Month: September 2012

You are what you eat. For kids in the Palm Springs Unified School District, that means fruits and veggies — along with proteins, grains, and dairy. The USDA awarded 16 schools in the Valley for the HealthyUS School Challenge Award for their efforts to serve healthy lunches and increase physical activity at school. Fifth graders

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell four-tenths of a cent today to $4.109, the 16th decline in 18 days. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.5 cents less than one week ago and four-tenths of a cent lower than one month ago

A 33-year-old man who fired at another man in Cathedral City after he refused to give him money was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and the woman who allegedly drove the suspect from the scene was arrested as an accessory, police said today. Frederico Ricardo Garcia of Cathedral City was a passenger in a

Director and screenwriter Gus Van Sant will be honored today at the Palm Springs International ShortFest.Van Sant will receive the ShortFest Spirit of Short Film Award, as part of a presentation about his work, at Palm Springs’ Camelot Theatres. Some of his shorts will be screened and festival director Darryl Macdonald will moderate a discussion.Van

We met Seth Nelson and his brother Ryan in Cathedral City. Since the day they were born, the twins have always been a team. You can find them six days a week, from dusk until dawn, working an intersection off of East Palm Canyon Drive. “I’m trying to earn a couple of bucks for food

A man and a woman from Cathedral City were killed in a collision in Sky Valley just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. One other person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. A pick-up truck collided with a motorcycle at the intersection of Dillon Road and Hot Springs Road. The two people on the motorcyle

The Rancho Mirage Public Library will host a free screening Thursday night of the best shorts from the 2012 Palm Springs International ShortFest. The 7 p.m. “Best of ShortFest” screening will be held in association with the Palm Springs International Film Society and reprise winning shorts and audience favorites from the June festival, library spokeswoman

A Riverside County man will stand trial for allegedly running over a firefighter’s foot during a wildfire. The North County Times says a judge ruled Tuesday that there’s enough evidence to try Gregory Good for assault with a deadly weapon and interfering with a firefighter. Prosecutors say the 59-year-old Sage resident struck a Riverside County

A jury has reached a decision in the trial of a man accused of slaying a 20 year old Marine and another man. Just after 1:30 p.m. in Indio, the jury decided that Emilio Manuel Avalos, 35, is guilty of 1st degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Marine Cpl. Henry Lozano. They also found

A stinky situation has made for quite a sticky situation for Palm Desert Shoe Repair. The owner says she’s been wrongly evicted, while her landlord says he’s tried to clear the air, but now it’s time to leave. Saida Schneider has been in the shoe repair business in Palm Desert, for 24 years. She moved

Tens of thousands of sample ballots for the Nov. 6 general election will be mailed tomorrow by the Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office, which is expecting a record number of people to be registered to vote countywide. More than 890,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets will be sentout to voters over the next week,

In a world where there’s an app for everything, educators think bringing technology to school just clicks. “We’ve looked at what’s happening in education today, and what’s happening around the world. We know that technology is key to success whether it be in business or in education,” Coachella Valley Unified School District superintendent Darryl Adams

La cima del rea conocida como Bump and Grind es una de las favoritas de las personas que gustan de excursionismo, de correr, trotar y andar en bicicleta entre otras y que en 2011 fue prohibida por el Departoment de Pesca y Juegos, que argumentaba que afectaba el habitat natural de las especies que ah

Emmy-winning TV host and “Moon River” crooner Andy Williams has died at age 84. Williams’ publicist, Paul Shefrin, said Wednesday that the silky-voiced singer died Tuesday night at his home in Branson, Mo., following a year-long battle with bladder cancer. Williams had ties to the Coachella valley where he loved to golf, had a home

Firefighters were monitoring an overnight debris fire in the east valley Wednesday morning. The fire was reported in Thermal near Avenue 70 and Harrison street late Tuesday night shortly after 11 p.m. Riverside county firefighters said flames blackened five acres of vegetation and debris. Firefighters stayed on scene overnight. No structures were threatened, and no

The Bump and Grind trail is one of the valley’s popular spots to enjoy a tough run, hike, or bike. For Jacob Schefa, since his dad passed away in 2010, he’s called the Rancho Mirage hike his place of “walking meditation.” “During that time, my mother passed away and a lot of things changed in

Another mosquito sample has tested positive for the West Nile virus in Rancho Mirage. That brings this year’s total positive mosquito samples in the valley to 110, the highest number of samples since the virus arrived in 2003. Last week Riverside County health officials confirmed the valley’s first 2 human cases of West Nile for

Riverside County’s general fund is a little larger in the wake of the Board of Supervisors’ vote today to deposit $1.2 million in property tax overpayments into the county treasury. In a 5-0 vote, the board authorized county Treasurer-Tax Collector Don Kent to take the unclaimed money and place into an active account for the

If you’re looking to transform your view from the desert landscape, to the New York skyline, it just got a whole lot easier. Virgin America is expanding its service to Palm Springs, with new non-stop flight from The Big Apple. Steve Lumbard is visiting from Seattle and says, “Anytime you can have people come in

The NFL announced on Tuesday that they support the Seattle Seahawks’ 14-12 victory over Green Bay in Week 3. The game ended on a controversial decision from a crew of replacement officials, the latest mistake that’s fueling the fire against the league. On the final play of the game, Russell Wilson heaved a hail-mary towards