Picture of Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California

Loading Photo Galleries ... Dorothy Hook describes the living conditions at a homeless camp from her tent that is set up on Bureau of Indian Affairs land behind the One Stop Shoppe in Indio.

An Indio man will be taken to a mental health facility, an Indio police spokesman said tonight, after police responded to a report that the man had either tried to hang himself from the Indio Boulevard bridge or planned to jump from the bridge as part of a suicide attempt.

William "Billy" Dobbs is seen on his boat in Tsawwassen, B.C. A late spring trial date was set today for two of five people accused in Dobbs' death. / Submitted photo

Indio — Like other cities across the valley, Indio plans to enact a short-term vacation rental ordinance in an effort to capture transient occupancy taxes and alleviate problem renters.

Greg Garza, a graduate of Indio High School and former Pac-10 discus lifts weights at Shadow Hills High School January 27, 2012. He is in training in hopes of making the 2012 U.S. Olympic team.

If you have a kid who lives in La Quinta or Indio and has a smile worth publishing, we want to see — and feature — him or her in an upcoming edition of MyDesert.

A pedestrian who died when she was hit by a motorcycle and a car on a major Indio thoroughfare was identified Friday as a 44-year-old local resident.

A woman crossing Indio Boulevard is dead after she was struck by a motorcycle and then a car.

Like other cities across the valley, Indio plans to enact a short-term vacation rental ordinance in an effort to capture Transient Occupancy Tax and alleviate problem renters.

What roads in La Quinta or Indio do you feel need attention and why?