Cathedral City hopes to add lanes

Home to one of the most narrow strips of the Coachella Valley's main arterial highway, Cathedral City is eyeing a plan to increase the number of lanes on East Palm Canyon Drive. More

Planners hope to arrange same-sex weddings

Thursday's California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage may have triggered a spate of proposals among lesbian and gay couples in the Coachella Valley, but the phones of area wedding planners aren't yet ringing off the hook. More

• Three valley couples share their stories
• Gay marriage legalized after court overturns ban on same-sex weddings

Judge frees armed robbery suspect

Over the vehement protests of prosecutors, a Riverside County judge on Friday freed a Coachella Valley man who earlier had pleaded guilty to five counts of armed robbery involving drugs stolen from five pharmacies. More

Hot days, high energy bills coming

Triple-digit temperatures have arrived in the Coachella Valley, and because it's May, triple-digit power bills are just around the corner. More

Tribal leaders, sheriff's officials call meeting productive

Tribal leaders met with officials from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other officials Friday in an effort to ease tensions between the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians and the sheriff's department after deputies killed three tribal members. More