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The Desert Sun is a partner in the event. Residents from throughout the Coachella Valley gathered early Saturday at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio to take part in the Make A Difference practice walk. Former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver and La Quinta High School graduate, Jeff Webb provided participants with a warm up before they walked two PHOTOS BY PAULINA DESERT SUN Participants warmed up before walking two laps around the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio to take part in the Make A Difference practice walk. Participants arrived bright and early with non-perishable food items in hand for Make A Difference Day. Acool breeze greeted participants at the Empire Polo Grounds on Saturday morning as they ook part in the Make A Difference practice walk.

Make A Difference Day attendants walk in Indio Paulina Rojas The Desert Sun Jury selection is scheduled to egin Tuesday for the trial of a 36-year- old Palm Springs man accused of kidnapping and assaulting his ex- girlfriend, ho managed to call from help from a rest stop in Whitewater. Jeffery George Woodfield, being held without bail at the Riverside County Jail in Indio, will be tried on eight felony charges, including attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, making riminal threats, assault and domestic iolence within seven years of a prior domestic violence conviction. alm Springs police were sent at 6:09 March 20 to the westbound White- ater rest stop off Interstate 10. The alleged victim claimed Woodfield had orced her into a vehicle in the 1700 block East Vista Chino in Palm Springs and rove her against her will, hitting her along the way. he woman, whose name was with- eld, was able to escape from the car at the rest stop and called 911on her cell phone, police said.

A one point during her ordeal, Woodfield allegedly threatened to kill her, then threw a rock that hit her in the back of her head, causing a significant injury, authorities said. Woodfield was found in his car about a half-mile west of the rest stop on Inters tate 10, east of Haugen Lehman Way. is arrest came less than two months after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harge of battery involving a different oman assaulted in February 2014. oodfield was sentenced in that case to three years probation, 20 hours of comm unity service and a year of domestic vi- lence classes, court records show. trial to begin in Palm Springs kidnap, assault case City News Service RIVERSIDE Legislation to provide overdue revenue to four Riverside County cities was unanimously approved this past week by the state Assembly.

am looking forward to sending this bill to the governor and having him sign this long overdue measure of fairness and said Sen. Richard Roth, D- Riverside. funding to Riverside four newest cities has been ne of my highest priorities in the Sena SB 25 had been held up in the Assembly after passing the Senate in May. The fate appeared uncertain as he Legislature approached its Sept. 11 eadline to complete business in the cur- ent legislative session.

During the Sept. 1Riverside County Board of meeting, there was contained enthusiasm about SB rospects. seen prior bills just like this ne get said Supervisor John Tavaglione, who was in contact with Roth via text messaging during the policy calendar. Pray God this time the governor igns Supervisor John Benoit said in esponse. At issue is $20.75 million that would be made available for the benefit of Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Menifee and Wildomar.

bill and another, Assembly Bill 1 13, seek to restore funding on a onetime basis that the cities lost due to a hange in the law four years ago. Under SB 25, beginning in the next fiscal year, vehicle license fee revenue would be allocated to the four cities ased on a formula that factors in population and local property tax assess- ents. SB 25 is similar to a bill that Roth car- ried last year, which received majority support in both houses of the Legislature, but was vetoed by the governor, who cited concerns about digging into the general fund to make the funding available. For the same reasons, Brown also vetoed an Assembly bill seeking to restore funding to the cities in 2012. Other bills have been submitted but lost traction in the Legislature.

The four cities were entitled to roughly $15 million from the state when the egislature approved and the govern or signed SB 89 into law. The act shifted funds owed to cities that incorporated between 2004 and 2011into a Enforcement Services estab- ished to offset expenses incurred by ounties and municipalities under the public safety realignment plan. Wildomar incorporated on July 1, 2008; Menifee on Oct. 1, 2008; Eastvale Oct. 1, 2010; and Jurupa Valley on July 1 2011-- two days after SB 89 took effect.

he nascent city was the hardest hit financially, losing half the funds anticipated in its first fiscal year budget. Jurupa Valley in 2014 filed notice with he Riverside County Local Agency Form ation Commission that it may have to isincorporate and go back to county control without a financial rescue. AB 113 would compensate the four cities in the form of a credit to Riverside County, with the stipulated amount covering part of the contract with he Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. he proposal, currently stalled in the Senate Budget Fiscal Review Committee, has run into opposition from the League of California Cities because it ould further empower the California Department of Finance in the dissolu- ion of individual and redevelopment agencies. Assembly OKs bill to provide financial relief to local cities City News Service Suspected Thermal drunk driver its power poles in La Quinta AThermal man is suspected of driving drunk Friday evening after crashing into power poles in La Quinta.

At 7:44 p.m., La Quinta police responded to Monroe Street near Avenue 58, where a blue 2003 Toyota had hit two power poles while driving south. The driver, 62-year-old Jesus Sanchez Thermal, was found hiding in the trees ear his car and taken into custody with- ut incident. A investigation into the crash shows that alcohol was involved, police say. Sanchez was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio under suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. No power outages were reported as the result of the crash.

Anna Rumer 64 Palm Springs SCE customers lose power for 5 hours Saturday Equipment problems left 64 Southern California Edison customers in Palm Springs without power Saturday afternoon. Customers in the area of Indian Canyon Drive and Racquet Club Road lost power just before noon, according to SCE. echnicians identified the problem a nd restored all service by 5 p.m. A nna Rumer PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFS RIVERSIDE The Riverside County Farm Bureau, backed by a legal think ank, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service for allegedly disregarding a petition requesting that a rairie rat be dropped from the Endangered Species List.

regulators are ignoring their leg al duty to respond to the petition, so unfortunately, it is necessary to take them to said Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Christopher Kieser. The PLF is representing both the arm bureau and the Fresno-based Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy and Reliability in the civil action, filed ednesday in U.S. District Court. The suit stems from a petition submit- ed to the Wildlife Service in November a sking the agency to consider rescinding the kangaroo status as en- angered. Calls to the Wildlife Service for comment were not immediately returned.

is a serious matter when regula- ors continue listing a species in the face of new evidence that shows the listing is scientifically Kieser said. ESA listings trigger regulatory restrictions on lives and their freedom to make legitimate, productive se of their he said. these restrictions lack justification in sound science, property owners and the general public are essentially penalized for no legitimate he rat has been included on the federal Endangered Species List since 1988. But according to the PLF, studies carried ut by the Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy and Reliability showed he numbers and territory have eached levels that no longer justify giving it protected status. Group sues feds over status of endangered rat City News Service.