Month: April 2012

Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer and normally associated with older people, but a new Mayo clinic study shows the rate of the disease is rising among people under the age of 40. Researchers examined a data base of patients in Olmsted County, Minnesota and looked at first time diagnoses of melanoma

It’s a mission to raise awareness, one motorcycle ride at a time with a local man taking it into his own hands to encourage people to come together and keep children safe. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than three million reports

La Patrulla Fronteriza sector Indio decomis 20 paquetes de cocana escondida en el radiador de un vehculo que circulaba por el punto de revisin sobre la Carretera 86. La droga pesaba un promedio de 45 libras y tena un valor en el mercado negro de 45 punto siete millones de dlares. El autmovil, la droga

Ms de tres mil inmigrantes indocumentados fueron arrestados esta maana luego de un operativo a nivel nacional. La oficina de Inmigracin y Control de Aduanas informo que el operativo se llev acabo en varios estados con la participacin de ms de mil 900 agentes. La mayoria de los detenidos son convictos por delitos mayores incluyendo

It was a beautiful Sunday in Palm Springs full of opera music. The Palm Springs Opera Guild had its 14th Annual “Opera In The Park” showcasing the southwest’s most talented young opera singers. A professional orchestra backed up the talents. “I was really pleased to see as many people come out here, and the variety.

A Desert Hot Springs man is behind bars Sunday for allegedly robbing a Palm Springs man inside his home. Palm Springs police were called to a home on the 600 block of Monterey Road around 9:08 a.m. Saturday. The homeowner told officers he had been taking a shower, when he heard noises inside his home,

Ernest Morreo was driving at the intersection of Jackson Street and 64th Avenue in Thermal at about 7:15 p.m. Friday night when the crash happened. He was taken to John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, where he was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m. Monday, according to the coroner. There was no indication as to

Top notch golfers from around the world took their final swings Sunday in the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Tournament director Gabe Codding said nearly 60,000 fans were out at Mission Hills during the week. Also, with ticket sales, food, and merchandise — business was booming. “Right now, if we’re not meeting we’re beating last year’s

You probably won’t notice it, but shoppers now have to pay an extra one percent on everything they buy in Palm Springs. “Most of the customers are tourists. They’re here to have a good time so a percent is a percent. They don’t think about that penny,” Marianne Hunzinger, owner of Marianne of Palm Springs,