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Con fracturas en ambas piernas, tobillos, cadera y muecas y con severos daos en el bazo y rin, adems de estado de coma, se encuentra Grant Virgin de 16 aos que fue arrollado cuando caminaba sobre Deep Canyon Road al norte de Fred Waring Ddrive en Palm Desert. Grant es estudiante de Palm Desert High

Eric Lin of San Diego has had his hands on an iPhone since the first generation launched in 2007. He says his 2-year-old iPhone 4, “Is kind of acting up on me. My little home button doesn’t work anymore so I guess it’s time to change it.” Soon it’ll be out with the old and

The storm that brought heavy rain and flooding to the Mecca and Thermal areas hasn’t made the fight against the spread of West Nile virus any easier. Due to the flooding, a lot of standing water has been left behind –a breeding ground for mosquitoes thatcarry the virus. To combat this, the Coachella Valley Mosquito

A Cathedral City man accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy who lived with him and showing him pornographic videos appeared in court today and was ordered to return in October for a settlement conference. David Hadley Pio, 53, is charged with one count of committing more than three lewd acts with a child under 14,

Flood waters are starting to recede from a mobile home park in the east valley, but health concerns continue for its community of 1,500 mostly migrant workers. County health department spokesman Jose Arballo says 11 homes remain without power and people were still relying on bottled water Wednesday at Thermal’s Desert Mobile Home Park, better

El condado de Riveside ha declarado estado de emergencia la parte este del valle de Coachella despus de las torrenciales lluvias que inundaron las calles, viviendas y escuelas en Mecca y Thermal. La declaracin permite al condado solicitar fondos estatales y federales para asistir a la poblacin, as lo anuncio John Benoit supervisor del condado

A strong arm robbery at Kohl’s in La Quinta late Tuesday night leads to a car crash in Bermuda Dunes. Two men and two women entered the store and grabbed a bunch of merchandise. They were confronted by loss prevention officers and there was a struggle. The suspects jumped into a Ford Explorer and sped

Crosstown rivals UCLA and USC were tied in 24th place along with the University of Virginia today in the latest rankings of national universities by U.S. News & World Report, which had Harvard and Princeton tied in first place for the second year in a row, followed by Yale. Tied with Dartmouth in 10th place

San Joaquin Valley farmers have told the California High-Speed Rail Authority that they are opposed to the planned transportation line. Residents have complained that the rail authority has ignored their concerns about the project’s potential disruption of farms, businesses and neighborhoods. The county and others are suing in Sacramento to halt the project. The Fresno

UCR Palm Desert will conclude its “Lit Flicks” free summer movie series tonight with the 1958 film “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof.” The films featured in the series are based on works of literature and screened at the campus auditorium. There will be a 15-minute discussion by film and literary experts before tonight’s showing

The downpour from Tuesday’s storm drenched the city of Mecca and left neighbors like Emilio Camaddo sweeping up the wet mess from their homes throughout the night. “I’m preparing the house for my family and this is what happens. There’s mud inside the house and mud in the rooms. I just remodeled everything so it’s

The dusty weather may be stirring up allergies and bringing an onslaught of other issues. That’s just one thing local doctors are talking about when looking at “What’s Going Around” the area where you live. Dr. Michael Jardula has seen a resurgence of sinus infections in Palm Springs. He says seasonal allergies are the underlying

The 16-year old boy struck by a hit and run driver Monday night in Palm Desert is the son of well known media personality and fitness guru J.J. Virgin. Grant Virgin is a student at Palm Desert High School. He was struck about 7:30 last night on Deep Canyon just north of Fred Waring. Police

The promoter of the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals wants to add two more music festivals each year in a long-term deal with the city of Indio. Goldenvoice would like to hold up to five festivals each year. Three in the spring and two in the fall. Attendance would also be allowed to expand up

Tremendous thunderstorms over the east valley have caused major flooding in Thermal and Mecca. We have live “First Alert Storm Team Coverage” on the damage from the storm. The downpour drenched Durroville and other surrounding mobile home parks. Emergency task forces conducted swift-water evaluations, since early this morning after a storm cell moved over Mecca

More than 5 inches of rain drenched the southern end of the Coachella valley in an area bounded by the Salton Sea communities of Oasis, Mecca, Thermal and North Shore Tuesday morning. A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped rain, but was slowly weakening and drifting to the southeast throughout the morning. At 10:58 a.m., National Weather

Riverside County supervisors formally approved a balanced 2012-13 fiscal year budget, though county officials cautioned that uncertainties ahead will make conservative spending a must. “The final 2012/13 budget reflects discretionary revenue that is below 11/12 levels,” according to a county Executive Office report. “We cannot rely on revenue growth to balance this year’s budget and,