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  1. One city withholds support of valley trail

    Eight of the Coachella Valley's nine cities have joined dozens of other agencies to ask for state money to study a proposed 54-mile paved trail along the Whitewater River. But two Desert Hot Springs councilmen want $15 million of the $53 million in air quality money to go directly to their city.

    • 1:16 AM

  2. Chromium-6 in some wells more than 1,000 times above state goal

    Hexavalent chromium, a potentially cancer-causing heavy metal made famous by activist Erin Brockovich, is found in drinking water supplies throughout most of the Coachella Valley at 150 to more than 1,000 times above California’s public health goal, a Desert Sun review of local water agencies’ well-testing results found.

    • Feb. 20, 2012
  3. Water samples from the Coachella Valley contain traces of hexavalent chromium, a contaminant in tap water that is “likely to be carcinogenic to humans,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun

    Desert Sun investigation: Tainted water in local wells

    Chromium-6, a potentially cancer-causing heavy metal made famous by activist Erin Brockovich, is found in drinking water supplies throughout most of the Coachella Valley at 150 to more than 1,000 times above California’s public health goal, a Desert Sun investigation found.

    • Feb. 19, 2012
  4. Karen Maher of Indian Wells and her granddaughter, Gigi Frognet, feed the ducks at the Palm Desert Civic Center Park. Denise Goolsby/The Desert Sun

    Ducks create issue at Palm Desert park

    PALM DESERT — It's hard not to feed the ducks at Civic Center Park. People have been bringing bread to community ponds to feed ducks for generations.

    • Feb. 15, 2012

  5. Free screening of doc 'Bag It' to be Feb. 23

    A free screening of the award-winning environmental documentary “Bag It” will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 at the University of California, Riverside, Palm Desert campus.

    • Feb. 15, 2012

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