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  1. 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.

    • 8:21 AM
  2. 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.

    • 9:55 AM
  3. 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

    Motorcyclist killed in crash was 'full of life'

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

    • 8:48 AM
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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

    Store reopens after it was hit in crash

    Two months after a Mercedes was driven straight into his Postal Annex store, Clint Rodgers considers himself a lucky man.

    • May 19, 2013
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.

    • 7:56 AM
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. Community briefs for Monday, May 20

    Community-related news and notes from across the Coachella Valley

    • May 19, 2013
  14. 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
  15. 15 motorists arrested or cited at Riverside County checkpoints

    The Riverside County Sheriff's Department on Sunday released the results of two sobriety/driver's license checkpoints in the county.

    • May 19, 2013
  16. 1 killed, 2 suffer major injuries in traffic collision in Palm Desert

    One person is dead and two people suffered major injuries early Sunday morning in a traffic collision at Highway 74 between El Paseo and Highway 111 in Palm Desert, a Riverside County Sheriff's spokesman said.

    • May 19, 2013
  17. Water that rushes from the Colorado River Aqueduct near Whitewater will end up in ponds and seep into the Coachella Valley's aquifer. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Water District

    Lawsuit claims agencies put water supply at risk

    Water from the Colorado River flows through a canal and a pipeline, and then pours into ponds in the Coachella Valley. That water seeps down through the sandy soil to the aquifer and enables the desert to bloom in an oasis of thousands of palm-studded gardens, golf courses and swimming pools.

    • May 19, 2013
  18. Marine rose from 'mouse' to special ops duty

    Cathedral City High School history teacher Lee Wilson served as a cryptologist — and later a linguist (he speaks Russian) — during his four years of active duty and eight years of reserve duty in the U.S. Marine Corps.

    • May 19, 2013
  19. Erica Felci. The Desert Sun

    Political Insider: Brian Nestande website flickers on feed

    Assemblyman Brian Nestande's campaign website made a brief debut last week, and immediately raised questions about whether the congressional candidate was blurring the lines with his state legislative duties.

    • May 18, 2013
  20. A car drives along westbound Ramon Road in Cathedral City Saturday. A rehabilitation project is scheduled to begin Monday on this roadway between Date Palm Drive and Landau Boulevard. It will last until early September. Colin Atagi, The Desert Sun

    Ramon Road makeover to begin in Cathedral City

    A much-needed improvement project is scheduled to begin Monday on one of Cathedral City's busiest and bumpiest streets.

    • May 18, 2013
  21. Artwork by students of the Palm Springs Unified School District on display Saturday at the Palm Springs Air Museum, as part of the All District Arts Show. Photos by Dave Nyczepir, The Desert Sun

    Students' talents on display at All District Arts Show

    Palm Springs Unified School District displayed more than 200 pieces of art created by pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students at its sixth annual All District Arts Show on Saturday.

    • May 18, 2013
  22. Mother, daughter duo to get diplomas

    Graduation Day is a time to celebrate achievement, and Deborah and Denise Powell of Indio have overcome much.

    • May 18, 2013
  23. In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School) AP

    Authorities: Hofstra student killed by police

    A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

    • May 18, 2013
  24. Joe Fajardo poses holding his Powerball lottery ticket after buying it at a store Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the lottery game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) AP

    Powerball numbers are in

    Of course, the chances of winning the $600 million prize remain astronomically low: 1 in 175.2 million. And lottery officials said Saturday that 80 percent of the possible combinations have been purchased.

    • May 18, 2013
  25. Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk) AP

    Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade

    About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

    • May 18, 2013
  26. Graphic: Aquifer under stress

    The Coachella Valley uses water from the Colorado River to replenish its natural reservoir of groundwater. A lawsuit by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

    • May 18, 2013
  27. Parking fees at California state beaches heat up

    Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic.

    • May 18, 2013
  28. Palm Springs police arrest man on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle

    Police arrested a man early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle, Sgt. Kelly Fieux said.

    • May 18, 2013
  29. Public safety briefs for Sunday, May 19, 2013

    Authorities released the name of an Idyllwild rockclimber who died Friday after falling 150 feet.

    • May 19, 2013
  30. Community briefs for Sunday, May 19, 2013

    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.

    • May 19, 2013
  31. Palm Springs police went to C.C.O.C, 650 S. Oleander Road, on Friday to enforce a court order requiring the medical marijuana dispensary, which does not have a city-approved permit, to close. Xochitl Pena/The Desert Sun

    Police close Palm Springs marijuana dispensaries

    Two medical marijuana dispensaries ordered by the court to close were visited Friday by Palm Springs police to ensure they were following orders.

    • May 17, 2013
  32. Marlar Desert Sun file photo

    Businessman dead; RM fire ruled arson

    Craig Marlar — a longtime Coachella Valley businessman who battled over ownership of the fire-ravaged GG's Island — is dead, The Desert Sun learned Friday.

    • May 17, 2013
  33. Elizabeth Arechiga, principal of Father's Heart Charter School in Thousand Palms, spends time with kindergarden and first-grade students. Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun

    Charter revoked for Father's Heart in Thousand Palms

    A charter school in Thousand Palms will have to close its doors for good by the end of this school year, forcing about 70 students to move to other Coachella Valley schools.

    • May 17, 2013
  34. Banjo meets his new owners Friday in Thousand Palms. 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. Michael Snyder, The Desert Sun

    New video: Banjo the dog adopted

    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.

    • May 17, 2013
  35. The Rev. Ray Wiggins from Carlsbad will be opening a Unity Church on June 2 in Cathedral City. Submitted by Rev. Ray Wiggins

    New Cathedral City church to focus on unity

    People looking for a different spin to traditional religious worship will soon have a chance to check out a new church in Cathedral City.

    • May 17, 2013
  36. Steven Alexander reads his statement to the jury. AP

    Jodi Arias victim's family makes dramatic statement

    For 4 1/2 months the trial has been about Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander, two attractive young people whose obsessive sexual relationship exploded into murder. One of the lovers is dead, the other may soon be sent to death row.

    • May 17, 2013
  37. Audit: City of Riverside holding onto funds

    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.

    • May 17, 2013
  38. Ryan Lewis, Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer and Macklemore pose for a photo at the Yahoo! On the Road Concert Series at Turner Hall, Sunday, May, 12, 2013 in Milwaukee. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP Photo) Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP

    Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

    Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.

    • May 17, 2013
  39. California Attorney General Kamala Harris, far left, arrives with former Assemblyman Mike Feuer, second from left, to announce the state's efforts to reduce gun violence with the Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS) initiative at a news conference at the LAPD Headquarters in Los Angeles Friday, May 17, 2013. On display are firearms seized during recent APPS sweeps. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) AP

    California AG meets with new task force on guns

    California Attorney General Kamala Harris met with a new statewide taskforce of district attorneys Friday to study ways to reduce gun violence and enforce existing law.

    • May 17, 2013
  40. Strong winds expected across Coachella Valley through Saturday

    Strong winds are expected to blow through the Coachella Valley and Riverside County mountains this afternoon through early Saturday, especially north of I-10.

    • May 17, 2013
  41. Rafael Moreno picks his lucky numbers at Bluebird Liquor located on Hawthorne Blvd at 137th Street in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP/Los Angeles Times) AP

    Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million

    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.

    • May 17, 2013
  42. Public safety briefs for Saturday, May 18, 2013

    A rock climber died Friday after falling 150 feet in Idyllwild.

    • May 17, 2013
  43. Man enters plea in Jurupa Valley exposure case

    A 57-year-old man accused of exposing himself to a girl in a Jurupa Valley supermarket pleaded not guilty Friday to indecent exposure.

    • May 17, 2013
  44. Ex-con accused of killing homeless man to stand trial

    An ex-con accused of fatally beating a homeless man with a rock during a confrontation in a transient camp near Lake Elsinore must stand trial on murder and other charges, a judge ruled Friday.

    • May 17, 2013
  45. Garage in La Quinta catches fire Friday night

    At 8:42 p.m., firefighters were called to a single-story home in the 78-900 block of Zenith Way, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

    • May 17, 2013
  46. Vahe Ruben Yerkanyan. Courtesy

    Suspect in La Quinta Chase bank skimming case charged

    Criminal charges were filed Friday against a 29-year-old Sun Valley man who allegedly used an electronic skimmer to steal account information from Chase bank customers at a La Quinta branch.

    • May 17, 2013
  47. Blythe man pleads not guilty by way of insanity

    A Blythe man pleaded not guilty by insanity this week to a crime spree in which he allegedly broke into a senior apartment building, started a fire, drove a stolen car into some firefighters and took a victim hostage at gunpoint, using him as a shield.

    • May 17, 2013
  48. Ex-CVUSD official sentenced to prison

    The former Coachella Valley Unified School District transportation director was sentenced Friday afternoon to nearly seven years in prison for misappropriating and embezzling district funds.

    • May 17, 2013
  49. Community briefs for Saturday, May 18, 2013

    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.

    • May 17, 2013

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