Banning police officer kills man at hotel
BANNING, California - A Banning police officer has shot and killed a man during a confrontation at a hotel after the man allegedly brandished a handgun.
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All those postings, tweets, Flickr uploads and other social media interactions we have every day add up to a wealth of opportunity for scientists. Simply by inhabiting our digital haunts, observers can...
View ArticleMan charged with Palm Springs pipe-bombs captured
BANNING, California - A man charged with planting pipe bombs in Palm Springs neighborhoods has been recaptured, months after he went on the run.
View ArticleAudit calls for better estimate for Salton Sea
EL CENTRO, California - A recent state audit calls for a more thorough estimate of how much it will cost to alleviate expected clouds of dust and other hazards along the receding shores of the Salton Sea.
View ArticleCabin smoke halts Skywest flight at Houston gate
HOUSTON - Passengers aboard a Skywest Airlines flight are being switched to another aircraft after smoke was reported in the cabin of their plane as it was about to leave Houston Bush Intercontinental...
View ArticleWoman, 83, to stand trial in jewelry store theft
INDIO, California - An 83-year-old woman who says she's a career jewel thief will stand trial for allegedly swiping a $22,000 ring from a Southern California jewelry store.
View ArticleDesert Hot Springs to cut city employees' salaries
DESERT HOT SPRINGS, California - The financially troubled city of Desert Hot Springs has decided to cut police and city employee salaries amid bankruptcy concerns.
View Article1,500 tested for TB at Southern California school
INDIO, California - More than 1,500 staff and students at a Southern California high school were tested for tuberculosis after one student was diagnosed with the bacterial infection last month, health...
View ArticleFrank Sinatra's former valet dies at 87
PALM SPRINGS, California - George Jacobs, who was Frank Sinatra's valet and confidant for 15 years, has died.
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Hanks, Bullock, Streep honored in Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS, California - Sandra Bullock shared the painful results of Googling herself, Meryl Streep shadowboxed on-stage, and Tom Hanks braced for awards season's "celebrity mule train" at the...
View Article2 shot, injured near Coachella elementary
COACHELLA, California - Authorities say two people were shot and injured near an elementary school in Coachella.
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'Waltons' patriarch Ralph Waite dies at 85
LOS ANGELES - Ralph Waite, who played the kind-and-steady patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family on the TV series "The Waltons," died Thursday, his manager said. He was 85.
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Huge Marilyn Monroe statue to leave California
PALM SPRINGS, California - A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe that has turned heads for two years in Palm Springs is headed east.
View ArticleDead suspect in 2 killings was gun store employee
PALM SPRINGS, California - Authorities and a former employer say a man who fatally shot two female victims in Palm Springs before killing himself was a former employee at a gun store and had a large...
View Article2nd victim in Palm Springs killings child of 1st
PALM SPRINGS, California - Authorities say a man who shot and killed his girlfriend in their Palm Springs gated-community home before killing himself also fatally shot her 13-year-old daughter.
View ArticlePalm Springs hotel guest died from carbon monoxide
PALM SPRINGS, California - A guest at a Palm Springs hotel room died last fall from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty pool heater, authorities said.
View ArticleReport: California Marines dying in car crashes
TWENTYNINE PALMS, California - More Marines from a Southern California base have died while in the United States than overseas at war in the last seven years, including a dozen killed in accidents on...
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Palm Springs give big send-off to giant Marilyn
PALM SPRINGS, California - Palm Springs is singing "Goodbye, Norma Jean."
View ArticleDead suspect in 2 killings was gun store employee
PALM SPRINGS, California - Authorities and a former employer say a man who fatally shot two female victims in Palm Springs before killing himself was a former employee at a gun store and had a large...
View Article2nd victim in Palm Springs killings child of 1st
PALM SPRINGS, California - Authorities say a man who shot and killed his girlfriend in their Palm Springs gated-community home before killing himself also fatally shot her 13-year-old daughter.
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