Month: August 2011

Habitat for Humanity partnered with the city of Indio and other local organizations to build three new homes in Downtown Indio on Bliss and King streets in the Coachella Valley. Alma Gonsales and her family were chosen to live in one of the three new homes, and Gonsales says the process took more than a

Cathedral City police are looking for any information that may lead them to the identity of a juvenile female who was hit by a car on East Palm Canyon Drive late Thursday night. Sgt. C. de Veas said the accident was reported at 10:15 p.m. near the intersection of Buddy Rogers Avenue, where officers found

A Palm Desert man accused of killing his next-door neighbor’s son and 2-year-old granddaughter amid a dispute over scratches on a pickup truck pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in Riverside County court in Indio on Friday. His plea came more than four months after the fatal shooting. Juan Carlos Alcala, 43, is charged

The wildest week in Wall Street’s history is ending on an up note. A rebound in retail sales in July helped the stock market push higher Friday. The week has been marked by seesaw trading. The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell by more than 400 points each of the first four days of

The class of 2010 at Riverside County high schools had a 16.7 percent dropout rate, below the statewide figure of 18.2 percent, according to figures released today by the state Department of Education. The dropout figures are the first from a new system that tracked students beginning when they started ninth grade in the 2006-07

Un sujeto de La Quinta se encuentra en custodia de las autoridades acusado de asaltar sexualmente a una adolescente. El hombre ha trabajado como maestro y entrenador en una escuela del Distrito Escolar Desert Sands. Se trata de Daniel Patrick Armstrong, quien fue arrestado ayer en su hogar de la Avenida 52. La presunta vctima

Fue arrestado un sujeto sospechoso de participar en un tiroteo donde una persona muri. Se trata de Paulino Lora quien presuntamente dispar contra un grupo de personas que se encontraban reunidas sobre la calle Ironwood, en Desert Hot Springs el pasado 2 de agosto. Lora fue detenido en Calexico, tras ser localizado por una unidad

Se duplicaron los crmenes de odio contra la poblacin hispana en todo California durante el ao pasado, as lo indica un reporte. En el Valle de Coachella los actos de crmenes raciales contra esta poblacin subieron 4 veces ms en cuestin de un ao. En 2009 en Palm Springs se reportaron 4 incidentes y 16

La polica arrest a un hombre de 73 aos sospechoso de haber asesinado a su hermana de 70 hace dos meses. Ese da Judy Manson fue encontrada muerta por la seora encargada de la limpieza en su casa de La Quinta. La autopsia revel que la vctima fue golpeada con un martillo en la cabeza.

Ayer a las 3:45 p.m. 24 bomberos sofocaron el incendio de una pila de basura en un deshuesadero de autos viejos ubicado cerca de Harrison Street y Ave 48 en Coachella. Los apagafuegos trabajaron una hora hasta lograr controlar el fuego.

En el hospital se recupera una adolescente que ayer a las 10:15 p.m. fue atropellada cuando cruzaba East Palm Canyon Drive en Cathedral City. Segn el testimonio del conductor del vehculo involucrado la joven caminaba irresponsablemente y al parecer estaba intoxicada.

Plans are in the works for a new Walmart here in the Coachella Valley. The big box retailer hopes to build a Walmart Superstore on 19 acres of property it owns in South Desert Hot Springs. Patricia Lambert does a lot of shopping, but not at Walmart. The closest Walmart is 9 miles away, so

The San Diego Chargers were outscored 24-7 in the second half by the Seattle Seahawks en route to a 24-17 loss in their first preseason game of the year. Philip Rivers started for the Bolts and looked sharp going 5 for 6 and leading an 89-yard scoring drive in his only series. The highlight of

Two months ago, a housekeeper in La Quinta found Judy Munson, 70, dead in her home. At first, authorities ruled her death accidental, because it looked like Munson had fallen on her own and hit her head. But an autopsy has revealed she was murdered, and now two arrests have been made in this case

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Palm Springs area dropped today to its lowest level since Feb. 27, recording its largest daily decline since June 19 by falling 1.7 cents to $3.737. Click here to track the ten least-expensive places to buy gas in the Coachella Valley. The seventh

Stores are in retail heaven. As students head back to the books, parents seek back-to-school bargains. Big stores and local stores alike are pulling out all the advertisement stops. As college student Jaime Nippert points out, “anything that says sale obviously catches your eye, like it’s got the bright colors on it. I think theirs

Lulu California Bistro served its first breakfast this morning, and the community couldn’t wait to show their excitement. It’s located on Palm Canyon Drive at Arenas and can hold almost 500 people. More than 60 people enjoyed the first breakfast served at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Susan Unger used to live in Palm Springs and is

Online retailer Amazon is trying to collect more than 504,000 signatures by September 27th to be able to put a new online sales tax law on hold, until voters can decide next year if they want it. “As a small-business owner I want California to enforce the law. I want Amazon to do the right

En Riverside 20 presuntos pandilleros fueron arrestados luego de un operativo que involucr a varias agencias del orden. El operativo se llam “Tampa Bay” y se enfoc en ms de 40 localidades en Riverside y reas aledaas donde por dcadas los residentes han vivido atemorizados por la delincuencia. Entre los arrestados se encuentran personas de

Varias familias de bajos ingresos en Indio muy pronto contarn con un nuevo hogar pero lo mejor de todo es que slo tendrn que pagar un enganche de 750 dlares. La organizacion “Habitat for Humanity” (Habitad para la Humanidad) se uni al gobierno de la ciudad de coachella y la ferretera “The Home Depot” para