Month: November 2010

Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben will kick off the Palm Springs Sustainability Summit tonight with a lecture on alternative energy and localized economies. The summit, in its third year, is set for 6 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros. McKibben, who was a staff writer for the New Yorker in

The California Highway Patrol confirms an accident on Interstate 10 Thursday evening involved a bus used to carry prisoners. The accident happened around 5:15 on the westbound side of the interstate near the Cook Street exit. Some lanes were shut down as a result. The CHP officers who arrived said a a green bus hit

The future of medical marijuana in Rancho Mirage is still up in the air. Thursday, the city council voted unanimously to postpone a decision on whether to allow dispensaries. The council will take up the issue again at it’s next meeting on November 18th. Last month, the city council extended a moratorium against the sale

A body found in a remote area near Pinyon Pines was a contestant on “The Bachelorette” TV show in 2009, it was reported today. Deputies found a body about 11 a.m. Wednesday off Highway 74, but the Riverside County Coroner’s Office had yet to formally identify the man, said Deputy Melissa Nieburger of the Riverside

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Tickets for the Stagecoach country music festival will go on sale Friday, allowing fans to buy tickets to see headliners Carrie Underwood, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Chesney, Ricky Skaggs, and Rascal Flatts, as well as other stars from the traditional and modern worlds of country music. This year’s Stagecoach, billed as “California’s Country Music Festival” is

El Desert Sands Unified School District y empleados fijaron fechas que completarn los cinco das de descanso obligatorio sin goce de sueldo con el fin de balancear los recortes al presupuesto por parte del estado. Los siguientes das no habr clases en ninguna de las escuelas del Desrt Sands Unified School District habr clases. Noviembre

Hoy mircoles a las 3:35 a.m. la polica recibi un reporte que informaba de que una camioneta que choc con un rbol se incendiaba sobre la I-10 a la altura de Jefferson en Indio. Cuando los bomberos llegaron al lugar el hombre de 36 aos residente de Indio no responda, en estos momentos su condicin

Un reciente estudio realizado por un economista revel que le Valle de Coachella podra perder $90.9 mdd anualmente si se construye la prisin en Whitewater. Segn comentaron el impacto que causa sobre el turismo es negativo en el desarrollo econmico.

Two men killed at a Halloween party in Indio were identified today as Coachella Valley residents. Isable Morales Jr., 35, of La Quinta was found dead just after 1 a.m. Sunday outside a home in the 47100 block of Palm View Street, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. Victor Padilla, 32, of Indio died

Los votantes de Indio decidieron apoyar la Medida S que incrementa en un 3% el impuesto a las utilidades. Dicho ingreso servir para mantener abiertos el Teen Center y el Senior Center adems de no realizar recortes al Departamento de Polica. Cabe agregar que tres concejales salen del City Hall, lo que significa que los

Tina Howe examines old pictures of California State University – San Bernardino Thursday morning with a colleague. The pictures depict CSUSB’s early years on the College of the Desert’s campus. “We were in a half-circle building,” she said. “We had six classrooms back then, and we had no restrooms.” CSUSB’s Palm Desert campus began in

Hoy jueves a partir de las 9:00 a.m. se lleva a cabo en Car Wash en Jiffy Lub ubicado sobre Ramon Road en Cathedral City con el fin de recabar fondos para los servicios funerarios de Agustine Garca de 20 aos quien fuera asesinado el pasado martes durante una balacera en Dream Homes en Cathedral

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit an area south of the Salton Sea on thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at 12:39 p.m. and was centered 9 miles north of Ocotillo. It was reportedly felt as far north as Palm Springs and as far west as San Diego. There were no

Cathedral City police officers responded to a 911 call referencing multiple shots fired on the 67100 block of Assistencia road. As officers arrived, they found several people in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. A 16 year old woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name has not been released. 20 year old

Every year Martha’s Village & Kitchen serves special holiday meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas Days. Hundreds of less fortunate families come from around the Coachella Valley by bus, car, or on foot, to enjoy a hot holiday meal. There will be turkey, salad, stuffing, potatoes, vegetables, milk and dessert. Without this meal service, these families

Cathedral City police were following up on leads Thursday as they investigate the drive-by shooting that killed two people on Tuesday night. Witnesses told police a group of men in a gold or champagne-colored Chevrolet HHR shot ouf of the windows of the vehicle and sped off. The bullets hit six people, killing two and

Las autoridades ya dieron a conocer la identidad de la mujer que perdi la vida ayer mircoles por la maana. Se trata de Giselle Phillips que conduca su auto sobre Indian Canyon Road en Desert Hot Springs a 80 mph por lo que perdi el control, se sali del camino, choc con un poste y

Palm Springs will soon boast a community college campus, now that the city has approved a a land transfer between with the Desert Community College District. The Palm Springs City Council Wednesday approved transferring of 119 acres of city-owned land to become the College of the Desert’s new West Valley Campus, said city spokeswoman Amy

Academy Award winner Javier Bardem will receive the International Star Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in January, officials announced on Wednesday. The Awards Gala will kick off the 2011 awards season on Saturday, January 8 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and will be hosted by ?Entertainment Tonight?s? Mary Hart.