Palm Desert News

Electricity has been restored to thousands of Palm Desert Southern California Edison customers following an outage this afternoon.

Home gardeners who want to learn more about desert landscaping and proper irrigation can attend the Coachella Valley Water District's "Water Wise Landscape Workshop for Home Gardeners" on Friday or Saturday.

Ritchie is asked to a dance by his school's most popular girl, which is fine with Christine since it makes her popularity skyrocket, too.

Jose R. Avalos, a student at the Palm Desert Campus of California State University, San Bernardino, has been awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Ironwood Country Club Employee Scholarship Fund - a fund managed by the Desert Community Foundation.

In these tough times, the tattoo industry is not feeling any pain. More and more people are getting inked.

Cathedral City Police investigators tell News Channel 3 49 year-old Joe Khachigian of Northridge and 53 year-old Seyed Sajasi of Palm Desert died in last Thursday's murder/suicide outside a luxury rental car company.

The Palm Desert HOA Presidents' Council will meet at 10 a.m. Nov. 12 at the Marrakesh Country Club, 47-000 Portola Ave., Palm Desert.

Officials broke ground at the El Paseo Village in Palm Desert, and there are plans to open some new stores-- at the Gardens on El Paseo.

News Channel 3 has learned one of the victims in Thursday's shooting was a Palm Desert resident, the other was from the Northridge area of Los Angeles.

On Saturday, October 31, 2009, at approximately 11:50 P.M. deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Palm Desert Station, responded to the 17200 block of Sanborn in the unincorporated area of North Palm Springs reference a report of a Hispanic male juvenile shot at the location.

Riverside County firefighters rescued two people from a car that crashed into a house, a fire spokeswoman said today.

Karl Vasquez Salon will host a cut-a-thon event to benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Desert.

The Coachella Valley is at a crossroads, as it is now balancing conservation needs with development and population growth, says Kurt Russo, executive director of the Native American Land Conservancy.

A 53-year-old Palm Desert man was the gunman who shot two co-workers in Cathedral City - killing one - before shooting and killing himself, the Riverside County coroner's office said Friday.

Hank and Mary Hendler, long time DesertArc supporters, have been named honorary co-chairs for the Dennis Lambert - The Man Behind the Music luncheon.

Ty Spa, a Palm Desert massage business that city officials say employed unlicensed masseuses, has been permanently shut down.

Ever since I saw the movie "Julie and Julia," I've had a craving for classic French cuisine.

Looking for a job with benefits in a growing green industry? The College of the Desert in Palm Desert this week will start using nearly $2 million in economic stimulus funds to train a crop of technicians to maintain large-scale wind and solar energy projects planned for Southern California deserts.

Palm Desert Charter Middle School was a buzz of activity Oct. 23 as students and staff showed off the science programs that helped the school win more educational gadgets.

The Palm Desert City Council decided Oct. 22 to tighten the purse strings on officials traveling on city business by putting them on per diems for food and lodging.