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BANNING -Fifty year-old Andre McDonald’s recovery from West Nile encephalitis-meningitis hasn’t been easy. After he was stricken with the life threatening form of the virus that attacks the brain and spinal cord, his stay at nursing homes were some of the most difficult times. “I would cry every day, I would cry everyday. They still

IDYLLWILD – Cornelia Meyer, her young son, her boyfriend Egbert Rimkus and his son disappeared in Death Valley in July 1996, lost for 13 years. Until Les Walker and follow rescuer Tom Mahood made an important find. “I couldn’t believe that we actually came upon the remains,” says Walker. For two months, the Riverside Mountain

LA QUINTA – Dr. Phillip Bretz is the lead researcher at the Desert Breast Institute in La Quinta. He calls this confusion over new mammogram guidelines “a debacle.” But he’s going one step further, developing a non-invasive way to detect breast cancer. We also asked one Palm Springs breast cancer survivor what would have happened

COACHELLA – Five Coachella men are behind bars accused of avoiding domestic violence warrants.

BERMUDA DUNES-NadiaGonzalezsays her brother, Raul Gonzalez is lucky to be alive. He was in the car and good friends with 17-year-old Lisel J. Wiedemann who was killed inSunday night’s car accident. Three other teens along with Raulwere injured inthe single-vehicle crash in Pinyon Pines. Nadia Gonzalez says, “It’s hard to come to grips that he

PALM SPRINGS – A new list highlights several children’s toys and shoes that have an illegal amounts of lead.

CATHEDRAL CITY – Most of the calls to the Cathedral City fire station are for medical assistance. And there’s a good chance these first responders could be exposed to an illness. So they have to be prepared for anything. “We carry masks. We carry gloves. Gowns. Other items. Eyeglasses to protect ourselves,” says Jeremy Keenan,

PALM SPRINGS – It’s a job most of us don’t want to even think about. But the people of Miller’s Crime Scene Restoration consider their work a “calling.” They clean up scenes of death and devastation, and leave them pristine for family or anyone else who comes along. You’ll see Miller’s workers in private homes,

PALM DESERT – Finding a place to smoke in Palm Desert will soon be a little harder. Last week the city council voted to tighten the current smoking ordinance, putting more distance between smokers and non-smokers. “It’s nice to know you don’t have to breath in something that you don’t want to,” says non-smoker, Garet

PALM SPRINGS – A man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor in Palm Springs was behind bars today, police said. Dale Farquhar, 47, allegedly shot a man whose body was found about 2 p.m. Saturday outside a second-floor apartment at the Palm Springs Villas condominium complex, where Farquhar also lives, said Sgt. Mitch Spike of

RIVERSIDE – Riverside County retailers expect a slightly better holiday season than last year, even though the Inland Empire’s unemployment rate is pushing 14 percent, it was reported today. Some national chain stores have shown slight increases in sales in September and October, compared to last year’s depressed figures, which owe largely to the financial

THOUSAND PALMS- A new state-of-the-art fire station is now operating here in the Coachella Valley. The Roy Wilson Fire Station and training center was unveiled Saturday in Thousand Palms. “This was Roy’s area, his home,” says Aurora Wilson, Roy Wilson’s widow. ” He wanted the community served.” The former Thousand Palms Fire Station #35 is

PALM SPRINGS – A Coachella Valley pilot is using his skills to help local Marines get where they need to go. Over the past couple of months, Charlie Sweet spends his Sundays meeting U.S. Marines in Palm Springs and giving them a ride to Twentynine Palms, near their base. But not just any ride. Sweet

PALM DESERT – Four businesses swill be closed on Friday after sustaining damage in a late-night fire on El Paseo, fire officials said. Fire crews told News Channel 3 that the 2-alarm fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. Thursday on the north side of El Paseo, between LarkspurLn. and San Pablo Ave. Frasca Jewelers, Pastry