Cathedral City News

Every day you can see people in Cathedral City bolting across Cathedral Canyon Drive on foot or bike, trying to dodge cars just to get to the other side of the road.

One person was killed, and at least a dozen people were injured in three separate crashes over the weekend.

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Daniel Webster Jr., better known as "Big Dan" took a leap of faith and brought his Alabama roots to the Coachella Valley.

Palm Springs is a great little desert city among eight cities in the Coachella Valley region two hours east of Los Angeles.

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A Desert Hot Springs man shot and killed in an altercation on Wednesday night has been identified by the Riverside County Coroner's Office as 38-year-old Damon Capacchione.

It was unbelievable! Modern History in a glass! Indeed-Palm Springs history was being written and played out in the first Petite Sirah Throwdown in the Coachella Valley.

Police are investigating a shooting in Cathedral City that happened about 8:10 p.m. Tuesday night near Mission Indian Trail and Shifting Sands Trail.

Congress is demanding answers from the new CEO of General Motors about why it took 10 years to recall cars with a defective part that's now linked to 13 deaths.

We found dozens of cases and judgments against her in civil court, yet she's still allegedly praying on new business owners, convincing them to write her post-dated checks and then not delivering on her promises of service.

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MURRIETA Murrieta Valley High School sophomore Cassidy Thornburg took the top prize in the Rotary Club of Murrieta's Four-Way Test Speech Contest on March 13, winning over nine other candidates.

"It would not compel me to think of Cathedral City when I look at that particular logo," said Cathedral City florist Dave Rohr, who is among a number of business owners in the city voicing dis-pleasure with the the new logo.

A health scare over a major measles outbreak is prompting health officials to ask people who have not received a measles vaccine to get one.

Nouveau Eyewear is currently seeking a sales professional for our Los Angeles based territory.

Since the launch of its new mobile app last week, the DWA says it's heard from nearly 100 people reporting water waste.

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The Grotto sits inside the Two Bunch Palms Resort and Spa in Desert Hot Springs.

Best-selling author and entertaining designer Lulu Powers, who refers to herself as an "Entertainologist," is one of the latest to be added to the Food & Wine Festival Palm Desert's impressive line-up of celebrity talent.