Month: September 2012

A Cathedral City woman was arrested Friday (September 7, 2012) on suspicion of committing check fraud in Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. 50 year old, Ana Barbeau, was arrested about 8:30 a.m. when authorities served a property-related search warrant in the 68600 block of Cedar Road. The warrant stemmed from investigations into the two check-fraudincidents,

St. Theresa Catholic Church will host a prayer service Tuesday for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including a Palm Springs church volunteer. Palm Springs Deputy Fire Chief John Allen will speak at the service, which will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday to remember Barbara Keating, who was killed on American Airlines

Paul Harvey once said, “Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore’, shoot six and write down five.” Friday at the Santa Rosa Golf Club in Palm Desert, the score really didn’t matter. “It’s the only sport you can get outside and drink and the score really doesn’t matter,” says Lance Corporal Mike Councilor,

More than 100 people could get back to work with the reopening of the Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery in Palm Desert. The restaurant on Highway 111 and Painters Path closed in July 2011. However, the restaurant is holding a job fair this Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Courtyard

A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy faces felony charges after a Wednesday arrest in Palm Springs. The Sheriff’s Department’s Special Investigation Bureau picked up Omar Gomez near Racquet Club Drive and Avenida Caballero around 5:15 p.m. Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Lisa McConnell says investigators had previously received information that Gomez was involved in illegal drug activity

If you’ve ever entered Palm Springs on Highway 111 you’ve probably noticed the welcome sign — a “Palm Springs” sign has been in the spot for around 40 years. But the city has not owned the land it’s on. Private owners — now the Chino Cienega Foundation of Palm Springs — gave the city a

Fueron encontrados culpable de homicidio dos hombre del norte de California. Kaushal Niroula y Daniel Acosta Garca por la muerte de Cliford Lambert residente jubilado de Palm Springs. El jurado en el caso llego a dicho veredicto la tarde del viernes despus de tres das de deliberaciones. Niroula y Garca fueron encontrado culpable de los

A Thousand Palms marijuana dispensary is one of two ordered closed, according to Riverside county, after a state appeals court in Riverside reversed a lower-court ruling. The order requires two marijuana dispensaries in Riverside county to cease operations immediately. It also prohibits them from operating anywhere else in unincorporated county areas, said the county in

A blaze that gutted a strip mall on Highway 111 in Indio two weeks ago is still under investigation, but a fire official said today that no foul play is suspected. The fire, which started early on the morning of Aug. 24 at Kristen Plaza in the 81900 block of Highway 111, destroyed at least

A new baby monitoring system is now being used at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning. It’s designed to prevent a “code pink” — or an infant abduction. “In the news recently there’s been a lot of infant abductions and we knew we needed to upgrade our system and this one came highly recommended,” said

The Salton Sea Authority says it has a way to fix the smell flowing into the Coachella Valley. The problem is finding away to fund it, and the answer may lie with the energy industry. Right now the Salton Sea is evaporating at an astounding rate. J. Andrew Schlange, the interim general manager for the

Gearing up for practice in Coachella, players from the Little Arabs Football League need more than just pads and helmets before hitting the field at Bagdouma Park. They need bug spray. “You scratch them, like really hard, until they turn into a cut and then you spray, and it burns,” said a player. Returning from

Cancer treatment wouldn’t be possible for hundreds of people in the Coachella Valley without the assistance of a local organization. Cancer not only takes a toll on your health, the emotional and financial tolls can be tremendous as well. That’s where a local agency steps in. “I figured I’d been given a death sentence.” That’s

Police were seeking two men who robbed a Circle K convenience store at gunpoint today, the third holdup at a Cathedral City business since early Wednesday. Thursday’s robbery was reported at 3:25 a.m. at the Circle K at 37040 Cathedral Canyon Drive. An employee said two men, both wearing bandannas over their faces, came in

Three separate brush fires in Beaumont Thursday collectively scorched roughly four acres and left two firefighters injured before crews got them under control. Two small wildfires in the Lamb Canyon area were knocked down beforenoon, burning about an acre, while another brusher reported around 11:50 a.m. along state Route 79 and Gilman Springs Road scorched

Fantasy Springs Resort Casino will host a blood drive tomorrow to support the Community Blood Bank of Rancho Mirage, a casino spokeswoman said today. The blood drive will be held in the Special Events Center at Fantasy Springs, 84-245 Indio Springs Parkway, from 1 to 6 p.m. The Community Blood Bank provides blood to all

Jury deliberations will continue Friday morning in the trial of two Northern California men accused in the financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs Retiree. The jury went home late Thursday afternoon without reaching a verdict. Kaushal Niroula, 31, and Daniel Carlos Garcia, 30, are charged with 10 felony counts, including murder and conspiracy, in

If you’re 60 or older, there’s a vaccine you might want to ask your doctor about. That’s just one thing local doctors are talking about when looking at “What’s Going Around” the area where you live. Dr. Randolph Gibbs says he’s seeing an increase in rota virus in children. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever and sporadic

It was a hero’s welcome for a decorated Cathedral City soldier who was killed 60 years ago. The remains of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Clifford L. Ryan were flown to California early Thursday and were driven from Los Angeles International Airport to Wiefel Mortuary in Palm Springs, escorted by motorcycles supplied by the Patriot Guard