Cathedral City News

High winds shut down roads in Palm Springs and Cathedral City Friday morning, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.

A recent series of storms barely made a dent in lessening California's drought, highlighting a need for lawmakers to work together to find solutions to lessen the impact, a regional official said today at a panel hosted by the Southern California Association of Governments.

"This is my dog, Riley -- the doggie love of my life," says human "mom" Ann Kelly of Cathedral City.

The Chandi Group USA broke ground on an ARCO ampm gas station expansion Wednesday at 27-900 Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City.

Several roads on the west side of the Valley are often closed when we have stormy weather as we did at the end of last week.

A small earthquake shook near the Pass and Coachella Valley Wednesday. The magnitude-3.1 earthquake hit at 1:17 a.m. at a depth of around 3 miles, according to a computer-generated report from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Thank you, Desert Sun, for giving front-page coverage to the tragic story of Josue Candelario and his mother, Reyna Melgar.

Some Valley businesses are in hot water with the state, which has resorted to publicly listing their names in a database of the worst tax offenders.

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee will consider a request to audit the finances of California's judicial branch when it meets today at 1:30 p.m. in Room 126 of the Capitol.

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee will consider a request to audit the finances of California's judicial branch when it meets today at 1:30 p.m. in Room 126 of the Capitol.

Both the Mill Creek BBQ Restaurant in Redlands and Tootie's Texas BBQ in Cathedral City will be featured on upcoming episodes of the reality series "Restaurant Impossible."

Hollywood's biggest celebrities weren't the only ones getting the star treatment on Oscar Sunday.

With Vista Chino still shut down Saturday because of flooding, drivers are instead using Ramon Road and creating bumper-to-bumper conditions through Cathedral City and into Palm Springs.

For the third year, residents of Cathedral City came together to celebrate the unique Cathedral City Cove neighborhood -- one that is steeped in history and known as an artist's retreat since the 1930s.

Storm clouds are bringing heavy rains and dangerous driving conditions to the area.

Traffic along the Dinah Shore bridge between Palm Springs and Cathedral City has been stopped after a vehicle caught fire this evening, officials said.

Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach announced Thursday he has the endorsement of Sheriff Stanley Sniff and several police chiefs as he officially began his campaign for re-election.

A man who was under the influence of drugs had to be lowered from the roof of a three-story building following a standoff with Cathedral City police Thursday, officials said.

Former Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia , who is running for the state Senate, recently got a jump on getting a Senate paycheck.

One man was taken to the hospital Thursday night with a gunshot wound to the leg according to Cathedral City police.