Month: November 2010

Congress will look a lot different when it reconvenes in two weeks. A lot of new faces after republicans seized control of the house of Representatives. Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack defended her 45th district seat against Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet. She now turns her attention back to Washington, where the first order of business

Seven-thousand miles across America, all while beating a drum, to raise awareness and money for struggling military families. Troy Yocum averages over 20 miles a day, rain or shine, as part of a 16-month journey that will take him through 30 states. He says he hopes to raise $5 million dollars to help out the

There are still some very close races hat could be decided by the mail-in and provisional ballots left to be counted. This after another very long night of counting that stretched into Wednesday afternoon before the county filed its last election day report with the Secretary of State’s office. In fact, Riverside County was again

Riverside County Board of Supervisors Chairman Marion Ashley said today he was “embarrassed” and “very unhappy” that the county Registrar of Voters’ Office was late in releasing initial results from the general election. The first Internet posting on the registrar’s website was after 9 p.m. Tuesday, and there was no indication of how many precincts

Indio police are clearing the scene after they surrounded a neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after one person was shot. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. near the intersection of Monte Verde and Olivera Street, according to Indio Police spokesman Ben Guitron. Police surrounded the neighborhood near John Nobles, Monte Verde and Daisy Streets. The person who

CHP officers are investigating a deadly rollover crash near Desert Hot Springs. A motorist was killed when she wrapped her 2003 Cadillac sedan around a power pole. It happened early this morning, around 3:20 a.m. The crash was along Indian Canyon just south of Pierson. Police are investigating. The road was closed for about 3

The makeup of the San Jacinto City Council was vastly different today, with four of five members recalled in response to criminal charges filed against them in an alleged campaign money-laundering scandal. Mayor Dale Stubblefield, along with council members James Ayers, John Mansperger and James Potts, were all voted out of office, with their constituents

Supervisor John J. Benoit offers the following statement on the election: ?I am deeply concerned that Riverside County voters, yet again, had to wait for hours to get their election results Tuesday night. Early vote-by-mail results, expected to be posted around 8:15 p.m., were released more than an hour after polls closed. The first report

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Dos personas muertas y cuatro heridas es el resultado de un tiroteo relacionado con las pandillas el cual ocurri ayer martes a las 6:24 p.m. en la comunidad Dream Homes en Cathedral City donde varias personas estaban platicando, en eso se acerc un vehculo de modelo reciente cuyo ocupante les pregunt de donde eran y

Ayer le informamos de un incidente ocurrido en Bermuda Dunes sobre la Ave 42 donde un hombre de 47 aos fue golpeado por un sujeto que despus le rob su carro. La polica localiz el vehculo en el rea de Miles Ave y Clinton Street en Indio. Cuando Michael Guerra de 26 aos se percat

Tras las rejas se encuentra un sujeto que era buscado por las autoridades ya que estaba acusado de raptar y golpear a una mujer el pasado 25 de Octubre en Desert Hot Springs. Emmanuel Lamont Jenkins amenaz a la vctima con una pistola y despus de robarle su celular la devolvi a su casa.

?La congresista republicana Mary Bono-Mack se impone al demcrata Steve Pougnet ?En la Asamblea el demcrata Manuel Prez arrasa sobre el republicano Steve Sanchez ?En Indio la Medida S se encamina a entrar en vigor y aumentar 3% de impuesto sobre las utilidades ?En Coachella el Alcalde Eduardo Garca vence a Gilbert Ramrez Jr, ?En

Six-term Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack took an early lead tonight over Democratic challenger Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet. With absentee ballots reporting, Bono Mack had 53.3 percent of the vote, while Pougnet had 39.9 percent. Mary Bono MackSteve PougnetBill Lussenheide American Independent candidate Bill Lussenheide had 6.9 percent of the vote. Bono Mack said

Rep. Mary Bono Mack defeated Democratic challenger Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and will return for a seventh term in Congress, where Republicans will have the majority. “It is an honor to once again earn the confidence and support of such an overwhelming number of voters in California’s 45th Congressional District,” Bono Mack said. “It

A construction worker hit by a vehicle today on a Palm Desert roadway was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, as was the motorist, a sheriff’s deputy said. The crash on Hovely Lane, east of Cook Street, was reported at 8:09 a.m., said Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. An eastbound vehicle struck the

Attorney General Jerry Brown was elected governor tonight, defeating Republican Meg Whitman, who spent the most money by a statewide candidate in American history. With 13.4 percent of precincts reporting statewide, Brown had 50.9 percent of the vote, compared to 44.3 percent for Whitman, according to figures from the Secretary of State’s Office. Whitman, a

Perdio el control del volante cerca de la Carretera 74. El vehculo se sali de la carpeta asfltica cayendo al precipicio a tempranas horas esta maana. El percance sucedio en la cuadra 47-200 de Cliff Road. La causa del accidente continua bajo investigacin.

The Anti-Defamation League helped students of La Quinta High School understand the power of name-calling and teasing Tuesday in an anti-bias training assembly. Nearly 700 sophomore students attended the two-part assembly. Leaders from the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and classmates helped students open up about when they’ve been bullied or been

California voters will decide today whether Democrat Jerry Brown or Republican Meg Whitman will be the state’s next governor, a choice 55 percent of likely voters recently said they were not satisfied with. Whitman even acknowledged such in a television commercial. “Many of you see this election as an unhappy choice between a longtime politician