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UCLA has become the first school in the University of California system to ban smoking on campus. The Los Angeles Times says a no-tobacco policy was launched Monday on Earth Day. The policy will operate on an honor system. The ban also includes smokeless tobacco and the sale and advertising of tobacco products. UC President

Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach will pay tribute to victims of violent crime at a candlelight vigil in Palm Desert tonight. April 21-27 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which the D.A.’soffice recognizes annually with special events. This year, candlelight vigilsare being held as part of remembrance services scheduled in Palm Desert,Riverside and Temecula.

Traveling is no longer a breeze for many people. “Let’s look up at the board. There is no flight status, so she’s delayed,” Todd Musselman said as he waited for his girlfriend to arrive at the Palm Springs International Airport. FAA officials furloughed all of the 47,000 agency employees, including nearly 15,000 controllers. Each employee

Riverside County firefighters were on the scene of a two acre brush fire in Coachella, near the 86 expressway and Dillon road late Monday night. The fire started around 9:20 p.m. There were 8 engines, a water tender, and a bulldozer on scene to battle the flames. There was no word on a cause. No

Massachusetts State police released video over the weekend from the final moments of the manhunt for the suspect Boston bomber. Thermal images from a helicopter show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding under the tarp of a boat. It’s the same technology used by pilots at the California Highway Patrol in Thermal. “That’s the kind of equipment that

Congratulations to Karen Devine and Assistant News Director Timothy Kiley for winning their second Regional Edward R. Murrow Award. The Murrow Award honors the best in electronic journalism. The story aired last November and was called “The Right To Die”. This is the story of Bill Bentinck and the death of his terminally ill wife.

Palm Springs has always been the vacation spot for the stars, but now a local production company wants to make it where they work as well. CV Studios Entertainment is currently producing three shows. “Its all about being healthy,” says host Karly Smith. At just 11 years- old Karly Smith hopes to become the next

Cinco personas murieron despus de que la camioneta en la que viajaban se volc en el sur de Arizona mientras eran perseguidos por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza, dijeron autoridades el domingo. Willie Treatch, portavoz de los bomberos de Rural/Metro, indic que 22 personas iban en la camioneta cuando se volc el sbado por la

Ayer a las 2:45 p.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba un choque entre dos vehculos sobre Calhoun Street al sur del Hwy 111 en Indio. Cuando los agentes llegaron al lugar encontraron en medio de la calle a un hombre tirado y herido de bala, aparentemente se desat una confrontacin entre la vctima

After spending two decades producing clones from some of the world’s biggest and oldest trees, a nonprofit group says it’s time to start planting. The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive has developed several thousand genetic copies of coastal redwoods and giant sequoias from California at its laboratory in Copemish, Mich. On Monday, several dozen redwoods will

UCR Palm Desert will observe Earth Day with the showing of a documentary on climate change tonight. “Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science” will be shown at 6 p.m., and John Cook, UCR’s director of sustainability, will lead a discussion about climate change afterward. This documentary “explores the questions that surround climate change”by

Indio police were investigating a deadly shooting Sunday after being called to a two vehicle car crash at Calhoun Street just north of Date Avenue. The call at 2:45 p.m. was originally for a traffic collision, but officers found a man injured in a shooting. Indio Police Department spokesman, Ben Guitron, said there appeared to

Weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is nearly in the books and it is the place to be for music lovers from all places and of all ages this weekend. “I’m very excited to see Vampire Weekend and it’s awesome,” said 8-year-old Diego Amaya, of La Quinta. With fired up fans,

CHP says one person was killed Sunday when his vehicle smashed into a barricade at the Chuckwalla Valley Raceway in Desert Center. The crash happened about 10:30 a.m. at the raceway about 55 miles east of Indio. The CHP say only one car was involved. The driver died at the scene, and a passenger, who

The second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival continued under 90-degree skies Saturday at Indio’s Empire Polo Club, and police report they have already arrested 29 people. Most of the arrests were for alcohol-related violations, but some were for drugs. There were no major traffic tie-ups to report and nothing out of

One person was arrested and one taken to the hospital after a early Sunday morning crash in La Quinta. La Quinta police say the accident happened just after 3:00am at Avenida Bermudas and Calle Ensenada. Officers say the driver of a Toyota Corolla was southbound on Avenida Bermudas when he hit a parked truck. His

Big rig involved in a multiple-vehicle collision spilled fuel on Interstate 10 in Cathedral City Saturday morning, causing two lanes to be closed, authorities said. The crash on the westbound side of the interstate at Date Palm Drive was reported at 2:25 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Two of four westbound lanes were

Palm Springs is celebrating its 75th anniversary Saturday with a free party and fireworks show. The event, “Thanks for the Memories! Palm Springs through the Decades”starts at 3 p.m. at the O’Donnell Golf Club and will feature an exhibit ofthe city’s history and culture from 1938 to the present. Up to 10,000 peopleare expected, city

Indio police says a Coachella security worker directing traffic was killed in a car accident Saturday morning. Calfire reports the person was struck just before 8 Saturday morning near Madison and Ave 52. Calfire says a car went through the intersection for some unknown reason, striking the worker. Ben Guitron, spokesperson for Indio police says,

A Hesperia man was arrested for allegedly shooting at a person’s vehicle today on Interstate 10 near Desert Center. Isaac Lorenzo Burley, 24, allegedly fired several rounds from a handgun a person’s vehicle and fled west on Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Burley was arrested a short time later and the