Month: March 2012

Palm Springs police released the mugshot on Thursday of a suspect being held in a weekend stabbing and home invasion robbery. Justin Scarff, of Indio, is behind bars, held on $230,000 bail, according to jail records. Police spokesman Mike Kovaleff said the Scarff walked into a neighborhood garage around 5 p.m. on Saturday on the

Escrow is scheduled to close Friday on the longtime Rancho Mirage estate of former President Gerald Ford and his wife Betty, according to the Palm Desert real estate company that listed the property. Ron Gerlich, vice president of HK Lane Real Estate, confirmed the sale of the longtime Ford home on Sand Dune Road in

On a scale of a one to a ten, how prepared do you feel for the big earthquake? Practice all you want, but when the big quake hits southern California, you have to have what you need. “The USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) has already told us that the Coachella Valley is overdue for an earthquake,”

The Department of Defense will reduce military training flights at Palm Springs International Airport next month, according to Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs.. Beginning April 2, the 3rd Marine Air Wing will suspend training activity out of Palm Springs, said a spokesperson at Mary Bono Mack’s office in Washington. Palm Springs residents had began

Authorities announced they located a 5-year-old boy and his father Friday afternoon after issuing an Amber Alert to help track them down. Riverside County sheriff’s spokesman Angel Ramos said Anthony Smith-Dixon was believed to have taken off with the 5-year-old around 10:40 p.m. Thursday in a gold early 2000?s model, Saturn 4-door sedan. The vehicle

Se les acusa de entrar al negocio O’Reileys Auto Parts a lo largo de la calle Ramon anoche al filo de las nueve para hacer de las suyas. Al parecer, los tres sujetos cubran su rostro cuando demandaron dinero del cajero en el negocio sobre la calle Ramon. Uno de los malhechores estaba armado. Por

El sbado prximo caridades catlicas llevar a cabo su sexta Feria de Salud e Informacin Primaveral de 10:00 a.m. a 2:00 p.m. en el parque de los Veteranos de Coachella. Habr informacin de inmigracin y ciudadana, comida gratis, palomitas de maz, raspados, juegos y paseos en pony entre otros. Los primeros 100 nios que se

El prximo domingo de 7:30 a.m. a 3:30 p.m. los abuelos de Damin Gonzlez de 25 aos llevarn a cabo un evento en el que buscan donadores de mdula sea para el joven que sufre de una rara enfermedad. En el evento que ser en la Iglesia Catlica de Nuestra Seora del Perpetuo Socorro en

Dos residentes homosexuales de Palm Springs se declararon culpables de sostener relaciones sexuales a la vista de la gente durante un crucero por Repblica Dominicana donde est prohibida esa prctica entre personas del mismo sexo. Johan Robert Heart de 41 aos y Dennis Jay Mayer de 43 pagarn una multa de $900 dlares cada uno.

The way waste haulers pick up your trash may have never been more controversial. The largest privately held waste company in the state of California, Burrtec, versus Global Disposal Reduction Services Inc. You’ve heard of the one with more than 60 years in the trash industry. The other one, not so much. It has just

Two Southern California men have pleaded guilty to indecent exposure in Dominica following their arrest during a stop on a gay cruise of the Caribbean. The Associated Press reports the men entered pleas on the eastern Caribbean island, where sex between two men is illegal. They were arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure and the

One year later, Cathedral City Police Officer Alfredo Luna listens to the last conversation he and Officer Jermaine Gibson had — on March 18th, 2011. Prosecutors say Officer Gibson chased after 34-year-old Durjan Germaine Gray after seeing him make a high-speed u-turn in north Cathedral City. The defense says the chase went too far. “When

The decision to give pay raises to presidents of two state colleges is coming under fire. The California State University Board of Trustees said it’s necessary — but some valley students disagree. The board voted 11 to 3 to give pay raises to two CSU presidents, including the CSU East Bay and CSU Fullerton presidents.

Estar en la mano de los votantes el futuro de miles de alumnos que aspiran por una educacin superior. Centenares que asisten al Colegio del Desierto (COD) ya estn sintiendo los efectos de los recortes, slo en ciclo escolar 2011-12, el estado recort a los colegios comunitarios 400 millones de dlares, y en diciembre pasado

If you’ve traveled on the westbound 86 Expressway, near Dillon Road, you may have spotted a new billboard, with a mother’s plea for help. The case of a missing Palm Springs man remains a mystery, nearly 4 years after his truck was found abandoned, in a Thermal orchard. Marina Karas of Palm Desert tells us,

Finalmente la polica arrest al ltimo prfugo de la justicia de los tres involucrados en el allanamiento de morada y robo de hace dos semanas en una casa ubicada sobre la calle 4ta en Mecca. Ahora Fabin Garca de 24 aos residente de Mecca hace compaa a sus cmplices en la crcel de Indio, ellos

En su junta habitual de ayer mircoles, el concilio de Indio vot la recomendacin del personal municipal de otorgar al Condado de Riverside los servicios del albergue animal. Los miembros del concilio unnimemente decidieron que Indio se quede con el animal shelter ubicado sobre la calle Van Buren, adems comentaron que discutirn nuevas opciones de

Autoridades de College of the Desert anunciaron la eliminacin de 100 clases para el prximo ao escolar debido a los recortes anunciados por parte del estado al sector de la educacin. Comentaron tambin que si la iniciativa del Gobernador Jerry Brown de aumentar los impuestos que estar en manos de los votantes en los comicios

The governor, state legislators and California State University students are criticizing the system’s trustees for approving a 10 percent pay hike for two campus presidents. The board of trustees voted Tuesday to increase the base salaries of CSU East Bay President Leroy Morishita to $303,660, and $324,500 for CSU Fullerton President Mildred Garcia. They also

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire and Palm Springs areas fell three-tenths of a cent today to $4.366, one day after being unchanged. Click here for a list of the ten least-expensive places to buy gas in the Coachella Valley The average price in Riverside and San