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  1. An FBI investigator walks to the apartment where a man was shot by an FBI agent Wednesday in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says Ibragim Todashev, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. John Raoux, The Associated Press

    FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

    Ibragim Todashev, a man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case, was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said.

    • 8:18 AM
  2. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti arrives for an election night rally Tuesday in Hollwyood. Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become the city's next mayor after a campaign in which he depicted his rival a pawn of powerful labor bosses. Chris Carlson, The Associated Press

    5 things to know about L.A.'s next mayor

    Eric Garcetti has won the race to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles, becoming the first Jewish mayor in the city's history.

    • 7:39 AM
  3. Man tried to kidnap Indio High student

    Indio police released a sketch Tuesday of a man who they say tried to kidnap a girl near Indio High School. Officials said this is the second time in about a week that someone has attempted to snatch a student in this area. However, authorities do not believe the two incidents are connected.

    • 12:29 PM
  4. Palm Springs police seek the driver of a white Ford F-9 pickup, who ran from the scene of a fatal crash with a motorcyclist Sunday on East Palm Canyon Drive. Sherry Barkas/The Desert Sun

    Palm Springs police look for witness in fatal hit-and-run

    William Dominguez Lopez, a 20- to 30-year-old man believed to live in Cathedral City, is being sought as a potential witness to the 4:30 a.m. crash on East Palm Canyon Drive at Camino Real, police Sgt. Harvey Reed said during a news conference held Tuesday afternoon.

    • 9:09 AM
  5. Desert Sands Unified School District teachers parade down Desert Dunes Road in La Quinta from Highway 111 to the Desert Sands board meeting protesting drawn out contract negotiations Tuesday May 21, 2013. Wade Byars\The Desert Sun

    Teachers seek to settle union negotiations

    They delivered a 20-foot petition, urging the district to increase compensation, to the school board. They packed the boardroom to capacity, forcing security officers to stop some protesters in the building's lobby.

    • May 21, 2013
  6. La Quinta police conduct a DUI checkpoint on Fred Waring Drive on Saturday. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

    Some question DUI-limit cut

    A federal agency's recommendation to drop the legal blood-alcohol level from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent could, if it became law, make it more difficult for law enforcement personnel to detect impaired drivers whose blood-alcohol levels are this low, local law enforcement officials say.

    • 9:20 AM
  7.  Submitted artwork

    Vote in Salton Sea license plate contest

    High school seniors in the Coachella Valley could score a college scholarship — and possibly see their art on a California license plate — as part of a Salton Sea design contest.

    • May 21, 2013
  8. A slew of mallard ducks are being cared for Monday at the Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center in Indio. These are about three weeks old. Denise Goolsby, The Desert Sun

    Ducklings turn up in pools

    Mary Jo Potts and James Selsor were sitting in the backyard of their Palm Springs home Sunday morning when an unexpected guest suddenly appeared near their pool. They aren't the only ones finding stray ducklings in their pools and ponds.

    • May 21, 2013
  9. La Quinta council votes to replace canal in SilverRock

    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.

    • May 21, 2013
  10. Developer offers to create 'horticulture walk' in Palm Springs

    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.

    • May 21, 2013
  11. Firefighters contain 90-acre Whitewater wildfire

    A wildfire burning in Whitewater has been contained after burning 90 acres.

    • May 21, 2013
  12. FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. officials said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File) AP

    FBI names Benghazi suspects but no arrests yet

    The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers.

    • May 21, 2013
  13. FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Leahy that it would prefer postponing a showdown over the rights of same sex spouses until a vote in the full Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) AP

    Senate panel approves immigration bill

    Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

    • May 21, 2013
  14. Investigators: Death of 2-year-old Thermal boy is homicide

    A 2-year-old Thermal boy who died this past weekend was a victim of homicide, investigators said Tuesday.

    • May 21, 2013
  15. The Cathedral City Civic Center is seen in a December 2011 file photo. Wade Byars, The Desert Sun

    Cathedral City council adopts bugdets

    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.

    • 9:58 AM
  16. Emergency responders on Tuesday make their way down a street of damaged homes following Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla. Kim Johnson Flodin/AP

    Search for Oklahoma survivors winds down

    The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.

    • May 21, 2013
  17. Palm Springs High School students attend their prom at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Richard Lui, The Desert Sun

    See hundreds of prom photos

    We have hundreds of photos — and counting — from proms across the Palm Springs area.

    • May 21, 2013
  18. Public safety briefs for Wednesday, May 22, 2013

    A 2-year-old Thermal boy who died over the weekend was a victim of homicide, investigators said Tuesday.

    • May 21, 2013
  19. Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty Tuesday in Phoenix. Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic

    Arias pleads for life

    Jodi Arias, who said after her murder conviction she would prefer death to life imprisonment, stood before jurors Tuesday and pleaded for her life instead, asking them not to punish her family for her actions.

    • May 21, 2013
  20. Community briefs for Wednesday, May 22, 2013

    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.

    • May 21, 2013
  21. Authorities shut down part of I-10 as officers investigate a shooting on May 21, 2012. Michael Snyder/the desert sun

    Police shooting that killed Robert Shirar sent to DA

    One year after a California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a man during a confrontation on Interstate 10, the case now sits idle on a desk at the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.

    • May 20, 2013
  22. President Barack Obama shakes hands Feb. 14, 2012, with Xi Jinping, then the vice president of China, at the White House in Washington. The two are set to meet for the first time since Xi became president at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage next month. Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images

    Obama to meet with Chinese leader in RM

    The power of the Annenbergs endures, and next month will draw President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping to Sunnylands for their first presidential meeting.

    • May 20, 2013
  23. Local Boy Scouts are recognized by Col. Joseph Snyder and Jessica Nguyen during a presentation on Operation Babylift held Monday, May 20, 2013 at Gerald Ford Elementary School in Indian Wells. Crystal Chatham, The Desert Sun

    Kids discuss Gerald Ford's Operation Babylift

    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.

    • May 20, 2013
  24. The Boe Dell neighborhood is seen in a July 2012 file photo. Xochitl Peña, The Desert Sun

    Water contamination found in Indio neighborhood

    The Indio Water Authority has begun delivering water on an emergency basis to a neighborhood of more than 100 homes, Boe Del Heights, after samples taken from a well detected high levels of perchlorate.

    • May 21, 2013
  25. FILE - The San Onofre nuclear power plant in north San Diego County, Calif., is seen in this March 1, 2010 file photo. The Los Angeles City Council is to consider Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, a resolution to oppose restart of San Onofre's Unit 2, unless Southern California Edison seeks a license amendment, which would trigger a court-like review that could take as long as two years. If approved, Los Angeles would become the largest government entity, by far, to go on the record opposing a restart of the troubled . (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File) AP

    San Onofre restart delayed

    Federal regulators have pushed back indefinitely a decision on the proposed restart of the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in California.

    • May 20, 2013
  26. Desert Sands Unified School District board to vote on AC repair plan

    The Desert Sands Unified School District board will vote tonight to spend nearly $130,000 to repair elementary school air conditioners that were struck by copper thieves earlier this month.

    • May 20, 2013
  27. This combination of Associated Press photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. AP Photo

    Okla. tornado death toll cut by more than half

    As the sun rose over the tornado-shattered community of Moore, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office cut the estimated death toll by more than half. Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said she believes some victims were counted twice in the early chaos of the storm.

    • May 21, 2013
  28. Jodi Arias' attorneys put one witness on: Arias

    Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day 'witch trial,' her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the death-penalty phase Monday, then said they will call only one witness: Arias.

    • May 20, 2013
  29. Riverside County Board of Supervisors to set fiscal priorities

    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.

    • May 20, 2013
  30. SADD chapter holds 'Too Young to Die' funeral

    Cathedral City High School students will participate in a mock funeral for some of their classmates Tuesday.

    • May 20, 2013
  31. Coachella Valley man gets 10 years in kid-porn case

    A Riverside County nurse caught trying to send child pornography to a girl via the Internet was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison.

    • May 20, 2013
  32. Prosecutors' vote reveals rejection of DA Zellerbach

    Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach was almost unanimously rejected by the prosecutors who work under him in a vote taken following a series of closed debates with senior Deputy District Attorney Mike Hestrin, who is challenging him, it was announced Monday.

    • May 20, 2013
  33. Palm Springs man pleads guilty to DUI

    A Palm Springs man whose truck collided with a compact car, injuring the 73-year-old driver, pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence.

    • May 20, 2013
  34. A Palm Desert police car is seen in this undated photo provided by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

    DUI suspected in crash into wall

    A Palm Desert woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol Sunday night after hitting a wall in her Pontiac Grand Am while trying to make a turn on Courtside Drive in Palm Desert, police said Monday.

    • May 20, 2013
  35. In this file photo taken Wednesday, Interstate 10 is seen from the Wall Road overpass. An Indio woman died Sunday night in a crash near the overpass. Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun

    Indio woman killed in I‑10 crash near PS

    The late-night crash followed two other fatal collisions Sunday.

    • May 20, 2013
  36. Public safety briefs for Tuesday, May 21

    Public safety-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • May 20, 2013
  37. A 2008 photo of Margit Chiriaco-Rushe, the daughter of the founders of Chiriaco Summit, at the Chiriaco Summit Cafe and Gift Shop, which has served travelers for 75 years. The Desert Sun

    Missing audits draw attention to Chiriaco Summit Water District

    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.

    • May 19, 2013
  38. A man takes pictures of debris strewn about Clint Rodgers' Postal Annex store in Palm Desert after a car crashed through the glass windows in the storefront on March 13. Michael Snyder/The Desert Sun

    Postal Annex reopens months after car crash into store

    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.

    • May 20, 2013
  39. Visitors to Joshua Tree National Park will be able to view the strangely shaped trees and the lunar-like landscape, but won't find but a few campgrounds open this summer in Joshua Tree National Park. / Raju Chebium, Desert Sun Washington Bureau

    Joshua Tree National Park better prepared for peak season than peers

    Many national parks are finalizing plans to hire fewer temporary employees this summer, close some campgrounds and scale back popular family programs such as ranger-led nature walks and cultural tours because of mandatory budget cuts that took effect March 1.

    • May 19, 2013
  40. A motorcyclist was killed when he was hit by a pick up truck on East Palm Canyon Drive and Camino Real in Palm Springs early Sunday morning, May 19, 2013. Sherry Barkas, The Desert Sun

    3 killed in separate crashes around valley

    Three separate crashes Sunday claimed the lives of three Coachella Valley residents.

    • May 20, 2013
  41. The Mandala Man sculpture by the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, made of recycled bicycle parts, is displayed Sunday during the 'Sculpture Taking Shape: Cast, Carve and Combine' event at Sunnylands Center & Gardens in Rancho Mirage. Crystal Chatham/The Desert Sun

    Sunnylands invites families to explore sculpture, pottery

    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.

    • May 19, 2013
  42. SunLine Transit Agency buses are seen in a 2008 file photo. Crystal Chatham, The Desert Sun

    SunLine misses audit deadline

    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.

    • May 20, 2013
  43. White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer speaks on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington on Sunday. AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher

    White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS

    A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only 'when it came out in the news' while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.

    • May 19, 2013
  44. Satellite trucks line the parking lot on Sunday where the highest Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $590.5 million was sold recently at this Publix supermarket located in Zephyrhills, Fla. AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz

    Small Florida city wonders who won $590 million jackpot

    Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

    • May 19, 2013
  45. Tribal Chairman Richard M. Milanovich, at right, listens to Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet during the dedication of a sculpture on the corner of Sunrise Way and Ramon Road to mark the four corners of Section 14, a plot of land that is viewed as the heart and soul of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun

    Officials surprised by tribe's quest for legal relief

    Under Richard Milanovich, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians evolved from an impoverished people into a political powerhouse.

    • May 19, 2013
  46. Boats from Savannah High, Glendora High win Solar Cup

    Boats from Savannah High School in Anaheim and Glendora High School in eastern L.A. County won the 11th annual Solar Cup boat races Sunday near Temecula.

    • May 19, 2013
  47. Community briefs for Monday, May 20

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • May 19, 2013
  48. Predawn power outage affects 3-block area of Rancho Mirage

    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.

    • May 19, 2013

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