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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a state spending plan for the coming fiscal year that makes budget-busting deficits a distant memory and funnels billions of additional dollars to K-12 schools. The governor was joined by Democratic legislative leaders on Thursday as he signed the budget for the fiscal year starting Monday. It includes a $96.3

President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage as a “victory for American democracy” but clashed with his African host over gay rights in a sign of how far the movement has to go internationally. Obama said recognition of gay unions in the United States should cross state lines and

June 27, 2013 The City of Palm Springs and the Desert Healthcare Foundation, in partnership with President Clinton’s Health Matters Initiative, announced Thursday that just under $350,000 in proceeds from the Mayor’s Healthy Planet, Healthy You Race and Wellness Festival, including matching dollars from the Desert Healthcare Foundation, will be distributed to six local nonprofits

Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday afternoon after allegedly breaking into a Palm Desert home on San Pascual Avenue. Around 2:30 p.m., police responded to reports of a burglary on the 44400 block of San Pascual. Two teenagers, one boy and one girl, were seen leaving the area of the crime. Deputies located a 15-year-old girl

The Senate has advanced historic immigration legislation across the last procedural test and stands on the brink of final passage of the bill offering the prize of U.S. citizenship to millions. The vote on final passage was set for Thursday afternoon. The bill, a top priority for President Barack Obama, would also pour billions into

The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from Arizona and Nevada involving the rights of same-sex couples. The justices let stand an appeals court ruling striking down an Arizona law that said only married state employees were eligible for health benefits and withdrawing domestic partner benefits for unmarried state workers. Arizona’s constitution bars same-sex marriage, so

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire decreased today for the third consecutive day following a 13-day streak of increases, falling nine-tenths of a cent to $4.071. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 6.3 cents more than one week ago, 5.4 cents higher than

A strong ridge of high pressure will cause a heat wave in Riverside County from Friday to Tuesday, likely setting new record high temperatures throughout the region, meteorologists said today. According to the National Weather Service, the hottest days will be this weekend. An excessive heat warning for the mountains and Coachella Valley is scheduled

A fire broke out in a train engine in Cabazon Wednesday night, but no one was injured. The fire, which was reported at 9:40 p.m. south of Tamarack Road and Rushmore Avenue, was contained to the engine’s air compressor in just under one hour, said Mark Annas of the Riverside County Fire Department. The blaze

A driver who led authorities on an approximately four-minute chase after they tried to pull him over for a traffic violation was killed by police in Hemet today after he got out of his car and pulled a gun, according to a sheriff’s deputy and a broadcast report. The chase began when members of a

Hundreds gathered in downtown Palm Springs to celebrate a historic day for gay rights in America. Several groups including the Human Rights Campaign, Desert Aids Project, the LGBT Community Center and others put on a rally for same-sex marriage supporters to cheer and revel in huge victories in the high court. The Supreme Court gave

Social media erupted Wednesday following the court’s decisions to strike down Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. Tweets with #DOMA, #prop8, and #loveislove were all trending in the Twittersphere after #SCOTUS handed two monumental victories to same-sex marriage couples and supporters.Many locals, celebs and leaders including president Barack Obama tweeted, “Today’s

Dr. Russell Grant said the high heat forecast for this weekend is a serious danger. “Every year in this country people die from heat related injuries, and they are all virtually preventable,” Dr. Russell Grant from Eisenhower Urgent Care said. Dr. Grant said not to underestimate the triple digit temperatures, as much as 20 degrees

With the Supreme Court clearing the way for same sex marriages to resume in California, gay weddings figure to soon be big business in the Palm Springs area. The amount of churches that make it their business to marry same sex couples remains to be seen. At least one large church in Palm Desert is

Police in Cathedral City are searching for a man they believe assaulted his brother-in-law with a hammer Tuesday evening. Just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to 911 calls from Lagos Court inside Desert Princess Country Club. When they arrived, a man was found with serious head injuries as a result of an assault. Apparently,

Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulingtoday that cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California, thePalm Springs Bureau of Tourism unveiled a website touting the area as a weddingdestination. The website, www.weddingsinpalmsprings.com, includes information abouthotels and inns, vacation home rentals, lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgenderresorts and wedding locations, according to tourism bureau spokeswoman HillaryAngel. Some

In a historic day for gay rights, the Supreme Court gave the nation’s legally married gay couples equal federal footing with all other married Americans on Wednesday and also cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California. In deciding its first cases on the issue, the high court did not issue the sweeping

An Upland attorney surrendered this morning after being charged with stealing approximately $129,795 in social security benefits. Audrey Owens, 60, a deputy public defender for Riverside County, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court on June 10 with theft of government property in a scheme that spanned 12 years. Owens is charged

A federal appeals court says it will wait at least 25 days before allowing gay marriages to resume in California. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that it will take at least that long for the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to become official. The San Francisco-based court said it may continue to