Mecca News

The La Quinta Police Department's annual toy drive gave toys to more than 300 Coachella Valley children for Christmas, officials reported Monday.

College of the Desert has plans to move its Eastern Valley Education Center to downtown Indio, city and college officials confirmed last week.

Authorities today are asking for the public's help in finding two men who used a semi-automatic pistol to commit a robbery.

With sirens blaring, the California Highway Patrol cleared the way for Santa Claus to ride in to the Saul Martinez Elementary School in Mecca.

Jolly ol' Saint Nick rode in style down to the California Highway Patrol office in Indio to deliver Christmas gifts.

The Coachella Valley Literacy Network and UCR Palm Desert are requesting donations of new and gently used books for a book drive to benefit Saul Martinez Elementary School in Mecca "Children need to learn to read before they read to learn," said Carolyn Stark, UCR Palm Desert Executive Director.

There are times when a newspaper must cast the spotlight, as uncomfortable as it might be, on a community issue that deserves greater attention than it now is receiving.

Community service officer Shauna Judnich helped a Mecca woman give birth in her car on Nov.

The quarantine on citrus plants that was extended to the Coachella Valley last month has made some extra work for a local nonprofit organization that collects citrus fruit, but nonprofit and state officials said it shouldn't keep people from donating fruit.

Christmas: Event is an annual celebration. December 03, 2009 9:19 PM BY SARAH DE CRESCENZO A jovial atmosphere prevailed in the face of biting weather on Thursday as holiday cheer warmed the faces of parade enthusiasts and participants alike at the annual Rotary Children's Christmas Parade.

The quarantine on citrus plants that was extended to the Coachella Valley last month has made some extra work for a local nonprofit that collects citrus fruit, but nonprofit and state officials said it shouldn't keep people from donating fruit.

U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack's staff will hold mobile office hours in Mecca on Monday.

Congregants at First Baptist Church in Clovis are trying to raise $15,000 to buy about 700 pairs of shoes for students at a Fresno elementary school.

Immigration advocates and a former federal judge who handled a case involving the Purepecha Indians in Duroville will participate in a Coachella Valley documentary screening about the group.

Investigators today probed the cause of a vegetation fire that scorched a quarter-acre of brush near Mecca.

RE: An act of kindness Not just one act but many kindnesses were extended to five senior ladies while trekking through the painted canyons near Mecca.

Officials from two local homeless shelters say they have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving - the community.

A room in the La Quinta Public Library will get some personal touches thanks to the work of the local youth in partnership with the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery.

Hundreds of seniors in Coachella lined up Wednesday to get a free H1N1 vaccine during the East Coachella Valley Senior Resource Fair at the Eleanor Shadowen Senior Center.

The Coachella Valley Water District will use a recently issued grant to hook up a Mecca mobile home park to the agency's water distribution system, the district announced Monday.