Donna Summer, la “Reina del Disco” entre cuyos xitos se encuentran “Hot Stuff”, “Bad girls”, “Love to Love You Baby” y ” She works hard for the money”, muri. Brian Edwards, publicista de Dunna lo anunci esta maana, dijo que estaba en compaa de su familia en Florida. Donna Summer destac en las dcadas de
Continue ReadingINDIO, Calif. – Tickets for next year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are now on sale.Advance passes went on ale at 10 a.m. and will continue through May 24th for the festival, which is scheduled for April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013, according to organizer Goldenvoice. It will be held over two consecutive weekends
Continue ReadingPalm Desert High School students sat chalking up the entrance to their school Wednesday afternoon. “There’s a chalk art contest at our school, and the winners get a free Chipotle lunch,” Palm Desert High School junior Melissa Pearson said. Studentssaid theyfervently believe art, in all its forms, belongs in and around a high school. “It’s
Continue ReadingThe city of Indio is facing a $5 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year. According to Mayor Glenn Miller, the plan is to layoff 14 city employees to close the gap for the next fiscal year. 15 city departments will also be restructured to cut costs including the police department which could see
Continue ReadingA man accused of kidnapping and raping his ex-wife morethan a decade ago in the Coachella Valley, then fleeing to his native Guatemala, pleaded not guilty today to felony charges and was ordered held on $10 million bail.Former Palm Springs resident Norman Alberto Juarez Pineda, 33, was extradited from Guatemala to face criminal charges in
Continue ReadingWith the help of Pathways to Success, the Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley awarded a total of $57,500 in college scholarships to 13 local young women. The teens had been part of the organization’s Young Women Ambassadors program and were honored on Wednesday at the Miramonte in Indian Wells. Some of them will
Continue ReadingThousands of Marines pass through the Palm Springs International Airport on their way toTwentyninePalms every month. The localUSO provides a spot for those young men and women to rest before moving on. Marines like Staff Sgt. Jake Reaves stay at USOs all over the world.“Instead of sitting outside on a bench in the heat, we
Continue ReadingAcoso y abuso sexual enfrentan, por lo general las campesinas en Estados Unidos y por ser indocumentadas rehsan llamar a la polica para denunciar estas agresiones. As lo revel una investigacin del grupo defensor de los derechos humanos, “Human Rights Watch”. El grupo indico que algunas autoridades y empleadores en este pas no adoptan medidas
Continue ReadingRape, stalking, unwanted touching, exhibitionism, vulgar and obscene language all allegedly done by supervisors and employers. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, these are the types of abuses female immigrant farmworkers experience. The new report, released Wednesday, included dozens of interviews with farmworkers, attorneys and advocates in seven states, including California. According to
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Continue ReadingA fire broke out at a Palm Desert apartment complex early Wednesday morning, according to Riverside County Fire. It started around 7:30 a.m. at the Desert Oasis apartment complex on the 77-700 block of Country Club. First crews on scene reported seeing smoke coming from the roof of one of the buildings and found a
Continue ReadingParts of Interstate 10 between Banning and Palm Springs will be closed for pavement work nightly this week starting tonight. The work will close alternating lanes of I-10 in both directions between Pennsylvania Avenue and Highway 111. It will be done nightly until Saturday, according to Caltrans. The closure schedule is as follows: – 7
Continue ReadingBringing back the old-school approach of going door-to-door, Dr. Raul Ruiz took on his campaign’s first registration drive of the election season on Monday. The first stop, his childhood neighborhood in Coachella. “If you actually go and knock, they’re more inclined to listen,” said Mirna Flores, a volunteer of Desert Hot Springs. Some voters say
Continue ReadingAn armed robber is on the loose after robbing a Palm Desert Rite Aid store full of customers in broad daylight. According to Riverside County Sheriff Spokesperson Angel Ramos they got the call from the store just after 3:45 Tuesday afternoon. A light skinned Hispanic man with a bandana covering his face reportedly armed with
Continue ReadingTodo indica que no ser facil destronar a la actual congresista republicana Mary Bono Mack quien representa el nuevo distrito congresional 36 que incluye al valle de Coachella. El Distrito 36 comienza desde Hemet atraviezando el Condado de Riverside y llega hasta la frontera con Arizona Es por eso que desde ya su oponente demcrata,
Continue ReadingThe future of theCoachella Valley economy wasthe topic at a conference Tuesdayin Indian Wells. At the Miramonte Resort and Spa,Claremont McKenna College and UCLAhosted the Coachella Valley Economic Forecast Conference.Experts talked about how it could be another two or threeyears before unemployment rates in the Inland Empire dip below double-digit rates.Since economists often gauge future
Continue ReadingIt was a unanimous vote to approve the closures in the central and southwest portions of the county, just likeevery year since 2007.Like last year, Chief John Hawkins asked that the closures begin in May “because of the potential of dangerous fires in these areas,” according to aFire Department statement.Dry conditions raise the risk of
Continue ReadingRIVERSIDE, Calif – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose today for the sixth consecutive day, increasing 1.6 cents to $4.357. The increases stem from record low gasoline inventories and continued refinery issues, according to Jeffrey Spring of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The average price
Continue ReadingLas autoridades continan trabajando arduamente en la investigacin en torno a las seis bombas encontras en Palm Springs la semana pasada en distintos puntos de la ciudad. Agentes federales, estatales, regionales y municipales hermticamente guardan todo detalles y no han revelado si ya tienen ubicados a algunos sospechosos si cuentan con pistas que lleven a
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