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The Department of Veterans Affairs has systematically missed nearly all of its internal benchmarks for reducing a hulking backlog of benefits claims and has quietly backed away from repeated promises to give all veterans and family members speedier decisions by 2015.
The Scottsdale City Council has selected Fritz Behring to be the new city manager, a position for which former Palm Springs official Tom Wilson had been in the running.
Sunline Transit Agency General Manager C. Mikel Oglesby has been put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into recent employee dismissals at the public transportation agency.
Both directions of Date Palm Drive between Converse and Victoria have been shut down due to a fire.
A home project across from the convention center that proposes to include a 'horticulture walk' has been approved by the Palm Springs Planning Commission and now moves to the City Council for approval.
The city's first church and a major residential complex will be considered for historic site designation by the City Council today.
Unlike last year's contentious fiscal year 2012-13 budget approval process, in which Cathedral City council members were casting their votes at the last hour, the council unanimously approved, 5-0, the operating budgets for fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15 on Wednesday — six weeks before the June 30 deadline.
The city predicts smooth sailing in the next fiscal year, with a flat budget and almost $7 million in reserves.
The Desert Hot Springs Police and Fire departments are hosting a pancake breakfast from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday,at the Elks Lodge.
A listing of Memorial Day events in Palm Springs, the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas.
La Quinta City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to replace the Coachella Canal in SilverRock with a parallel canal just west of the original, after recently selected developer Meriwether Companies indicated it would not assist with funding.
A local developer is offering to replace storm damaged trees at Ruth Hardy Park, create a 'horticulture walk' that celebrates the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and provide energy efficient upgrades to homes it plans to build.
A wildfire burning in Whitewater has been contained after burning 90 acres.
A 2-year-old Thermal boy who died this past weekend was a victim of homicide, investigators said Tuesday.
According to the staff report, revenue for fiscal year 2013-14 is expected to be $29,261,402, with expenditures at $29,883,735. The excess $622,333 will be covered by an appropriation of $661,936 from fiscal year 2012-13.
Cathedral City High School will dedicate a plaque to the memory of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh Abayasekara Krause — a 1999 Cathedral City High graduate who was killed in action on Aug. 16, 2012, while flying a combat mission over Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Historians usually point to President Gerald Ford's controversial decision to pardon President Richard Nixon when they discuss Ford's time in the White House.
Ironing out Riverside County's fiscal priorities for 2013-14 is among the leading items on the Board of Supervisors' agenda Tuesday, when Supervisor John Tavaglione is slated to lead a discussion about resolving the county hospital's shortfall and assessing the value of merging agencies.
The Riverside County auditor-controller has found the Chiriaco Summit Water District non-compliant with state law — having failed to submit to an audit each of the past nine years — and is asking the state Controller's Office to look into the possibility of fraud, waste or abuse.
Two months after a Mercedes was driven straight into his Postal Annex store, Clint Rodgers considers himself a lucky man. He reopened the store just north of Interstate 10 and east of Washington Street last week to a warm welcome.
Artist Bill Anson was pounding away Sunday afternoon on a new sculpture of copper and cedar, while across the lawn at the Sunnylands Center & Gardens, Scott Lauer was busy at his pottery wheel.
The Riverside County Transportation Commission was forced to withhold a payment of more than $800,000 to SunLine Transit Agency last month after the valley bus operator missed a deadline for submitting its annual financial audit.
Under Richard Milanovich, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians evolved from an impoverished people into a political powerhouse.
Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley
An equipment failure in an underground vault triggered a predawn power outage Sunday that affected 33 businesses and homes in a three-block area of Rancho Mirage, a spokeswoman said.
A caregiver support group funded by Riverside County Department of Mental Health meets from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays at The Space, 66-525 Pierson Blvd., near Palm Drive.
Two medical marijuana dispensaries ordered by the court to close were visited Friday by Palm Springs police to ensure they were following orders.
Banjo's hobo days are behind him. The 11-month-old poodle-terrier mix — found by a Union Pacific crew tied to train tracks in Mecca on April 2 — finally has a home with Jeff and Louisa Moore and their Tibetan terrier Lali.
People looking for a different spin to traditional religious worship will soon have a chance to check out a new church in Cathedral City.
The city of Riverside is not complying with rules regarding the disposal of assets possessed by redevelopment agencies dissolved by the Legislature in 2011, and is instead holding onto funds it shouldn't, according to findings released this week by the state controller's office.
Strong winds are expected to blow through the Coachella Valley and Riverside County mountains this afternoon through early Saturday, especially north of I-10.
Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.
The Cathedral City Junior All American Football and Cheer Club is scheduled to host sign-ups from 9 a.m. to noon today in front of the Walmart in Palm Springs.
A group of medical marijuana supporters gathered outside The Holistic Collective on Thursday holding signs in support of the dispensary and protesting its impending closure. 'Come save the collective!' yelled Lesli Jackson, who held a huge white flag with a green cross on it.
What began as a few small repairs here and there turned into the ultimate remodel for Angel View in Desert Hot Springs.
Indian Wells City Council tentatively reduced city donations for the next fiscal year by about $71,000 at Thursday morning's draft budget meeting.
Hundreds of guests got their first look at the new Coachella Valley iHub Accelerator Campus on Thursday as the site celebrated its grand opening.
The city's $77 million in reserve funds is being carved up into more funds for future uses, following a City Council vote Thursday.
Home and business construction is starting to come back in the city, Mayor Jan Harnik said at the annual State of the City event Thursday, and the repaving of Highway 111 could make the slow summer months go by even more slowly.
Former NFL and USC football player Oscar Lua will be the guest speaker at tonight's Dr. Carreon Foundation annual Student Awards Banquet in La Quinta.
The successor agency to the city's former redevelopment agency, one of the state's wealthiest, wired the county $28.2 million over the weekend, and the city is awaiting official word it's free from the hassles of dismantling the agency.
A literacy summit focusing on the use of technology in classrooms will be held today at Cal State San Bernardino's Palm Desert campus.
The Palm Springs City Council on Wednesday approved its various budgets for fiscal year 2013-14, which include more than $30,000 in additional funding for community organizations.
Indian Wells City Council will put discussion of golf perks to bed at today's meeting.
A caregiver support group funded by Riverside County Department of Mental Health meets from 2-4 p.m. Thursdays at 37-171 W. Buddy Rogers Ave., across from Civic Center.
The turf-heavy medians along a stretch of Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs are poised to get a $1.9 million desert-friendly makeover.
Residents of a southern Palm Desert neighborhood say a push to get their overhead utility lines put underground has less to do with aesthetics than safety.
In preparation for council's review of the city's upcoming fiscal year 2013-14 budget, the city of Cathedral City hosted a community budget meeting at City Hall on Tuesday.
Riverside County supervisors Tuesday signed off on a sheriff's department request to hike the rates charged to cities and other contract entities for the use of patrol deputies and other personnel.
The Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to host a Memorial Day Ceremony from 11 a.m. to noon Monday, May 27, at Veterans Memorial Park.
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