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Arabian Gardens Mobile Home park is in phase 2 of the SoCal Gas Conversion Program

Arabian Gardens Mobile Home Park is in the City of Indio. This privately owned mobile home park is in the second phase of the Mobilehome park utility conversion program with the Southern California Gas Company. “The modernization program replaces aging, privately owned, master-metered systems with new utility-owned systems at qualified mobile home parks throughout California,”

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Man found dead in Indio identified

Authorities today identified a 42-year-old man whose body was found in Indio. Officers responded to an area near Date Avenue and Denslow Street at around 4 a.m. Tuesday to a report of an unresponsive individual on the ground, according to the Indio Police Department. https://youtu.be/I7Ku97wtb7E Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene,

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Monkeypox: 30 more cases reported; half of 158 countywide cases are patients in Palm Springs

Riverside County reported 30 more confirmed or probable monkeypox cases today, with Palm Springs now making up exactly half of the overall number of 158. Riverside University Health System provides updated numbers on a monkeypox dashboard that shares a breakdown of cases in the county with city-by-city data and more. https://youtu.be/TN8fvFJ9AHE Last Wednesday, the county’s

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Palm Springs police continues expanded patrol operation in downtown area

The Palm Springs Police Department continues to conduct its “Operation Clean Streets” in the downtown area. On Tuesday, PSPD, along with state parole and Riverside County probation, were in the downtown Palm Springs area. 11 arrests were made for a variety of violations. Officers were also out making contact with downtown businesses. Just last week,

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Parents speak out about heat-related concerns at local schools

All schools in the desert are dealing with the high temperatures but at some DSUSD parents are voicing their concerns about the lack of heat safety infrastructure and protocols at their childrenโ€™s schools. Parents have reported that children are experiencing heat-related illness symptoms such as nausea, headaches and even nosebleeds while spending time outdoors during

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RivCo receives 690 MPOX vaccines, county stretches supply with intradermal injections

On Tuesday, Riverside County received 690 vials of the monkeypox vaccine from the California Department of Public Health. But as monkeypox cases continue to grow in the Coachella Valley, thereโ€™s not enough vaccines to keep up with demand. โ€œWe’re still in limited supply compared to the need in our county,” said Dr. Jennifer Chevinsky, Riverside

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California to protect health benefits for young immigrants๏ฟผ

By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) โ€” About 40,000 low-income adults living in the country illegally wonโ€™t lose their government-funded health insurance over the next year under a new policy announced Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsomโ€™s administration. California already pays for the health care expenses of low-income adults 25 and younger, regardless of their

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Sex registrant charged with sexually assaulting girl in Riverside elementary school bathroom

A convicted sex offender accused of illegally entering a Riverside elementary school campus and sexually assaulting a girl in a restroom was charged today with forcible lewd acts on a child and other offenses.ย ย  Logan Allen Nighswonger, 32, of Riverside, was arrested Friday within a few hours of the alleged assault at McAuliffe Elementary School

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College of the Desert students assemble and launch a satellite with help from NASA

On Monday, several students from College of the Desert presented a project as part of theย NASA on Campus Internship program.ย  Over the last five weeks, students built and programmed a satellite with help from NASA.ย They launched it over the Salton Sea to measure the carbon dioxide levels and take other readings.ย  “Honestly, it’s surreal, like

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