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  1. Dan Nava, senior technician at the Municipal Central Plant located at Palm Springs Civic Center, maintains the machinery that provides energy to multiple buildings in the complex. The technology is nearly three decades old. Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun

    Palm Springs eyes $18M 'green' upgrade

    An $18 million project to replace the city's aging energy plant, replace incandescent lighting with LED bulbs and install a new irrigation system that can remotely monitor water usage, will help the city become much greener and less wasteful, according to a staff report prepared for the City Council.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  2. Nettie Washington hands a mic to Gene Hartwell to give a history of African American music during the Juneteenth celebration at the Indio Senior Center on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Juneteenth is the nation's oldest celebration of the end to slavery. Nettie is part of the committee that organized the event. Richard Lui, The Desert Sun

    Indio center commemorates Juneteenth

    Close to 100 members of the Indio Senior Center took part in a nationwide celebration Tuesday afternoon to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  3. DHS passes budget over objections of two

    More than six hours after Tuesday's regular meeting began, the Desert Hot Springs City Council adopted a budget for fiscal year 2013-14.

    • Jun. 19, 2013
  4. La Quinta OKs budget that's back in the black

    The La Quinta City Council unanimously approved the city's fiscal year 2013-14 budget Tuesday.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  5. A sketch of the proposed Palomar Hotel in downtown Palm Springs. Provided by Wessman Development Co.

    PS, Wessman sued over hotel referendum

    A group called Advocates for Better Community Development has filed a lawsuit against Palm Springs and Wessman Development Co. for failing to place a measure on the ballot after enough valid signatures were gathered to do so.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  6. A screenshot from "The Pride of Palm Springs" trailer, a short movie that will be premiering at the Palm Springs International Shortfest. Screenshot

    PS Shortfest film features PS High, pride parade

    The Palm Springs International Shortfest will offer up more than 300 films over the next week, but only one will spotlight a local school, a local tradition and a local filmmaker.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  7. Community briefs for Wednesday, June 19, 2013

    The Desert Sun reporter Denise Goolsby is looking for Korean or Vietnam War veterans so that she can include them in a series. Reach out to The Desert Sun if you would like to be interviewed or know someone who would.

    • Jun. 18, 2013
  8. Desert Hot Springs City Council and city staff review the fiscal year budget 2013-14 during a three-day workshop in May. Tamara Sone, The Desert Sun

    Desert Hot Springs eyes reserves to cover budget gap

    The Desert Hot Springs City Council is expected to vote on its fiscal year 2013-14 operating budget at today's meeting.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  9. County supervisors OK 'fragile' $4.7 billion budget

    Riverside County supervisors on Monday tentatively approved a 'fragile' $4.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2013-14, holding off on full implementation of the financial blueprint until the county's year-end balance sheet is clearer.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  10. Seniors mark 'Juneteenth'

    Members of the Indio Senior Center will commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. with soul food and cultural music today for their inaugural Juneteeth celebration.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  11. Community briefs for Tuesday, June 18

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  12. Joleene, left, and Betty Angelle got married in January in Washington. The couple is photographed in their wedding clothes at their home in Palm Desert on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Richard Lui, The Desert Sun

    Couples prepare for life after Prop 8, DOMA rulings

    The U.S. Supreme Court was expected to issue a ruling as early as Monday on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  13. Tom Ayala, (right) mounts on a handcycle as Daniel De La Herran of Desert Recreation District helps him during the free clinic. / Gerry Maceda, Special to The Desert Sun

    Handcyling gives disabled sense of freedom

    Tom Ayala slides from his wheelchair onto the seat of a handcycle and straps on a helmet. The soft click of the handbrake signals he's ready for a ride.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  14. The Palm Springs Air Museum is trying to raise funds to rescue a Vietnam War-era Republic F-105 Thunderchief supersonic fighter-bomber like this one from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Provided photo

    Palm Springs Air Museum on mission to save fighter-bomber

    The Palm Springs Air Museum is trying to raise funds to rescue a Vietnam War-era fighter-bomber headed for the scrap heap.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  15. Community briefs for Monday, June 17

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  16. Jon Caruana and daughter Kylie at their La Quinta home. Relating to 'girlie things' remains a challenge, he says. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

    Life full of lessons for single dads

    This Father's Day, there are more than 70 million dads in the United States, according to 2012 U.S. Census figures. Of those, an estimated 1.9 million are single, either sharing custody with their kids' mothers or parenting on their own.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  17. Military briefs for June 16

    Military news from around the area...

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  18. Cathedral City library hosting summer reading program

    The Cathedral City Library is scheduled to host its 'Reading is Soooooo Delicious' summer reading program for children and adults beginning Tuesday at the library.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  19. Four coyote pups captured in Rancho Mirage arrived Friday at the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona. Courtesy of Fund for Animals

    Animal control: Coyote had large litter

    The conundrum presented by the litter of coyotes being raised by an injured mother inside a gated Rancho Mirage community appears to be mostly resolved — and it may have been bigger than anyone realized.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  20. Michael Morningstar, from left, Ed Vondra, Mark Renner and Chuck McGee — all members of the American Legion Owen Coffman Post 519 Palm Springs — perform the annual Flag Day burning of old or damaged flags Friday. Wade Byars/The Desert Sun

    Legion respectfully retires American flags

    To some, the burning of an American flag on American soil by Americans may seem odd, if not outright treasonous.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  21. The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission takes two vans out to provide food and clothes to the homeless while making them aware of the mission and its 90 Days of Summer program. Dave Nyczepir, The Desert Sun

    Coachella Valley Rescue Mission brings summer relief to homeless

    The light breeze and shade under the Golf Center Parkway overpass are its only redeeming qualities, but that doesn't stop a handful of Indio's homeless from using it as a refuge.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  22. Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the budget compromise reached with Democratic leaders, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento left, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, right, during a news conference on Tuesday in Sacramento. (AP) AP

    California Senate passes $96.3B Democratic budget

    The Legislature began passing California's massive state spending plan Friday amid sharp divisions over whether the compromise struck by Democrats and Gov.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  23. Ruiz

    Rep. Raul Ruiz files for extension to turn over finances

    U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz was not among the House members disclosing personal financial information Friday.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  24. Juneteenth celebration aids foster care program

    A Palm Desert nonprofit will hold its annual 'Juneteenth' celebration Saturday to benefit its foster care program.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  25. Community briefs for Saturday, June 15

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  26. In this aerial file photo, law enforcement authorities investigate the burnt-out cabin on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, where accused quadruple-murder suspect Christopher Dorner was believed to have died after barricading himself inside, during a stand-off with police in the Angeles Oaks area of Big Bear. (AP Photo/The Sun, John Valenzuela) AP

    Supervisors to vote on Dorner reward

    Riverside County supervisors are poised to reward $100,000 to four people who helped authorities track down former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  27. Sister JoAnn Persch of Chicago hugs Mecca trailer park resident Lilian Salcedo during a Nuns on the Bus tour stop on Thursday. The national tour, during which a group of nuns are visiting communities to learn about immigration issues, kicked off May 28. Crystal Chatham, The Desert Sun

    Sisters roll into east valley pushing immigration reform

    A sky-blue coach bus filled with Catholic nuns roamed through the dirt paths and the dilapidated mobile home parks of the most remote areas of the eastern Coachella Valley on Thursday as part of a nationwide call for immigration reform.

    • Jun. 14, 2013
  28. Palm Desert parents plead for Head Start funds

    The City Council voted Thursday to pay $30,000 for a Head Start program's operating expenses for the coming school year, and gear up to buy or build a new home for the classes.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  29. Riverside officials decided to amended the city's ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries to include mobile pot operations. Desert Sun file photo

    Riverside moves against mobile pot dispensaries

    A Southern California city that won a recent case in which the state Supreme Court ruled local municipalities can ban medical marijuana dispensaries is taking its efforts one step further by going after delivery services.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  30. Community brief for Friday, June 14, 2013

    For the third time, a group of disgruntled parents has filed documents attempting to recall a majority of the Coachella Valley Unified school board.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  31. Palm Springs: Developer seeks downtown parcel for hotel project

    A parcel across from the Palm Springs Convention Center originally approved for a 'hip and cool' Mondrian Hotel about five years ago is now being proposed as a high-end Dolce brand resort, known for its expertise in hosting meetings.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  32. FILE - A person displays a marijuana plany (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) AP

    Cathedral City to take another look at pot shop ban

    Cathedral City council members will take another look at the citywide ban on medical marijuana shops after they passed an ordinance, 5-0, on Wednesday to provide regulation of operations for pot dispensaries in specified zones under a conditional use permit.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  33. SunLine head submits $53M budget

    Less than two weeks into his temporary new job, SunLine's interim general manager presented a $53 million spending plan to board members and gave a mostly positive initial assessment of the transportation agency.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  34. Marriott asks city to help fund seminar

    The J.W. Marriott Desert Springs resort is asking the city for $20,000 to help defray the cost of keeping a Tony Robbins self-help conference from moving to Florida this year.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  35. Community briefs for Thursday, June 13, 2013

    Did you serve in the Korean or Vietnam wars?

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  36. A helicopter comes back to fill up with water behind Casino Morongo while fighting the Hathaway Fire on Tuesday. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun

    Hathaway fire burn area grows to 2,850 acres

    The size of the Hathaway Fire that has been burning west of the Coachella Valley since Sunday has grown.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  37. Cathedral City Councilman Chuck Vasquez exits a courtroom at the Larson Justice Center in Indio after being granted an extension for his arraignment hearing. Tamara Sone/The Desert Sun

    Judge delays Chuck Vasquez's arraignment

    Cathedral City City Councilman Chuck Vasquez did not enter a plea Tuesday at his arraignment in Riverside County Superior Court on three felony charges of misappropriating public funds.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  38. President Barack Obama, right, looks on as Tolu Olubunmi, a immigration activist, speaks during remarks on immigration reform in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP) AP

    Immigration debate clears procedural Senate hurdle

    In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the 'moment is now' to give 11 million immigrants in the United States illegally a chance at citizenship.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  39. Community briefs for Wednesday, June 12, 2013

    The Cathedral City Public Arts Commission is scheduled to offer docent-led tours of the Agnes Pelton exhibit from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday through June 27 in the lobby of City Hall.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  40. In these photos, President Barack Obama's plate from his Saturday evening meal at Sunnylands is seen before (left) and after he dined. (Photo courtesy Spencer's)

    Spencer's chef cooks for Presidents Obama, Xi

    Eric Wadlund, executive chef at Spencer's restaurant, prepared most of President Obama's Sunnylands Summit meals. And based on the photographic evidence, he was a fan of Wadlund's cooking.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  41. Desert Hot Springs eyes pay cuts

    The Desert Hot Springs City Council gathered at a special meeting Monday to review a revised 2013-14 budget plan that leaves the city with a $2.3 million deficit that could lead to salary cuts and a new public safety tax.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  42. Priscilla Gonzalez tries on a necklace at Desert Best Friend's Closet in Palm Desert on Thursday. The nonprofit provides free clothing to those in need to help them in job interviews or for life events like the prom. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun

    Palm Desert charity gets help with image

    Desert Best Friend's Closet is undergoing an extreme makeover, but not the kind that requires carpenters armed with hammers and saws.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  43. Multi-vehicle crash closes I-10 near Redlands

    No one was injured in a crash on Interstate 10 involving a bus, a minivan, a pickup truck pulling a small trailer and a semi-truck loaded with portable toilets.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  44. Community briefs for Tuesday, June 11

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  45. Riverside County Sheriff's deputies in riot gear in preparation for President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan's return from Sunnylands to the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa on Saturday June 8, 2013. Denise Goolsby/The Desert Sun

    Presidential visit's cost to Riverside County estimated at half-million dollars

    The cost of having the Riverside County Sheriff's Department help protect a couple of presidents will add up to 'in the neighborhood of a half-million dollars,' Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit said.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  46. Visitors tour the cargo compartment of one of the C-17s that accompanied President Barack Obama on his trip to Palm Springs. The compartment is 88 feet long, 18 feet wide and 12 feet high. It carries the president's limousine and security detachments. / Gavin Kron, Special to The Desert Sun

    Kids get look at cavernous C-17

    President Barack Obama's visit to the Coachella Valley brought with it many historic moments. That was the case for a lucky group of kids at the Palm Springs Airport on Sunday morning.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  47. Panorama: Air Force One waits to depart Palm Springs

    Air Force One sits at Palm Springs International Airport on Sunday morning. The Boeing 747 was being prepared for President Obama's departure to Washington.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  48. Community briefs for Monday, June 10

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • Jun. 9, 2013

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