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Thanks to Desert Health Care District grant money, a nine exam room health center that includes an x-ray room is ready to serve patients that in some cases end up in hospital emergency rooms for treatment due to their lack of private insurance coverage. The health center which is run by the non-profit Borrego Community

Mark your calendars! The Phoenix Suns basketball team takes center court on Saturday, October 9, 2010, for another outdoor exhibition game to be held in the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The Suns will play against the Dallas Mavericks. Game begins at 6:30 p.m. This is the Suns’ third outdoor game. On October 11, 2008, the

An active solider raising his family in the desert watched President Barack Obama’s speech on the military draw down in Iraq Tuesday from on his couch in Bermuda Dunes. Captain Dennis Sadorra served multiple tours in Iraq, and he said all of the hard work he and his fellow soldiers put into Operation Iraqi Freedom

Investigators today are seeking the cause of an 81-acre wildfire in the unincorporated area of Sage. The blaze broke out about 3:30 p.m. Monday near Sage Road and Minto Way in the area just southeast of Hemet, according to Jody Hagemann, a spokeswoman for the Riverside County Fire Department. More than 130 firefighters, one helicopter

A Daly City man pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Palm Springs retiree whose body has never been found. Craig McCarthy, a 30-year-old former U.S. Marine, also admitted to charges of robbery, carjacking, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft, accessory to a murder after the fact, attempted murder

The desert caught a break the last few days weather wise. But, overall, the hot, humid and muggy conditions have made it difficult for Cal Fire to fight wildland fires, particularly in rural areas where often times the fire engines are the only water source. But Cal Fire said water isn’t the only way to

More than 11,000 students converged on the College of the Desert campus for the start of the Fall Semester on August 30, according to numbers released this week. As classes began, COD is up 1.7 percent in enrollments compared to the same time a year ago. COD is offering more than 1,000 classes this fall,

Palm Springs police will hold a blood drive Thursday for a Northern California police officer. The drive is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Palm Springs Police Department, in the training center parking lot, Palm Springs police Officer Rhonda Long said. Fremont police Officer Todd Young was shot several times Friday

Prosecutors filed murder charges against a man whose wife had been reported missing Tuesday afternoon. Richard Gustav Forsberg, 61, was arrested in Palm Springs Monday night on suspicion of killing her at their home in Rancho Santa Margarita, said Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino. He could face life in prison if he’s convicted. He

Maana mircoles a las 10:00 a.m. se llevar a cabo la ceremonia de corte de listn del Centro comunitario y de Cuidado Infantil ?Roy Wilson? ubicado sobre Mesa Drive en Mesa Verde, Ca muy cerca de Blythe.

Firefighters battled a fire that engulfed a mobile home on Tuesday morning in Coachella, according to Riverside County firefighters. The fire broke out at 10:45 a.m. on the 53400 block of Tyler Street, between Avenue 53 and 54. There were no reports of injuries, and the cause of the fire was under investigation. The American

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is back at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, but “she is not in a life-threatening situation,” according Ed Lozzi, publicist for Gabor’s daughter, Francesca Hilton. Lozzi says Gabor was apparently found unresponsive at her home, but is now at the hospital and stable, and she could be returning home soon, “but

Ayer lunes alrededor de la 9:30 a.m. un carro que circulaba sobre la I-10 se incendi a la altura de Whitewater, por fortuna el chofer pudo salirse del camino y bajar del vehculo antes de resultar herido. Poco despus un semi troque corri la misma suerte en el mismo lugar. El conductor result ileso.

La sociedad Econmica del Valle de Coachella recibi un apoyo de $28 mil dlares por parte de la Fundacin Anderson Childern?s con el objetivo de que se desarrollen dos programas de orientacin vocacional. 700 alumnos de middle School y 500 de high school se vern beneficiados. Dichos programas son con el fin de excrementar so

La polica de Hemet investiga un fatal incidente en el que un hombre fue encontrado herido de bala dentro de un carro estacionado en Hemet. La vctima de 43 aos muri ms tarde. Ahora las autoridades buscan al agresor.

A fire caused about $70,000 in damage to a Palm Springs condominium today, but no one was hurt. The blaze was reported at 8:02 a.m. at 1050 E. Ramon Road, Palm Springs Fire Battalion Chief Sang Pao Wang said. Firefighters put out the flames in less than 20 minutes and contained the fire to the

Ayer lunes inici el ao escolar en los tres distritos del Valle de Coachella y ms de 70 mil alumnos de escuelas pblicas y privadas regresaron a clases. Con el recorte al transporte se teman percances a la hora de llevar recoger a los alumnos, pero por fortuna todo se desarroll con disciplina, sobre todo

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