Month: January 2013

Where are your car and truck keys right now? If they’re inside your vehicle, you could be a target. The California Highway Patrol is warning residents after affluent areas see a recent increase of car and truck thefts. Karen Gevers told us, “I’m always concerned about where my keys are and whether my car is

High-powered semiautomatic rifles are being stored at Fontana school campuses under a controversial safety program. School district police purchased 14 of the Colt 6940 rifles last fall, well before the Connecticut school massacre. The $1,000 rifles were received last month and are stored in locked safes on campuses. Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks says they’re only to

As earthquakes go, it wasn’t much to Californians who regularly get shaken up by seismic activity, but a 2.8 magnitude quake was felt by many people around the Coachella Valley early Wednesday morning. The quake was centered four miles north of Palm Springs just south of Interstate 10 near Indian Canyon Avenue at 12:45 a.m.

Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, announced his subcommittee assignments today. Ruiz, an emergency room doctor who beat 14-year-incumbent Mary Bono Mack in November to win the 36th Congressional District seat, will serve on: — the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, part of the Natural Resources Committee; — the Subcommittee on Water and Power,

After receiving numerous complaints since April of a foul smell, constant barking, and injured dogs living at a Palm Springs home, Palm Springs Police and Animal Control officers served a search warrant at the home on Tramview Road on Tuesday morning. “The house was very typical to hoarding. It was boarded up, windows were boarded

The long-awaited plan to revitalize the Desert Fashion Plaza in Palm Springs could be delayed again. One month after the city council approved the project, one group wants the people of Palm Springs to voice their vote. The “Citizens for a Sustainable Palm Springs” collected 2,775 signatures to petition for a public vote on plans

California revenues may finish January about $4 billion ahead of projections because of a jump in income taxes. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office also says the state set a single-day record on Jan. 16 when the Franchise Tax Board received $2.2 billion in taxes, mostly in payments from the 6 percent of filers who pay

Forty years ago, Roe v. Wade divided our country. “Forty years of choice for women,” Melinda Tremaglio of National Organization for Women said. “We have no right to destroy a human life,” Father Howard Lincoln said. Now, forty years later, the steam behind the word abortion lost no heat. “I want to raise awareness to

New District boundaries redrawn in 2011 have left some areas of the Coachella Valley without state representation. Some Districts over-lapped old ones, but not all of them were up for election last year. That is the situation for people living in part of Palm Springs and La Quinta, both locations are among the four million

A 43-year-old man who was experimenting with flammable substances was hospitalized with serious burns this morning after a blast in Moreno Valley that also injured three children, a sheriff’s sergeant said. Deputies and firefighters responded around 2:15 p.m. Monday to a report of an explosion in the 10000 block of Via Pastoral, said Riverside County

Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully will be the guest speaker today at an Indian Wells fundraiser benefiting theBarbara Sinatra Children’s Center. Scully will address the center’s Uncles Club during its annual “Sports Luncheon” at the Hyatt Indian Wells Resort and Spa. He is expected to discusshis career and the team’s prospects for the

A man who was reportedly carrying a gun along an Indio street was recovering Monday night after an officer-involved shooting. Police later identified the suspect as Guadalupe Rivera, 32, of Indio. A caller to Indio Police reported a man with a gun around 9 p.m. wearing dark clothing and a backpack walking up and down

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose a half-cent today to $3.705, one day after falling three-tenths of a cent. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 4.8 cents more than one week ago and 15.9 cents higher than one month ago but 1.3

Rosie Terry led a gathering at Palm Desert Civic Center Park, trying to make a crucial point. “Anything that needs to be changed in our society, we can work for it. Dr. King worked for it, for civil rights, and he saw civil rights come about, because of his efforts,” Terry said. More than 40

Citizens for a Sustainable Palm Springs plan to turn in a petition calling for a special election on plans for a new hotel as part of the downtown revitalization project at the Desert Fashion Plaza. The group’s Treasurer, Frank Tyson, says they have collected more than 3,000 signatures and will turn them in Tuesday morning.

The Palm Springs High School marching band performed at the presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Monday following the swearing-in of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Palm Springs Unified School District spokeswoman Joan Boiko said applications were reviewed by the Presidential Inaugural committee, which includes military band members. The committee assesses presentation

The second inauguration of the nation’s first black president also falls on the same day we honor one of the greatest black leaders in history. The nation celebrates and remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equality and passion for service. Twenty-eight volunteers cut branches, raked leaves and did yard work at different houses

Burglars in Murrieta are switching off the lights to homes in what police warned today was a new technique to determine whether residences are occupied. According to Sgt. Don Weller, there have been several recent break-ins during which circuit breakers were tripped by suspects targeting homes they wanted to confirm were empty. “Once the home

Today is Martin Luther King Junior Day, many businesses will be recognizing the holiday with closures. County, State and Federal buildings will not be open. This includes The Department of Motor Vehicles three locations in the Coachella Valley and around the state. Most libraries will also be closed. Most banks will not be open for