Michelle Paradise and Andrea Garcia head to a Nov. 3 runoff for a Riverside County Superior Court seat after June's three-way primary.

Voters created the City Hall post nearly two years ago. The hiring search took seven months. Cox starts October 19 with a three-year contract.

The policy would force AI tools to identify themselves to the public and ban staff from faking city records.

The cleanup covers everything from indigent defense to voter registrar costs, as the county juggles a hiring freeze and deficit questions.

Surveillance footage shows Melinda Anderson slipping an object beneath two colleagues' shared desk. Sheriff's deputies are now investigating.

La Quinta's mayor and a council member are pushing back as the district seeks new parcel tax revenue amid payroll growth.

A new poll shows Gonzalez leading Obeso-Martinez 46% to 40%; separately, 58% of voters recently informed about Gonzalez viewed him favorably.

Roggin Report panelists question a proposed Taser purchase for Palm Springs police after officers used the weapons seven times.

Chris Christensen says he was fired for exposing a stalled performance review and turned down a secret cash offer to stay quiet.

Palm Springs could stretch its 45-day pause into a nearly two-year freeze as neighboring desert cities move toward outright bans.

Justices ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco to return the Proposition 50 ballots his office impounded for months.

Indio is studying nearly 4,600 acres near Dillon Road and Interstate 10 for future jobs, housing and retail.

David Long says officials buried a $145,000 FCMAT probe into Val Verde Unified's Pegasus partnership to pin blame on him.