Month: November 2012

From east to west, people all over the Coachella Valley celebrated Veterans Day. About 20,000 people were expected in downtown Palm Springs Sunday afternoon for the Veterans Day Parade. It was held in honor of Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Chairman Richard Milanovich — an Army veteran who died in March. After the parade,

A war memorial cross that once stood on federal land in the Mojave Desert before being deemed unconstitutional and ordered removed was restored in a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday. A settlement approved by a federal judge in April allowed the National Park Service to turn over the acre on which the original 1934 cross stood

Local bands and performers will provide a benefit concert hoping to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. “A group of concerned valley residents banded together overthe past several days to organize the concert. Attendees will be asked to make a minimum $10 donation,” said concert chairwoman Stephanie Greene. The event will also feature

Longtime Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack has lost her seat to Democrat Raul Ruiz, a Harvard-educated physician who mobilized the district’s growing swath of Hispanic voters. Ruiz led by nearly 7,300 votes Friday out of more than 180,000 cast. Late Friday Dr. Raul Ruiz received a phone call from Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack conceding the

Police are investigating several armed robberies in La Quinta that are possibly related. Two women say a man with a gun stole their purses Saturday night on the 54000 block of Avenida Rubio. Another man had his wallet stolen a half hour later near Venice Drive and San Marino court. The suspect in both of

Palm Springs police say — shortly before 3:00 a.m. This (sunday) morning — they received a report of a vehicle fire in the 25 hundred block of toledo avenue. They arrived to find the vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Investigators believe the vehicle crashed into a palm tree. The driver who has not been identified

An officer-involved shooting ended deadly Saturday morning. The shooting happened in a parking garage on the 275 block of south Indian Canyon Drive just before 2:00 in the morning. While patrolling the downtown area where bars let out, two officers came across a disturbance in the parking garage between two cars. The officers approached one

Highway 74 was closed Friday night after a vehicle went over the edge of the mountain road about a mile south of Bighorn Country Club in Palm Desert. The C.H.P. reports a car went about 50 feet down the mountainside after crashing through a guardrail. There are reports of no injuries. Highway 74 is back

This is a sketch of an armed man who is still on the run after using his truck to box in a woman in Palm Desert. Police say Friday around 3:30 pm the gunman used his truck to block the woman’s car on El Dorado Lane near East Hovely Lane as she was getting in

Descriptions of an armed man who held up two Indio fast food restaurants appear to be similar, according to police. Late Friday afternoon, authorities released information about the two robberies, which both occurred within the last week. The first robbery happened at the Del Taco on the 82-700 block of Highway 111 on Nov. 2

After years of controversy and court battles, a cross to honor war veterans will once again go up in the Mojave National Preserve. No one has fought harder for it’s return than longtime caretakers and Yucca Mesa residents Henry and Wanda Sandoz. “We feel like it’s mission accomplished,” said Wanda. A new cross will be

Veterans, enlisted men and women, and members of the Desert Hot Springs Junior ROTC all showed up to help honor the Marines Corps on their special day. Among those in attendance, four wounded warriors and the oldest living World War Two fighter pilot, Frederick R. Payne. Also in attendance was Desert Hot Springs Mayor Yvonne

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000

The Riverside County Registrar released the latest set of numbers from Tuesday night’s election late Thursday evening. At this point, Dr. Raul Ruiz still leads Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack now by 4,679 votes. Ruiz has 51 percent of the votes, Bono Mack stands at 49 percent. On Wednesday morning there were approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail, 60,000