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Federal authorities say four Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans overseas by joining al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says the defendants were arrested for plotting to bomb government facilities and public places. They include a man who served in the U.S. Air Force. According to

Xavier College Preparatory High School proudly inducted its first 64 students into the prestigious National Honor Society on Monday night. The keynote speaker was Coachella Valley native and Representative-elect of the 36th Congressional District. The theme of the night: Inspiration. “We know that an education is the pathway to the American success story and all

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will vote on Tuesday about using more than $2.3 million in the first phase of plans for a bridge in Thermal. They hope an overpass at the intersection of Grapefruit and Airport boulevards will ease traffic and safety issues at a railroad crossing. However, not everyone agrees with the

A new monument now stands in the Betty Ford Center that’s stood in Rancho Mirage for 30 years. “It’s another way to honor the lady whose vision created this,” Betty Ford Center President and CEO John T. Schwarzlose said. A little over a week ago, board members and even Betty Ford’s son, Jack, and grandson,

The son of The Hollywood Reporter founder Billy Wilkerson is apologizing for his father’s and the trade paper’s role in the 1947 Hollywood Blacklist that destroyed the careers of writers, actors and directors accused of having communist ties. In an article published by The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, Willie Wilkerson calls the Blacklist era “Hollywood’s

The Sheriff’s Department’s Palm Desert station wasawarded a state grant of more than $100,000 to fund a year-long effort to crack down on drunken driving, the department announced today. The award from the California Office of Traffic Safety will help coverthe costs of sobriety checkpoints starting in January, along with other anti-DUI campaigns and efforts

Authorities have launched an experiment aimed at building beaches and sandbars on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar opened the river outlet tubes at noon Monday. The peak flow will last 24 hours from Monday night into Tuesday, and the river will run high for five days.

A Los Angeles federal judge has denied a Christian group’s bid for an injunction to force suburban Santa Monica to reopen spaces in a city park to private displays, including Christmas Nativity scenes. U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins formalized an earlier tentative ruling during a hearing Monday. An attorney for the Christian group says

The Marine Corps is hoping to deploy some four-footed recruits in the Mojave Desert – about 500 threatened desert tortoises. The Los Angeles Times says the hatchlings live in a special 5-acre facility at the Twentynine Palms Marine Base that’s protected from predators by wire and netting. The slow-growing tortoises may need a year or

The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced they will present Naomi Watts with the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award at its Awards Gala. The awards gala is presented by Cartier, and will be held on Saturday, January 5th at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 3-14, 2013. Past recipients

A Catholic bishop has apologized to worshippers for allowing a California registered sex offender to volunteer at a school festival last month. Diocese of San Jose Bishop Patrick McGrath told the St. Frances Cabrini congregation on Sunday that he takes full responsibility. The San Jose Mercury Newshttp://bit.ly/TSmHl3 says McGrath promised to make sure it wouldn’t

Palm Springs police officers have been watching an apartment at 200 South Belardo Rd in Palm Springs over the past couple of weeks. And, after receiving anonymous information that occupants of one of the units had been selling illegal drugs from the location. Also, conducting surveillance of the location over a period of time, the

Players and Coaches at Desert Hot Springs High School came into school Tuesday morning to find the window to the coaches office broken, and their hard earned fundraiser money gone. $1,500 in a lock box and several electronic items were taken sometime over the holiday weekend.Players like Greg Cortez were disappointed to say the least.

Police are on the lookout for a purse snatcher in Palm Springs. An off duty CHP officer and his wife were dining outside at the Chop House on the 200 block of South Palm Canyon Drive just after eight last night. The officer’s wife had her purse on the table when a man grabbed the

In Desert Hot Springs, firefighters were able to save a home early Sunday morning. The fire was reported around 5:30 at the unoccupied home on the 66000 block of Yucca Drive. Riverside County Fire says firefighters contained the flames to a bedroom and the living room. No one was hurt, or displaced. The fire caused

Three suspects are behind bars after a routine traffic stop Friday (11/16) turned into a car chase. Police say, the chase started shortly before 2:30 pm Friday (11/16) afternoon in Palm Desert. After police tried to pull over a stolen pick-up truck on Monterey Avenue and Magnesia Falls. Authorities say, the driver eventually led them

A follow-up on the federal food stamp raid. The Coachella Valley man arrested says he’s not worried about the charges against him. Haki Dervishi is out of jail, released on bond Thursday. Federal agents say he defrauded the government about $3.5 million in food stamps. We walked up to Dervishi’s door in Palm Springs with