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In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Department of Veterans Affairs is observing Compensated Work Therapy Vocational Rehabilitation Week, Oct. 17-21 at its facilities nationwide as part of its efforts to increase employment inclusivity and vocational rehabilitation services for Veterans with disabilities. 

On Friday, October 15, 2021, the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a property related search warrant at the 46200 block of Arabia Street, in Indio. The search warrant stemmed from multiple burglary incidents that were reported on October 12, 2021.

On October 14, 2021, at 3:20 P.M., the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force (CVVCGTF), with the assistance of the Coachella Community Action Team, served a search warrant at a residence located in the 81-800 block of Sirocco Avenue in the city of Indio. During the service of the search warrant, Gang Task Force Officers located a loaded firearm, ammunition, and recovered a stolen off-road vehicle.

I love “Gladiator.” I love “The Godfather Part II.” I love all the “Fast & Furious” movies. But my heart completely belongs to Bond. You know … James Bond.

To speak our language these days with enlightenment is to harbor an ongoing sense that there are words and expressions that come to mind but that, upon reflection, we shouldn’t utter. I refer not only to terms like the N-word — an easy case for self-censorship — but also to an eternally morphing assemblage of locutions that pedants, our kids, human resources and the Twitter herd say we shouldn’t use anymore. Terms that are hardly egregious but maybe just aren’t the best look.