Month: February 2012

The crew at ABC’s Good Morning America announced the new cast of Dancing With The Stars on Tuesday morning. Here is the list of celebrities who will be dancing their way into your living room on News Channel 3: GAVIN DeGRAW — Gavin DeGraw is no stranger to the top of the charts. He first

Although budget restraints mean it could be several years before Amtrak provides daily round-trip train service between the Coachella Valley and Los Angeles, what’s offered now is a start. The Sunset Limited train currently pulls into Palm Springs three days a week as it travels between Los Angeles and New Orleans. “We live in an

Watching your favorite actor win an Academy Award on TV, is as close to realizing a Hollywood dream, as most of us will get. So just being on-stage at the Kodak Theater, for her post-Oscar show, was a dream in itself, for Kelly Ripa. With a full house on-hand, Kelly and co-host Neil Patrick Harris

The Palm Desert Aztecs boys basketball team will indeed “live to play another game.” After Friday night’s loss to Arroyo Grande in the C.I.F. Division 3AAA semi-finals, Palm Desert was left to wonder if they had done enough to earn a spot in the Regional tournament. On Monday, the welcome answer came in a phone

Ya son tres los alumnos fallecidos, luego de que un adolescente abriera fuego en la cafetera de una escuela cerca de Cleveland, Ohio. El jven de 16 aos fue declarado con muerte cerebral y su familia decidi donar sus rganos. Un testigo dijo que el autor del lamentable hecho, era un estudiante acosado y tena

Un ex jugador de futbol americano del Colegio del Desierto (COD) implicado en un robo que termin fatalmente con la vida de otro atleta la semana pasada, compareci en corte sin presentar ninguna peticin de clemencia, tampoco se le leyeron cargos. Cuando el magistrado le pregunto si requera de un abogado de oficio para que

El asamblesta demcrata de los ngeles, Gil Cedillo dijo hoy que impulsar una nueva iniciativa para que California otorgue licencias de conducir a indocumentados. Ser la novena vez que el asamblesta angelino proponga la autorizacin para que los indocumentados conduzcan con licencia en California, aprobada ocho veces por la legislatura estatal y revocada luego por

18 bomberos sofocaron un incendio que devor dos pilas de basura, maleza y escombro en un predio ubicado en el rea de las calles Ro del Sol y Vista Chino en Thousand Palms. Las llamas que se extendieron 200 pies de longitud y 20 de alto, fueron contenidas en seis horas, segn informacin dada a

El fuera de temporada y sorpresivo fro lleg de nuevo al Valle de Coachella con viento, bajas temperaturas y nevadas como en Banning y Paso de San Gorgonio ayer lunes, y que incluso caus algunos estancamientos viales sobre la I-10. La temperatura de 62 grados que se espera hoy en Palm Springs es once grados

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza Sector Indio en el punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 cerca de Salton Sea realizaron dos decomisos de droga, alertados por un perro entrenado de la Unidad K-9 en ambos casos el pasado fin de semana. En el primer incidente los oficiales encontraron 11 paquetes de cocana con un peso

Very windy conditions in the San Jacinto mountains and Coachella Valley were expected on Monday as a winter storm made its way into Southern California. The National Weather Service forecasted strong and gusty winds and very cold air would move in beginning Monday afternoon. The strongest winds, according to the NWS forecast, will hit Monday

In attempting to promote daily round-trip train service between the Coachella Valley and Los Angeles, the nonprofit Southwest Rail Passenger Association invited valley leaders to take a train ride. They took the eastern route, leaving from Union Station in Los Angeles for the train stop in Palm Springs, a trip that takes about two and

At a small gathering Friday, Sen. Bill Emmerson said the state budget issues should not be resolved by a tax hike on Californians. He also mentioned his take on cockfighting; something that’s popped up in the news as recently as this past weekend. Riverside and San Bernardino counties continue to crack down on cockfighting. Last

A debris fire that ignited Monday morning in Thousand Palms sent a lot of smoke into the air, sparking concerns from some residents of Thousands Palms. The fire was reported at around 4:30 a.m. near the intersection of Rio Del Sol and Vista Chino, just north of Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Fire

The continued rise in gas prices has many drivers in Southern California reevaluating their travel plans. The cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gas went up 24 cents in just the last week. Pat Kavanaugh and Kathy Brockman made their way to the desert from Chicago for some vacation time. They saw first-hand the

The desert did it Hollywood style for the 84th Academy Awards. Trio restaurant in Palm Springs held the “Hollywood’s Biggest Night” dinner before a previewing of the Oscars. An orange carpet in honor of Trio’s color scheme welcomed guests to the restaurant. “I think it’s a good thing, a good cause and a lot of

El mdico forense del Condado de Riverside identific a la pareja de ancianos que fueron arrollados el viernes por la noche sobre la calle Va Escuela en Palm Springs. Se trata de un veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial bajo el nombre de Robert Mathiasen de 87 aos de edad y de su esposa Lorraine

Decenas de bomberos se dieron cita para combatir un incendio de desechos de jardinera que inici esta maana en un centro de reciclaje ubicado en Thousand Palms, sobre las calles Ro del Sol y Vista Chino. El siniestro se report a las 4:30 de la madrugada, al llegar a la escena los bomberos se percataron

Un da de mucho viento acontece este lunes en el Valle de Coachella como consecuencia del paso de una tormenta invernal por el sur de California. El Servicio Nacional de Meteorloga cancel su alerta de temperaturas congelantes y pronostica fuertes vientos para esta tarde entre 25 y 35 millas por hora, con rfagas que pudieran

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 inspection station arrested two suspected smugglers in separate incidents last Friday and seized more than $2.55 million worth of illegal drugs. Agents said the first arrest happened at 4:50 p.m., after a canine team’s inspection of a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu sent it to a second inspection.