Bermuda Dunes News

Outside the traditional barbecues, parades and fireworks on July 4, an event Saturday in Riverside will focus on a remembrance of President Abraham Lincoln, freedom and equality.

Name: Trudy Marschall-Yeager Home: Bermuda Dunes, originally from Tustin Occupation: A nutritionist and internationally certified personal trainer, 702-4909, www.apollofitness.org Favorite foods to prepare: "I like to reinvent foods into healthy, great-tasting dishes.

Some of our elected leaders are taking a financial hit because of the budget woes.

State Sen. John Benoit and Assemblyman Brian Nestande on Wednesday switched their gubernatorial endorsement and are now backing Meg Whitman.

Inland Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert, and state Sen. John J. Benoit, R-Bermuda Dunes, have yanked their gubernatorial endorsements of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and are now backing former eBay executive Meg Whitman.

The new roofing tiles Bill Thomas installed on his Bermuda Dunes home today look just like any other Spanish clay tiles - except they're dark blue and generate solar energy.

Mushy Father's Day cards are not what this desert is generally about. We're talking golf outings.

A garage sale to benefit abused and neglected horses will begin at 6:30 a.m. today at Forever Free Horse Rescue in Bermuda Dunes.

A contract to replace the damaged shade structure at the Palm Desert Civic Center Park amphitheater was approved by the City Council on June 11.

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.

Child care advocates say the safety of thousands of our valley's youngest children would be at-risk if funding for daycare inspections is cut.

A 62-year-old respiratory therapist who was dragged by a car for several feet as robbers snatched her purse in a La Quinta parking lot said today she could lose her job because of head injuries she suffered during the attack.

A 26-year-old parolee was behind bars today on suspicion of having sex with an underage girl in Indio, police said.

More than 1,300 Coachella Valley students officially bid farewell to high school on Thursday.

Standing in front of a makeshift "jail cell" Friday in Palm Desert, about 50 school employees rallied against funding cuts to schools.

California led the way in jobs lost last month, after over 63,000 positions were cut in the Golden State-- making it one of 44 states to lose jobs in the same time period.

An Indio man was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of robbing two convenience stores at gunpoint earlier this month.

A Bermuda Dunes man was jailed Wednesday on suspicion of knocking a woman to the ground and snatching her purse outside a La Quinta home improvement store over a month ago, police said.

A Bermuda Dunes nurse is heading to Africa to help those affected by a deadly virus.

A Bermuda Dunes nurse is heading to Africa to aid those affected by a deadly disease.