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Local leaders in the tourism industry are sharing ideas for the College of The Desert’s west valley campus to strengthen its culinary and hospitality training approach.   The goal of “Visit Greater Palm Springs” is to build a strong pipeline of workers for the future.  “We used to be closed by choice. Two days a year.

As of Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., the Fairview Fire burning near Hemet has burned 4,500 acres, destroying 7 structures and killing two civilians who were trying to escape the flames. GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE FIRE HERE “The fire just popped off so fast, you couldn’t even really we couldn’t save anything,” said Hemet

Update 9:00 p.m. The Flex alert has expired. The alert went through the evening without forcing rotating outages to residents across the state. At 8 p.m., the grid operator ended its Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) 3 with no load sheds for the night. Consumer conservation played a big part in protecting electric grid reliability. Thank

President Joe Biden joined other Democratic leaders in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 2183, otherwise known as California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act, into law. Among several changes, the bill would give agricultural workers additional ways to vote on whether they want to join or bargain with a union, including by

With ongoing drought and water conservation mandates, the issue of where we’ll continue to get our water from is a big worry for people across California. Local leaders are getting together Tuesday afternoon to discuss the future water supply in the Coachella Valley. The local leaders will be at College of the Desert’s campus, Room Number CMH 4,

The long-delayed Orchid Tree Resort near downtown Palm Springs is going to take a little longer. The project was granted an extension despite concerns about financing and safety on the site. Last month, the city’s planning commission denied a request from developers for a 2-year extension amid concerns about progress and funding. Last week, Palm

Many people expect traffic on holiday weekends, and before going on your road trip, you plan when is the best day and part of the day to hit the road. In whitewater where there is light traffic on interstate 10 going west past Tipton Road. This area was mentioned multiple times by some travelers and

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the end of a long holiday weekend. With more people choosing to travel by car this holiday weekend, expect likley traffic slowdowns. AAA says it expects this to be the busiest Labor Day travel weekend they’ve seen in three years reaching pre-pandemic levels.  “An Auto Club survey in August

Triple digit heat didn’t stop people from visiting Downtown Palm Springs this holiday weekend. We spoke to tourists and businesses braving the high temperatures. Patios were packed and streets were filled with people shopping. Rita Medina from Garden Grove was visiting Palm Springs for the first time. She visited several restaurants and took plenty of

A late night shooting Friday in Coachella killed one person and injured another, police said. Deputies responded to a loud house party call off Calle Sanborn in Coachella. When they got there, police said they heard several loud gunshots as several people ran from the home. Inside police found a man and a woman hit

Two back-to-back crashes left two people dead Sunday morning in Cathedral City. The collisions happened within hours of each other and just more than 3 miles apart. Police said the first was around 6 a.m. near Quick Quack Car Wash on Ramon Road between Cathedral Canyon Drive and Canyon Vista Road. A pedestrian was killed