Month: February 2011

Debido a los recortes anunciados al presupuesto 2011-2012 por parte del Gobernador Jerry Brown al sector de la educacin. College of the Desert ya trabaja en eliminar unas 200 clases. En el que actualmente se debate es que asignaciones sern las afectadas.

Un hombre result herido al ser atropellado el sbado a las 9:30 p.m. en la North Palm Canyon Drive y Vista Chino en Palm Springs. No se mencion si el chofer del vehculo enfrenta cargos ya que el hombre no cruzaba por la lnea peatonal.

Coachella police announced on Monday they made an arrest in connection with the shooting of a woman during a robbery last month. The shooting happened on Jan. 27 around 9:50 p.m., according to Sgt. Tony Bauer. Coachella Police officers had responded to an armed robbery at a parking in the 49000 block of Harrison St.

Students in the Palm Springs Unified School District will continue to receive life counseling thanks to a $40,000-plus grant given to Jewish Family Service of the Desert, it was announced today. The Desert Healthcare District approved a grant of $44,905 to the nonprofit organization, which will use the funds to continue KidsFirst in PSUSD. Funding

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que el pasado sbado a las 2:35 p.m. a punta de pistola salt la cafetera Starbucks ubicada sobre la Ave 48 en Coachella. El ladrn de quien ya se tiene la descripcin huy con una cantidad no revelada.

President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.73 trillion budget Monday that holds out the prospect of eventually bringing deficits under control through spending cuts and tax increases. But the fiscal blueprint largely ignores his own deficit commission’s view that the nation is imperiled unless huge entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare are slashed. Obama

El pasado sbado a las 9:00 a.m. dos sujetos asaltaron Apple Market ubicada sobre el Hwy 111 en Thermal. Por fortuna nadie result herido, no se mencion la cantidad del atraco.

Five Riverside county cities are cracking down on illegal immigrants as their unemployment rates soar. Last month, Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Menifee and Norco began requiring businesses to check the immigration status of new workers through the federal E-Verify database. Employers that don’t can lose their business licenses. Murrieta plumber Pablo Haro approves of the

Same-sex couples will request marriage licenses Monday at county clerks offices in California and throughout the nation as part of a nationwide effort tied to Valentine’s Day to win support for the repeal of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Organized efforts were scheduled throughout California, including Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno,

Betty Garrett, a comedic actress who had good times and bad in Hollywood in a 65-year show biz career, has died. She was 91. Garrett was a familiar face on television, film and on Broadway. She also founded a nonprofit theater in North Hollywood, Theater West, and taught an acting class there as late as

Two men armed with handguns and wearing dark bandanas over their faces robbed a market in Thermal, a Riverside County sheriff’s sergeant said today. Sgt. Steve DaSilva said the two men entered the Apple Market, 56491 Highway 111, at 8:50 p.m. They armed with handguns and demanded money. The suspects then took an undisclosed amount

Sheriff’s deputies closed a one-mile portion of the Pomona (60) Freeway today and walked down the road, looking for bullet casings or other clues in the shooting of an armed motorist by an off-duty deputy. The freeway evidence sweep comes two days after a possible freeway dispute between a 25-year-old man from Maywood and a

An armed man is on the loose, after holding up a coffee shop in Coachella. It happened about 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Starbucks store on the 83,000 block of Avenue 48. Police say a man walked up to the counter, told the employee he was holding a gun, and demanded money. The employee complied,

Banning police say a 13-year-old girl was walking through Roosevelt Williams Park at dusk when three boys grabbed her and began to fondle her. They then forced her onto a playground set where one of the boys raped her while the other two held her down. The girl identified her attackers as schoolmates at Nicolet

Police in San Francisco now confirm a body found in a hotel room in that city is that of a missing Coachella Valley woman. Friday morning, her husband was being called a person of interest in the case by investigators. Billy and Colleen Waterman were reported missing from their Bermuda Dunes home on Monday. Thursday

Two teenagers pleaded guilty this week for their roles in the deadly June stabbing of Jose Villalobos, 23, in Desert Hot Springs. In total, four boys have now pleaded guilty to felony assault. Overall, seven teens have been charged and prosecuted as adults. Three of them are still scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

Canyon National Bank closed its doors Friday Afternoon. A note on the door and on the bank’s web page informed customers of the closure. The following is posted on the Bank’s web page: “On Friday, February 11, 2011, Canyon National Bank, Palm Springs, CA was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

If Gov. Jerry Brown gets his way, he’ll take away redevelopment funds from cities to pay down the state’s huge debt. City leaders and residents debated the pros and cons Friday during a special forum discussing redevelopment funds. “They’re all preaching to the choir, we agree RDA’s are good,” said, Robert High a La Quinta

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake, centered in the mountains between Hemet and Idyllwild, hit the Inland Empire at 9:30 a.m. today. Automated seismographs operated by the USGS placed the epicenter about 7 miles west of Idyllwild and 9 miles east of Hemet and 19 miles west southwest of Palm Springs. “I felt a little jolt. I

A violent robbery happened on Thursday evening at the Los Compas Mini Mart on 6th Street and Date Avenue. Police said two men wearing masks robbed the store of beer and cash. One gunshot was fired into the ground during the robbery but no one was injured. There was no further description of the suspects