Month: May 2010

Fourth of July in Palm Springs will be much quieter this year after the Palm Springs City Council voted to pull the funding on the fireworks. The Palm Springs City Council is having to make what they call difficult decisions to cut a $7.7 million budget deficit. In an effort to save $35,000, the council

Interchange improvements are being made along Interstate 10. Drivers who deal with the daily congestion said they are relieved to see something being done. “It’s about time. My gosh, it’s a mess trying to get across in the morning,” said one driver on Gene Autry Trail. For two months now, there has been construction on

Shortly after 5pm, Wednesday, witnesses say a pick-up forced a car into another car, and then off the road into a house with people inside. They say they saw 2 guys running away from the scene after the crash. One woman was injured. Rescue crews put her on a stretcher, and her to taken to

A semi truck carrying 160 cattle on board overturned on the 10 Freeway Thursday afternoon. The accident happened at about 2:30 Thursday afternoon in the city of Redlands near the University Avenue off ramp. According to initial estimates, about 70 cows are expected to survive. CHP had closed the two right lanes and the two

A local principal is keeping true to a promise he made to his students. He told the entire freshman class if they got good grades, he’d give them a new computer. “I’m very excited,” said Edgar Garcia, freshman at Coachella Valley High School. Hundreds of Coachella Valley High School students are getting new green laptops.

La Asociacin de Maestros del Desert Sands Unified School District dio a conocer una carta en la que llama al distrito corrupto e incompetente debido a los recortes de fuerza laboral y a los descansos obligatorios son goce de sueldo que han sido impuestos a sus empleados. Por su parte el Desert Sands Unified School

Ayer mircoles a las 5:00 p.m. cuando el conductor de un Crown Victoria circulaba sobre North Cerritos Drive y una camioneta se le aproxim por detrs y empez a golpearlo, sus dos ocupantes realizaban seas de pandillas con las manos, en su intento de huir a la altura de East Tashivah Drive la vctima choc

Despus de dos aos de batallar con problemas econmicos a causa de la recensin, la Cadena Jensen?s anunci que a partir del 1ro de Junio cerrar su tienda de La Quinta ubicada sobre Hwy 111 y Washington Street. Jensen?s de La Quinta fue inaugurada en 2009.

? Cava San Luis su tumba en Libertadores ? Reconocen en Argentina a Liborio Snchez ? Falta ambicin en la Libertadores: Trejo ? Encasa, con un pie en Primera Divisin ? Daniel Montenegro asegur que aprovecharn por lo menos, el 10% de las llegadas al arco Toluca ? Hctor Mancilla se preocupa del trabajo del

Desert Hot Springs police have the face, now they need to know who it belongs to. Surveillance photos captured a man burglarizing a home on Desert View on March 21. The rear slider of the home was broken in by a brick, and the television inside was stolen. Police say there have been several other

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies say Louis Ross and Elsie Gayton, both from Palm Desert reportedly stole $1,200 worth of items from the Kohl’s Department Store in La Quinta, Tuesday afternoon. Around 3:30pm, deputies chased a black Ford Expedition they say may have been involved in the case all the way from the Kohl’s on Highway

The Palm Springs City Council is expected today to adopt an ordinance that would put stricter limits on door-to-door solicitors. City Attorney Douglas Holland reviewed the city’s code in response to complaints from residents and property managers about solicitors at several shopping centers and stores, according to a city staff report. Lawyers in the City

The Farias family says it was their worst nightmare. On April 21st, 2010, the cruise liner they were on, the “Ecstasy,” owned by Carnival Cruise Line made a sharp turn to miss two buoys. The Kristy Farias says because of that sharp turn as they were returning to Galveston, “you heard dishes falling, plates falling

Three men were jailed today for allegedly stealing two automatic teller machines in Orange County, cutting them open and lighting them on fire to cover their tracks. “One of the suspects was arrested at the Morongo Casino, where he was apparently gambling away the loot,” said Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino. Investigators recovered

Five Palm Springs police officers who were scheduled to be laid off will stay on the force, thanks to a modification to a federal grant, city officials said today. The city changed its request to the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Recovery Program by asking to keep five officers on the force instead of adding

The Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa is opening it’s doors to 70 employees. “I keep hearing there is a shortage on jobs that’s good to hear that there’s something else coming up,” said Diana Delatorre. Delatorre is pleasantly surprised to hear about the openings. She’s looking for more work. Right now, she works part

An Inland Empire lawmaker’s bill to prohibit the unauthorized use of the names, images and other identifying information of U.S. service members killed overseas is on its way to the governor’s desk. AB 585, sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Cook, R-Beaumont, was unanimously approved by the Assembly and Senate. The legislation makes it illegal for anyone

Palm Springs firefighters managed to knock down a house fire that broke out just before 1pm, today. The fire was reported at the intersection of Mountain Shadow and Twin Star in Palm Springs, near the Sunrise and San Rafael. News Channel 3 crews on the scene say the fire was confined to the interior of

Today marks Cinco de Mayo, and law enforcement agencies throughout Riverside County are banding together to keep drunk drivers off the road. Officers working out of the sheriff’s station in Palm Desert will be part of a county-wide crack down on drunk drivers called “Avoid the 30.” That represents the number of local and state

Gracias a un apoyo federal y a jubilaciones tempranas el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside tiene $5 mdd ms de lo proyectado. An as el departamento prev una reduccin del 3% que le otorga el condado para el prximo ao fiscal.