Thermal News

The state should not trap Coachella Valley residents in substandard living conditions.

Temperature across the Coachella Valley heated up today, as Thermal smashed its all-time high and Palm Springs tied its record.

A man who was killed in a three-vehicle collision in Thermal was identified today as a 51-year-old Coachella resident.

A three-week summer program that begins July 28 includes twice-weekly ground school classes.

One person was reported dead in a Tuesday crash in Thermal involving three vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol.

About 200 people, many of them war veterans, began their Memorial Day on Monday by attending an hourlong service at the Coachella Valley Cemetery.

Local officials looking to move migrant farm workers from a squalid encampment of trailers on tribal land say they need another $12 million to complete the relocation, but the state says a lapsed deadline means that money now belongs to all of California, newspapers reported Saturday.

Chris Ritter of Cathedral City retrieves his 35% scale Yak 55 model airplane after flying aerobatics on Sunday, May 27, 2012 during the Coachella Valley Radio Control Club's celebration for the 10th anniversary of its model airpark at Avenue 54 and Pierce Street in Thermal, Calif.

Arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence were: Pamela Brown, 50 of Coachella; Jorge Luis Torres, 32 of Thermal; Hector Ricon Reyes, 28 of Coachella; and Tomas Gonzalez, 29 of Coachella.

Approves the annual county office of education budget. Appeal board for student expulsions.

Tour of Mountain View Park: John Aguilar, deputy director for housing of the Riverside County Economic Development Agency, talks about the how Mountain View Park can help the residents of Duroville.

Santiago Payan operates a loader as piles of compost are run through sifting machinery at the California Bio-Mass. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun Read CalRecycle's report on how to reach California's goal of diverting 75 percent of waste from landfills by 2020 and the California Bio-Mass permit by clicking on this story at mydesert.com/opinion As ... (more)

Residents at the notorious Duroville mobile home park in Thermal are facing another setback, as the state strips redevelopment funds from the housing project where the residents were supposed to move.

Each Martian spring, the northern polar cap undergoes warming from the sun. The ices sublimate into the thin atmosphere and leave behind dust and rocks.

THERMAL, Calif. -- Officials in Southern California looking to move migrant farm workers from a squalid encampment of trailers on tribal land say they need another $12 million, but California says it's too late.

Candidates for the Riverside County Board of Education see a stronger, more public role in the future as faces change.

Residents of a toxic mobile home park in a depressed area of the Coachella Valley are close to finding new homes, but a standoff between California and Riverside County lawmakers might delay their moving day.

Santiago Payan turns on a machine that sifts piles of compost at California Bio-Mass. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun Then in 2000, the housing boom struck the Coachella Valley with a vengeance and Hardy watched the urban sprawl inch closer with its gated communities and luxury resort developments such as Andalusia and Trilogy in La Quinta.

Thermal, CA: home to the #1 song of the '80s. During the '70s and early'80s, the small, arid farming town of Thermal was home to Freedman Co., run by Mr.

Deputies arrested a man they believe is responsible for a series of metal thefts in the Thermal area, a sheriff's department spokesman said today.