Month: October 2010

Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department will prosecute distribution and possession of marijuana in California even if the state’s voters approve a ballot measure to legalize the drug. Holder says the Justice Department strongly opposes the California ballot measure, and he says the department remains firmly committed to enforcing the federal Controlled Substances

La polica investiga in tiroteo entre individuos a bordo de dos autos en movimiento ocurrido el pasado mircoles a las 11:00p.m. en Sirocco Ave cerca de Clinton Street en Indio. Segn el reporte nadie result herido aunque dos casas recibieron impacto de bala. Las autoridades ya cuentan con la descripcin de los autos.

Ayer jueves a las 2:10 p.m. la polica recibi un llamado que reportaba un tiroteo sobre Clinton Street a un lado de Indio High School. Al llegar al lugar los agentes encontraron a un joven con un balazo en la cabeza, de inmediato fue transportado al hospital en condicin crtica, por desgracia falleci ayer mismo

Con la ayuda de imgenes de cmaras de seguridad de dos asaltos, que se cree estn vinculados, la polica busca a los responsables. El primero ocurri en Frutas y Raspados y el segundo en Payless Shoe Source ambos ubicados sobre Harrison Street en Coachella. En ambos casos el ladrn exigi dinero al cajero y despus

An argument heated up so much on ABC’s “The View” on Thursday morning, co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walked off the set on live television. The panel of hosts was talking to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly about the debate over a mosque being built near Ground Zero in New York City. Behar and Goldberg

A La Quinta man was arrested on Tuesday when authorities found hundreds of prescription pills packaged for illegal distribution along with two firearms. A spokesperson said the Coachella Valley Narcotic Task Force served a search warrant at the Silver Hawk Apartments on the 50600 block of Eisenhower in La Quinta. Inside, they found the packages

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Students from Raymond Cree Middle School participated in a science project Thursday at the Whitewater Preserve. They planted seeds using a “Groasis Waterboxx.” “I didn’t know what to think of it,” said student Jackie Priddy. “It was different…a little weird.” Dutchman Pieter Hoff invented it 16 years ago. He helped plant trees and crops all

The City of Coachella had postponed its council meeting Tuesday until after the November election. After several inquiries as to why, the meeting was back on less than two hours later. That led to accusations by several city officials that the city had something to hide. The meeting eventually took place on Wednesday night, where

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown today called on rival Meg Whitman to justify her plan to eliminate the capital gains tax, which he said would increase the state budget deficit and cut education funding by billions of dollars. As he did during Tuesday’s debate, Brown also challenged the former CEO of eBay to tell voters

A 72-year-old Riverside man was injured today when the ultralight plane he was piloting crashed near Perris. The plane crashed about 8:30 a.m. in a field near the Ramona Expressway and Reservoir Avenue in Lakeview, several miles north of the Perris Valley Airport, said Cheri Patterson of the Riverside County Fire Department. Witnesses said the

Police in La Quinta were searching for two people wanted in connection with an attempted robbery. Police say they two broke into a garage on the 46000 block of Roadrunner Lane on Wednesday just as the residents returned home. The suspects escaped, but not before struggling with the residents. One of the residents had to

Riverside County Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore said today that despite budget-straining costs, her office will have all the resources necessary to make the Nov. 2 general election go smoothly. “We’ve added staff and equipment and enhanced communication on our website, with the intent of putting out an accurate (ballot) count and doing that as

The City of Rancho Mirage is one step closer to getting its first legal medical marijuana dispensary. On Thursday, the Rancho Mirage Planning Commission voted to present a zoning change to the Rancho Mirage City Council. If passed, Rancho Mirage would become the second city in the valley to authorize a medical marijuana dispensary. The

Organizers of the Second Annual Coachella Valley Latino International Film Festival confirmed that they have canceled this year’s event. Instead of this year, a spokesperson told News Channel 3 they hope to hold the festival next fall. Organizers had hoped to hold the event Friday through Sunday, but could not find a home for the

The nation’s largest drugstore chain agreed to pay a record fine for selling a chemical used to make methamphetamine that resulted in a dramatic increase in Southland meth sales, federal prosecutors announced today. In the largest-ever civil penalty under the Controlled Substances Act, CVS will pay $77.6 million for selling pseudoephedrine, according to the U.S.

Este prximo fin de semana llegarn a Palm Springs ms de 5 mil motociclistas al evento anual que durar tres das y es denominado ?2010 American Heat Weekend?, el cual se espera convoque a ms de 40 mil personas las cuales gastarn en hoteles y restaurantes, esto generar una buena derrama econmica. Tanto residentes, comerciales

Ayer se llev a cabo la junta del concilio de Coachella en donde salieron a relucir detalles de la auditoria que ha desatado tanta controversia. El Administrador de la Ciudad David Garca coment que hay procedimientos que necesitan mejorar con el fin de corregir y evitar problemas. David Garca present los recibos correspondientes de los

The Defense Department’s top lawyers have told troops that the military will comply with a court order to allow gays to serve openly. In the meantime, the Obama administration is about to ask the judge in the case to stay her order pending an appeal. An e-mail sent Thursday by the military’s Judge Advocate Generals