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A new prison photo of Charles Manson shows the convicted murderer graying and balding with his forehead swastika ever present. He’s locked away at Corcoran State Prison, about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Manson turns 75 later this year. Manson has been denied parole 11 times since 1978. He is next eligible in 2012.

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – The search is on for the suspects in two separate shootings that took place early Sunday morning, both happened in Desert Hot Springs just about a mile apart from each other. The first was around one in morning, the other about an hour later. A total of five victims were taken

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Foreclosed homes and their neglected lawns are creating eye sores throughout the valley, but a new program is helping out and saving neighborhoods. The Coachella Valley Coalition is launching its residential rescue program to keep neighborhoods looking good. The program saves plants and trees at homes where water service had been

After an arson fire and months of reconstruction, a well-known Indio bar opened its doors to the public for the first time Friday night.The popular joint, Neil’s Bar is asking customers to come back for the first time since the arson fire in April. The bar owner tells News Channel 3 the firecouldn’t have happened

PALM SPRINGS – After months of anticipation, dozens of staff members from Palm Springs Unified learned Fridat they will not have a job next school year, and those who will have a job will work even harder. “They are going to have more kids in their class and they are already struggling,” says Timothy Walker,

A Smackover, AR woman is auctioning off the naming rights to her seventh child on eBay. Click here to view the auction listing.

PALM SPRINGS – Drivers continue to seedelays on Interstate 10 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. as crews repave 20 miles of the interstate.Overnight crews shut down three of the four lanes creating a backup for miles. Kerin Howard spent two hours in the traffic on Tuesday night. “I think it’s wrong. There’s too many

INDIO – These days the average length of marriage in the United States is 7 to 10 years, and more than 40 percent of marriages end in divorce. However, one valley couple has beat the odds, as they celebrate their 74th wedding anniversary. ” I liked him right away,” says Charlotte Salazar, Indio resident. Seventy

PALM SPRINGS – It started in 1949 with Johnny Hollinger, Jim Maynor and others riding horseback up the San Jacinto Mountains to find and rescue hikers on their spare time. Since then, over 150 men and women have joined in. “Jole Butler was very instrumental in the group,” says Doug Stevens, a member since 1981.

BURBANK – Two journalists who had been held in North Korea since mid-March returned to the United States today, arriving at Bob Hope Airport amid tears, hugs and expressions of relief that the “nightmare of our lives” was finally over. Laura Ling and Euna Lee landed in Burbank escorted by former President Bill Clinton, who

PALM DESERT – California’s prison system is broken, according to a panel of three federal judges. They find that prisons are packed at twice their capacity and there’s little rehabilitiation to speak of. That leads to a revolving door of criminals coming right back in after they serve their time. The judges say the state’s

PALM DESERT – After months of economic troubles, there is at least one business benefiting from the weak economy: trade schools. Enrollment is through the roof at one local trade school and there is no sign of slowing down. “We are really bursting at the seams here,” says Peter Conrad, Santa Barbra Business College Dean

KDI Kares, the non-profit arm of KDI Elements, is coordinating a shoe drive this summer to obtain as many new shoes as possible to be given to school children in conjunction with the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission’s Back to School Backpack Giveaway which will take place on Saturday, August 22 at the Van Buren Elementary

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Thousands of people in the Coachella Valleyare vowing to fight crime in their neighborhoodsas part of the National Night Out. From Indio to Desert Hot Springs, neighbors spent the night getting to know their neighbors in an effort to fight crime.Some residents ofthe Arroyo de Paz Apartmentsin Desert Hot Springs don’t

CATHEDRAL CITY – Hundreds of residents from the Sky Valley Mobile Home Park were told to go to Workman Middle School in Cathedral City after an electrical fire shutoff all power to the mobile home park. The fire happened just before 5 p.m.Monday.According to firefighters and residents, the electrical swtich boxes and lines caught fire

Heat waves don’t always translate into crime waves. But criminal activity does change during the long, hot summer in the desert. Cathedral City Police, like other police departments, see a rise in domestic violence. “With increased drinking, with the heat, being uncomfortable, we tend to see a little bit more arguments, a little bit more

LA QUINTA – It is the age-old question: How old is “too old” to be driving? Many families are struggling with this sensitive issue, and they need help on how to take away the car keys from their elderly parents. The gentler approach: Hire a senior helper. Leo Mehan and Jeanine Puskas met two months

INDIO – The Valley’s largest job fair is canceled. Companies aren’t hiring and there aren’t enough jobs to go around. The job fair was scheduled at the Fantasy Springs Convention Center in Indio. The job fair is postponed until October 2010. There’s the hushed silence of a library inside the county employment office in Indio.