Banning News

Because tomorrow's a big day for the medical marijuana scene in Los Angeles. The L.A. City Council's Planning and Land Use Management committee will take up all facets of proposed bans on medical cannabis in town.

Looking for something to do this Memorial Day?A There are a few nearby events that may interest you.

Republican Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack made several stops in and around the San Gorgonio Pass this week to meet with and speak to potential voters as the June 5 primary election nears.

In response to mistreatment of animals, two Banning residents have founded a life-saving organization named Long Ear Donkey Rescue Klaus Duebbert gives a hug to a donkey at the Long Ear Donkey Rescue in Banning.

The folks who work in the children's room at the Banning Public Library have big plans for the library's summer reading programs.

A fire Saturday burned an abandoned home near Banning but no injuries were immediately reported, Cal Fire officials said.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass will hold a golf tournament on June 25 to help fund after-school activities and winter and summer break programs, such as this one.

A 25-year Inland Empire defense attorney said seeing judges "playing games" and treating the public unfairly prompted him to challenge a longtime Riverside County probate judge, a man who said he stands by his record as a jurist and insisted he is only interested in fairly "applying the law." Criminal attorney Michael Kennedy of Joshua Tree is ... (more)

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The National Weather Service was predicting some "scattered showers" in the Banning and Beaumont areas Friday night, but the clouds and moisture should lift as we head into the Memorial Day weekend.

A Banning man was locked up Thursday, accused of attempted murder in the stabbing attack of another local man, police and jail reports indicated.

In the small city of Banning, about 13.5 percent of the 28,000 or so residents are unemployed.

Palm Springs officials were planning a "dramatic" unveiling Thursday night of a 26-foot-tall sculpture of film legend Marilyn Monroe-- just 20 miles east of Banning.

The California Highway Patrol has scheduled a DUI checkpoint for this Memorial Day weekend, it was announced Wednesday.

The public is welcome to attend an upcoming 'career boot camp' workshop hosted by the Boy & Girls Club in Banning.

A Banning nurse was one of fiveA Visiting Nurse Association members to recently receive special recognition from Senator Bill Emerson.

The Rev. Bill Dunn, vicar of St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Beaumont, is hosting a community fundraiser at the historic site on Friday, June 1, 2012.

Banning Unified School District is one of 188 local educational agencies statewide facing "serious financial challenges," according to a new report out by the state.

I would like to thank The Desert Sun for its endorsement for re-election of the incumbent Superior Court judges.

A former Coachella Valley doctor convicted of prescription drug fraud, identity theft and numerous other felonies for illegally obtaining painkillers for herself and friends was behind bars Monday, suspected of posing as another physician to acquire pills from a Corona pharmacy.