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Thirty one percent of California households could afford to purchase the $515,940 median-priced home during the third quarter. That figure was essentially unchanged from the second quarter but was up nearly 30 percent year-over-year, according to data released this week by the California Association of Realtors in Los Angeles. A …

Beverly Johnson, a Coachella Valley resident and the first African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine, will be Celebrity Grand Marshal of the 23rd Annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. The city’s premier holiday event, which attracts about 100,000 spectators, is scheduled to start at …

Joseph Ramos, an emergency services officer with the Town of Apple Valley, has been named the town’s Employee of the Quarter. Ramos, who began working in Apple Valley in 2006 in its recreation department, in February was put in charge of the community’s emergency operations and training, according a statement …

Palm Springs Dog Park is scheduled to reopen Nov. 20. The facility, at 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way behind city hall, was renovated with funding generated by Measure J, a one-cent sales tax increase voters approved in 2011, according to a statement on the city’s website. A grand re-opening ceremony …

Corky’s Homestyle Kitchen & Bakery opened a restaurant  in Yucaipa Wednesday. The restaurant, at 31476 Ave. E, is the chain’s ninth restaurant, according to the company’s website. Seven of its locations – Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Eastvale, Fontana, Rialto and Pomona – are in the Inland Empire, and it also …

Rancho Cucamonga is going to go from an at-large city to a city of four council districts. Although there are still some ballots to be counted, Measure Q held a comfortable 63 percent to 38 percent lead today with more than 40,400 votes casts, according to the San Bernardino County …