Month: June 2011

Making the cut at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival requires emotion. “If we’re watching the film,” said Film Curator Kathleen McInnis, “and it touches us somewhere, it gets to move on to the next level.” Over 3,000 entries were submitted this year, but only 331 of them will be screened. They’re grouped into

The man suspected in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium on opening day was ordered today to spend 10 months in prison for violating his parole. Giovanni Ramirez, 31, has not been charged in connection with the beating of Bryan Stow. But after a hearing at Men’s Central Jail in

A teenage boy pleaded guilty to an assault charge today for taking part in the gang-related stabbing and beating death of a Desert Hot Springs man outside a party. Steven Ray Arellano, 15, pleaded guilty to felony assault likely to cause great bodily injury. He is expected to receive an eight-year prison term when he

En una revisin de rutina, el pasado sbado a las 6:00 a.m. la polica arrest a un hombre despus de que le encontraron en un su casa de Hacienda Ave en Desert Hot Springs marihuana, lo necesario para empaquetarla, balas y hierba en cultivo. David Castaeda de 30 aos se encontraba en libertad condicional y

A partir de hoy y por tres noches seguidas de 10:00 p.m. a 5:00 a.m. ser cerrado al trnsito completamente un tramo de la I-10 donde conecta con la autopista 60 cerca de Beaumont, ya que Cal Trans est llevando a cabo trabajos de construccin. Se recomienda extremar precauciones y tomar rutas alternas.

El Departamento de Bomberos investiga la causa que origin un incendio en una casa ubicada sobre Ave Romero en Indio. El fuego inici el sbado a las 12:41 a.m. Por fortuna la familia de cinco resulto ilesa. Los daos ascienden a $7 mil dlares.

El pasado sbado a las 2:40 p.m. se accidentaron tres vehculos en la interseccin del Expressway 86 y la Ave 66 en Mecca. Una persona result herida. Las autoridades investigan para determinar la responsabilidad del percance.

La polica esta tras la pista de un sujeto que el pasado viernes a las 2:45 p.m. asalt la sucursal de Bank of America que se ubica sobre Washington Street y Hwy 111 en La Quinta. El ladrn le entreg una nota al cajero demandndole dinero para despus huir con una cantidad no revelada.

Tras las rejas se encuentra un sujeto que hace unos das protagoniz una persecucin policaca a bordo de un auto que robo el Spa Resort Casino en Palm Springs. En esa ocasin Martn De Len de 26 aos logr evadir a las autoridades despus de chocar con una pared en Desert Hot Springs. Tres das

Firefighters have contained a brushfire in Cabazon that consumed 35 acres. The fire was reported Sunday at 11:21 a.m. near Haugen-Lehmann Way and Interstate 10. Four aircraft aided 85 firefighters in controlling the blaze. No structures were threatened and there were no reports of injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A car theft and kidnapping suspect, who led police on a high-speed chase and crashed the vehicle into a wall before eluding capture for three days, was arrested Sunday morning in Palm Springs. Officers located Martin Gutierrez DeLeon Jr., 26, of Desert Hot Springs, in the 200 block of Mel Avenue in Palm Springs at

The foul stench in Mecca prompted a State Assembly committee to hold a hearing at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal on Friday to examine solutions to the problem, and ways to eliminate health and environmental threats in that area. The meeting started at 3 p.m. It was scheduled to end at 6 p.m., but

More than 300 customers living near Hwy 74, Eagle Road, Vista Valle, Willow Road, Vista Paseo, Raven Road, and Edge Hill Road lost power around 5:45 pm according to a Southern California Edison representative. Around 8:00pm all but 78 customers power was restored. These 78 customers live on the 4600 block of Hwy 74, 7200

Governor Jerry Brown was in Blythe Friday to help break ground on a major solar project. The 1,000-megawatt project will include four individual plants — with trough-shaped mirrors to harness the sun’s energy. When finished, it will generate enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes. “California has been a mecca for pioneers, people who

Community activists in Southern California’s Coachella Valley conducted an “environmental justice” tour for state lawmakers and regulatory officials in this region southeast of Los Angeles to show policymakers persistent hazards such as abandoned dumps and shoddy migrant housing. The tour on Friday preceded a state legislative field hearing in Thermal on environmental safety and toxins.

Harsh winds and a cloud of dust may have caused a dozen vehicles, including 4 big rigs, to crash on Thursday along the 86 Expressway, according to the Sheriff’s department. Traffic slowed down to a halt as authorities cleaned up the mess. It happened just after 5 p.m. The expressway was shutdown between Avenues 50

Al parecer, fueron involucrados una docenda de vehculos y 4 camiones de carga. La arteria vial fue cerrada ayer por la tarde, mientras las autoridades limpiaban los escombros. Sucedio un poco despus de las 5:00pm entre la Avenida 50 y 52. Varias personas fueron trasladadas a hospitales locales con heridas de menor considercin. As lo

Update: By Thursday 10:21pm, Southern California Edison says 800 residents were still without power. They believe high winds contributed to the outage; either trees or limbs leaned on wires. Edison says power should be back on “sometime in the evening hours.” SCE says the outage includes residents living along, or in the vicinity of Palms

Just what led to 19 year old Karina Sepulveda’s death remains unclear weeks after workers found her body in a corn field in Coachella. How she died — and how she got there — still haven’t been answered. Indio city councilman Sam Torres has been in contact with Sepulveda’s family and trying to help them

The budget fight in Sacramento, with billions of dollars in cuts and taxes on the line, turned ugly on Wednesday with some pushing and shoving on the assembly floor. When it was all over, Democrats pushed through their budget plan, beating a midnight deadline. Democrats control both the state senate and the assembly. Last year,