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The U.S. Forest Service revised its estimate forcontaining The Hathaway Fire in the San Gorgonio Wilderness because of wherethe fire is burning. The estimated date for full containment — it had been 95 percentcontained, or surrounded, on Sunday — is now open-ended or undetermined. The northeastern head of the fire is burning in a rocky,

President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming. In a major speech at Georgetown University, Obama warned Americans of the deep and disastrous effects of climate change, urging them to take action before it’s

Police are looking for two men this morning suspected of robbing a Coachella RadioShack a gunpoint Monday night. At around 7:40 p.m., police responded to reports of an armed robbery at the RadioShack near the corner of Harrison and Westerfield. When they arrived, they learned a man wearing a black cloth mask entered the store

The sun has set on a proposed solar energy plant in the Southern California desert. The K Road Calico Solar Project would have covered as many as six square miles of land with solar panels east of Barstow. The project could have generated enough electricity for 250,000 homes. Environmentalists sued, saying the development would have

A judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a sheriff to take money from a Central California Native American casino’s till to pay a $725,000 settlement reached between the tribe and a former casino manager. The Fresno Bee reports that Madera County Sheriff John Anderson has until the end of November to carry out

California lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment that would affirm the public’s right to inspect documents held by local governments while clarifying who should pay for making them available. The amendment was written in response to a media outcry over a bill that loosened requirements on how local governments handle requests for public information. The

California’s Supreme Court says a divorced man doesn’t have to share his pension increase with his ex. The San Francisco Chronicle says the court on Monday ruled in the case of Timothy and Julie Green. Before marriage, the Contra Costa County man was in the Air Force. He became a firefighter but his pension plan

The Supreme Court handed down a mixed ruling a major affirmative action case. Justices are sending Abigail Fisher’s case back to a Federal Appeals Court, ordering the court to take another look. She claimed her race prevented her from getting admitted to the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. The justices did rule that

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with an up-to-date formula for deciding which states and localities still need federal monitoring. The justices said in 5-4 vote that the law Congress most recently renewed in 2006 relies on 40-year-old data

Historic immigration legislation cleared a key Senate hurdle with votes to spare on Monday, pointing the way to near-certain passage within days for $38 billion worth of new security measures along the border with Mexico and an unprecedented chance at citizenship for millions living in the country illegally. The vote was 67-27, seven more than

Cathedral City’s mayor pro tem denied embezzlement chargestoday at his arraignment for allegedly spending funds from an employeecomputer loan program on himself. Charles Frederick Vasquez, 58, is charged with three felony counts ofembezzlement by a public officer. He entered his not guilty plea at the LarsonJustice Center in Indio and is due back in court

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 140 points, or 0.9%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost more than 1% each. Earlier in the day, all three indexes were down between 1.5% and 2%. Bond yields also eased back from earlier levels. The 10-year yield finished the day at 2.56% after rising to a 22-month

“We’re already sort of a gay mecca out here as far as tourism,” Reggie Cameron from the Skylark Hotel said. Palm Springs might soon be a wedding mecca. At least that’s what some local businesses think as the Supreme Court considers two same-sex marriage cases. “I lived in San Francisco when Prop 8 was brought

Border Patrol agents seized 8.5 pounds of methamphetamine last Friday after asuspectednarcotics smuggler was caught traveling through the Highway 86 checkpoint between Westmorland and Salton City. At about 2:40 p.m. on June 21, the 22-year-old suspect was approaching the checkpoint when a canine unit alerted agents to search her car, a 1999 Chrysler Cirrus. During

The state Senate is sending a bill to the governor to fix previous legislation that threatened to reduce public access to government documents. Lawmakers approved a bill Monday to replace legislation lawmakers approved as part of the state budget that made complying with the California Public Records Act optional for local agencies. The change would

The Supreme Court on Monday waded into a complicated dispute over a law aimed at keeping immigrant families together in a case that underscores the occasionally tense relationship between immigration proponents and the Obama administration as Congress debates immigration reform. The justices said Monday they will hear an appeal from the Obama administration arguing that

The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce will honor local businesses and entrepreneurs, including prominent restaurant owners Barbara and Jerry Keller, at its annual Installation and Awards Luncheon Tuesday. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Renaissance hotel. The Kellers, owners of LuLu in Palm Springs and Acqua Pazza in Rancho Mirage, will be named

Hoy alrededor de las 6:15 a.m. se volc un semais en el rea de Gene Autrey Trail y Va Escuela en Palm Springs causando retrasos en el flujo vehcular ya que la polica tuvo que cerrar algunos carriles mientras el vehculo era removido. A las 7:50 todo volvi a la normalidad. No se mencion si

Velma Morrison, a philanthropist who was known as a patron of the arts, has died of a heart attack at the age of 92. Morrison’s daughter, Judyth Roberts, said Morrison was at her home in Rancho Mirage when she died Thursday. Several buildings around Boise, Idaho – including the Velma V. Morrison Center for the