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Congressman-elect Raul Ruiz announced his senior staff appointments, as well as plans for a local office set to open Monday. Ruiz will open a district office at 777 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs and wants to open offices in Indio and in the western part of the 36thCongressional District, said Kyle Layman, his

A 50 year-old man is safe today after getting lost on a hiking trail in Thermal. Officials say a 50 year old Arizona man went for a six-hour hike on the Martinez Canyon trailhead, near Jackson street and Avenue 66. The man left on Sunday but never returned to his pickup point on highway 74.

A fire damaged a residence and brought down nearby power lines in Desert Hot Springs today, a county fire department spokeswoman said. The fire was reported shortly before 8 a.m. near 2nd Street and West Drive. No injuries were reported, and the blaze was contained at 8:20 a.m., Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson

An 82-year-old Sacramento-area man who went missing, prompting the state’s first-ever Silver Alert, has been found. Authorities tell the Sacramento Bee (http://bit.ly/X0vpQ3) that Robert Grappi was discovered Wednesday morning after police in Nevada County conducted a vehicle stop. Grappi left his Elk Grove home Monday and was believed to have been driving to his son’s

The son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been found dead of a possible drug overdose in Malibu. Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz says 32-year-old Scott Ashley Sterling was found dead shortly after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Pacific Coast Highway. A county Sheriff’s Department statement confirms that Sterling

A Cathedral City man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he crashed into two SUV’s that had collided in an intersection in Rancho Mirage, authorities said today. The crash resulting in the arrest occurred at Bob Hope and Dinah Shore Drives at 2:04 p.m. Tuesday, a police statement said. Deputies responding to a report

Firefighters were called out to a home on the 31-000 block of Avenida La Gaviota in Cathedral City after a car catches on fire in the driveway igniting the house on fire. The fire was reported just before 3:15 P.M. by a neighbor who reported heavy smoke coming from a car parked outside a garage

The Coachella Valley’s first baby was born just after midnight at Desert Regional Medical Center. According to Richard Ramhoff, of Desert Regional Medical Center, 27 year old Natalie DeLaCruz, and Andy DeLaCruz of Indio, welcomed their daughter Aaliyah at 12:14 A.M. Aliyah weighed in at 8 pounds and 14 ounces. Ramhoff says the mother and

A major Southern California newspaper is defying conventional wisdom by spending heavily to expand in print. The Orange County Register is adding about 100 journalists and expects the paper will soon be 40 percent larger than it was under previous owners. Thicker pages with triple the number of colors will produce crisp photos and graphics.

It’s a birthday of sorts for the Internet. And did you bother to send a card? It was on this date in 1983 that the current version of what we know as the Internet came into being. That’s when the Internet protocol suite known as TCP/IP became the mandatory standard. It’s short for Transmission Control

The Occupy movement will be making a repeat appearance at the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade, organizers and police told the Los Angeles Times. A 15-foot-high float, with the “Monopoly” banker riding a red wagon, will wheel its way down the 5.5-mile route at the conclusion of the parade, organizers said. The banker will have

A roughly two-week-long crackdown on drunken and drug- impaired drivers in Riverside County will conclude tonight. As of Thursday, 466 people had been arrested in the Avoid the 30 task force’s anti-DUI campaign, which began Dec. 14. The task force, named for the number of participating law enforcement agencies, will wrap up operations at 11:59

2012 has been a challenge for College of the Desert. From a football player being shot and killed by police to allegations of fraud from the state of California. But the school’s president says 2013 will be a new year and a new opportunity to gain the public’s trust. President Joel Kinnamon inherited a lot

When the ball drops at midnight, most will be celebrating, but come New Year’s Day, the new year could bring new problems. “I think they ought to get their buns in gear and get something down on paper,” Nancy Hobley said. “It’s something that should have been addressed three four years ago when the budget

Police say 40 year old Samuel David Lawson Jr. is responsible for several robberies and burglaries dating back to 2011. Nearly 50 felony charges were filed against Lawson, including one misdemeanor battery count for alleged crimes stretching back to August 2011. He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.

Fans planning to attend Tuesday’s Rose Bowl are urged to arrive at the stadium by 11 a.m. to avoid delays, or carpool, use public transportation or park in the Parsons Corp. parking lot and take a free shuttle bus to the stadium. The stadium parking lots will open at 4 a.m. The price to park

Investigators say nearly two dozen dogs and cats seized at a Southern California pet store may have been exposed to parvovirus, which can be deadly if untreated. The Humane Society of Ventura says Penny Dulaff was selling the animals at a Simi Valley storefront called Healing Hearts Animal Rescue. The animals were likely sick when