Indio News

About 300 people gathered atop an ocean bluff in Point Arena on Wednesday to celebrate the country's newest national monument and applaud the community whose advocacy helped persuade President Barack Obama to ensure the coastal expanse was protected forever.

Two men suspected in a 2006 triple killing near Palm Desert made their initial court appearances Wednesday on murder charges.

Beck released his new album Morning Phase and is quick to announce a handful of dates in support of the release.

The somewhat wet March has prompted the South San Joaquin Irrigation District to delay the start of farm water deliveries to Monday.

Debra Doran has her hands full with three kids and a job, so having her sons and daughter buy lunch is the easiest option.

President Barack Obama made it official Tuesday with an executive order bringing the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands into the California Coastal National Monument.

A shooting happened in Indio on the 82-400 block of Mountain View Avenue. The victim was shot in the head, according to Ben Guitron with the Indio Police Department.

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse performs at the 2nd weekend of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 19, 2013 in Indio, Calif.

The Pinyon Flats killings of Sept. 17, 2006, are not the only triple homicides that remain unsolved in the Coachella Valley.

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is joining forces with Santa Ynez Valley Youth Recreation to replace Los Olivos Elementary School's unusable tennis courts with a state-of-the-art surface for both students and the community to utilize.

Organizers said Friday morning the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, scheduled to feature superstar headliners Eric Church, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan, sold out all of its passes.

Lorde is heading Down Under - not to her native New Zealand - to Australia for a series of concert dates in April and May. The Aussie promoter, Frontier Touring , has announced the 17-year-old singer will kick off her Australia tour April 24 in Melbourne.

Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of fatally shooting a man in Desert Hot Springs in January.

A Niland man was arrested early Sunday morning following a single vehicle crash in the area of Highway 111 and San Pablo Avenue.

The haunting melody of "Phantom of the Opera" rang through the huge dining room and into the halls of the Heritage Palms Country Club as The Woman's Club of Indio began their fundraiser.

Editor's note: Of California's nearly 60 Indian casinos, eight are in San Diego County.

Phantogram performed a special outdoor show to celebrate the grand opening of Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs on March 6, 2014.

The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District in Indio says it's swarming season.

The end of the holidays led to typical seasonal job losses, bumping January unemployment up to 9.5 percent in Riverside County, data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department show.

Luke Bryan performs on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio on Saturday, April 28, 2012.