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Kids create art for library room
A room in the La Quinta Public Library will get some personal touches thanks to the work of the local youth in partnership with the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery.
Grant will provide water to mobile home park
The Coachella Valley Water District will use a recently issued grant to hook up a Mecca mobile home park to the agency's water distribution system, the district announced Monday.
Help a Mecca school get tools for tomorrow
In these challenging economic times, when the arts have been cut from school budgets, the mission of Tools for Tomorrow is even more imperative: Provide free, on-site after-school literacy enrichment programs integrating writing, drama, art and music in elementary schools throughout the Coachella Valley.
Five arrested, 25 cited in DUI checkpoint
Five people were arrested and 25 were cited during a DUI/Driver's License checkpoint in Thermal Friday evening, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage
A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial.
Mobile Job Resource Center Visits East Valley
Michael Burns hopes his visit to the mobile Workforce Development Center, parked outside Coachella City Hall, pays off.
State Senator Benoit Outlines Plans As New County Supervisor
State Senator John Benoit is back in the Desert Thursday after being named Wednesday to fill the position left by the late Riverside County Supervisor Roy Wilson.
Supervisors approve $2.7 million to improve Mecca streets
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a $2.7 million project to rehabilitate streets, sidewalks, outdoor lighting and other infrastructure throughout the city of Mecca.
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Pilgrims to receive face masks, hand gel as Mecca girds for hajj amid swine flu outbreak
Some of the millions who travel to Saudi Arabia next month for the annual hajj will be greeted with face masks, hand sanitizer and fever checks as health officials strive to stem the spread of swine flu during the world's largest pilgrimage.
Quarantine nears as insects could pose threat to citrus crop
Pests that can carry a "death sentence" of a disease for citrus trees have been discovered near the Coachella Valley, prompting farming officials to expand a quarantine boundary near the area.
Stimulus funds aid water projects
Water connections for two mobile home developments are forging ahead. Officials with the Coachella Valley Water District and Mission Springs Water District in the next week will finalize bids and award contracts to connect the La Pena Housing Facility in Mecca and Whispering Sands Mobile Home Park in Desert Hot Springs.
Local water districts get stimulus funding
Connecting two mobile home parks to the Coachella Valley and Mission Springs water districts are among 160 water projects statewide that have received stimulus funding, the governor's office announced today.
Finding Islam's message of peace
The Muslim holy book Quran carries both peace-inspiring and war-inciting guidance.
Binational health fair slated for 3 p.m today
The fourth annual binational health fair "Fiesta Campesina" will be held in Mecca today.
House fire spreads to 25-acre blaze
A noninjury, wind-fanned fire that started at a Mecca home Monday quickly scorched 25 acres of brush.
Home, Nearby Brush Hit by Fire
Creator-producer Merv Griffin's classic game-show version of 'hangman' has kept on spinning for three decades.
Fire destroys Mecca home, burns vegetation
A fire has destroyed a Mecca home this afternoon and sent flames onto nearby vegetation.
Pawn shop offers variety of products, services
A small gas station on the eastern edge of Indio Boulevard has become a complex and a comfort zone for the economically and emotionally disadvantaged.