Month: March 2011

Another Coachella Valley business plans to hold a fundraiser to assist the family of fallen Cathedral City police officer Jermaine Gibson. TKB Deli announced it will hold the event on Friday April, 8. The deli and bakery, located at 39420 Berkey Drive in Palm Desert, will donate 50 percent of its proceeds for the entire

A woman who was thrown from a SUV that rolled over on Interstate 10 on Tuesday died from her injuries. The Riverside County Coroner identified her as 84-year-old Violet Nikas of Phoenix, Ariz. The accident happened around noon on Tuesday, about 15 miles east of Indio. The coroner’s report said Nikas was not wearing her

California state budget talks between Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature have stalled and now teachers are paying the price. School districts were counting on a June special election to save a mass rash of layoffs. The Desert Sands Unified School District is facing a $9 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year. Class

An arson-charred hotel near downtown Palm Springs is being torn down today. The Clara Bee Lodge at 300 E. Ramon Road was set to be demolished, starting Thursday morning, Palm Springs spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell said. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians are in charge of the job, which

A power outage has hit an area of downtown Palm Springs just hours after another outage hit a large area of Palm Desert. Southern California Edison officials said they were looking into the cause of the outage in Palm Springs, which was reported around 2 p.m. on Thursday and affected 800 customers. That was reduced

A fundraiser for the on-going relief efforts in Japan was launched by a Palm Springs-area waitress, and she is now looking for more restaurants to participate. Restaurants will be donating a portion of all meals purchased on April 22-23, 2011 to the American Red Cross. ?RESTAURANTS 4 RELIEF? is the inspiration of local waitress Sora

Cal Fire and Riverside County firefighters left the rest of the battle to some Coachella property owners on Thursday after fighting two mulch fires as temperatures topped 100-degrees in spots. The fires were reported just after 1:30 p.m. near the intersection on Avenue 52 and Airport Road in Coachella. Crews estimated the two mulch piles

Un apagn de luz ha afectado a una zona del centro de Palm Springs, a slo horas despus de otro corte en una gran zona de Palm Desert. Funcionarios de Southern California Edison dijeron que investigan la causa de la interrupcin en Palm Springs, que fue reportado alrededor de las 2 pm del jueves y

Palm Springs rescue crews brought an injured hiker down off a Mt. San Jacinto trail on Thursday after she suffered heat stroke, fell and hit her head. A police spokesperson told News Channel 3 the hiker’s husband called authorities to report his wife had fallen and hit her head around 12:40 p.m. along a trail

A small earthquake shook residents along the California/Mexico border on Thursday afternoon, and was felt as far away as the Coachella Valley. The temblor, measuring 4.4 in magnitude, hit at 12:22 p.m. and was centered 9 miles northwest of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, and 26 miles southeast of Calexico. News Channel 3 viewers called the

La polica de Palm Desert realiz un operativo con el fin de capturar a estudiantes que no asisten a clases. Dos menores fueron arrestados, uno por posesin de alcohol y otro de metanfetaminas. Nueve ms fueron citados a corte pero pudieron regresar a sus escuelas. Fueron seis alumnos de Palm Desert High School, dos de

Hoy fue la demolicin de lo que fue el edificio Histrico Clara Bee Lodge ubicado sobre Ramon Road en Palm Springs. Dicho inmueble fue construido por enfermeras de la II Guerra Mundial en 1952. En Agosto de 2209 el edificio abandonado result daado durante un incendio que segn una investigacin fue intencional.

El asamblesta Manuel Prez y su equipo ofrecen ayuda a familias de bajos ingresos que no hayan hecho an su declaracin de impuestos. La cita es el sbado de 10:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m. en la Iglesia Catlica San Luis en Catedral City. Para hacer una cita llame al 760-342-8047.

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a second man suspected of burglarizing a First Bank branch in Palm Desert. The bank, located on the 39500 block of Washington Ave. in Palm Desert, was broken into during the overnight hours on March 15, according to sheriff’s department spokeswoman Herlinda Valenzuela. Two days later, deputies arrested Chad Green

La informacin de ms de 500 mil personas podra estar en manos de criminales que se robaron una computadora del hospital Eisenhower de Rancho Mirage que contiene nombres, edades, fechas de nacimiento, los cuatro ltimos dgitos del seguro social y los registros del hospital de dichos pacientes. El hospital est enviando cartas a estas personas

Un incendio acab con tres acres de maleza en el rea de la Ave 65 y Dale Kyler en Mecca. Las llamas amenazaron a un complejo de apartamentos y las escuelas Sal Martnez y Mecca fueron cerradas por precaucin. Los hechos ocurrieron ayer desde las 10:46 a.m.

Ayer a las 2:30 a.m. ocurri un incendio en un centro comercial de Banning, la lumbre inici en una Iglesia y se extendi a un inmueble desocupado, a una pizzera, a una tienda de abarrotes y a una de ropa. Dos bomberos resultaron heridos. Los daos ascienden a $500 mil dlares.

Riverside County’s treasurer-tax collector told the Board of Supervisors today that a planned 25 percent reduction in general fund support for his department’s budget can be absorbed, but anything beyond that would not make “financial sense.” Don Kent was among the last agency heads to address the board on the final day of hearings regarding

The bulldozer tore the Clara Bee Lodge into pieces Thursday after a 70-year run . Palm Springs resident Amanda Nelson arrived early to capture the former housing complex before it became history. “A lady that worked with my grandmother used to live here,” she said. “As a child, we used to come and drop her

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. unveiled a new alert system designed to keep the public informed when an officer or deputy has encountered a life-threatening situation. The Blue Alert will issued to country residents who sign up when a law enforcement officer has been killed, suffers serious bodily injury, or is assaulted with a deadly