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As a storm moves into the southland, there are concerns about snow-melt and flooding. Some Palm Springs residents worry that all the snow in the surrounding mountains could quickly melt and cause heavy flooding. Amma Clark lives in Safari Park in Palm Springs, where the Valentine’s Day flood of 2019 caused lots of damage. “I’m concerned about the
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Marine Corps Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews can remember in specific detail the moment that a suicide bomber attacked Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate in August 2021 amid the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. “A flash and a massive wave of pressure. I’m thrown 4 feet onto the ground but instantly knew what had
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The Desert Sands Unified School District will be holding a job fair on Saturday, March 11th, from 8:00 am until noon, at the district office, at 47-950 Dune Palms Road in La Quinta. According to the district they are looking to fill full-time non-teaching positions at the job fair. Jobs open include bus drivers, nutrition
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Police arrested a man and a woman believed to be behind a series of residential burglaries in the Cathedral City cove area. The arrests came about after a recent increase burglaries in that area, police said. Cathedral City detectives executed a search warrant Wednesday at around 9:30 a.m. on the 68500 block of C Street,
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Update 3/8/23 3:30 p.m. Mr. Loyola has been found safe, police said Original Report: A man with Alzheimer’s and dementia has been reported missing in Palm Springs Wednesday morning. Nestor Loyola, 81, was last seen in the area of Highland and Camino Parocela at around 10:00 a.m., police said. He is a Filipino man described
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Four dogs that mauled a man to death at a Jurupa Valley home where he was working on a project for the owner were euthanized, authorities said today. The fatality occurred about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at a house near the intersection of Bellegrave Avenue and Martin Street, according to the Riverside County Department of Animal
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A Palm Desert High School teacher and football coach was charged with murder today after he allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian while intoxicated over the weekend. Cameron Francis Curtis, 31, of Palm Desert additionally faces a sentence enhancing allegation of great bodily injury, according to court records. He’s set to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon
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The BNP Paribas Open continued Tuesday with a fun day and night at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. CHAMPIONS MURALS During the day, the champions murals were unveiled, honoring Taylor Fritz and Iga Swiatek. One of the cool traditions of the @BNPPARIBASOPEN is that champions earn a special mural that is unveiled the following year.
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Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reef Band’s concert is officially in the books at Acrisure Arena. Before then, the festivities started with a tailgating party in the east side of the parking lot. In the Margaritaville Tailgate zone, it’s always 5 o’clock. “We’ve been here since 9am, yeah we were the first ones in and
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Security at the Coachella Valley Unified School District plans to ask for additional funds to increase the number of visits by canine detection services. The services are provided by Interquest Detection Canines of San Diego. In August 2022, the board originally approved 24 visits for canine inspections at CVUSD schools. According to district documents, there
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Volunteers are rallying around the Living Free Animal Sanctuary in Mountain Center, after it was impacted by recent storms. Several run-in horse sheds are now unusable and will have to be torn down, after their roofs caved in under the weight of wet snow. “It happens occasionally. They’ve been there for several years and gone
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A lockdown that led to several tense hours at Coachella Valley High School has been lifted following unfounded reports of a student with a knife, officials confirmed. Parents and guardians were outside the gates of the school Tuesday morning, waiting for information on the lockdown. Eventually, they were directed to the main gym to pick
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Ravens were able to get up and eat the bald eagle eggs up on the Big Bear nest. The act was caught on the nest live stream at around 3:30 p.m. PT. The eggs were left abandoned and eventually, a duo of hungry ravens was able to get up to the nest and pick at
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Desert Springs Middle School was placed on a brief lock out Tuesday afternoon due to police activity nearby. Parents/guardians were notified by the Palm Springs Unified School District at around 3:40 p.m., a text to parents showed. The lock out was lifted by 3:53 p.m. School officials said there was no threat to any students
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The House Subcommittee Investigating the Origins of COVID-19 will hold a hearing Wednesday looking at whether the virus accidentally leaked from a research lab in China. Wednesday’s hearing will feature the former director of the CDC, a long-time proponent of the disputed theory the virus came from an accident at a lab in Wuhan. You
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A 24-year-old man has been charged for his alleged role in a high-speed crash that killed three people in Palm Desert during the holidays. Ricardo Adrian Meza was officially charged with three counts of murder on Tuesday, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed. He was scheduled to be arraigned on those charges Tuesday afternoon,
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A Murrieta-based nonprofit filed a lawsuit today challenging the constitutional validity of California’s so-called “transgender sanctuary law,” which permits children to come into the state for gender-altering surgeries despite parental opposition or legal actions filed in other states to bar the procedures. “Senate Bill 107 is a dangerous piece of legislation that strips the right
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Eisenhower Health announced its newly licensed Obstetrical Emergency Department (OBED), the first in Riverside County. Located in the hospital’s Family Birth Center, the OBED enhances the Center’s comprehensive maternity services available to expectant mothers in the Coachella Valley. The Eisenhower Family Birth Center’s OBED is a specialized area within the Family Birth Center, equipped for
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t give a State of the State address this year, shunning the teleprompter that has frustrated him because of his dyslexia in favor of a statewide tour this month, in which he can highlight his major policy goals in a more informal setting. It’s
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The BNP Paribas Open is back! We back! Opening day here @BNPPARIBASOPEN with the men’s and women’s draw! Coverage on @KESQ! pic.twitter.com/Ec9h0KkJNl— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) March 6, 2023 The two-week tennis spectacle, scheduled from March 6th through the 19th at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, got underway Monday with the men’s and women’s draw. Top-seeded
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