Month: December 2010

David O. Russell will receive the Director of the Year Award at its the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala, it was announced on Thursday. “From his very first movie to the present, the talent and style of director David O. Russell has garnered both audience and critical acclaim,” said Palm Springs International Film

Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey says he has assembled an investment group to buy his old team if owner Frank McCourt is forced to sell the franchise as part of his divorce dispute. Garvey tells the Los Angeles Times that owning a major league team has always been his dream. News Channel 3 has

Hoy jueves fiscales del Condado de Riverside presentarn frente al juez una orden judicial en contra de las pandillas de Indio con el fin de crear un permetro de casi 14 millas en el que miembros de las gangas no podrn convivir entre si aunque sean familiares, no usaran colores alusivos a la pandilla y

Cathedral City police chief Stan Henry, who helped lead the fight against gangs, is retiring. Henry is only the city’s 3rd police chief since it began in the 1980’s. Henry helped start the department. He was one of the original 26 officers back in 1984. “They gave me the best job, I think. I was

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved two ordinances that will phase out the county’s volunteer firefighting brigade and fold it into a reserve force with stricter standards. “This fits into the picture of where the fire department is today,” said county fire Chief John Hawkins. “We want to have a combination of career

Efforts will continue today to find a number of suspects facing federal charges in the wake of Riverside County’s largest-ever gang sweep. Fourteen of 22 federal defendants were among those arrested yesterday in the massive operation focused on three Indio street gangs, including one accused of methamphetamine trafficking. Three defendants already were in federal custody

French restaurant Le Vallauris has done it again. The Willow Historic Palm Springs Inn has done it again, too. Both businesses have earned AAA’s Four Diamond Award for another year. “We’re very proud of that, too,” said Tony Bruggemans, of Le Vallauris. “It’s not something we take lightly. We work hard every year.” The restaurant

Police are reviewing security video from a robbery Monday night in Cathedral City. The video shows two suspects enter the Little Caesar?s located at 27800 Landau Road. According to Lt. Chuck Robinson, both men had handguns. They ran off with cash from the register and from a customers purse. The Little Caesar?s robbery comes less

People at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission say they are excited about the future — being able to serve more of the valley’s homeless in a new facility. Shelter and county officials took part in a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new building, across the street from the current mission. “This new shelter

As efforts continue today to find a number of suspects facing federal charges in the wake of Riverside County’s largest-ever gang sweep, Indio Mayor Lupe Watson blasted the Riverside County district attorney for comments he made about her community. “I thought it was a typo, but when speaking to his office he stood by his

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The gun recovered from a man who committed suicide at a Hollywood apartment building appears to match the one used to kill publicist Ronni Chasen, Beverly Hills police said today, but they stopped short of actually concluding he was the one who carried out the slaying. Harold Martin Smith, 43, committed suicide Dec. 1 in

Vanessa Wilcox is President of Palm Springs High School’s Gay-Atraight Alliance for three years. “I have been approached by people who are really struggling with family issues, they’re questioning their sexuality or they’re being bullied because of school or their socio-economic issues,” said Wilcox. Wilcox and other high school students in the Palm Springs Unified

Five elementary schools in Riverside County were nominated by the California Department of Education to be national blue ribbon schools, it was announced Wednesday. The nominees are: — Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary, Val Verde Unified School District; — Collier Elementary, Lake Elsinore Unified School District; — Finchy Elementary, Palm Springs Unified School District; — Cottonwood

The gun recovered from a man who committed suicide at a Hollywood apartment building appears to be the same one used to kill publicist Ronni Chasen, a law enforcement source told the Los Angeles Times today. Harold Martin Smith, 43, committed suicide Dec. 1 in the lobby of the Harvey Apartments as Beverly Hills police

Los esfuerzos continan hoy en da para encontrar a sospechosos que enfrentan cargos federales a raz del operativo del Condado de Riverside ms grande de la historia. Catorce de 22 acusados federales se encontraban entre los detenidos ayer en la masiva operacin que se centr en tres bandas Indio, entre ellos uno acusado de trfico

Ayer a las 4:30 p.m. se desat una pelea entre dos sujetos afuera de una tienda ubicada sobre el Hwy 111 entre San Luis Rey y Portola en Palm Desert. Rubn Hernndez de 39 aos hiri a su contrincante en el brazo con un desarmador. La vctima se recupera en el hospital y Hernndez est

Autoridades escolares revelaron los porcentajes de desercin escolar en los tres distritos del Desierto. En la escuelas del Palm Springs Unified School District descendi su porcentaje a 12.6%, el Desert Sands se mantuvo en 15.9% y el Coachella Valley Unified School District aument la desercin escolar a 28.5%. A nivel estatal la cifra se sita

Hoy mircoles a la 10 p.m. se llevar a cabo la ceremonia del primer palazo de tierra de las nuevas instalaciones del albergue Coachella Valley Rescue Mission sobre Van Buren Street en Indio frente al campo de gobierno. La misin todava necesita colectar $1.6 mdd para los gastos de construccin.

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza del punto de revisin del Hwy 86 cerca de Salton City decomisaron mil libras de marihuana que estaban escondidas entre cajas de elote en un remolque jalado por una camioneta. El valor de la droga se estima en $950 mil dlares Un pero de la Unidad k-9 olfate la marihuana