Month: March 2011

Eight new celebrities have signed on for the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship Celebrity Pro-Am, officials announced Anthony Anderson (?Law & Order,? ?The Shield,? ?Bernie Mac Show?), Robert Hays (?Airplane!?), Chris Jacobs (?Entertainment Tonight? and former host of ?Insider? and ?Overhaulin??), Kyle MacLachlan (?Desperate Housewives,? ?Sex in the City?), Craig T. Nelson (?Coach,? ?The District?), Tommy

Authorities in Southern California have detained a man after finding a boy dead and four others injured in a home in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County. County sheriff’s spokeswoman Arden Wilshire says deputies went to the home Wednesday morning after someone called 911 to report a man screaming for help inside the home.

La Agencia Federal de Proteccin del Medio Ambiente revel que se encontraron residuos radiactivos procedentes de Japn en Anaheim y Riverside. Indicaron tambin que los niveles son relativamente bajos para ser dainos. El monitoreo continuar.

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza detuvieron a un grupo de indocumentados en el punto de inspeccin del Hwy 111 en Niland. No se mencion la cantidad de personas solo se supo que al revisar el record criminal de cada uno identificaron a Adrin Rodrguez de 24 aos quien tena orden de arresto en el Condado

Ayer a las 8:00 a.m. ocurri un accidente y una persona est herida de gravedad despus de chocar en su auto con un trailer en el rea de la Ave 68 y Grant Street en Mecca. La vctima qued atrapada en el auto hasta que fue rescatada por los paramdicos y oficiales de la Patrulla

Spring break is here and college students are in town basking in the desert. Local bars and restaurants are extending their hours, and hotel rooms are filling up. It’s a time of the year that businesses say brings in the money. Car rental lots have had a steady increase in customers renting to get out

El Desert Sands y el Coachella Valley Unified School District se encuentran en la lista de 110 distritos en California con serios problemas econmicos ambos reportaron que no podrn cumplir con sus obligaciones financieras en los prximos tres aos. Situacin que podra agravar en caso de que no pase la extensin de impuestos propuesta por

Segn expertos ya se siente el efecto positivo en el sector del turismo en Palm springs debido a la presencia de los estudiantes de colegio y universidades que estan de vacaciones de verano y que ya generan una derrama econmica. Restaurantes y bares extienden sus horarios, la ocupacin hotelera ha incrementado significativamente al igual que

Gary Linders won’t pass up the chance to win $244 million. He’s won before. “I won $96,” he explained. His ticket contained four of the six numbers. On Tuesday, the Palm Springs resident bought five tickets. Tuesday’s drawing was the largest jackpot since January, when it reached $355 million. A single winning ticket on Tuesday

Palm Springs police are asking for help finding video of a high-speed chase that ended in the death of Cathedral City officer Jermaine Gibson. Gibson, 29, a former Marine, tried to pull over a car around 11:30 p.m. on Date Palm Drive, just north of Interstate 10. When the driver of the vehicle refused to

Entrepreneur, philanthropist and former Seattle SuperSonics owner Barry Allan Ackerley died today at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, two days after suffering a stroke, his family announced. He was 76. The former chairman and chief executive of The Ackerley Group died early this morning with his family at his side, according to a spokesman.

The Palm Springs Nissan dealership continues to thrive despite the devastating news from its Japanese headquarters. “There may have been members of the [production] plant who may have been hurt or missing,” said Service Director Paul Connolly. The main Nissan plant in Japan was not damaged. But, the major quake may slow down the production

A 41-day streak of increases to the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire ended today with a decrease of a half-cent to $3.95. Track the least-expensive places to get gas in the Coachella Valley The average price rose 57.2 cents during the streak that began Feb. 9. The

Chris Brown trashed his dressing room at “Good Morning America” and broke a window with a chair Tuesday after co-host Robin Roberts asked him about his attack on Rihanna, according to a person familiar with the show. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of

The two women killed during a late night car crash last Thursday were chased down before hitting a light pole. Police are now ruling this case a homicide. Investigators have determined that there was a confrontation between the the people in the suburban that eventually crashed and a small compact car. Authorities say at least

Funeral services for Cathedral City Police Officer Jermaine Gibson, who died in a crash while involved in a high-speed pursuit, will be held on Friday, according to the Cathedral City Police Dept. The services will take place March 25 at 10:00 a.m. at the Southwest Community Church, located at 77-701 Fred Waring Drive in Indian

California State University is planning to reduce enrollment by more than 10,000 students to cope with anticipated cuts in state funding. At Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach, CSU administrators outlined strategies to address a $500 million cut proposed in Gov. Jerry Brown’s state budget plan. In addition to the enrollment reductions, university

The Board of Supervisors today reaffirmed that the proposed Riverside County Regional Detention Center remains its top priority among all planned capital improvement projects, despite concerns about cost. The board voted 5-0 to keep the $300 million facility at the top of the list of projects slated to receive support, with a $140 million expansion

Get in line to get your tickets, if you want your chance to win $244 million in Tuesday night’s drawing. A single winning ticket with the cash option would be worth about $155 million. No tickets have matched the six winning numbers since Jan. 4, when the jackpot reached $355 million, the fourth-largest lottery prize

One person was critically injured today in a two-vehicle collision in Mecca, according to a fire department spokeswoman. The patient had to be extricated from one of the vehicles following the 8:03 a.m. crash at the intersection of Avenue 68 and Grant Street, said Melody Hendrickson of Cal Fire. No other injuries were reported. The