The Desert Sun
- PHOTOS: Indian Canyon conversion in downtown Palm Springs
Tuesday - 07/16/2019 - 03:26 PMWork has begun on Indian Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs has begun. Traffic will be diverted so alternate routes are a good idea.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Helicopter sprays mosquito killer over Palm Springs, east valley. Fight against West Nile virus stepped up
Tuesday - 07/16/2019 - 01:12 PMThe ground war against West Nile virus has taken to the air, where treatments are being sprayed over Palm Springs and the eastern Coachella Valley.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Grand jury testimony against Beaumont City Council Member Mark Orozco
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 05:31 PMGrand Jury details bribery plot by former Beaumont City Council Member
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PHOTOS: Larry N. Olinger through the years
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 09:06 PMLarry N. Olinger, tribal vice chairman of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, died Monday, July 15, 2019.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vice chairman of Agua Caliente tribe dies. Larry N. Olinger, 80, was chairman in 1970s
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 09:09 PMOlinger served as vice chairman since September 2012 and chairman in 1970 and 1971.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cabazon, Twenty-Nine Palms tribes create air quality monitoring station in Indio
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 09:00 AMThe Cabazon and Twenty-Nine Palms tribes have started monitoring air quality out of a new station in Indio, thanks to state grant funding.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Palm Desert road work is planned for the rest of 2019, here's what to expect
Sunday - 07/14/2019 - 06:05 PMA drainage project recently shut down Tamarisk Row Drive between Frank Sinatra and Brisa drives. It's also affecting part of Country Club Drive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: New tribal-owned technology to monitor air quality for the Coachella Valley
Saturday - 07/13/2019 - 09:40 PMThe Twenty-Nine Palms band of Mission Indians and Cabazon Band of Mission Indians formed a Coachella Valley Tribal Air Monitoring Cooperative.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - He stepped back, forward, then was shot. Videos spark questions about fatal officer-involved shooting in Rancho Mirage
Friday - 07/12/2019 - 07:54 PMVideos circulating on social media and eyewitness accounts question whether the shooting of a man carrying a knife was necessary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Newsom OKs $21 billion wildfire fund for utilities, partly covered by California ratepayers
Friday - 07/12/2019 - 11:19 PMNewsom's bill puts $21 billion in fund for California utilities liable for wildfire damages; ratepayers will see monthly surcharge through 2036
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- Driving in downtown Palm Springs? Indian Canyon conversion underway, causes lane closures
Tuesday - 07/16/2019 - 01:09 PMThe southern portion of Indian Canyon Drive is a one-way street. The city is converting it into a two-way street and work will last several weeks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Health navigators’ connect undocumented to California’s expanding health network
Tuesday - 07/16/2019 - 01:21 PMGov. Newsom dedicated $60 million for the health navigators program over two years
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disgraced former Beaumont City Council member in jail for suspected child abuse and other probation violations
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 07:10 PMMark Orozco pleaded guilty to bribery and perjury charges in 2017, and now faces child abuse allegations and other violations of his probation terms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Newsom names former Exxon staffer to LA air pollution post, a day after ousting head of state oil agency
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 08:08 PMThe appointment comes the day after he fired the state's top oil regulator.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Riverside County still uses a 2006 Emergency Operations Plan
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 08:52 AMThe 2006 emergency operations plan includes departments that no longer exist. Residents wonder if the county is prepared. A new draft is underway, but not finalized.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - High Desert outage affecting thousands near Yucca Valley, temperature to reach 100 degrees
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 09:43 AMThe outage was reported early Monday and it was affecting several thousand Southern California Edison customers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's Palm Desert road work happening in 2019
Sunday - 07/14/2019 - 11:45 AMMultiple road projects are scheduled to begin in the latter half of 2019.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Video appears to show 17-year-old holding gun replica before being shot by Fullerton officer
Saturday - 07/13/2019 - 02:35 PMHannah Williams of Anaheim was shot after her SUV collided with a Fullerton officer's patrol car on State Route 91 in Anaheim, police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Latino retirees file discrimination lawsuit against Indio, saying city's senior center staff overreacted to their boisterou
Friday - 07/12/2019 - 08:26 PMA group of mostly Latino retirees say the center drove them out over their loud use of the billiard tables. The city manager calls accusations 'unfair'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Yucca Valley woman was sitting naked on her porch. Then she hit a deputy, sheriff's office says
Saturday - 07/13/2019 - 12:31 AMThe incident took place Friday morning about 12 miles from the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.
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- Being uninsured poses unique health care challenges for the transgender community
Tuesday - 07/16/2019 - 01:09 PMTransgender individuals often face significant hurdles trying to navigate the health care system and access hormonal, mental health therapies and surgical procedures
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arizona woman missing in California's Mojave Desert
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 04:14 PMBarbara Thomas, 69, of Bullhead City, was last seen Friday wearing a black bikini, a red baseball cap and tan hiking boots with black socks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gas line explosion kills worker, injures another and levels house in Murrieta. Occupant missing
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 07:04 PM"Preliminary information is that one occupant of the home may also be unaccounted for," a SoCalGas spokeswoman said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Restoration uncovers historic Palm Desert 'Wave House' personality. Family talks of challenges
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 08:09 PMHouse was designed by mid-century modern architect Walter S. White
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Southern California Edison OK'd to resume burying San Onofre's spent fuel rods on-site
Monday - 07/15/2019 - 09:29 PMAfter a near miss, Southern California Edison will resume fuel transfers as it decommissions the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Orange County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brush fire in Mecca nears full containment
Sunday - 07/14/2019 - 07:23 PMFire lines held overnight, and 125 firefighters continue to work toward full containment, fire officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It's HOT in the Coachella Valley. The heat wave will break mid-week
Sunday - 07/14/2019 - 06:21 PMBy mid-week the high temperatures will drop back down to about 108 degrees
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Firefighters respond to fire involving tanker truck and tamarisk trees in Coachella
Saturday - 07/13/2019 - 06:57 PMThe incident was reported Saturday afternoon near Grapefruit Boulevard and Avenue 54, according to Cal Fire. It was put out a few hours after.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'One second at a time': Missing Joshua Tree hiker's wife talks of year without answers, clues
Friday - 07/12/2019 - 08:10 PMPark officials, volunteers continue search for Canadian, but have turned up zero clues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Deputy-involved shooting turns fatal in Rancho Mirage
Friday - 07/12/2019 - 06:18 PMAt least one Riverside County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man wielding a knife Tuesday night along Bob Hope Drive near the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa. (July 9, 2019)
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