Police and firefighters respond to an explosion rocking the California city of Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS Calif AP Representatives in California say police and firefighters are responding to an explosion that rocked the city of Palm Springs The city of Palm Springs stated Saturday in a social medial post that the explosion happened at a m local time and that residents were being petitioned to avoid the area around North Indian Canyon Drive near East Tachevah Drive Related Articles This day in History May Supreme Court strikes down school segregation World Pride comes to Washington in the shadow of and in defiance of the Trump administration St Louis mayor says officials have verified at least deaths after severe storm damaged city Mary Tyler Moore s personal collection up for auction Moody s strips U S governing body of top credit rating citing Washington s failure to rein in debt Nima Tabrizi of Santa Monica reported he was inside a cannabis dispensary nearby when he felt a massive explosion The building just shook and we go outside and there s massive cloud smoke Tabrizi declared Crazy explosion It felt like a bomb went off We went up to the scene and we saw human remains Palm Springs is a tony district in the desert about a two-hour drive west of Los Angeles known for upscale resorts and a history of celebrity residents