Month: February 2012

Friends, food, and football: “Should be a good one, wait all year for this to happen. I think it’s the single best sporting event out there. Great action and great atmosphere,” a fan said. Fans from all over gather around TVs for Super Bowl XLVI. “The entertainment, the game, the excitement,” Giants fan April Waters

A man is in critical condition after being hit by a car while riding his bike in Palm Desert. It happened around 11:15 Sunday morning at the intersection of Portola and Frank Sinatra. No word on what caused the collision. The cyclist was taken to the hospital with major injuries. His name has not been

A crash along Interstate 10 Sunday night shut down multiple lanes on the westbound side, according to the California Highway Patrol. It happened around 6:45 P.M., just east of the Monterey exit. Three vehicles were involved, one of them was found facing the wrong way. Some of the victims were trapped inside their cars and

Military officials say a Marine’s wife and mother of two killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was a 31-year-old from Hudson, Iowa. The Marines released a statement late Saturday saying the woman killed was Lori Hardin, wife of 34-year-old Gunnery Sgt. Greg G. Hardin of Tuolumne, Calif. Greg

Riverside County law enforcement agencies will be teaming up today to crack down on Super Bowl fans who drink and drive. The “Avoid the 30” task force — named for the number of participating agencies — is planning saturation patrols to snare impaired drivers before, during and after the NFL championship game, according to Riverside

A family friend of Jack Banaszynski, 68, of Palm Springs, told News Channel 3 on Friday that Banazinski died while on vacation in Hawaii. He said from injuries he suffered during a tandem parasailing accident Jan. 29 near Honolulu. According to news reports from Honolulu, the accident happened as Banaszynski and a 51-year-old friend, who

Twenty-eight educators from around the desert attended a Wind Energy Workshop at College of the Desert’s Enterprise Center. Teachers learned the basic principles behind wind energy, and how to engage their students in learning about it. “We have a lot of wind turbines, we see them as we come in and out of the valley,

The Sizzler restaurant in Cathedral City has closed its doors once again. The franchise restaurant reopened last may after a remodeling. The building sat vacant for more than two years at the busy intersection of Date Palm Drive and Ramon Road after shutting down for the first time in 2009. Saturday, people had to walk

Seven protestors stood in Friday morning’s chilling temperatures to support a man they say Desert Hot Springs residents need. “He’s a great guy with a big heart. He’s a professional police officer. He’s got a master’s degree, used to be a teacher,” protestor Rita DelValle said. Officer Paul Tapia, the Police Officers Association president, is

A deputy arrested a Mexicali, Mexico, man Saturday when he found 26 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle, according to a sheriff’s department spokesman. Jose Alejandro Bojorquez, 27, was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Riverside on suspicion of transportation of a commercial substance, possession for sale of a controlled substance, committing

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a house fire that broke out early Saturday morning in Palm Springs. It broke out just after 3:30 A.M. on the 2000 block of Farrell Drive, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department. Arriving firefighters found smoke coming from a vent in the roof, said Battalion Chief John

Two Coachella Valley women crashed their cars and both were booked in the Indio Jail Saturday for suspicion of drunken driving, according to police spokesmen. At 10:14 p.m. Friday, officers reported that a white Ford Taurus had collided with parked vehicles in the 38000 block of Desert Greens Drive West in Palm Desert, and then

Tens of millions of dollars will be available to public agencies and other groups in the Coachella Valley seeking funds for green projects, the South Coast Air Quality Management District announced today. The AQMD’s governing board on Friday approved a request for proposals for $53 million in air pollution reduction projects in the Coachella Valley.

A second teacher arrested at Miramonte Elementary School on suspicion of committing sexual crimes against students was behind bars today. Martin Bernard Springer, 49, of Alhambra, was arrested Friday on suspicion of lewd conduct with two female students, just days after the arrest of an ex-third-grade teacher who allegedly took photos of students who were

Firefighters administered CPR Saturday to a hiker in full cardiac arrest on a trail in Mesa View, an unincorporated area of Palm Desert, before taking him to an area hospital, according to a Cal Fire spokeswoman. Shortly after 1 p.m., fire crews reached an elderly man reported down in full arrest on the Art Smith

BOYS: INDIO 75, La Quinta 72 (F) Abram Montoya can add his name to the list of greatest finishes in Indio High School athletics history. Montoya banked in a buzzer beater from just inside half-court as time expired to lift the Rajahs over La Quinta. An improbable finish to say the least. Montoya, who’s grandfather

Assemblyman Manuel PereZ, D-Coachella, introduced three bills at a meeting on immigration reform in Coachella on Friday that he said will help undocumented workers, and in turn, help the state’s bottom line. The audience also paid tribute to Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers of America. For 10 days, starting on Thursday,

The countdown is almost over. The Palm Springs Holiday Inn closed in September, but under new ownership and under a new name, the now Saguaro Palm Springs is putting the final touches on its Friday grand opening. The first guests will officially start checking in at 3 p.m. Not all of the rooms are available,

The La Quinta Blackhawks have had their way in the Desert Valley League over the last decade. They just wrapped up an 8th DVL title in a row. It didn’t come without some tense moments, however. La Quinta’s Jared Watts game the Blackhawks a 35-15 team lead after the 170 lb. bout, but Palm Desert