Indio News

After you have recovered from Breezin' through Beaumont 5K this morning, and watched Banning High's solar boat team in Yucaipa, head over this evening Richard Hanks, author of "This War is for a Whole Life: The Culture of Resistance among Southern California Indians, 1850-1966." CONTRIBUTED IMAGE to the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, 127 N. San ... (more)

Phil Paule, Eastern Municipal Water District board member, on left, and Rosemary Morillo,chairwoman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, talk in June 2012 to Behrooz Mortazavi, who at the time was an Eastern staff member about imported water delivery to percolation ponds in the San Jacinto Riverbed.

Banjo's hobo days are behind him. The 11-month-old poodle-terrier mix - found by a Union Pacific crew tied to train tracks April 2 in Mecca, Calif.

Richard Hanks, author of This War is for a Whole Life: The Culture of Resistance among Southern California Indians, 1850-1966." A lecture on the fight for Indian sovereignty in Southern California will feature speaker Richard A. Hanks at 7 p.m. Saturday May 18, at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center Gathering Hall in Banning.

Tucked away in the San Jacinto mountains is The Country Club at Soboba Springs. The club is open to the public and along with its highly rated golf course features The Maze Stone restaurant.

Trash Talk performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday, April 20, 2013.

Lady Antebellum performs onstage during 2013 Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival held at The Empire Polo Club on April 27, 2013 in Indio, California.

Musician Jeff Hanneman of Slayer performs onstage during The Big 4 held at the Empire Polo Club on April 23, 2011 in Indio, California.

Co-founder and nurse practicioner, Debbie Bent, talks to Nash Helm, 13, and his mother, Sunshine, of La Mirada, during a physical examination at the American Indian Healing Center in Whittier on Wednesday May 15, 2013.

Singer Trace Adkins performs on the first day of the 2013 Stagecoach Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April, 26, 2013 in Indio, Calif.

A 29-year-old Sun Valley man who allegedly used an electronic skimmer to steal key account information from Chase Bank customers at a La Quinta branch was expected in court Friday.

The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reported on Wednesday () that a Sonoma County judge ruled the suit by the group, Stop the Casino 101 Coalition, lacked merit.

Musician John Taylor and singer Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran perform during Day 3 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2011 held at the Empire Polo Club on April 17, 2011 in Indio, California.

When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs.

Hospital-acquired infections are a huge problem in the United States. Wouldn't it be amazing if they could be prevented merely through the materials used in the hospital room? Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina explored covering key surfaces in hospital intensive care units in copper alloy, and found that this is an effective ... (more)

Families enjoy wild west entertainment by the Temecula Gunslingers at the Western Days event in May, 2012 in Old Town, Temecula.

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians filed suit today asking a federal court to declare the Tribe's water rights to the local aquifer as the controlling rights in the Coachella Valley.

Indio Police Spokesman, Ben Guitron says, that around 4:05 p.m. Tuesday, 2 men entered the Indio Medical Clinic on the 82-000 block of Highway 111 near Rubidoux Street armed and with their faces covered.

Riverside County supervisors today signed off on a sheriff's department request to hike the rates charged to cities and other contract entities for the use of patrol deputies and other personnel.

A 17-year-old La Quinta boy arrested in an armed robbery in Indio was in custody Tuesday, and sheriff's detectives sought a second suspect.