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Palm Canyon Drive between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Amado Road will be closed to through traffic until 6 p.m. Saturday to accommodate the 14th annual Tour de Palm Springs' downtown vendor expo.
A La Quinta doctor has been placed on probation after pleading guilty to driving under the influence, the state Medical Board announced today.
All the Palm Desert residents who lost electricity this morning had power restored at 2:19 p.m., according to a Southern California Edison official.
After nearly 50 years, the public can now see what's behind the pink walls. As part of a collaboration with Modernism Week, which starts Thursday, the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands will make its public debut, giving visitors an intimate look into the 200-acre estate of late diplomats Walter and Leonore Annenberg.
Indian Wells — Getting a resident tee time at the Indian Wells Golf Resort was a lot like calling in to a radio show hoping to win tickets — you had to get up at odd hours and keep dialing.
The thwack of mallets smacking colorful balls through wickets is serious sport this week.
Palm Desert — Hours may be cut back on the El Paseo shopper shuttle and the Palm Desert Visitor Center in order to save money as the effects of losing millions in redevelopment funds begins to take hold.
Palm Springs — California water agency leaders are sure of two things: water rates will continue to rise, and rate payers won't be happy about it.
New York Times columnist David Brooks will offer his insights on social and political topics this weekend as the latest speaker in the 2012 Desert Town Hall series.
Although California has spent the past 4½ years operating on borrowed money, it's now outperforming the rest of the nation in terms of economic recovery, state Controller John Chiang told a crowd Thursday at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
COACHELLA — With the sound of buzz saws and hammers echoing all around her, Maria Flores pushed her hard hat on Wednesday to help build her neighbor's home.
Palm Springs — Like Modernism Week and the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Tour de Palm Springs is one of those annual events that started modestly and bloomed into a huge draw for visitors and locals.
RANCHO MIRAGE — Dignitaries and celebrities will dedicate the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands this weekend.
State Controller John Chiang will discuss California's fiscal future today at SunLine's fifth annual State of Public Transit Luncheon in Palm Springs.
La Quinta — La Quinta High School officials evacuated about 500 students Wednesday after a student reported seeing another student place a possible incendiary device between two buildings on campus.
Coachella — Construction on a more than $6 million park in Coachella is set to begin later this month and be ready for play in November.
PALM SPRINGS — U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, was one of four members of Congress honored Wednesday for helping to strengthen drug prevention and treatment programs.
The public will soon get to roam the estate that seven U.S. presidents and other dignitaries and celebrities have enjoyed for nearly 50 years.
The California Retired Teachers Association is holding its next luncheon Feb. 16 at Heritage Palms Country Club in Indio, 44-291 South Heritage Palms Drive.
Residents in Bermuda Dunes and Sun City Palm Desert need to make appointments today if they want to participate in Riverside County's upcoming cleanup effort.
Indio — Ileana Muro, 16, has been building her résumé since starting high school three years ago.
The Commercial Modern movement flourished in Palm Springs in the 1950s and early '60s with the marriage of commerce and creativity.
You know you've arrived in the lower Cathedral City Cove when you see the First Southern Baptist Church- minus the controversial word “Eternity” written in big, bold red letters on the church's roof.
Indio — Children of the Ukrainian Community of the Desert welcomed singer Jackie Evancho prior to her sold-out concert performance recently at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino.
Palm Desert — “I'm here to speak the truth, and I don't think my approval rating can get much lower,” former City Councilman Jim Ferguson said this week.
As fundraising and special events manager for Desert AIDS Project, J.P. Allen knows his efforts have a direct benefit on the lives of thousands of desert residents. That's what has kept him in the job for five years.
La Quinta — Topaz is easy to find. The north La Quinta neighborhood sits behind a stucco wall at the corner of Miles Avenue and Dune Palms Road.
Bonnie Barkley is the owner of Cello’s American Bistro in Cathedral City. She recently won 2011 Woman of the Year at the 72nd annual Orion Awards hosted by the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce. An L.A. native whose career in financial insurance business took her to Stamford, Conn., Barkley retired in 2009 to “come home” and open a small catering company. Barkley is a self-taught chef who often cooked for corporate guests, a passion she wished to continue in her “retirement.”
Palm Desert — Joslyn Center has a new executive director and she has her eye on baby boomers.
Anna Ortiz knows the east valley. She moved to Indio from Riverside in 1972 to be closer to her mom's relatives and has never left. She once worked in Indio at the Indio Daily News and has greeted visitors to La Quinta City Hall with her bright smile for more than 20 years. Her grown children also reside in Indio along with her granddaughters.
Here is an update on a few issues that made headlines during the past year:
Construction on a more than $6 million park in Coachella is set to begin later this month and be ready for the play in November.
La Quinta High School students have been cleared to return to 38 portable buildings on campus after a hazmat team with a bomb-sniffing dog located a potential incindiary device in a Styrofoam-like container on the campus.
Former Palm Desert City Councilman Jim Ferguson, who announced plans to run for the council again on Sunday, filed for personal bankruptcy Jan. 12, according to documents The Desert Sun obtained from U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
RIVERSIDE — Nearly 200 jobs may have to be cut from Riverside County payrolls to support cost-reduction plans in the face of an $80 million deficit in the upcoming fiscal year, the county's chief financial officer told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
How the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Proposition 8 may be more important than the ruling itself.
Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs will pay an extra $105,040 for both city names to appear etched into the Indian Canyon Drive overpass after one city was left out of the original design.
Polo players are expected to get out on their horses today for a little “stick-and-ball” play as the expiration of a 21-day horse quarantine nears on Tuesday.
Dignitaries and celebrities will dedicate the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands this weekend in Rancho Mirage.
No new taxes. That was the agreement the La Quinta City Council reached during a workshop Tuesday to explore raising the city's revenue.
The phrase “cautiously optimistic” came up repeatedly Tuesday as the Palm Springs area gay and lesbian community — one of the largest per capita in the nation — talked about the latest court ruling in the ongoing Proposition 8 fight.
INDIO — The Friends of the Indio Senior Center and the city of Indio hosted the third annual Health Fair at the Indio Senior Center Tuesday.
Former Palm Desert City Councilman Jim Ferguson, who announced plans to run for the council again on Sunday, filed for personal bankruptcy Jan. 12, according to documents The Desert Sun obtained from U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional, putting California's bitterly contested, voter-approved same-sex marriage ban on track for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Nearly 200 jobs may have to be cut from Riverside County payrolls to support cost-reduction plans in the face of an $80 million deficit in the upcoming fiscal year, the county's chief financial officer told the Board of Supervisors today.
Phil Ness was on his way home to Palm Desert Country Club on Dec. 27 when he was pulled over by a law enforcement officer.
Dog owners have a chance to license their animals without any penalties this month.
The Palm Springs Animal Shelter is offering Coachella Valley residents a $20 adoption for dogs and cats just in time for Valentine’s Day during its “Furr-ever Love” event.
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