Month: January 2012

After a week of celebrities and red carpets, the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is coming to a close. The festival winners were announced at a luncheon today at Spencer’s restaurant. For some perspective, the film festival screened 188 films from 73 countries. The winners: “Starbuck” received the Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best

A Rancho Mirage woman is in custody, accused in a shooting on Sunday at a local apartment complex. Police say a 28-year-old, Andrea Auclair shot a man inside an apartment along the 69500 block of Rebecca Way in Rancho Mirage, Sunday afternoon. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was

Police are looking for two men, accused of shooting a man in an armed robbery in Mecca Sheriffs deputies were called to 65000 Donavan Circle around 3:45 Monday morning, according to a sheriff’s department news release. When they arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. Deputies say the suspects

Whether we follow suit or not, we all know a healthy lifestyle starts with eating those greens. “You are what you eat. As we all know, good health, a good diet is a part of that,” Humana spokesperson Jim Turner said. The Certified Farmer’s Market in Old Town La Quinta hosted Humana Day in the

The Indian Wells Athena Committee announced the 2012 Indian Wells Athena Awards recipients on Monday. Rose Tijernia-Swearingen, Ph.D., will receive the Professional Excellence Athena Award. Rose is the owner & director of Life’s Journey, a residential treatment facility specializing in treatment for people suffering addiction with several other diagnoses. It was founded in 1996. Travis

Fourteen Coachella Valley leading ladies will host a fundraiser today at the Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells to benefit young women seeking funds to go to college. The Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley will host the third annual “GIRLZ & Our Leaders” Scholarship Fundraiser Luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

It was a terrifying scene, lines of passengers making their way to rescue boats, going around a huge gash in the hull, waving for help as lifeboats dangled uselessly in the air. Six passengers are confirmed dead and 29 people are missing, including a retired couple from Minnesota, after the Costa Concordia cruise liner capsized

He left us with words to remember. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said. People all over the country celebrated the

Inici en el Valle de Coachella uno de los torneos de golf ms importantes en el pas pero en esta ocasin con unos cambios. El antiguo Bob Hope Classic ahora es el Humana Golf Challange o Reto de Golf Humana, que adems de acaparar la atencin del mundo del golf, traera consigo diversin, educacin y

The 2012 Humana Golf Challenge is teeing off in the Coachella Valley this week. Once known as the Bob Hope Classic, the week-long tournament is bringing in golf fans from all over the world. Norm Jary is visiting from Canada. “I love golf, I love watching the golfers. I really enjoy the game myself,” said

A multi-vehicle accident at the intersection of Bob Hope and Gerald Ford Drives sent two people to the hospital in critical condition Monday afternoon and three others suffering minor injuries. Paramedic crews from the Riverside County Fire Department received the dispatch call around 11:30 a.m., according to their incident reports. Forty-five minutes later, fire crews

Ya sea que lo mismo o no, todos sabemos que un estilo de vida saludable comienza con el consumo de los greens. “T eres lo que comes. Como todos sabemos, una buena salud, una buena dieta es una parte de eso”, dijo el portavoz Jim Turner. El mercado de agricultores certificados en La Quinta Old

La polica est buscando a dos hombres, acusados ??de disparar a un hombre en un robo a mano armada en Mecca. Agentes del Departamento del sheriff del Condado de Riverside fueron llamados a 65.000 de Donavan circle 3:45 la maana del lunes, segn el comunicado de prensa del sheriff del departamento. Cuando llegaron, encontraron a

Una mujer de Rancho Mirage se encuentra detenida, acusada en un tiroteo el domingo en un complejo de apartamentos local. La polica dijo que Andrea Auclair de 28 aos de edad, dispar a un hombre dentro de un departamento ubicadp en la cuadra 69500 ??de la Va Rebecca en Rancho Mirage, la tarde del domingo.

Ted Giatas, CEO and President of McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, will retire at the end of this season, it was announced Monday. In a letter to the media, Bill Powers, the Chairman of the McCallum Board of Trustees, praised Giatas’ ability to turn the theatr around — inheriting a facility $7.5 million in debt

Palm Springs police were investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian Saturday night. It happened just before 8:00 p.m. near the intersection of Sunrise Way and Sunny Dunes, according to police. A car struck an elderly woman crossing the street and she died. She was not in a cross-walk, according to a police sargeant. The

For children in Thermal that didn’t have a place to play, three charity organizations — Humana, Kaboom, and Desert Alliance for Community Empowerment — came together to build, pour, nail, and drill together what these kids in the east valley were lacking. “This area is, what Kaboom likes to call it, a play desert. There’s

A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of putting poison in his wife’s cereal. Los Angeles County jail records show 43-year-old Fernando Porras of Azusa was being held on $1 million bail Saturday on suspicion of the attempted murder of his 51-year-old wife, Fernanda. Azusa police Cpl. Randy Schmidt says the woman noticed

An Iraq war veteran suspected in the stabbing deaths of four homeless men since Dec. 20 was locked up in Orange County today. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, of Yorba Linda, was chased away from a Friday night attack behind an Anaheim Carl’s Jr. at 3110 E. La Palma Ave. and, with help from witnesses, caught about

The city of Palm Springs and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee will honor King’s life and work as a civil rights activist today. The event, hosted by the Church of St. Paul in the Desert, will feature a message from former Olympic track and field athlete John Carlos and music. Palm Springs City