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Various city, county and state partners will open the center to help residents transition from the shelter set up in Desert Hot Springs High School.

Transfer to a four-year institution is a benchmark for success among community colleges, but the numbers are low and disparities across the system persist, especially between colleges in rural areas and those in wealthy suburbs.

California's experimental new program targets methamphetamine addiction by rewarding patients with gift cards for negative drug tests.

The air quality index got so high Sunday it was considered "hazardous" at times in the Coachella Valley.

Prosecutors say 17 people smuggled thousands of kilograms of narcotics on planes and trains — including out of Palm Springs — and in the mail.

It might come as a surprise that in this desert paradise, 97.5% of the local school district's students qualify as socioeconomically disadvantaged.

The approved amendment to the city's plan allows for up to 400 homes, retail space and a hotel with up to 150 rooms at the site.

We've all struggled to find places to get a late bite to eat or drinks in the west Coachella Valley. Here are a few options to check out.

Gov. Newsom had condemned the initial rejects; district had faced possible $1.5 million fine for "willful violation" of state education policies.

West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.