Month: December 2012

Last year, people spent a total of $563 billion during the holiday shopping season. Despite it being a tough economy, the National Retail Federation predicts sales will increase more than 4-percent, this year. But despite cash registers ringing and people swiping their credit cards, some say it just doesn’t seem like the hustle and bustle

Saturday is the most popular day to get married, but excitement over the triple 12’s had couples rushing, not just walking, down the aisle in the middle of the week. “I’m excited. It’s a date we’ve been waiting for,” Efren Sanchez said. Couples filled the county clerk’s office in Riverside. The same thing in Indio,

Thousands of people honored the matriarch of the Catholic faith — The Virgin of Guadalupe — on Wednesday, walking the streets to show their faith and appreciation. According to the Catholic faith, Juan Diego, a recently converted Aztec peasant, had a vision of a young woman who asked him to build a church exactly on

Ranger the K-9 is taking a break from the crime beat after being shot earlier this week during a police standoff in Beaumont. The CHP let the media have a look at Ranger because so many people want to know how he’s doing. “People are really interested in how the dog works, the dog’s recovery.

Helen Mirren will be honored at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. The festival will present the Academy Award winning actress with the International Star Award January 5 at the Awards Gala. In a statement, released Wednesday, the festival said the International Star Award recognizes an actor or actress who has

U-C. That’s the reaction a lot of folks have after seeing the new University of California logo. It’s a yellow, faded “C” inside a blue, book-shaped “U.” More than 45,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the new logo to be scrapped. UC administrators say their old-school logo had too many details and

A record number of couples are expected to tie the knot on what’s considered a lucky day, 12-12-12. The Riverside County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder’s offices as well as locations in Los Angeles and Orange County are expanding their hours to accommodate the lovebirds. “It’s really something to see this level of interest,” said Assistant Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Michelle Martinez.“One

The City Council will hold a special meeting today to swear in members and certify the results of the November election in which Mayor Kathy DeRosa retained her seat by 13 votes. The Cathedral City special City Council meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the council chamber, 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero. DeRosa received 5,729

A cold Pacific storm is expected to bring moderate rainfall and snow to Riverside County from late today through Thursday. The National Weather Service said that the storm will dig south along the California coast today before moving inland across Southern California Thursday. Valley areas should see between a half-inch and three-quarters of an inch

“Everyone got to meet my new 4-legged partner Zeus. He’s a 3-year-old German Shepard. We’re here showing him off,” said Indio Police Officer Austin Studer. Recognizing danger in a muzzle demonstration, Officer Zeus did just that ata community meet and greet held atElks Lodge of Indio on Tuesday night. Patrolling the streets of Indio and

When police officers get called to a domestic disturbance, police say only one thing is for sure. “It’s one of the most dangerous calls for service they can get,”Benjamin Guitron of the Indio Police Department said. “You can never predict what is going to happen. You just can’t.” The valley is paved, literally, with memories

Thousands of people in the Banning Pass have their power back after losing it for nearly 3 hours Tuesday. SCE says that just after noon a widespread power outage affected customers from Beaumont to Cabazon. A total of 17,400 customers were affected at one time, from Beaumont to Whitewater. All of the customers were restored

A suspect who reportedly burglarized a marijuana collective in Rancho Mirage Tuesday morning has been arrested, says a spokesman from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. According to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Spokesperson Angel Ramos, John Schiavone, 29, La Quinta broke into the Spot Collective Pot Dispensary in Rancho Mirage, located at 69730 Highway 111, early

Ya est todo listo para la Peregrinacin de la Vrgen de Guadalupe que se llevar a cabo maana 12 de Diciembre como cada ao en el Valle de Coachella. La cita es en la Iglesia Our Lady of Solicitude de Palm Springs de donde partir en punto de las 6:00 a.m. con destino a la

Three Coachella valley cities saw their Human Rights Campaign scores rise after a representative from the group visited the Valley to correct the survey. The City of Palm Springs has received news it had wanted to hear. Upon further review, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation has awarded Palm Springs an improved score of “95” out

It will be mostly sunny throughout Riverside County today ahead of a cold low pressure system expected to bring rain and possible snow to the region starting late Wednesday, forecasters said. The system out of the Gulf of Alaska will move through southwest California late Wednesday through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall

Opening statements were scheduled Tuesday in the trial of a Palm Desert man accused of killing a Palm Springs woman to steal $7,500 that she had allegedly planned to use to buy a pound of marijuana from him. Sean Michael Mihajson, 24, is charged with murder in the October 2007 slaying of 36-year-old Shalonda Morris.

“When we’re in PE changing, they’re like, “How come you have the scar? I’m like, “because I had a kidney transplant,” said Ernesto Bravo Chavez. The healthy 11-year-old is a sixth grader at Raymond Cree Middle School in Palm Springs. Sick at age three, he was diagnosed with a kidney disease. Ernesto’s mother Rosario Chavez

Authorities say a Riverside County man was shot and killed by SWAT officers after he shot and wounded a police dog. Investigators say Chandler Cardwell, 38, was threatening to kill his wife and child yesterday morning. Officers were called to his home on the 17000 block of Morgan Avenue near Interstate 10. Sheriff’s deputy Albert

If everything goes to plan, Apples 2 Oranges kiosks like the one at the Westfield Palm Desert mall will be popping up at malls across the country in the near future. The concept behind the pilot store: repair iPhones and iPads as well as other smart phones, tablets and gadgets, and have the work done