Month: August 2011

A personnel panel voted 3-to-0 on Monday that the termination of Abraham Tokier from the Palm Springs Police Department was incorrect, and recommended to the city manager he be reinstated. The move came after two rounds of appeals hearings, where Tokier, 50, fought to get his job back. City of Palm Springs attorney Barbara Raileanu

Someone using a phone number based in Palm Springs is trying to scam people all over the country, according to some of the people he’s contacted. Phone calls were made to places from Texas, Utah and Sacramento. The caller goes by the alias of “Steven Smith” or “Brian Davis” and calls victims asking for money.

The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is holding its 6th Annual Backpack Drive. The drive is underway and will be held until August 17th. The Mission is not only collecting backpacks, but you can also donate anything school related such as pens and pencils, paper, and dictionaries. Donation Locations: Bermuda Dunes: KDI Elements, 79431 Country Club

Firefighters worked Monday afternoon trying to douse a garage fire at a home just off Palm Drive. Cal Fire officials said the fire was reported at 3 p.m. near the intersection of Estrella Avenue and Cactus in Desert Hot Springs. The first arriving company reported the single-family home had heavy smoke coming from it. They

Frontier Airlines announced Monday it will begin offering flights between Palm Springs International Airport and Denver beginning in November. The airline will operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays through mid-May, 2012. “With the importance of travel and tourism to the greater Palm Springs market, the city of Palm Springs is tremendously excited to have Frontier

Riverside County firefighters report the cost of fighting the Gilman Fire near Moreno Valley, this weekend, reached $479,000. Crews worked overnight Saturday to contain the blaze, that burned some 945 acres in the unincorporated San Timoteo Badlands. The California Highway Patrol reopened all lanes along the 60 freeway on Sunday, after a two-mile stretch of

El ndice Industrial Dow Jones cay a casi 600 puntos hoy lunes durante el primer intercambio burstil desde que Standard & poor’s redujo el viernes su recomendacin de los bonos de largo plazo de Estados Unidos. Expertos dicen que el principal impacto podra verse reflejado en el incremento de las tasas de inters pero los

Un incendio provoco que unas 70 personas tuvieran que ser evacuadas de la ferretera The Home Depot en Palm Springs. El incendio se reporto a eso de las 9:45 de esta maana en el inmueble ubicado sobre la calle Ramon en Palm Springs. Segn los investigadores el siniestro comenz en el techo, posteriormente el humo

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that would award all of California’s 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote in presidential elections. The movement by a group called National Popular Vote aims to prevent a repeat of 2000, when Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote but Republican George

Riverside County firefighters fully contained a vegetation fire burning near Moreno Valley on Sunday night after battling it for most of the weekend. Full containment was reached by 6 p.m. on Sunday, according to spokeswoman Cheri Patterson. Crews worked overnight Saturday to contain the blaze, that has already burned some 945 acres in the unincorporated

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Cherry Valley man on Sunday after they found what they called explosive devices inside his car. Sgt. Bob Epps said deputies spotted the car speeding away from the scene of a brush fire in the hills south of Beaumont at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. After pulling over the driver,

Police say four suspects didn’t get far, after a robbery at a convenience store in Coachella early Sunday morning. It happened around 12:30 a.m. outside the AM PM store on the 52000 block of Harrison Street. Police say the suspects approached 3 people standing outside the store and demanded money. When they refused, the suspects

Firefighters have the upper hand on the Cabazon Fire that burned over 65-acres of west of Haugen Lehmen and north of Interstate 10. The fire started just after noon along the highway. The fire quickly grew from 4-acres to 95. It could be seen from many parts of the Coachella Valley. Fire crews said the

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” rose to the top of the box office heap this weekend, with a $54 million estimated box office gate. That was a “much better than expected performance for the weekend,” said movie analyst Paul Degerabedian. “The Smurfs” continued its surprising showing, with a $21 million estimated take this

Stafford Fredericks opened his art gallery in May. He sold seven paintings already. But, he wasn’t banking on two restaurants across the street — Dink’s and Blue Pear Texx Mexx — to be up for sale. “Dink’s didn’t do that well,” he said, “and Blue Pear hasn’t had a lot of traffic either.” The two

A San Diego police officer, surprised by a shotgun blast from a car at a City Heights intersection, died today at Scripps Mercy Hospital, Chief William Lansdowne said. Officer Jeremy Henwood, 36, a four-year veteran on the police force, died at 1:42 a.m. at Scripps Mercy Hospital, the chief said at an afternoon news conference.

Cathedral City police responded to a roll-over crash around 7:39 Saturday night, near the area of Round Up Dr. and Ramon Rd. Officers arriving found a truck flipped over onto its roof and a car with it’s front end smashed in. According to witnesses, the truck turned onto Round Up heading south. The truck didn’t

A two-vehicle crash in Palm Desert Saturday night ended with at least one person in the hospital and another in custody. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Angel Ramos said it happened just after 9 p.m. at the intersection of Cook Street and Hovley. Deputy Ramos told News Channel 3 that a man was driving under the

President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday to officially end the Federal Aviation Administration’s two-week partial shutdown. Workers are celebrating going back to work, while Congress begins a long summer recess. Representative Mary Bono Mack spent her day off getting a firsthand look at what’s happened at the stalled Palm Springs Airport tower, saying, “We’re