Thermal News

The way kids learn in school is changing as technology in education becomes more common.

Estimated start dates for the spring table grape crop out of California's Coachella Valley range from as early as May 10 to as late as May 20, depending on which growers you talk to.

The spring crop of vegetables and melons out of California's Coachella and Imperial valleys may be a brief one, but growers expect to ship a wide range of good-quality products before temperatures approach the triple-digit range.

Cal Fire crews are battling a two-alarm fire at the Jewel Date Company, at 60th Avenue and Harrison Street, where a building next to the date grove is involved.

Four people were injured, one critically, in a two-vehicle crash in Thermal this afternoon, a county fire department spokeswoman said.

Just as summer in the desert arrives, construction of the College of the Desert east valley campus in Indio has kicked into high gear.

The temperature peaked at 106 degrees in Thermal by about 2:30 p.m. That beats the previous heat record for the day, which was 105 degrees set in 1959.

A divided Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a plan to remove foul waste from a Thermal composting site that has been the source of community complaints and the target of multiple citations for state regulatory violations.

Actress Katy Perry attends 'The Smurfs 2' party at The 5th Annual Summer Of Sony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on April 22, 2013 in Cancun, Mexico strutting her stuff and her sizzling hot celebrity style.

On Monday, April 15, 2013, officers from the Coachella Police Department responded to an indecent exposure call that occurred in the area of Mazatlan Drive in Coachella.