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PALM SPRINGS -A 150-ton nuclear reactor vessel lid is expected to be slowly transported through the Coachella Valley early Friday instead of tonight as originally scheduled, the CHP said today.

INDIAN WELLS – A new shipment of Swine Flu vaccines is in. They’re not available at Riverside County health clinics. A day spa and laser surgery center in Indian Wells has them. This seems to be the hottest property in Riverside County. H1N1 spray mist vaccines. There’s a refrigerator filled with 100 of them. Up

INDIO – Sandra Danciger was not sure what to expect when she asked students at Amelia Earhart Elementary School to donate their Halloween candy. “As Iwas drinking my coffee,” she says, “I thought if every kid brought in a piece of candy, we’d have a nice little box to send off to the troops.” Close

Santa’s official post office is ready for business. Today he opened up shop in the German village of Himmelspfort, which means Heaven’s Gate. Hundreds of thousands of letters addressed to Father Christmas arrive each year in the village north of Berlin. While some of the children wish for peace and happiness, most request toys, dolls

PALM SPRINGS – Morgan Freeman will receive the Career Achievement Award for Acting at the Palm Springs International film Festival Awards Gala in January.

PALM SPRINGS – Seven students from Katherine Finchey Elementary School were treated and released at Desert Regional Medical Center, this morning after their school bus was hit by another car. The driver of the car was also transported. In all, 28 students were on board when the accident happened along the 500 block of N.

PALM SPRINGS – Gays should participate in this weekend’s Greater Palm Springs Festival and Parade to show straights they’re “not something to be feared,” a local resident said today. “When gay people become visible and are visible, then people come to understand that we are everybody and we are not something to be feared,” said

KESQ.COM LA QUINTA – At the request of blood banks near Fort Hood, Life Stream in La Quinta air shipped by FexEx 10 bags of rare O-Negative blood. Life Stream already had the 10 bags tested whiched made them an ideal supplier just hours after the shooting occured. In an effort to quickly replenish their

Eddie Quezada was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Eddie began his news career as a cameraman for Noticias 62 in Los Angeles and as an editor for the Azteca Americain Los Angeles. He decided he wanted to get in front of

David is proud to have the opportunity to cover sports in theCoachellaValley. He grew up inPortland, but moved toNew Orleansfor college. He graduated fromTulaneUniversitywith degrees in Finance and Marketing, but journalism was always his passion. David got his start in the Sports department at KATU-TV inPortland, helping cover the Trail Blazers, Pac-10 football, high school

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Police spent Wednesday morningcombing through a field looking for any evidence they can find that may lead them to a man believed to have fired shots at another man earlier this morning. The call came into police aroun 8am. Witnesses called, telling dispatchers they heard gunshots around the intersection of La

PALM DESERT – State Senator John Benoit is back in the Desert Thursday after being named Wednesday to fill the position left by the late Riverside County Supervisor Roy Wilson. Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Benoit to replace Wilson who died late August. Benoit discovered he was picked while flying his own personal airplane. “I was at

INDIO – Two freeway lanes remain closed this morning in Indio Interstate 10 just west of Jefferson Street. That’s where a big rig semi rolled over early this morning in the westbound lanes. It was carrying 76,000 pounds of watermelons and lemons. Much of it’s load was spilled onto the roadway. No word on a