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Firefighters reported stopping the progress of a wildfire west of Palm Springs near Whitewater Canyon Thursday morning. The flames were reported at 5:42 a.m., near Tamarack Road and Whitewater Canyon Road. A Cal-Fire statement said the fire was approximately 9 acres in size as of 6:21 a.m., and burning in medium fuels at a slow

College of the Desert held a Veterans Day ceremony and opened a veterans’ center Thursday. The ceremony was on the east lawn of the campus’s Cravens Student Services Center at 43-500 Monterey Ave at 10 a.m. The Bighorn Golf Club Charities Veterans Resource Center, a full-service facility for veterans, wasfunded by $150,000 from the charity.

An online auction set up to raise funds for a San Diego County wildlife sanctuary caring for a bear that repeatedly raided L.A. County foothill communities was off the E-bay website today, possibly because a lock of fur was among the items up for bid. Officials at Lions, Tigers and Bears in Alpine said that

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was scheduled to meet on the East Coast today to consider a demand by an environmental group to keep the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station inoperative until its license is amended. The group Friends of the Earth contends the license granted to plant operator Southern California Edison should have been

A California judge has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network’s ad-skipping digital video recorder in a dispute that has pit broadcasters against a main distributor of their programming. Judge Dolly Gee of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday struck down the request by News Corp. broadcaster Fox, according

Servicemen and women took off on a 200-mile bike ride through Southern California Thursday morning as part of local businessman Tim Esser’s effort to raise money for local military organizations. Now in it’s 15th year, the charity ride kicked off in a rainy Palm Springs, and will end Friday, at Camp Pendleton in San Diego.

With the outcome of the 36th Congressional District race between Dr. Raul Ruiz and Congresswoman Mary Bono-Mack in the balance as well as other local races, voters are waiting to see the Riverside County Registrar’s office produce more election results. While the registrar’s office has so far counted just under half a million ballots, there

San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops announced his retirement Wednesday from a job he’s held since 2009. Hoops has accepted a position as an Executive Fellow with the Police Foundation in Washington, D.C., an organization he said is the country’s oldest non-partisan policing research organization. Hoops in a statement said, “I have dedicated the last

Esta maana la Oficina de Registro del Condado de Riverside report que aproximadamente 105 mil boletas enviadas por correo. 60 mil provisionales y 18 mil daadas que requieren duplicacin an no han sido procesadas. Hoy mismo inician los trabajos con esas boletas. Expertos en el tema atribuyen la victoria de Ruiz al incremento de latinos

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California State University will start cutting checks to students to refund a tuition increase now that voters have approved new tax measures to fund public education. At CSU and public schools, colleges and universities across the state, educators are rolling up contingency plans they had prepared in the event voters rejected

President Obama has been re-elected the President of the United States. Multiple news agencies have declared President Obama the winner. A Colorado win pushed Obama to 274 electoral votes, but wins Iowa and Ohio were key to the President winning a second term.

The Associated Press has declared Senator Dianne Feinstein a winner. She will stay seated in the position she has held since 1992.

Xavier Preparatory, a private Catholic high school in Palm Desert, made a bold decision this week. The administration announced a new program requiring students to get drug tested. Dean of Students Mark Granger believes this is a good way to help encourage students to make the right decision. “Our hope is to take these kids

A broken water main has flooded Date Palm Drive near 33rd Avenue in Cathedral City according to Cathedral City Police. The water has been shut off, but only one northbound lane is open until tomorrow morning. Cleanup had lanes shut down for several hours Tuesday afternoon. A construction crew installing underground utilities struck a water

Miles de ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos ya han salido a las calles a votar hoy 6 de Noviembre en que se decide quin ser el inquilino de la Casa Blanca por los prximos cuatro aos. En California, hay varias iniciativas que juegan un papel muy importante en los sectores de la educacin, seguridad, salud,