Month: May 2012

An ex-Marine accused of embezzling more than $133,000 from a Palm Desert-based Marine scholarship fund withdrew his guilty plea today as his sentencing hearing was getting under way. Jason Patrick Hitt, 35, of Pomona, allegedly embezzled from U.S. Marine Scholarships of the Desert Cities Inc., a nonprofit that awards scholarships to current and former Marines

La junta directiva del distrito escolar de Palm Springs aprob anoche el despido de 40 empleados, maestros, 7 auxiliares de maestros, 5 guardias y 10 empleados administrativos. Justo antes de la votacin algunos maestros vestidos de negro se reunieron a las afueras para solicitar el apoyo de los asistentes. Las notificaciones de despido comenzarn a

Three men were arrested after leading police on a chase through Indioon Wednesdayand crashing into two other vehicles, police said. The Indio Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team was seeking a suspect with a warrant around 5 p.m. The suspect and two other men were in a Ford Aerostar van at Arabia Street and Dr. Carreon

The 2012 Coachella Music and Arts Festival weekend two has wrapped up a successful — yet scorching — second round. Triple digits sizzled the thousands of fans in town, which was a big change from the first weekend when people were bundling up. Organizers made sure everyone had plenty of places to cool off, though.

The summertime stops some illnesses in their tracks, but also brings its own share of problems. That’s just one thing local doctors are talking about when looking at “What’s Going Around” the area where you live. The climate change and increased winds over the last two weeks have brought more people in to the Mecca

El presidente Barack Obama dijo que est a favor del matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo, poniendo fin a meses de ambiguedad sobre un tema que tendra implicaciones relevantes de cara a los comicios de noviembre. Durante una entrevista con la cadena de televisin ABC, el mandatario dijo que tras varios aos de hablar con

In an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor Robin Roberts, President Barack Obama announced he believed same sex couples should be allowed to get married. The president’s position on same sex marriage, which his administration has described as “evolving,” has shifted over the course of his political career. He did favor defining marriage as between

South Civic Center Drive was shut down for three hours on Wednesday as a hazardous materials team detonated a device resembling a pipe bomb on the front lawn of the Palm Springs Police Department. Police spokesman Mike Kovaleff said someone found the device near Joyce Drive and Jan Circle near the Palm Springs Country Club.

Prospective and selected jurors reporting for duty at Riverside County courthouses next week will be reminded about the need to avoid sharing information on cases via social networking sites. “With the growing use of social media, the court is directing jurors not to `tag,’ `friend’ and `tweet’ about anything that takes place in the courtroom,”

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, whose 1960s wash-and-wear cuts freed women from endless teasing and hairspray, has died. He was 84. Los Angeles police spokesman Kevin Maiberger says officers went to Sassoon’s home Wednesday morning and determined he was dead of natural causes. Sassoon’s family was present. The London-born Sassoon’s creative, geometric cuts required little styling.

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, whose 1960s wash-and-wear cuts freed women from endless teasing and hairspray, has died. He was 84. Los Angeles police spokesman Kevin Maiberger says officers went to Sassoon’s home Wednesday morning and determined he was dead of natural causes. Sassoon’s family was present. The London-born Sassoon’s creative, geometric cuts required little styling.

Local investors were center stage at the Valley’s first “Creative Summit” Tuesday. While sitting on stage at the McCallum Theater, donors learned that the arts are one of four main economic sectors in the valley. In between creative acts, members of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, and ArtOasis, presented a new study on creative arts

Parts of Interstate 10 between Banning and Palm Springs will be closed for overnight pavement work, starting Monday, May 7th. Drivers can expect partial lane closures in both directions between Pennsylvania Avenue, and Highway 111. The closure schedule is as follows: 7 p.m.Monday to 4 a.m. Saturday, alternating lanes 1 through 4 oneastbound I-10 between

The 12th annual Arthur Lyons Film Festival, which screens “rare and rarely seen film noir classics,” will open tomorrow in Palm Springs. The festival runs through Sunday at Camelot Theatres and is organized by the Palm Springs Cultural Center. The festival will open with a 7:30 p.m. screening of 1951’s “Cry Danger,” starring Dick Powell.

The salaries of new Cal State University presidents would be frozen at the level of their predecessors under a policy expected to be reviewed by the CSU Board of Trustees Wednesday, but private foundations would be permitted to raise funds on their own to increase the compensation by up to 10 percent. The proposal was

The National Earthquake Center in Golden, Colo., says a preliminary magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck Baja, Mexico, early Wednesday morning about 36 miles southwest of San Luis, Ariz. Geophysicist Randy Baldwin says the quake registered shortly after 2:30 a.m. He says a smaller magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurred in the same vicinity after 1 a.m. There were

An intense two-year police investigation has led to the arrest of an arsonist suspected of torching a taxicab during a melee outside the Staples Center after the Los Angeles Lakers NBA championship victory in 2010. Investigators say Darren Cooper has been charged with arson for his role in the June 2010 violence after the Lakers

An earthquake measuring 3.2 in magnitude hit just outside Yucca Valley Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at 4:55 p.m. about 2 miles north of Yucca Valley and 13 miles north northeast of Desert Hot Springs. There were no reports of any damage or injuries.

An earthquake measuring 3.2 in magnitude hit just outside Yucca Valley Tuesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at 4:55 p.m. about 2 miles north of Yucca Valley and 13 miles north northeast of Desert Hot Springs. There were no reports of any damage or injuries.