Month: April 2012

People in the valley spend a sunny Sunday donating to two causes everyone loves: little children and animals. “We said let’s put the therapy animals and the special needs children together to showcase to the community how special these animals are to our special needs children,” Greg Wetmore, from the Inland Empire United Cerebral Palsy,

Rain sprinkled down and fans trickled in, but day one of Coachella 2012 was not ruined. “Put your smiley face on. You paid $286 for a wristband, just go. You can’t help it,” Coachella fan Allison Belzer said. As the day’s 40-artist lineup started, winds picked up in Indio with sporadic rain. As more fans

A cool breeze should clear the skies today for Day Two of the typically hot Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where bands such as Feist, the Shins and the Buzzcocks will entertain the crowd of about 80,000 before the experimental English rock band Radiohead wraps up the day. Campers braved near-freezing temperatures overnight, with

When a two-weekend music festival attracting tens of thousands of people parks itself just around the corner from your home, neighbors can find an easy reason to complain. However, that’s not the case for many people we talked to. “Its very well organized. I’ve been going around this year. It’s better than it has been

Deputies say a naked burglar was arrested Thursday night while taking a shower after investigators claimed he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family’s home. San Bernardino County sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Wilson says 25-year-old Michael Calvert was arrested at gunpoint by deputies while he lathered up in the shower Thursday night.

Atencin residentes del valle de Coachella que se encuentran bajo un trmite migratorio, el Servicio de Inmigracin y Ciudadana reconoci que sus agentes podran haber cometido errores al manejar algunos casos, resultando en la negacin de miles de peticiones. El Servicio de Inmigracin y Ciudadana de los Estados Unidos emiti a trabes de un comunicado

New rainfall records have been set in several northern and central California cities as a powerful spring storm rolls across the state Friday. The storm began drenching the San Francisco Bay Area Thursday night, knocking out power and producing 750 lightning strikes through early Friday morning. The San Francisco Chronicle reports one bolt hit a

For now, it’s a large empty patch of land. However, if things go according to plan, that is about to change dramatically — with the Rosewood Hotel. “A five-star hotel, about 90 hotel rooms and 60 residences. 20,000 square foot spa, and fitness center. Five to ten thousand square foot meeting space for events. Two

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Los agentes examinaron una camioneta Chevrolet en el punto de revisin de la Carretera 86, cerca de West Morland. En el interior encontraron una bolsa con un paquete de herona as como metanfetaminas valuadas en 259 mil dlares. El conductor, un ciudadano estadounidense fue arrestado y turnado a las autoridades federales.

Foreclosure sales in Riverside County continued their double-digit slide last month, reflecting a general decline in auctions statewide, according to a real estate tracking firm. Bay Area-based ForeclosureRadar.com’s monthly “Foreclosure Report” showed 873 repossessed properties were sold countywide in March, compared with 1,157 in February — a 24 percent dip. That followed a 19 percent

A Monday trial date was set today for a former Desert Springs Middle School security guard accused of molesting female students. Marvin Cash, 46, is charged with one count each of committing a lewd act with a child younger than 14 and sexual battery, both felonies, and two misdemeanor counts of molesting a child under

A cold front associated with a winter storm will move across Southern California today, bringing moderate to heavy rain, gusty winds and a chance of thunderstorms and snow to Riverside County, forecasters said. The rainfall is likely to arrive during the morning commute, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Philip Gonsalves. After that, showers will

Robert Ballard and his team first saw Titanic 27 years ago, but he paints the picture as if it happened yesterday. “The bones actually dissolve,” he said. “But what’s left behind are pairs of shoes. Like tombstones. And you come across a mother’s shoes and her daughter’s shoes. And they died together. They went down

Rock duo The Black Keys will headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival tomorrow, the first day of the two-weekend festival. The festival will be held over two weekends for the first time this year, and the same lineup this weekend also will play April 20-22. Held at the Empire Polo Club, the event

The California Supreme Court says employers are under no obligation to ensure that workers take legally mandated lunch and rest breaks. The ruling Thursday comes after worker’s attorneys argued that abuses are routine and widespread when companies aren’t required to issue direct orders to take breaks. But the high court sided with business when it

Students at College of the Desert are showing their support for sexual assault survivors, hoping to prevent sexual violence and help victims move past their pain. Sophomore, Adriana Orduno has a close friend, who’s a victim of sexual assault. She tells us, “It really destroyed them and made them afraid to talk to their family

Abril es el mes de concientizacin contra la agresin sexual y hoy el Centro de Servicios Contra el Abuso Sexual del Valle de Coachella,(CVSAS, por sus siglas en ingls) se uni a los esfuerzos para denunciar estos abusos que no respetan raza, sexo, o edad. Estadsticas nacionales revelaron que en el 2009 se registraron ms

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing elderly man. Palm Springs police spokesman Mike Kovaleff said Joseph George Benna, 86, was last seen in the 2900 block of East Ramon Road at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. He was descibed as a white man with gray hair, blue eyes, 5 feet

A 70-year-old Oregon man arrested at Palm Springs International Airport, where a loaded handgun was found in his briefcase at a security checkpoint, was free on bail today. Salem resident Andrew Sadowski was arrested at the airport Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm in a sterile area of an airport, said Nico Melendez