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There’s a new warning on the growing climate change crisis: that the Coachella Valley could one day be underwater due to rising sea levels as temperatures heat up globally. New remarkable scientific predictions from nonprofit research group Climate Central show major coastal cities largely immersed in the ocean. The base of the Statue of Liberty

A mural of labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta is coming to downtown Coachella. On Wednesday, the Coachella city council approved a proposal to install the mural. It will be located at Taqueria Jalisco on the corner of Sixth Street and Vine Street. Huerta is the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union. She is

A 24-year-old Marine was killed during a training exercise at the Twentynine Palms base earlier this month. Lance Cpl. Jonothan Barnette, 24, was struck in the chest by a live round during a dry fire training exercise on October 3, family told WTVC in Chattanooga, TN. Family added that Barnette was not wearing chest protective

Police are warning of ongoing credible threats on campus at Desert Hot Springs High School after a massive brawl was caught on video Wednesday. The video shows punches being thrown, then students toppling over a wall and into the bushes as dozens of them try to stop the physical blows. Police said no weapons have

Cher filed suit today in Los Angeles against former Rep. Mary Bono, alleging the widow of the entertainer’s former partner/husband in folk-pop duo Sonny & Cher is illegally withholding royalties from such 1960s hits as “I Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes On.” According to the lawsuit, after Cher and Sonny Bono divorced in

One of the main drives for the valley’s economy is tourism, especially from Canadian and Mexican travelers. The president and CEO of Visit Greater Palm Springs, Scott White, said the land border restrictions being lifted are big for the valley. “Typically in a normal year, we have over 300,000 visitors coming from Canada down into

The Coachella Valley community is mourning the loss of former College of the Desert Athletics Director John Marman. For 26 years, Coach Marman influenced the lives of countless members of the community on the field, but those who worked closely with him also remember his many accomplishments as a leader and mentor off the field. 

California Highway Patrol says it will begin assisting the Coachella Valley with its newest premier aircraft as soon as next week. With a state of the art system as far as helicopters go, the 2021 Airbus H125 will provide air support in and around the Coachella Valley where it is needed. This new helicopter is

A row of law enforcement units from multiple agencies were outside the coroner’s office in Indio Tuesday afternoon to bring a fallen deputy back home. The coroner’s office was holding the body of La Paz County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Rudd. Rudd was struck by a vehicle following a pursuit near the Arizona-California border on Tuesday.