Thousand Palms News

Desert Women for Equality has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Desert Healthcare District to continue its "We Care" mammography program.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to eliminate reimbursements for shelters to keep strays five days before euthanizing them won't affect at least two valley shelters, spokesmen said.

Authorities were investigating Monday what may have sparked three vehicle fires at a single location over the weekend, but the business where the fires occurred appeared to have already solved the mystery.

THOUSAND PALMS - Several vehicles caught fire and caused at least one explosion today near a community center and a park in Thousand Palms, according to the Cal Fire and the California Highway Patrol.

A homeless man was arrested Friday when he allegedly became combative with a sheriff's deputy who was checking his parked vehicle.

The Palm Springs Unified School District board passed with a 4-0 vote Tuesday a $194 million budget for the 2009-10 school year.

County leaders on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure to free up $5.3 million in funding to buy and rehabilitate foreclosed properties in the Coachella Valley.

Thousand Palms is considering a proposal to build low income apartment homes that could give hundreds of families better living conditions.

The Riverside County sheriff says a reduction in the number of officers in unincorporated areas of the county is inevitable, though officials predict necessary cuts to public safety in the coming budget year won't be as drastic as previously thought.

SunLine Transit Agency is upgrading its compressed natural gas station in Indio to accommodate anticipated fleet growth.

Rattlesnake restaurant at The Classic Club has started its new summer hours. The restaurant, at 75-200 Classic Club Blvd., Thousand Palms, is open from 2 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday for bar and happy hour specials.

A bizarre traffic collision in Thousand Palms has one man in custody accused of driving under the influence and damaging other vehicles.

A new marketing campaign about the Coachella Valley Enterprise Zone has been launched, targeting business owners and site selectors.

Pet owners in unincorporated areas of Riverside County may face stiffer penalties if their animals get loose.

On January 13th 2004, Jose "Gumby" Tovar became one half of a two-man crime wave, allegedly robbing two people at gun point and trying to kill yet another.

COACHELLA VALLEY -- SunLine Transit Agency is encouraging local youths to think green when traveling around the valley this summer.

A 63-year-old man was treated for burns on almost half of his body after a mobile home caught fire Friday afternoon in Thousand Palms.

A man was hospitalized after suffering first-degree burns in a Thousand Palms structure fire Friday afternoon.

Cathedral City is losing a statue store. "We're forced into a closure," said Thomas Ancus, who co-owns the Statuary Store at 68-864 E. Palm Canyon Drive with Kevin Naragon.

Among the budget ballot measures voters will face Tuesday: Proposition 1D, which would change how some of the previously approved Proposition 10 tobacco tax revenues are used.