Month: September 2012

The 16-year old boy struck by a hit and run driver Monday night in Palm Desert is the son of well known media personality and fitness guru J.J. Virgin. Grant Virgin is a student at Palm Desert High School. He was struck about 7:30 last night on Deep Canyon just north of Fred Waring. Police

The promoter of the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals wants to add two more music festivals each year in a long-term deal with the city of Indio. Goldenvoice would like to hold up to five festivals each year. Three in the spring and two in the fall. Attendance would also be allowed to expand up

Tremendous thunderstorms over the east valley have caused major flooding in Thermal and Mecca. We have live “First Alert Storm Team Coverage” on the damage from the storm. The downpour drenched Durroville and other surrounding mobile home parks. Emergency task forces conducted swift-water evaluations, since early this morning after a storm cell moved over Mecca

More than 5 inches of rain drenched the southern end of the Coachella valley in an area bounded by the Salton Sea communities of Oasis, Mecca, Thermal and North Shore Tuesday morning. A nearly stationary thunderstorm dropped rain, but was slowly weakening and drifting to the southeast throughout the morning. At 10:58 a.m., National Weather

Riverside County supervisors formally approved a balanced 2012-13 fiscal year budget, though county officials cautioned that uncertainties ahead will make conservative spending a must. “The final 2012/13 budget reflects discretionary revenue that is below 11/12 levels,” according to a county Executive Office report. “We cannot rely on revenue growth to balance this year’s budget and,

Desde esta madrugada se registraron torrenciales lluvias que afectaron principalemte las comunidades de el este del Valle de Coachella de Mecca, Oasis, Thermal, North Shore y Salton Sea. Ms de cinco pulgadas de lluvia inundaron las calles y caminos y segn el Servicio Nacional del clima indic que las fuertes lluvias terminaron a las 10:58

There’s a chance of thunderstorms and heavy showers in the Coachella Valley and the mountains of Riverside County Tuesday, forecasters said. Unstable weather would be the result of residual monsoonal moisture from Monday’s wet weather in the inland valleys, mountains and deserts, according to the National Weather Service. More than 3 inches of rain had

Otra repentina tormenta azota al este del valle de Coachella. En Mecca se reportan casas y aulas escolares inundadas as como calles bloqueadas por el torrencial, reporto la patrulla de caminos (CHP). El Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa dijo que la tormenta se mover lentamente hacia el sureste del valle, no obstante reas como Thermal, North

Library cards may soon be used by Los Angeles illegal immigrants without driver’s licenses so they can open bank accounts and access city services. The Los Angeles Times says anyone with proof of residency would be able to get a library card. The City Council voted recently to consider the proposal. The idea is to

St. Theresa Catholic Church will host a prayer service today to remember victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including a parishioner who volunteered at the Palm Springs church.Barbara Keating was among those killed on American Airlines Flight 11 when the jetliner crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying meat again from a Central California slaughterhouse that’s been at the center of an animal cruelty investigation. A statement the USDA issued Monday said that Central Valley Meat Co.’s improved oversight for animal welfare prompted the government to reinstate purchases for federal feeding programs. Officials with the Food

A 16-year-old teen was seriously injured when a car struck him Monday night near the intersection of Fred Waring and Deep Canyon Drive in Palm Desert. He was taken by helicopter from Palm Desert Middle School to an area hospital for treatment, according to CAL Fire. Investigators closed Deep Canyon between Via Palmera and Moss

An Inland Empire lawmaker seeking to unseat aRiverside County supervisor in the November election today denounced a countypolicy to assess fees on solar power companies seeking to do business in thecounty, calling the effort “reckless” and a threat to jobs. “The backers of these renewable energy projects are asking the courtsfor relief for what they

Storms Sunday night blew in strong winds, dust and of course that foul stench you might’ve gotten a whiff of. “It just smells gross. Like rotten eggs,” said Alphie Moreno, of Indio. The smell didn’t stop Lisa Salisbury and her family from heading out to the Palm Desert Civic Park Monday night. “It’s a little

Fourhuman cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. None arein the Coachella Valley. Yet that doesn’t mean the threat posed by mosquitoes and West Nile is over for Valley residents. The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District reports 106 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile

Trees and power poles littered Coachella valley roadways Monday after a strong storm blew into the area Sunday night. Road crews and emergency crews spent most of the day removing huge trees, limbs, plants and other items that were blown all across the Coachella Valley. The storm began at approximately 8:30 p.m. Sunday night in

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents at the Indio station seized heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine this weekend at the Highway 86 Checkpoint located between Westmorland and Salton City. In two other separate incidents, agents seized large amounts of cocaine and money. At the checkpoint on Friday afternoon a Border Patrol canine team alerted agents to

A strong wind storm brought down trees and power lines. It also blew in a lot of dust and an awful smell. It’s seemed to have gotten better as the day went on Monday, but now we are getting reports that people are smelling the rotten-egg odor as far away as Los Angeles. People have