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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has denied a news report that he pushed for an exception to the state’s new fast-food minimum wage law that benefits a wealthy campaign donor. California’s minimum wage is $16 per hour. But starting April 1, most fast-food restaurants in the
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Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson collected and organized years of data recorded at Palm Springs International Airport to answer the frequent viewer question, “Is it getting windier”? Straight to the point… there doesn’t appear to be a long-term increase in the average wind speed. However, it’s a different perspective in the short term, as the last
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has died at age 84, according to Canadian media reports citing his daughter’s social media post. Mulroney died peacefully, surrounded by family, Caroline Mulroney said in a post on X. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister,” Caroline Mulroney said in
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Patricia Lopez, a fifth grade teacher at Saul Martinez Elementary School in Mecca, has been honored as the latest One Class at a Time award winner. The award is made possible thanks to KESQ News Channel 3’s partnership with the Walter Clark Legal Group. Lopez explained her students’ love for reading and the importance of
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump delivered back-to-back Thursday speeches at different Texas locations near the border with Mexico. Biden’s speech, largely delivered from a prepared text, was highly factual. Biden devoted much of the address to an accurate description of various provisions of the bipartisan border
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As we head toward the weekend, there will be various wind advisories and warnings going into effect and expiring at various times. Most importantly for the Coachella Valley, a Wind Advisory will be in effect from 12 PM Saturday through 4 AM Saturday. Winds will be strongest on Saturday, but we will certainly feel some
Continue ReadingWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 were ordered Friday to pay nearly $13 million (US$7.8 million) in fines and reparations. The holding company of the island’s owners, a boat tour operator and three companies that operated helicopter
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say a third person has died from injuries sustained in a shooting earlier this week that claimed four victims. Police said that a 39-year-old person died Thursday in a hospital from the shooting Sunday in which several people opened fire on each other. The person’s name and gender haven’t been
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Update 2/29/24 Desert Regional Medical Center has reopened its kitchen. The closure comes a day after it was closed due to evidence of pests. “A kitchen at Desert Regional Medical Center that was taken out of service has been re-opened. Food service operations in that space have resumed,” DRMC officials said. Original Report 2/28/24 Desert
Continue ReadingDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire at a six-story shopping mall in the Bangladeshi capital overnight killed at least 43 people and injured dozens of others, with several people escaping to the building’s roof, officials said Friday. The fire started late Thursday at a restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic crisis. It’s “now or never” to tackle declining births and the shrinking population, the country’s leader warned last
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Eisenhower Health and Desert Regional Medical Center welcomed Leap Day babies! The Eisenhower Family Birth Center in Rancho Mirage welcomed its first-ever Leap Day baby! Parents Naomie and Dr. Kevin Wong welcomed their son Noah at 9:12 a.m. Thursday morning. Officials said Baby Noah and his mom are doing just fine. Since its opening in
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A San Diego man has died while two other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 74 near Vista Point Thursday afternoon. The crash was reported at approximately 12:35 p.m. near milepost 88. According to the California Highway Patrol, Kenneth Macho, 75, died after crashing with a tow truck in the oncoming lane.
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A young man accused in last year’s fatal shooting of a teenager who had received his high school diploma minutes earlier in Richmond, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and a firearm-related charge. News outlets report that 20-year-old Amari Pollard entered the plea on Thursday during the fourth day of
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A Desert Hot Springs man pleaded guilty today to fatally shooting his brother’s ex-girlfriend in 2015 and was immediately sentenced to 15 Years to life in prison. Jesus Garza Jr., 31, of Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty Thursday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of murder and was immediately sentenced.
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday. The bill now goes to President Joe
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for Donald Trump and other defendants in the Georgia election interference case hoped that lawyer Terrence Bradley would provide key testimony in support of their effort to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — and they had good reason for their optimism. Over several months,
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN Hunter Biden unequivocally denied that his father was ever involved in his business dealings or took any government actions on his behalf during a roughly six-hour deposition Wednesday where President Joe Biden’s son frequently clashed with the Republicans questioning him. House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has denied a news report that he pushed for an exception to the state’s new fast-food minimum wage law that benefits a wealthy campaign donor. California’s minimum wage is $16 per hour. But starting April 1, most fast-food restaurants in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. But their extraordinary dual visits to Texas showed that the likely 2024 general election rivals could not be further apart on how to obtain that goal. In
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