Mecca News

For all his talk in recent days about the need to improve efficiency, it's good to know that Gov.

Commemorate the 40th anniversary of Stonewall at this panel discussion about the history and future of the struggle for LGBT liberation, with author and activist speakers Sherry Wolf and Tommi Avicolli Mecca and KALW's Rose Aguilar moderating.

July 01, 2009 ISLAMISM - A historical background: The Saudi Angle By R. Upadhyay http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers33/paper3282.html A peep into the Arabian history during the time of Prophet Mohammad suggests that Mecca, the chief city of Hidjaz in Arabian Peninsula which was his birth place - was the assembly point of the caravans on the ...

An allegedly drunken 16-year-old driving a stolen car, and a woman wanted for hit-and-run, were among the 10 people arrested at an overnight sobriety checkpoint in Mecca, authorities said.

Cool weather helped keep a lid on production as Californiaa s Coachella Valley table grape season got under way this spring, resulting in a surge of demand and strong prices.

Posted June 21, 2009, 4:36 p.m. When you ponder a particular zip code, ordinarily, a one size fits all demographic/stereotype has a tendency to emerge regarding that geographical location.

Mecca, California Epondepressing posted by xthlc at 3:10 PM on June 23 Population is increasing faster than agricultural production.

A Border Patrol officer accused of sexually assaulting a Mexican woman traveling on a tourist visa to Cathedral City with her two children followed her from a Salton Sea-area checkpoint, then pulled her over and demanded she drive to a secluded area, court records show.

Reporting from Mecca, Calif. -- An hour before dawn in the camp of last resort. Dozens of men and a few women are asleep in the beds of pickup trucks, in the back seats of cars or on flattened cardboard boxes in the dirt behind the Toro Loco market.

Riverside County's unemployment rate last month matched the 13.1 percent high mark set in March, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday.

Crews have re-opened a road in the East Valley that was shut down Thursday because of a massive sinkhole.

Days after hundreds of Iranian-Americans streamed into California polling stations to vote in Iran's presidential election, neither the voters nor the volunteers who ran the polling sites are happy with the way the election turned out.

Promises, promises. We're bombarded with them every day from politicians. Sometimes they seem to be just words, but sometimes they translate into actual action.

Division Chief Ray Paiz grew up in Mecca and finds it fitting that he now oversees the east valley for Cal Fire/ Riverside County Fire Department, Indio division.

Two months after moving to Indio from a small town in Mexico, Jorge Andrade found himself in a middle school classroom, unable to communicate with his teachers and peers.

A reputed Indio gang member shot two Coachella rivals -- killing one -- at an Indio apartment complex because the men had visited a woman on his gang's turf, a prosecutor said today.

The Prophet Muhammad laid no claim to be of Divine origin. He was born to parents who were merchant-class Meccans.

Sometime in the not-so-distant future, traveling across the Coachella Valley from Mecca to Palm Springs could be a quick, easy trip via a modern light rail system, stopping at eco-friendly stations that draw in people with shops, galleries and bus connections.

In real estate, retail, dining establishments and many other types of business endeavors, the words, "location, location, location," have been a mantra for decades.

Fifty-nine people were cited for vehicle violations and nine were arrested during a DUI checkpoint conducted from Saturday night to early Sunday morning, Coachella police said.