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Former Los Angeles Councilman Indicted on Obstruction and Witness Tampering Charges

March 11, 2020 4:33 pm

Former Los Angeles Councilman Mitch Englander surrendered to the FBI on Monday, pleading not guilty to obstructing an investigation on himself during incidents in Las Vegas and Palm Springs in 2017. Englander had originally been indicted by a Federal Grand...

2020 March Primary Preview: 28th State Senate District

February 2, 2020 8:33 am

The 28th State Senate District: The 28th Senate District runs from the satellite suburbs of Los Angeles to the Nevada border. Entirely within Riverside County, geographically diverse places like Lake Elsinore, the Coachella Valley, Palm Springs, and Temecula all fall...

Uber Begins to Allow Drivers to Set Their Own Fares in Newest AB 5 Changes

January 21, 2020 5:09 pmJanuary 22, 2020 8:31 am

Uber began testing driver-set fares in three California cities on Tuesday in the latest change the rideshare company has made in the wake of AB 5. Tests in Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs Rideshare passengers using Uber in the...

Bill That Would Extend Bar Hours To Face Final Approval For The Third Year In A Row

September 10, 2019 5:15 pm

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and his pilot-program bill to extend drinking hours at bars in select California cities is set to be voted on again in Sacramento prior to the end of this legislative session. Senate Bill 58 would...

Palm Spring Mayor Calls It Quits

January 27, 2019 5:37 pmJanuary 28, 2019 5:36 am

Palm Spring Mayor Robert Moon will not seek re-election this year, citing growing political and personal rifts within the city council. An exchange of verbal fisticuffs between the two played out in local media outlets after the Mayor’s announcement. In...

Hedge Fund Media Group Offer to Buy Gannett

January 14, 2019 12:24 pmJanuary 17, 2019 1:03 pm

At least one-third of the largest newspapers across the United States experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018, according to the Pew Research Center. Monday, reports of MNG Enterprises, backed by a New York hedge-fund, announced it made an...