Top headlines from The Desert Sun, Palm Springs http://www.mydesert.com en-us Copyright 2009, mydesert.com SaxoTech Online Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 00 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:59:47 00 15 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/SPORTS0603/911210327 La Quinta High School defensive lineman Ramon Talavera couldn't believe what he saw on the ground late in the fourth quarter Friday. Complete valley prep footbal coverage. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:58:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/SPORTS0603/911210327 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/BUSINESS05/911210325 Riverside County's unemployment rate rose to 15.1 percent in October, making it among the worst in the state. Included in the Labor Department statistics released Friday are 22,300 Coachella Valley residents. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:45:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/BUSINESS05/911210325 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/SPORTS/911210326 A group of parents rushed the field yelling, swinging their fists. In the background were crying children, including Jeff Reed's 9-year-old nephew who was supposed to be celebrating his Indio Bulldogs' win in the Southern California Junior All American Football League Superbowl game in Indio. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/SPORTS/911210326 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210309 The teenager severely injured in a car crash on Highway 74 is out of his coma and responsive, his mother said Friday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:21:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210309 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/LIFESTYLES11/911200336 I had a feeling that I needed to be here,” artist Christina De Musée says, sitting in the dining room of the south Palm Desert home she bought last year. “I knew I'd love it and that I couldn't afford it,” she sighs. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/LIFESTYLES11/911200336 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0801/911210307 Authorities were searching late Friday for a man who allegedly used a sawed-off shotgun to rob a Rancho Mirage motel. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0801/911210307 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/LIFESTYLES03/911210324 New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/LIFESTYLES03/911210324 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210306 Read all the stories from our Coachella Valley veterans. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210306 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS08/911210311 Two men got away with cash, jewelry and laptop computers after a home invasion robbery in Indian Wells that left a woman injured, sheriff's officials and the woman's husband said. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:24:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS08/911210311 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210308 Coachella city officials say a “lack of internal policies” is at least partly to blame for a $6million loan now in default that the city issued to a local nonprofit organization to build two affordable housing projects. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210308 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/311210003 An armed man robbed a KFC in Indio tonight - but didn't get very far. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/311210003 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0801/911210332 A 47-year-old man accused of molesting two female relatives at his Coachella home, starting when they were 5 and 11 years old, is to be arraigned Monday. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:50:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0801/911210332 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210312 A major transmission line project that originally was to bring power into California from Arizona is moving forward without the Golden State's neighbor. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:23:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210312 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210310 The Palm Springs Exotic Car Auction, one of the Coachella Valley's most established and popular car events, kicked off Friday at the Spa Resort Casino parking lot. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:21:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS01/911210310 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS04/911210304 Fifth and sixth grade students from Thermal took first place in a regional tournament for their research into more efficient bus routes. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS04/911210304 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0802/911210303 Extradition matters for the only suspect charged in a 28-year-old triple homicide in Rancho Mirage could be resolved by Dec. 3, Florida court officials said Friday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0802/911210303 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0801/911210305 Two men accused in a home-invasion robbery in Desert Hot Springs were charged with robbery, police said Friday. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:00 00 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091121/NEWS0801/911210305