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The Imperial Irrigation District and Assemblyman Chad Mayes are at a war of words, which could potentially escalate to IID pulling out of the Coachella Valley altogether and taking legal action. The district threatened the move in response to proposed legislation by Mayes to increase the IID board of directors from 5 to 6 members,
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A man suffered serious injuries after falling off a horse in Aguanga Monday afternoon. The incident happened at approximately 3:27 p.m. on the 41700 block of Saddleback Drive. Cal Fire described the man as an “elderly male” however his exact age was not revealed. The man was airlifted to an area hospital. Stay with News
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All three local school districts are planning to fully reopen its classrooms when students return for the fall semester. “As long as any revised school guidelines (after June 15) don’t preclude us doing so, we plan to fully reopen on Aug. 4,” said Joan Boiko, PSUSD spokesperson. August 4 also marks the first day of school
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The remains of a Covina man missing since September 2018 were found in Palm Springs back in March, police confirmed on Monday. The skeletal remains of Michael John Enguidanos, 54, were found in the city of Palm Springs on March 12, 2021, Beaumont Police announced. Police said Enguidanos’ remains were found by the Coachella Valley
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Officials with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and California Highway Patrol are set to hold a news conference on the arrest of two suspects in connection with a highway shooting that killed a six-year-old boy. Two people were arrested in a fatal suspected road rage shooting in Orange County, California that killed a 6-year-old boy last
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Coyote StageWorks, a local award-winning professional theatre company, is closing after 13 years. The theater company was hit hard by the pandemic, as it was forced the cancelation of its 2019-2020 season. Coyote was set to open its latest show on March 13, 2020. The show was postponed as the first stay-at-home order was issued.
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A job fair will be held next week to fill nearly 150 positions in multiple departments at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa owned by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, it was announced today. The job fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 16 in the Morongo Grand Ballroom.
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Desert Care Network is hosting its annual cereal drive, benefiting FIND Food Bank locally. The drive kicks off Monday, June 7 and runs through Monday, June 14. Donations of healthy cereal to the Healthy Over Hungry® Cereal Drive will be collected in the main lobbies of: Desert Regional Medical Center, 1150 N. Indian Canyon Drive
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Cal Fire reported 10 trash trucks on fire just before 10 P.M. Sunday night in Coachella. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation. https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1401779705028636679
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A local family is grieving after a 28-year-old Cathedral City father was killed in a rollover crash last Tuesday. “You’re not supposed to outlive your kids so it’s not easy,” said Tabitha Everson, the mother of the victim, Miguel Ortiz Jr. Everson says her son was tragically killed last week when his car overturned near
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Local officials are gearing up for the Fourth of July, now a month away, to prevent illegal fireworks. Last year holds the record for illegal fireworks reports in the county, police said, and fire crews are working this year to prevent it from happening again. In 2020, fireworks lit up the Coachella Valley night sky
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled Friday that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states.
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The states occupational safety and health board, Cal/OSHA, voted Thursday to keep masks mandatory for employees at work past June 15, unless everyone in the room is fully vaccinated. “This is one I think people are going to be particularly frustrated; they already are in California. We’ve been routinely behind all the other states and
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Guide Dogs of the Desert official unveiled its new nursery in Whitewater with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning. The new Sanford J. Reed (Sandy) Nursery will allow puppies to begin their Guide Dog journey in a comfortable, stress-free environment with round-the-clock attention. The nursery is named in memory of Sanford (Sandy) Reed, who died in
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An ex-con who shot a man in the head over a missing cellphone in Indio was sentenced today to 39 years to life in state prison. Jurors deliberated one day in March before finding John Kevin Medina, 40, of Indio guilty of attempted murder, and finding true several gun and bodily injury sentence-enhancing allegations. Medina,
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Two brothers accused of holding a 36-year-old man against his will and beating him with a wooden paddle over several days in Cathedral City pleaded not guilty to felony charges. The judge also increased bail from $135,000 to $1 million for both defendants, who remain in custody Carlos Jose Espinoza, 30, and Eduardo Luis Espinoza,
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A 45-year-old man accused of gunning down a motel guest during an altercation in Riverside pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Robert Donald Intong of Desert Hot Springs was arrested last month following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the May 17 slaying of 31-year-old Cole William Birchard. He was arraigned on the
Continue ReadingWith temperatures hitting triple digits, the Palm Springs Fire Department today urged hikers to take a series of precautions while exploring local trails. Hikers are advised to begin their journeys prior to 9 a.m., when temperatures are cooler, and avoid hiking alone. Cellphones or GPS devices should be taken for safety reasons. When on the
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According to Cal Fire, crews responded to a crash at Cook Street and Hovley Lane in Palm Desert involving a vehicle and a golf cart. The crash was reported at approximately 10:23 a.m. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff’s Department said that at this time, alcohol does not appear to be a
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