Month: January 2012

Shiny metallic-blue tissue box containers recently sold in California may owe their color to radioactive cobalt 60, and purchasers were urged by state safety experts this weekend to return them. A freeway-side radioactivity detector operated by the California Highway Patrol went off when a truck containing a shipment of “Dual Ridge Metal Boutique tissue boxes”

Celebrities aren’t the only ones being honored at the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. On Friday, Hebe Tabachnick, a film programmer for the festival’s Cine Latino section, was celebrated for her work. Tabachnick spends the year traveling to different festivals, scouting out the best films to bring to Palm Springs, and she said

The government is waiving Adventure Pass fees in the San Bernardino National Forest and in other national forests around Southern California through Monday, partly in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Fee waivers — $5 daily and $30 for a year — are in effect through Monday in all parts of the 676,000-plus-acre forest,

Authorities found an ill hiker dead in the hills south of Hemet early Friday morning. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said 24-year-old Vladislav Lesnik was hiking with a friend in the Santa Rosa Hills on Thursday when he fell sick. Lesnik’s friend went for help, but was unable to lead rescue crews back to where

The Humana Challenge field gets better by the day. On Friday, standout Dustin Johnson added his name to the growing list of impressive commits. The no. 8 player in the world has solidified his plans for desert golf in 2012. Johnson is known for hitting the long ball. On average, his tee shots fly well

High School Basketball Scores from Friday, January 12, 2012: BOYS: PALM DESERT 63, Xavier Prep 36 The Aztecs started a bit slow in the wake of Wednesday’s big win at Palm Springs, but turned things around quickly en route to a blowout win over the Saints. Palm Desert (5-0) remains alone in first place of

Firefighters have made major progress surrounding a small but potentially dangerous fire that erupted in the San Bernardino National Forest as gusty Santa Ana winds blew through Southern California. Authorities say the 15-acre fire near Crestline is 70 percent contained Friday afternoon. Many mountain, valley and coastal areas remain under a red flag warning for

Girl Bar and Truck Stop Girlz, two of the three rival parties that take place in Palm Springs each year, are abandoning “Dinah Shore Weekend” and the Coachella Valley with their sights set on Las Vegas. According to the Girl Bar website, dates for the Las Vegas event have yet to be announced. The parties,

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With not many tickets available for weekend-one and the online queue getting longer by the minute for weekend-two, promoters of Coachella Fest announced the event was officially sold out around lunch time Friday. The festival, which is slated for April 13-15 and April 20-22 in Indio, has a lineup that includes headliners Radiohead, Snoop Dogg,

La clase de 2011 obtuvo empleos mejor pagados que los graduados el ao anterior, la ingeniera y carreras de informtica fueron las mas beneficiadas. El salario inicial promedio para los graduados 2011 fue $ 41.701, un 2,3% ms que el salario promedio en 2010, segn una nueva encuesta de la Asociacin Nacional de Universidades y

A family was rescued from the waters of Newport Harbor today when their van was apparently pushed off the Balboa Island ferry by the driver of another car. The crash occurred about 9:20 a.m., when a Mercedes-Benz crashed into the van while the ferry was dockside at Balboa Island, officials said. The family — a

Firefighters braced for the worse Thursday but hoped for the best as the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the San Bernardino and Riverside County areas. Whether directly in the Coachella Valley or near it, whenever a red flag warning goes into effect, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection goes

Two students got a look into the medical field most never get to see. “This is a pleasant lady who wore out her hip replacement from years of use, so today she’ll have a brand-new hip,” doctor of osteopathy Ghassan Boghosian said. “All of us can remember in our lives the people who have changed

Thousands come to the desert for the film festival, and it could not happen without the volunteers. “They do a great job — get people in quickly, no complaints, no fights this year over seats. It’s been very good,” Ernie Berkowitz said as he stood in line. “I retired in 1984 and ever since then,

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire and Palm Springs areas rose a half-cent today to $3.71, one day after dropping by the same amount. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 3.6 cents more than one week ago, 13.6 cents higher than a month

Indian Springs is a gated community along Jefferson Street with serious security concerns — 29 burglaries during November and December. Neighbors said that for awhile, they had no idea what was happening. But that’s changed. “Now, it seems the whole community is aware of what’s going on,” said Indian Springs resident Doug Davis. Davis’ home

Geogrficamente el Valle de Coachella se ubica en una zona ssmica y expertos han vaticinado un temblor de gran magnitud en los prximos aos. Con esto en mente el departamento de bomberos del Condado de Riverside ha lanzado el programa “CERT” por sus siglas en ingles y que significa Equipo Comunitario de Respuesta a Emergencias.

El panorama para el mercado inmobiliario no es muy alentador. Un nuevo reporte seala que por segundo ao consecutivo el Condado de Riverside ocupa el segundo lugar a nivel estatal de embargos hipotecarios. En el 2011 se entregaron ms de 41 mil notificaciones a propietarios en problemas, lo que significa que uno de cada 19