three temblors

SAN FRANCISCO – An economist for the city of San Francisco says prohibiting same-sex couples from getting married hurts the city’s finances. Chief city economist Edmund Egan testified Thursday that municipal coffers would benefit if the gay marriage ban was struck down because married people accumulate more wealth and have more to spend on property

INDIO – “Not knowing whether your child is alive or not and not being able to confirm any information is probably the worst thing in the world,” says Shadow Hills High School teacher Lauren Garrott. Sheprays and waits for word on the status of her soon-to-be daughter, Allencia Paul, after a 7.0magnitude earthquake hit Haiti

CATHEDRAL CITY – The California Highway Patrol says two crashes within the last monthboth crashes were caused by failure to yield. On New Years Eve, a driver didn’t stop at the intersection and crashed into a Cathedral City officer on routine patrol. The officer broke his leg. Then 2 weeks later, a different officer, taking

PALM DESERT- World renowned earthquake preparedness expert Dennis Mileti says when “The Big One” hits California it will come close to shaking as much as the Haiti earthquake. The violent shaking is a concern to experts because it is what creates the damage.Mileti says, “It was a shallow earthquake in Haiti, they saw shaking in

CABAZON — Gang-type graffiti was found at an elementary school in Cabazon that was vandalized today, a sheriff’s sergeant said. An alarm went off at 2:40 a.m. at Cabazon Elementary School at 50575 Carmen Ave., and responding deputies found the graffiti, said Sgt. Steve Fredericks of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Principal John Curtis said

PALM DESERT – College costs add up fast. Many students struggle to pay tuition and buy books. “Just one book is $138, it’s going to be expensive,” says Victor Duran, College of the Desert student. Now, College of the Desert is trying to cut the high cost of higher education by offering more, cheaper options

PALM DESERT -A valley man, born and raised in Haiti, plans to return to help earthquake victims and reunite with family. “I start getting afraid, I did not know. I was so nervous.” Evenel Mervilus describes how he felt as he started hearing about the earthquake that has devastated his homeland. “When they start showing

PALM DESERT -Five people who inhaled noxious fumes today at the student center at College of the Desert were taken to a hospital for observation, a college spokesman said. Eleven people in the Hilb Student Center reported an odor around 10:30 a.m., and some said they were nauseous, said Tom Wixon, a spokesman for the

EUREKA -Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has completed a survey of damage in the Northern California city of Eureka from last weekend’s magnitude 6.5-earthquake. The governor spoke after the tour Thursday morning of the city’s historic Old Town, praising local officials for their response and pledging the state’s support. Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Tuesday for

KESQ.com News Services RIVERSIDE -Foreclosure activity picked up in Riverside County last month but was down by double digits compared to a year ago, a real estate tracking firm reported today. A total of 8,172 mortgage default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions were recorded in Riverside County in December — a 9 percent