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The normally calm and quiet Twentynine Palms Cemetery turned upside down this past weekend. “Somebody had gone through and picked up items placed atop the sites by family members that weren’t secured, and just smashed them on the sidewalks,” Stacey Lee, the Twentynine Palms secretary, said. The damage affected about 30 grave sites. “Just broken

A California State University committee has approved a plan to raise tuition by 5 percent if Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative doesn’t pass in November. The finance committee of the CSU Board of Trustees voted Tuesday for the “contingency strategy” to cope with Proposition 30’s potential failure. Meeting in Long Beach, the full board is

Latino Books y Mas is filing a lawsuit against Wessman Development, after getting notice they’re being evicted from the Desert Fashion Plaza, claiming breach of contract, fraud and abuse of process. But, Wessman Development is standing by it’s business plan for demolition. Ramirez says “We filed the lawsuit because we feel this eviction is illegal

A small quake was felt in parts of the Coachella Valley Tuesday afternoon. USGS says at 2:09 p.m. a 3.1 quake centered 4 miles SSW of Idyllwild hit the area. No word on damage at this time.

Hoy a las 9:30 a.m. la polica recibi una llamada que reportaba un robo en una casa ubicada sobre Julia Street en Coachella, inform el vocero del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside. Cuando un agente lleg al lugar, por alguna razn se desat un altercado entre l y el sujeto que despus de

A grand opening was scheduled for Tuesday for a fire station in Mecca. The 12,411-square-foot station at 91-350 66th Ave. replaces the 3,058-square-foot station, built in 1952, at 91-100 Fourth St., according to Supervisor John Benoit’s office. The $5.1 million station, which includes three apparatus bays and an eight-bed dormitory, a kitchen, training and exercise

Jury deliberations got under way today in the trial of the former transportation director for the Coachella Valley Unified School District, who is accused of misappropriating district funds, and his longtime girlfriend, who is charged with grand theft. Raul Portillo Lopez, 56, is accused of misappropriating more than $200,000 in district funds between 2003 and

Have you started humming “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow” yet? If not perhaps you should because it’s time for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Annual Snow Guessing contest which will begin October 1st and continue until the first measurable inch of snow falls at the Mountain Station, elevation of 8,516 feet.

On March 27th, nine MEGA Millions tickets matched five out of six numbers to win $308,573 each. Fast-forward to today, and we’re suddenly only a week away from two of those nine tickets expiring. The two unclaimed tickets were sold at the 7-Eleven located at 7014 Archibald Avenue in Corona (Riverside County) and at the

The Coachella Valley always has and always will be a hot spot for golfers. Now one club is hoping to attract a younger crowd to their course. The La Quinta Mountain course has started a programs geared specifically towards kids ages 4-15. The program called “Little Links” gives the young golfers a chance to play

A Cathedral City man who was drunk when he got behind the wheel, resulting in a hit-and-run crash that killed a man in a wheelchair, was sentenced today to seven years in prison. Randy David Merida, 27, pleaded guilty on Sept. 4 to gross vehicular manslaughter while driving under the influence and not stopping and

After spending days in hiding, one of the actors in the controversialfilm “Innocence of Muslims” is speaking out for the first time. The Coachella Valley man says it started when he answered a casting call on Craigslist. “Then out of the blue almost a year has gone by. I think, ‘Oh well, you know. I

Bad news at the gas pumpwhere we’re seeing a rare post-Labor Day jump in gas prices. In Riverside and San Bernardino counties the average price for a gallon of regular gas is $4.11, more than 3 cents higher than a month ago and almost 20 cents higher than a year ago at this time. The

Six years ago tonight, three people were violently murdered, up in Mountain Center, off of Highway 74. What happened on the night of September 17, 2006 is nothing short of gruesome, tragic and haunting.Tanya Friedli says, “Our mother and John Were brutally murdered in the bedroom and our childhood home was set ablaze. Our poor