The Desert Sun
- California lawmaker proposes $7,000 rebates for electric cars amid emissions fight with Trump
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 01:46 PMAmid fight with Trump administration over auto emissions, Assemblyman Phil Ting wants to incentivize electric car purchases and leases in California
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man accused of shooting couple in gated Palm Desert community is victims' grandson
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 02:31 PMFrank Castro III was arrested after deputies arrived at the gated Palm Desert community on Sept. 11 while responding to a call of shots fired.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: New trash bins coming to Palm Springs
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 05:21 PMThe new trash and recycling containers will replace the city's aging and damaged ones in the downtown area.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pedestrian testifies he doesn't remember being slammed to car's roof as motorist drove home 2 miles
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 06:09 PMRandy Miller pleaded not guilty last year to charges of DUI and hit-and-run. He's accused of hitting a man and driving home with him on his roof.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - La Quinta barricade suspect detained Wednesday evening, sheriff's department says
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 01:11 AMThe sheriff's department received a call about a mentally disturbed subject in the 53200 block of Avenida Navarro around 6:45 p.m.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hiker rescued from Bump & Grind Trail with lower leg injury
Wednesday - 09/18/2019 - 07:12 PMOnce back on safe ground, the hiker was checked out by paramedics, but declined an ambulance ride to the hospital.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EPA set to end California's ability to regulate fuel economy
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 05:43 PMThe Trump administration is poised to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Impostor weed vapes flood California as health crisis expands
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 07:07 PMBootleggers eager to profit off unsuspecting consumers are mimicking popular, legal vape brands.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Major expansion, renovations underway at Morongo casino. The growth will add 425 jobs
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 12:39 PMRenovations and a 30% expansion to the gaming floor are underway at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa. They are expected to be complete by mid-2020.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman crashes Mercedes into Indio Starbucks. No one injured at coffeehouse
Monday - 09/16/2019 - 08:05 PMThe crash occurred just before 11 a.m. near Monroe Street and Avenue 42, a police spokesman said.
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- Photos: POW MIA honors at PS Air Museum
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 02:23 PMPhotos: POW MIA honors at PS Air Museum
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Barhi Harvest in Thermal
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 03:33 PMBarhi harvest last about four to six weeks beginning in August and ending in September in Thermal, California.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prosecutors fined in La Luz del Mundo church leader's child rape case
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 05:59 PMLos Angeles judge sanctioned two prosecutors Thursday for failing to turn over evidence in the case of a Mexican megachurch leader charged with child rape and human trafficking.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Despite pushback, Palm Springs City Council OKs permit extension so Well in the Desert can continue to help the homeless
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 05:23 AMNeighbors want the homeless service agency relocated. One council member says "there has to be a lowering of the anger and this rhetoric."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Horseshoe, Bautista fires near full containment; weather favorable for blazes in valley, mountains
Wednesday - 09/18/2019 - 06:01 PMEven as these fire wind down, the National Weather Service said that dry and gusty conditions will boost the danger of fire in the Coachella Valley.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Newsom signs AB 5, adding wage and benefit protections for gig workers; Uber says it won't cooperate
Wednesday - 09/18/2019 - 07:27 PMUber has indicated it will fight the new California labor law, which would reclassify drivers as employees instead of contractors. AB 5 takes effect Jan. 1.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LOOK: California fights illegal weed vaping
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 07:01 PMAs more people from California become ill and die from illegal weed vape products, health officials and Gov. Newsom are looking for ways to prevent more harm to the public.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Agua Caliente, Riverside County reach deal on planned Cathedral City casino
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 08:57 PMThe tribe agreed to pay the county $125,000 this fiscal year earmarked for the Riverside University Health System-Behavioral Health Department.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Without agreement, DISH customers in Palm Springs area could lose KESQ, Telemundo and sister stations
Monday - 09/16/2019 - 06:23 PMIf the two parties don't reach an agreement by Wednesday afternoon, DISH could stop carrying KESQ and Telemundo in the Palm Springs area.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Look: Revolver, glock and replica AR-15 confiscated from Desert Hot Springs High students
Monday - 09/16/2019 - 08:21 PMA revolver, glock and replica AR-15 were confiscated from Desert Hot Springs High School students on Sunday, September 15, 2019.
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- Photos: Section 14 in Palm Springs
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 01:53 PMThe controversial history of Section 14 in Palm Springs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: man accused of hitting then driving with pedestrian on roof preliminary hearing
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 03:55 PMPhotos: man accused of hitting then driving with pedestrian on roof preliminary hearing
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge blocks California law that would require Trump to release tax returns
Thursday - 09/19/2019 - 05:25 PMCalifornia is expected to appeal the decision. The measure was signed into law by Gov. Newsom in July and would have applied to the 2020 primary
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - California Democratic donor Edward Buck charged with running drug house in West Hollywood
Wednesday - 09/18/2019 - 08:58 PMBuck, 65, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to California candidates and is well known in LGBTQ political circles.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Palm Springs getting traffic signals, crosswalks at intersection where two pedestrians died in 2016
Wednesday - 09/18/2019 - 05:45 PMTwo people died in late 2016 at Vista Chino and Via Miraleste. A third person died a few blocks away months earlier.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Palm Desert homicide victims identified as man and woman in their 80s
Wednesday - 09/18/2019 - 12:56 AMFrank Castro III, 32, pleaded not guilty last week to killing the victims on Sept. 11 in Palm Desert, according to the district attorney's office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Congressman Paul Cook to retire after end of fourth term, one of 12 Republicans who won't seek reelection
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 06:18 PMRep. Paul Cook will not seek reelection in California's 8th Congressional District, which encompasses much of eastern California
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Desert Sun series wins Online News Association award for 'excellence and innovation'
Monday - 09/16/2019 - 10:13 PMThe Desert Sun's environmental investigation 'Poisoned Cities, Deadly Border' won ONA's prize for excellence and innovation in visual digital storytelling.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Horseshoe Fire still burns in San Jacinto, with 72% containment; Bautista Fire 60% contained
Tuesday - 09/17/2019 - 01:03 PMThe Horseshoe Fire burned 520 acres since Saturday night in San Jacinto. There have been no injuries or damages to homes and businesses.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch police explain the difference between a real AR-15 and a replica AR-15
Monday - 09/16/2019 - 08:28 PMDesert Hot Springs police detective Larry Gaines explains the difference between a real AR-15 and a replica on Monday, September 16, 2019.
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