Desert Center News

CHP officials based in Indio will soon start working 12-hour shifts. The officers, who work eight hours a day now, will begin their new shifts Sept.

A motorist suffered minor injuries in a rollover accident on Interstate 10 Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Rep. Mary Bono Mack today announced two federal grants for the Desert Alliance for Community Empowerment .

Coachella Valley high school students who participated in the University of California, Riverside Palm Desert Center's 'Writer's in the Schools' workshops will read their work at the program's emerging writer's ...

“The region's population has seen tremendous growth over the past seven years and an ambitious retail project like Komar Desert Center reflects this progress”

Developed by Komar Desert Properties LLC, the 300,000 square foot Costco-anchored shopping center is scheduled for overall completion in late 2008. via Desert Local News

“They're not, in some respects, going to be hit as hard as other districts, but they have their own problems.”

Slideshow: A tiny, tiny school district Sometimes it's good to be small. As the largest school districts in Riverside and San Bernardino counties brace themselves for an unprecedented shortfall in state ... via The Press-Enterprise

Two people were critically injured Monday in a single-car accident on westbound Interstate 10 near Desert Center, authorities said. via KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Two people, including a child, were critically hurt and two others suffered moderate injuries Friday in a rollover accident on Interstate 10, about 25 miles east of Coachella, authorities said. via KESQ-TV Palm Desert

A truck fire on westbound Interstate 10 forced the morning-long closure of at least one lane of the freeway about 25 miles east of Indio, authorities said. via KESQ-TV Palm Desert

“This is an opportunity for the City to recognize our local artists and provide them with another outlet to display their creative talents”

Forty Coachella Valley residents captured honors and recognition during the 10th Annual Juried Art Show sponsored by the City of Palm Springs Public Arts Commission. via Desert Sun

DESERT CENTER, Calif. - Two people are dead and a third is in critical condition after a desert rollover crash that closed down the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Desert Center. via North County Times

“This role is even more critical now to the county and our residents as we are seeing signs of the economic growth beginning to cool down”

DESERT CENTER -- One person was seriously hurt and four others suffered moderate injuries Friday when a vehicle overturned on eastbound Interstate 10, authorities said. via Desert Sun

An Arizona girl, 6, died in a Moreno Valley hospital due to injuries from a single-vehicle crash near Desert Center, a deputy coroner said Sunday. Aimee Sorm, a resident of Tempe, was a passenger of a sport utility vehicle whose driver lost control at about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday. The SUV rolled off westbound Interstate 10 near Hayfield Road, about 50 miles east of Indio, A. Roberts, deputy coroner from the Riverside County Coroner's Office, said.

Sorm was transported to Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where she was pronounced dead at 3:37 a.m. Saturday, Roberts said. Read more

The California Highway Patrol has issued a high wind advisory for Interstate 10 from Coachella to the Arizona border, cautioning high-profile vehicles against driving from Coachella to Desert Center. via Desert Sun

“It's really important for us to take the opportunity to remember the men that served under Gen. Patton”

A monument and plaque honoring Gen. George S. Patton was unveiled during a dedication ceremony at Patton Park on Oct. via Desert Sun