Month: July 2011

La comunidad del Valle de Coachella tambin podr darle el ultimo adis a la primera dama y el psame a la familia Ford. El mircoles a las 9 de la maana la caravana con el fretro pasara por ltima vez por las calles del Valle de Coachella, partir de la iglesia “Saint Margaret” en Palm

Tal como lo habian planeado los servicios fnebres para la ex primera dama Elizabeth Bloomer Ford o mejor conocida como “Betty Ford” iniciaron con una procesin desde el hospital Eisenhower en Rancho Mirage. Posteriormente la carroza fnebre fue escoltada por un fuerte dispositivo de seguridad. Justo a las 11:20 de la maana llego el atad

Riverside County supervisors approved a modified plan designed to explore the possibility of the county leaving the state of California. The plan was submitted as one option in addressing what supervisors call “state ills,” such as the drastic cuts in education spending that were approved in Sacramento as part of the recent budget agreement. Supervisor

Home sales in Riverside County dropped 14.7 percent in June, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices dipped by 4.8 percent, a real estate information service announced today. A total of 3,960 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 4,645 in June 2010, according to La Jolla-based MDA DataQuick. The median

The Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage has helped countless amounts of people recover from addictions, and close friends said Mrs. Ford took great pride and joy in lending a helping hand. John Schwartzlose, president and CEO of the Betty Ford Center, worked side-by-side along the late Betty Ford for more than 29 years. He

Former first lady Betty Ford, widow of President Gerald R. Ford and the co-founder of one of the nation’s most famous addiction- treatment centers, died Friday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage at age 93, her family announced. Ford, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, served as

The details on the services for the “Coachella Valley’s First Lady” were released Saturday. Her casket will arrive at Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert Tuesday, July 12th, at 11 a.m. Services will begin at 2 p.m. and go until 3:30 p.m. A public repose will then be held from 5 p.m. until midnight.

Margo Addeo is a recovering alcoholic. “I crippled a man drinking and driving,” she said. Now, she works as a substance abuse counselor at ABC Recovery Center. She celebrated being sober 13 years ago when she enrolled at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage and met the former first lady. “[Betty Ford] always says,

Funeral services for the First Lady of the Valley are set for Tuesday. The late Betty Ford passed away on Friday, but her legacy will live on. The parking lot at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert was filled as it typically is on a Sunday morning. Church members slowly made the walk to

The White House says first lady Michelle Obama will travel to California for the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford. Ford’s funeral is scheduled for Tuesday at Saint Margaret Episcopal Church in Palm Desert. Her remains will be flown to Michigan on Wednesday and interment is scheduled for Thursday at the Gerald R. Ford

Se analizan algunos programas que proveen subsdios para Empresas Agrcolas. As lo dio a conocer la Senadora Barbra Boxer mientras que la Congresista Mary Bono Mack defiende su distrito. No obstante, dijo que debido al deficit de 15 trillones de dlares en el gasto nacional, todas las opciones deben de considerarse desde los gastos del

Las condolencias no se han hecho esperar tras la partida de la Sra. Betty Ford principalmente de los artistas y grandes personalidades que sufrieron de algn tipo de adicin. Y es que en el Valle de Coachella se encuentra un centro de rehabilitacin conocido como “Bety Ford Center” Fundado por la misma Sr. Ford y

Los servicios fnebres para la ex primer dama de los Estados Unidos Betty Ford iniciar maana en la iglesia St. Margarets’s Episcopal en Palm Desert. Posteriormente a las 11 de la maana se planea que llegue el fretro, mientras que el servicio iniciar a las 2 de la tarde hasta las 3:30 PM. Un servicio

Se desat ayer por la maana cerca de las 11:00am en una casa rodante ubicada en la cuadra 88-000 de la Avenida 70 en Thermal. 13 bomberos llegaron a la escena de los hechos y les tom menos de una hora para contener las llamas. Ahora la Cruz Roja Americana est ayudando a la familia

The POWER were looking for their 16th win in a row tonight at Palm Springs Stadium against Southern California College Baseball League (SCCBL) rival the So Cal Athletics. It took extra baseball for them to earn the victory, winning by the score of 2-1 in 11 innings. The first run of the game came on

(CNS) – The average price of gasoline in the Inland Empire rose 1.1 cents Sunday to $3.762 for a gallon of self-serve regular — the second consecutive increase after falling 60 times in the previous 63 days. Despite the back-to-back increases, the average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1 cent less than

(CNS) – Los Angeles’ midsummer traffic nightmare dubbed “Carmageddon” might just be a good reason to stay home, because alternate routes around the closed 10-mile section of the San Diego (405) Freeway are likely to be jammed. “We believe the streets will be totally gridlocked,” Sherman Oaks resident Richard Tyler, who lives near Sepulveda Boulevard,

Drive just 85 miles from Palm Springs and you’ll find Wrightwood, California. Primarily a ski town, the community tends to be very quiet during the summertime. Those days are long gone though. Outdoor adventure company Navitat recently opened a zip line canopy tour high above the San Gabriel mountains. The tour offers its guests a

On Saturday night the Palm Springs POWER and the San Diego Force resumed Friday night?s game that was suspended due to a power failure, and the POWER defeated the Force, 6-1. In the regularly scheduled matchup that followed, both teams combined to throw nine pitchers, and the POWER came out with the 10-3 victory, improving

(AP) – The survivors of a Sea of Cortez fishing trip that turned deadly have straggled home to Northern California with harrowing tales of being lost at sea for hours. In all, 19 U.S. fishermen – mostly from Northern California on an annual July 4th trip – and 16 Mexican crew members made it safely