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SAN FRANCISCO -A political scientist testifying for the sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage measure acknowledges that gays and lesbians face significant discrimination in the workplace. Claremont McKenna College Professor Kenneth Miller said under cross-examination Tuesday that he did not know how frequently gay Americans are fired or harassed at work but assumed it happens often.

LOS ANGELES -Authorities are watching the hillsides in foothill communities as a new storm heads into Southern California. National Weather Service meteorologist Bonnie Bartling says a weak, cold storm front will arrive by early Tuesday afternoon but will only drop around a quarter-inch to an inch of rain. However, last week’s storms saturated slopes in

INDIAN WELLS – A small plane has crashed on Miles Avenue, just north of Washington. Two people were on board the plane at the time, and were transported to the trauma center at Desert Regional Medical Center with major injuries.For hours after the crash, trafficwas being diverted around the area. According to an eyewitness, John

PALM SPRINGS – The storms from last week caused floods and road closures all over the valley. It also made for some nice scenery, but is that snow in the distance something to worry about? “We do have close to 200 miles of flood control facilities,” says Jack Porrelli with the Coachella Valley Water District.

BRANCHBURG, N.J. -Authorities in central New Jersey have seized a cache of weapons and ammunition including rifles, a grenade launcher and a night vision scope from the motel room of a Virginia man. Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest says Lloyd R. Woodson, a 43-year-old from Reston, Va., also had maps of a U.S. military facility

KESQ.com News Services RIVERSIDE -The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is expected today to approve a contractor’s bid to reconfigure a frequently clogged freeway interchange in the Coachella Valley. Skanska USA, the North American subsidiary of a Stockholm-based construction company, was chosen from a total of nine firms that bid on the Palm Drive/Gene Autry

PALM SPRINGS -A Federal Aviation Administration safety investigator in on-hand today to inspect the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Indian Wells to determine what caused the aircraft to lose power. The plane, which crashed around 3:30 p.m. Monday in a field near Washington Street and Miles Avenue, is being held in a

WICHITA, Kan. -Two California men aboard a plane that landed in the southeastern Kansas city of Liberal with more than 114 pounds of cocaine have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch announced Tuesday that 40-year-old Dean Bryan Moya and 31-year-old Richard Allen Vickery, both of Hemet, Calif., pleaded guilty to

TORRANCE -Toyota Motor Sales announced that it is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models involved in the recall for sticking accelerator pedal, announced on January 21, 2010. “Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our company,” said Group Vice President and Toyota

PALM SPRINGS – A Beaumont man is behind bars, today, charged with trying to kill his girlfriend. The victim told police her boyfriend, 48-year-old Claude Sessoms, got into an argument with her, hit her in the face, and choked her. Afterward, the two got into the car and drove, where Sessoms allegedly threw her cellular

LOS ANGELES -A new Pacific storm has begun moving into Southern California, where the ground is saturated from rain that fell daily through most of last week. The National Weather Service says Tuesday’s storm will drop between a quarter-inch and 1 inch of rain, depending on location. Several inches of snow is expected in the

RIVERSIDE -The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a contractor’s bid to reconfigure a frequently clogged freeway interchange in the Coachella Valley. Skanska USA, the North American subsidiary of a Stockholm-based construction company, was chosen from a total of nine firms that bid on the Palm Drive/Gene Autry Trail Interchange Improvement project. Skanska estimates

PALM DESERT – TheH.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation is committing $1-million for emergency and medical supplies to assist relief efforts in Haiti. The donation will be made to Eisenhower Medical Center, which is currently engaged in the relief effort through Eisenhower’s Emergency Physician Raul Ruiz, MD, MPP, MPH. Dr. Ruiz will facilitate the donation

LOS ANGELES -A parole hearing is scheduled tomorrow for “Onion Field” killer Gregory Powell, who was convicted of murdering a Los Angeles police officer south of Bakersfield in 1963 after abducting him and his partner. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents the LAPD’s rank-and-file, is opposing parole for Powell. “This vicious murderer has

PALM DESERT -Palm Desert High School is without a girls varsity softball coachafter the Desert Sand Unified School District fired their current coach Ashley Nieto. This allcomes after a criminal investigation accused Neito’s husband, Ronald, who is a registered sex offender, of volunteering with the girls softball team without the school’s permission. We brought you

INDIO – A 49-year-old woman was arrested Monday, and booked for starting a house fire that ousted a family from their home. Carolyn Owens was booked in the Indio Jail. The fire startedMonday morningat 6:42 a.m. near Chia Circle across of Olivera Avenue. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to knock down. The family is

LOS ANGELES -NASA’s Mars rover Spirit will rove no more. The space agency said Tuesday that scientists have given up trying to free Spirit, which has been trapped in soft sand since last April. Instead, focus will turn to tilting it to the north so it can get enough sunlight on its solar panels to

PALM DESERT – Fifteen Sam’s Club employees are part of a nationwide downsizing. Employees in the membership and demonstration departments at the Palm Desert store learned their jobs had been eliminated during a meeting Sunday morning. The CEO of Sam’s Club says he thinks an outside marketing company being hired to do in-store product demonstrations

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