Month: March 2013

The eighth annual Fashion Week El Paseo, a nine-dayrun of fashion shows and social events, gets under way tomorrow in Palm Desert. Organizers expect 14,000 people to attend Fashion Week, which is billedas the largest consumer fashion event on the West Coast. Nine runway shows andfour trunk shows by more than 50 designers, including “Project

Hundreds of students are protesting the firing of two top administrators at Desert Mirage High School. Students walked out of Desert Mirage High School around 7 this morning and arrived at the CVUSD office around 10 a.m. One student said they would stay there until this evening when the school district is holding an open

Ayer a las 9:45 a.m. el conductor de un vehculo perdi el control del mismo cuando en lugar de pisar el freno, pis el acelerador impactndose con ventana y pared del negocio Postal Annex que se ubica sobre Washington Street y Varner Road en Sun City Palm Desert. El vocero de California Highway Patrol dijo

One of the greatest rivalries in tennis comes toIndian Wells tonight, when Roger Federer faces Rafael Nadal in a quarterfinalmatch at the BNP Paribas Open in their first meeting in a year. The match at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden will be the 29th meetingbetween Federer and Nadal, the first since Federer’s 6-3, 6-4 victory

Riverside County’s foreclosure activity continued its downward spiral last month as the number of properties being repossessed dropped significantly on an annualized level. A total 1,660 mortgage default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions were recorded countywide in February, translating to 1 in 479 households in some stage of foreclosure, according to Irvine-based RealtyTrac.

Penalty verdicts will be read Thursday for two men convicted of carjacking, kidnapping, robbing and killing a 55-year-old Indio resident. Daniel Cervantes, 35, and Carlos Contreras, 34, could both face the death penalty for the May 7, 2008, murder of Daniel Kuzawa. Jurors last month found true special circumstance allegations of murder in the commission

With an announcement made in Latin over the intercom saying “we have a pope,” students got the big news on Wednesday morning. It was a historical moment some of them say they won’t forget. “It was cool. It was history in the making in my lifetime. It’s awesome we can announce it over the intercom

The BNP Paribas Open could not function without its hundreds of volunteers each year. They answer questions, collect tickets, sell programs, work as ball kids and so much more. More than 1200 volunteers make the tournament run, people like Judy Strobl, who helps in the media room. She’s been volunteering at the BNP for 13

The bishop of Riverside County said today he hopesthe Catholic Church’s new pope will show leadership on treatment of immigrantsand address the clergy sexual abuse scandal “vigorously and courageously.” Gerald Barnes, who oversees the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino– the country’s 12th-largest diocese that covers Riverside and SanBernardino counties — said he was initially

Actress Tippi Hedren, who starred in AlfredHitchcock’s “The Birds,” will attend a 50th anniversary screening of the 1963horror film in Palm Springs tomorrow. Hedren will answer questions after the 7 p.m. showing at Camelot Theatres. The 1963 film was recently digitally remastered, according to MichaelGreen of the Palm Springs Cultural Center, which is putting on

When white smoke rose, so did excitement in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church office. “We all started yelling in the office. It was really exciting. We turned the TV on, and people were calling,” Liz Myrum, the Sacred Heart Catholic Church receptionist, said. “Tears came to my face. I couldn’t help but…I’m happy. I’m excited

Los oficiales respondieron a una llamada de detonacin de arma en la manzana 87-000 de la Avenida Kokell en Thermal al filo de la 1:13 de esta maana. Testigos dicen que autoridades de inmediato evacuaron a los ah presentes y residentes del area como medida de seguiradad. Por su parte, agentes de aduanas y control

A car smashed into the Postal Annex+ store near Stater Bros at Washington Street and Varner Road. According to reports, a couple drovetheircar through the storefront at around 9:45 this morning. California Highway Patrol says the driver of the Mercedes mistakenly pushed his gas pedal instead of the brake, causing the car to crash into

Francisco no es slo el primer papa latinoamericano de la historia, sino tambin el primer pontfice que rompe una tradicin de nombres con ms de 2.000 aos de historia. La idea es marcar un nuevo comienzo para la Iglesia Catlica, segn algunos analistas. Francisco, quien en principio no llevar incorporado el nmero romano I (primero),

Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina is the new pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. A respected Italian journal said Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, a 76-year-old Jesuit, was the cardinal with the second-highest number of votes

UPDATE (12:14 p.m. PST): Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina is the new Pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. A respected Italian journal said Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, a 76-year-old Jesuit, was the cardinal with the

An earthquake warning system that has been under development in California worked during this week’s light but widely felt temblor, scientists said Wednesday. The prototype system gave 35 seconds of notice to seismologists in Pasadena about incoming seismic waves from Monday’s magnitude-4.7 quake centered in the desert in Riverside County, said U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist

U.S. Border Patrol agents were fired upon today inThermal, but escaped injury, a sheriff’s sergeant said. The shots were fired about 1:15 a.m. in the 87-000 block of KokellStreet, sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Tapp said. Deputies searched the area but couldn’t find any suspects, he said. Anyone with information about the gunfire was asked to contact

Nearly 6 1/2 years ago, five firefighters were killed fighting the Esperanza fire, just west of the Coachella Valley. Now, their stories live on in a book, “The Esperanza Fire,” that may be made into a movie. Last week, the author of the book, John Maclean, took me back to the scene, where so many

Private First Class Casey J. Holmes died Monday during an Integrated Training Exercise at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Holmes,20, from Chico, Calif.,enlisted in the Marine Corps in May 2012 and joined 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in October 2012. His personal decorations include the National