PS CRASH FATAL IDENTIFIED
A MAN KILLED IN A CAR CRASH YESTERDAY IN PALM SPRINGS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. 73-YEAR-OLD GEORGE BATSAKES WAS DRIVING A BMW SEDAN WHEN HE APPARENTLY RAN A RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF DINAH SHORE DRIVE AND CROSSLEY ROAD AND HIT A VERIZON WORK TRUCK. BATSAKES WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. THE DRIVER O...

GROUND BROKEN ON HUGE WIND ENERGY PROJECT
GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN ON THE WORLD'S LARGEST WIND ENERGY PROJECT, IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. HUNDREDS OF GIAN TURBINES - SOME WITH BLADES THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD-WILL SPREAD ACROSS 9-THOUSAND ACRES IN KERN COUNTY. IT'LL GENERATE ABOUT 15-HUNDRED JOBS. WHEN ITS DONE, IT'LL SUPPLY ENOUGH WIND E...

JURORS BEGIN DELIBERATIONS
JURORS COMPLETED THEIR FIRST FULL DAY OF DELIBERATIONS WEDNESDAY WITHOUT REACHING A VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF TWO OF THREE SIBLINGS ACCUSED IN THE ROBBERY-MURDER OF A DRUG DEALER IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS. LATOYA JENKINS, 23, AND LAVENSKI HARRELL, 28, FACE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES STEMMING F...

TEEN MURDER VICTIM GRIEVED
LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS OF NORMA LOPEZ WERE JOINED BY GRIEF-STRICKEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO HONOR THE 17-YEAR-OLD MORENO VALLEY GIRL, WHO WAS ABDUCTED AND KILLED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. A CLOSED-CASKET MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE TEEN WAS HELD AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. A ...

RESORT CASINO HIRING
FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO IN INDIO IS IN THE MIDST OF FILLING ABOUT 50 JOBS, MOSTLY TO STAFF A SOON-TO-OPEN RESTAURANT AND A REMODELED BAR. LIT, A BAR/LOUNGE, WILL BE OPEN FROM 6 A.M. TO 1:30 A.M. DAILY, STARTING FRIDAY. A GRAND REOPENING IS EXPECTED IN SEPTEMBER, THE SAME MONTH THAT AN ASIAN-S...

GOV ORDERS NEW FURLOUGHS
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER HAS ORDERED A NEW ROUND OF STATE EMPLOYEE FURLOUGHS. SCHWARZENEGGER HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STATE WORKERS TO TAKE THREE UNPAID DAYS OFF PER MONTH, STARTING NEXT WEEK. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE'S TRYING TO CONSERVE CASH IN THE FACE OF A 19-BIL...

FUNDRAISERS SAVE PARADE
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS CHRISTMAS PARADE IN PALM SPRINGS NEXT DECEMBER. LAST WEEK, AREA BUSINESSES THREW A SERIES OF FUNDRAISING EVENTS CALLED "CHRISTMAS IN JULY" TO RAISE MONEY TO SAVE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS PARADE, AFTER IT WAS CUT OUT OF THE CITY BUDGET BY THE PALM SPRIN...

THURS WX
COACHELLA VALLEY WEATHER THURSDAY JULY 29TH   .TODAY...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.HIGHS 100 TO 107. LIGHT WINDS. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.LOWS 77 TO 83. WINDS SOUTH 15 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.NEAR BANNING PASS...WIND...

IMMIGRATION
    AVENUE 50 AT HARRISON IN COACHELLA WILL BE THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT AT 6, FOR ANYONE OPPOSED TO ARIZONA'S NEW IMMIGRATION LAW.   COMMITE' LATINO IS HOSTING THE RALLY, ONE DAY AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ARIZONA STRUCK DOWN PARTS OF ARIZONA'S NEW LAW.      ARIZ...

SPEND, SPEND
THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS WILL TAKE 600-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN TOWN, AND USE IT TO HELP STRUGGLING BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS.   ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN FAÇADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.   ANOTHER ONE HUNDRED T...

NEW PROP FOR 2012
WE ARE STILL MORE THAN 3 MONTHS AWAY FROM VOTING ON TEN STATE PROPOSITIONS ON THE BALLOT.     BUT ALREADY, THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE HAS CERTIFIED THE FIRST INITIATIVE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN FEBRUARY OF 2012.     THIS ONE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WO...

LOPEZ FUNERAL
A FUNERAL MASS IS SET FOR ONE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORMA LOPEZ. THE 17 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAS KILLED EARLIER THIS MONTH AS SHE WALKED HOME FROM A SUMMER SCHOOL CLASS.   LOPEZ DISAPPEARED 2 WEEKS AGO. HER BODY WAS FOUND IN A VACANT FIELD 9 DAYS AGO.   HER KILLER HAS NOT...