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Instagram, Twitpic and Facebook have changed our expression. It’s very common for people to document their lives via these social media sites. Whether it’s a picture of your trendy new velvet manicure you copied from your favorite celebrity, or that amazing 5000 calorie dessert you tried at your favorite restaurant, many people portray their lives

CHP is reporting that a person has died due to a rollover crash on Thousand Palms Canyon Road and Ramon Road near Thousand Palms. CHP says a woman was killed and three children were injured in the rollover crash that happened around 9:20 A.M. Tuesday near Thousand Palms. A GMC Yukon driven by the woman

Denzel Washington’s character in “Flight” drinks a lot throughout the film, but his portrayal of a highly functioning alcoholic pilot isn’t going down well with brewing company Anheuser-Busch or the distributor of Stolichnaya vodka. Anheuser-Busch said Monday that it has asked Paramount Pictures Corp. to obscure or remove the Budweiser logo from the film, which

Voters will cast ballots Today in perhaps the most-contested and costly local contest. The race for the 36th Congressional district ends today pitting Democrat Raul Ruiz against his Republican incumbent, Mary Bono Mack. Voters in the Coachella Valley will also cast ballots today for candidates for two state legislative seats. In the 42nd Assembly District

Riverside County Registrar of Voters Kari Verjil and her staff are bracing for a busy election night, with expectations for the tally of votes to continue into Wednesday in the face of an anticipated record turnout at the polls and by mail. “Everything we can do will be done to process returns … as quickly

The Field Poll is predicting more than half of California voters will cast ballots by mail for Tuesday’s election. It would be the first time the number of mail-in ballots overtook the number of precinct ballots in a California general election. Field predicts 51 percent of all ballots for this election will be mail-in. The

The Board of Supervisors got a dressing down during a hearing on a proposed San Francisco public nudity ban. Gypsy Taub took off her clothes during Monday’s hearing and had to be taken away by sheriff’s deputies. She agreed to get dressed and wasn’t arrested or cited. Supervisor Scott Wiener proposed the law that would

A controversial cross Mojave Desert that was stolen two years has turned up hundreds of miles away in the San Francisco Bay area. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department was notified Monday that a large cross was tied to a fence post in Half Moon Bay. An attached note asked finders to contact authorities. KGO-TVhttp://bit.ly/Ug0aD1

A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a truck on Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs Monday night. The accident happened around 4:45 P.M. on Gene Autry Trail and 7 Lakes Rd. Palm Springs Police on scene say that it appears the driver of a white truck was going Eastbound on 7 Lakes when it

Monday is a national effort to raise money for Superstorm Sandy relief. You can go to Mathis Brothers on Clinton and Highway 111 until 6:45 to donate. Desert Care Solutions donated $500 and is challenging other Coachella Valley businesses to match that! Here are some other ways to donate: TEXT: Text ABC to 90999 to

A roughly 700,000-pound steam generator removed from a boiler at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was en route to a disposal site in Utah today on a specially configured truck trailer. The unit, which was part of an assembly inside a boiler, emits about as much radiation as a dental X-ray, according to Southern

Palm Springs brimmed with people happily celebrating gay pride all day long – and love for people that is unconditional. “One love. You love everybody. It’s not about black, white, brown, gay, straight. Everybody is one love. You got to get along in this world,” Vangie Weems said at the parade. Thousands of people lined

Both the Republican and Democratic party spent the day picking up phones asking for the final support they need before November 6th. Volunteers at phone banks went strong all day long. The Democrats were dialing people up as a reminder. “We’re calling Iowa, one of the swing states. We’re making sure primarily that they have

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More than 2,000 family and friends gathered at Forest Lawn in Coachella to honor and remember their loved ones who have died. Cecilia Hurtado, of Indio, and her family celebrate the lives of her children’s grandparents and her own on Friday night. “It’s beautiful. It’s awesome we get to do this in the states,” she

City leaders, including Desert Hot Springs Mayor Yvonne Parks, are expected to attend the ground breaking ceremony at the site of the new Bella Vista Elementary School today at 9 a.m. The new school is expected to be completed by 2014 and will serve students and staff now at Edward Wenzlaff Elementary School. The project