Month: April 2012

The action in the hotel may draw people into the white party, but outside the walls of the Renaissance, there is still more to see and do. “We have a very diverse crowd. Families, people here for the White Party and also just for vacation,” Ace Hotel general manager Jason Dibler said. Local businesses said

Detectives began Monday investigating the death of a man found injured after an assault on Sunday evening, authorities said. Coachella police officers were dispatched to the 85000 block of Hill Drive at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in response to reports of an assault, said Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Erickson. The victim was transported to a

A Southern California convenience store clerk who refused to sell a bottle of beer has been attacked by an enraged customer. Costa Mesa police say the California Stop clerk told 46-year-old Teresa Aguayo on Sunday afternoon that the store doesn’t sell individual 12-ounce bottles of beer. The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/HuaLRD ) says Aguayo then

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Riverside County Sheriff’s Department continued their investigation of a deadly Easter Sunday in Coachella. Two men were shot and killed early Sunday morning. Officers from the Coachella Police Department were dispatched to a “shots fired” call in the 52000 block of Calle Camacho. When they arrived, the officers found the two Hispanic males shot and

Hoy el departamento del polica de Indio, miembros del consejo de esta misma localidad y el Comit Latino anunciaron el cese del programa Operacin “Stonegarden” en la ciudad de Indio. El programa obtiene sus fondos federales con el propsito de reforzar la seguridad en zonas fronterizas de la nacin. No obstante lideres comunitarios aseguran que

El Distrito de Control de Mosquitos y Vectores en el Valle de Coachella recibi la confirmacin del primer mosquito infectado con el Virus del Nilo Oriental en la regin durante el 2012. El especmen fue encotrado en el rea de Oasis, cercano a la Avenida 81 y la Expressway 86 en la ciudad de Thermal.

Tres personas fueron asesinadas durante el Domingo de Pascua. Dos de ellas, en la manzana 52-000 de la calle Camacho Way cerca de las 4:30 de la maana. Agentes encontraron a dos hombres de ascendencia hispana con heridas de bala y murieron al parecer en el lugar de los hechos. Hasta el momento, no est

Desde ayer por la noche, once movimientos telricos moderados agitaron Ocotillo al este de la linea entre San Diego y el Condado Imperial esta madrugada. Un par de ellos de magnitud 3.2 se dieron con 6 segundos de diferencia cerca de las 11 de la noche de el sabado. Otro de la misma magnitud se

A Cathedral City movie theater will display artifacts from the wreck of the Titanic this afternoon as part of the movie’s re-release marking the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. The UltraStar Cinemas Mary Pickford Theater will display Titanic wreckage from 3 to 8 p.m., and there is no charge to see the artifacts, UltraStar

La polica investiga tres asesinatos ocurridos ayer domingo en Coachella en dos incidentes por separado. En el primero a las 4:30 a.m. la polica recibi varias llamadas que reportaban un tiroteo en una casa ubicada sobre Calle Camacho cerca de Harrison Street, cuando los agentes llegaron al lugar encontraron dos hombres muertos por heridas de

Jury selection got under way today for the murder trial of an ex-con accused of beating and gunning down a Riverside police officer. Earl Ellis Green, 46, could face the death penalty if convicted of killing 27-year-old Officer Ryan Patrick Bonaminio on the night of Nov. 7, 2010. Superior Court Judge Jean Pfeiffer Leonard summoned

Cleanup crews are carefully picking up hundreds of hypodermic needles that were found dumped near a residential area in Desert Hot Springs on Monday. The discovery was called into authorities around 11 a.m. on Taco Way, near Mesquite Avenue. Authorities said they do not know who dumped the needles, which they estimate at anywhere between

Two people were transported to a local hospital after being cut from the wreckage of a two-vehicle accident in Coachella, Cal Fire authorities said. The accident was reported at 11:12 a.m. at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Harrison Street and blocked the intersection for a short time. When paramedics and fire crews arrived, they

A Caltrans spokesman at the scene of that overnight tanker truck fire says it’s still unclear how long the Ventura 134 Freeway will be closed at its junction with the Golden State 5 Freeway near Griffith Park. Cleanup crews are still offloading the roughly 3,000 gallons of gasoline left in one of twin tankers that

The Palm Springs Firemen’s Association will hide more than 3,000 eggs for children to find at a park today. The association will hold its annual egg hunt, a Palm Springs tradition for more than 40 years, at 9 a.m. at Ruth Hardy Park today, city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell said. The event is open to children

Firefighters have contained a tamarisk tree fire that broke out Saturday afternoon in Indio, according to Riverside County Fire. It started around 5:46 p.m. in an area near Shields Rd. and Highway 111, according to Fire PIO Melody Hendrickson. The smoke could be seen across the valley, as the flames burned in a 100 x

A Lake Elsinore man whose cousin died in a street race that the defendant initiated pleaded guilty today to gross vehicular manslaughter and was immediately sentenced to three years in state prison. Luis Eduardo Garcia, 26, entered his plea during a felony settlement conference before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jerry Johnson at the Southwest

With Easter baskets in hand, hundreds of people in the Easter spirit rode into Palm Desert Civic Park Saturday to celebrate at the YMCA’s 10th annual Easter Egg Hunt. The fun didn’t stop there. Families also took on a “Healthy Kids Day” challenge. The event had everything from hurdle races, to rock climbing, even hula-hooping.

It’s a party guaranteed to be white-hot — and not because it takes place in the desert. The 23rd Annual White Party is underway in Palm Springs. “It’s more turned into a music festival, a dance party music festival. I kind of like to call it Gay Coachella,” White Party founder Jeffrey Sanker said. “About