Month: April 2010

Immigrant rights activists hope a controversial immigration law in Arizona will draw scores of people to protest in May 1 rallies and add urgency to a plea for federal immigration reform. Dozens of marches are planned Saturday in cities across the country. Activists say they’re fed up that there hasn’t been any movement on federal

Un motociclista que circulaba por la I-10 a 100 mph se accidente a la altura del Hwy 111 donde perdi el control de la moto y qued herido de gravedad. Los paramdicos de inmediato lo transportaron al hospital.

? La aficin reclama los resultados del Cruz Azul, solo Fausto Pinto y Cesar Villaluz hablan, la directiva guarda silencio ? El segundo portero del Monterrey el Gato Ortiz arroj positivo en un examen de antidopaje previo al partido ante Once Caldas en la Copa Libertadores, la sancin es por tiempo indeterminado ? Convocan a

Strong winds prompted the pilot of a Palm Springs- bound cargo plane to divert to another airfield and tore part of a roof from a home in Thousand Palms, as Inland Empire residents braces for another day of blustery conditions. Gusts up to about 40 mph are forecast for this afternoon, and a National Weather

A rash of job cuts in government and education is leaving the City of Palm Springs looking for some good news, and Wednesday that good news finally came. One of the most popular online travel guides in the world voted Palm Springs one of the top ten vacation rental spots in the United States. “Palm

Jo Anne Shindler opened her mailbox Monday and found a letter that raised red flags. It was a notice to Riverside County Property owners saying they need to make a copy of their grant deed by the end of May. The company that put out the letter claims that for $167 they will get you

70-year-old Chuck Robinson, a 25 year resident of Yucca Valley became wheelchair bound 5 years ago after he suffered a stroke. After losing a leg in a motor cycle accident more than a decade ago, doctors amputated his other leg following the stroke and he lost use of his right hand. If it wasn’t for

An interview with murderer and rapist John Albert Gardner III, who admitted killing North County teenagers Chelsea King and Amber Dubois, is set to air on a local TV station this afternoon. Gardner, 31, spoke with News 8 in an exclusive interview set to air at 5 p.m., and again at 6:30 and 11 p.m.

Palm Springs police say high winds and blowing sand have forced them to close Indian Canyon Dr. south of Interstate 10, around 8:45pm last night, but they managed to clear the roadway, and re-open it nearly 12 hours later. The closure first took effect Wednesday night when winds kicked up across the Coachella Valley. When

An ice castle big enough for a regulation-sized hockey rink is coming to the desert sands of the Coachella Valley, officials in Cathedral City announced today. The Desert Ice Castle is being constructed in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant at 68600 Perez Road, and is expected to open in October, said city spokesman Allen Howe.

A convicted sex offender who dropped off police radar for at least 9 months was located in Indio, this week. The man is known by two names: Dereck Gardiner and Rick Mosamino. He has a criminal history that includes convictions in California for sexual assault, and other sex crime convictions in Las Vegas and Hawaii.

Police and city officials were gearing up today for an immigrant-rights march that is expected to bring thousands of people to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Saturday. The march is expected to attract even larger crowds than first thought because of the outcry over a strict law recently approved in Arizona targeting illegal immigrants

Unos 20 estudiantes del College of the Desert se reunieron ayer con el supervisor John Benoit quien habl de la nueva generacin de empleos ecolgicos construyendo proyectos solares. Con esto se crearan 400 trabajos y podra empezar a principios del ao prximo y durar unos dos aos.

Una nueva forma de estafa se est llevando a cabo en el Valle de Coachella. Los propietarios de casas estn recibiendo cartas donde se les notifica que tienen hasta finales de Mayo para enviar $150 dlares y as obtener su ttulo de propiedad. La Oficina de Asesora del Condado de Riverside anunci que dicha misiva

Cuadrillas trabajan limpiando Indian Canyon Drive a la altura de la I-10 en Palm Springs ya que debido a los fuertes vientos de ayer fue cerrada al trnsito desde las 8:45 p.m. Se estima que los vientos excedieron por momentos las 20 mph.

Una pgina de Internet ha nombrado a Palm Springs como uno de los 19 mejores destinos tursticos del pas. El turismo que ha incrementado en un 10% este ao, mueve la economa y genera impuestos que beneficial a la ciudad de Palm Springs y al Valle de Coachella en general.

El Servicio Geolgico de Estados Unidos report un sismo de 4.4 grados de magnitud en el Valle de Mexicali. El movimiento telrico se produjo a las 10:51 a.m., hasta el momento de hay reporte de daos heridos.

Ayer mircoles a las 9:00 a.m. un hombre perdi el control de su vehculo y se estrell con la ventana de un saln de belleza ubicado sobre Date Palm Drive en Cathedral City. Por fortuna ninguno de los empelados que se encontraban en el establecimiento result lesionado. El chofer sufri cortaduras por los vidrios rotos.

Arizona’s most recent anti-immigration bill will likely have a huge effect on the Coachella Valley. The bill signed into law by Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer requires local police to check the immigration stauts of anyone suspected of not having proper documention. Experts expect the Coachella Valley could see a big population boom because of the