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Tour De Palm Springs Charity Ride Underway Saturday
Thousands of bikers will take to the streets of Palm Springs Saturday as a part of the Tour De Palm Springs charity event.

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Thousands of bikers will take to the streets of Palm Springs Saturday as a part of the Tour De Palm Springs charity event.

Authorities are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision that killed one person in Riverside.
The number of COVID-positive patients in Orange County hospitals has dropped from 687 to 627, continuing a three-week downward trend.
The overnight blaze was contained within an hour, officials said
Five people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in Riverside, authorities said.
Officials have said some patients entered hospitals for other reasons and only discovered they had COVID after a hospital-mandated test.
With Friday's seven-day average positivity rate of 17.1% — down from 19.8% on Tuesday — there is evidence the Omicron variant is waning.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on state Route 74 Sunday, prompting the partial closure of the highway west of Lake Elsinore.
Two men shot a 45-year-old man to death and wounded a 60-year-old man Sunday morning during a gang-related shooting.
A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man at an Irvine park when the victim refused to hand over pills without payment.
Hospitalization numbers have been declining in LA steadily since reaching over 4,800 in mid-January.
Teachers at the ABC Unified School District, unhappy with the results of ongoing contract negotiations, are planning a sick-out Monday.
An employee at a GNC store was stabbed in the back by a customer at the Westfield UTC mall in La Jolla Friday evening and the suspect fled.
Dry weather and Santa Ana winds were predicted to prevail over San Diego County Saturday through next week.
A convicted felon who submitted fraudulent claims to obtain over $4 million in relief payments was sentenced Friday.
Three school districts in the Coachella Valley have reported a combined 999 active COVID-19 cases among students and staff.
Two people in Lemon Grove were arrested on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons and drugs in a car.
The United States women's hockey team will play its second game of the Beijing Olympics Saturday, facing ROC in a preliminary round game.
Nighttime road work and associated lane and ramp closures will continue next week.
Citing a backlog of cases and coronavirus concerns, a federal judge has postponed the trial on a lawsuit brought by Kobe Bryant's widow.