Month: April 2013

A freefour-day health clinic begins Thursday at the Riverside County Fairgrounds in Indio. The volunteer-staffed clinic will offer medical, dental and vision careto local residents through Sunday. People will be seen first come, firstserved, with no income test or eligibility requirement. The clinic will open at5:30 a.m. each day, and people can start lining up

Singer Dionne Warwick will attend the screening of the documentary “Voices of Love: Whitney Houston and Her Family” on the first night of the American Documentary Film Festival. The festival, which opens with a reception Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Camelot Theatres, will screen more than 100 documentary films from around the world before it

The name of a local California Highway Patrol officer now graces the highway where he lost his life 26 years ago while chasing a drunken driver. A 5-mile section of Highway 74 south of Vista Point has officially been named Michael A. Brandt Memorial Highway. A ceremony unveiling a road sign bearing Brandt’s name took

No matter where you live, your personal information and everything you buy gets tracked, stored and then sold. John Messina is a part time La Quinta resident who tells us, “In today’s world, you can’t do anything without somebody else…somebody is probably video-ing us right now, or taping us, what we’re doing.” It’s gone on

Most of you have driven down Dinah Shore Drive, and probably heard of the girl parties named after her, but do you know exactly who Dinah Shore was? “I do not,” Addie Vroom said. “I, um, believe she would be a TV personality?” another person said. “Honestly, the only thing I know is from driving

Originally set to begin today, ticket sales at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for Coachella and Stagecoach was delayed til next week due to the Indian Wells Art Festival being held this weekend. When our crew visited thelocationthis morning, we were handed this flyer: As you can see, tickets are still available today online here

Hoy a las 6:00 a.m. un Honda color plata circulaba con marcado exceso de velocidad en los carriles con rumbo al este sobre I-10, justo al oeste de la rampa de Bob Hope en Thousand Palms perdi el control al intentar pasar entre otro vehculo y un semais, golpe otro coche se volc y rod

Sara Acosta is a single mother in La Quinta, working to put food on the table for her three kids — ages 17, nine, and two. “I was stressing, still stressing,” she says, “I was worried, thinking it was going to be hard getting assistance or even the help of food.” In 2012, 8.5 million

Riverside County may spend more than a half-million dollars to repair leaky showers at a jail. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says county supervisors were told Tuesday that the wrong sealant was used for showers when the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning was expanded about three years ago. The showers serve about 600 inmates. Repairs

At least one person was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a silver Honda hit another vehicle, flipped, and rolled onto the roadside just after 6 a.m. The accidentoccurredon the eastbound I-10 just west of the Bob Hope Drive overpass. A witness at the scene said the speeding Honda was trying to pass between

A state robbery charge was dismissed today against a man suspected of being the “Desperate Bandit” blamed for nine bank heists in Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino counties, with county prosecutors opting to let the U.S. Attorney’s Office handle his prosecution in federal court. Michael Patrick Downing, 47, of Chino Hills, had faced a felony

The 23rd Dinah Shore Weekend will start in Palm Springs tonight. The event, which caters to lesbians, will start with a party at 8 p.m. at the Hilton, 400 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way. Dinah Shore Weekend runs through April 7 and will include two new events — a celebrity poker tournament to benefit the Human

A suspected metal thief was allegedly caught in the act of stealing wiring from street lights in Hemet today. Anthony Emilio, 37, of Hemet allegedly had spools of metal wiring that stretched several hundred feet loaded into his car, according to Lt. Duane Wisehart. A resident in the area of Florida Avenue and Four Seasons

The American Red Cross is helping five people out of their homes this morning after a fire in the East Valley. Emergency crews were called to 84300 Ave 6 in Mecca just before 8 p.m.just east of Harrison and south of Airport. Arriving crews found smoke pouring from the home.Firefighters put out the flames in

Still no arrests after a store break-in on El Paseo in Palm Desert. Police were called to the Bottega Venata store at 5 a.m on Tuesday. Authorities say someone drove a Jeep SUV through the store’s front doors, smashing the windows. The suspect entered the store and got away with several items. Police say the

Riverside County supervisors today authorized the saleof $21 million in bonds by the Coachella Valley Unified School District tosupport district-wide technology upgrades and supply every student, preschool through high school, with anApple iPad. In a 5-0 vote, without comment, the Board of Supervisors cleared the wayfor the first part of a $41 million issuance that

Water can help keep you healthy in more than one way. That’s just one thing local doctors are talking about when looking at “What’s Going Around” the area where you live. Rhinosinusitis is back in the east valley. Dr. Randolph Gibbs tells us this is mainly because of a virus. But sometimes bacteria and allergies

Kraft Nabisco Championship week officially teed off in Rancho Mirage. The first major championship of the LPGA season brings tens of thousands of spectators to the Mission Hills Country Club each year. This year, the tournament’s adding a new attraction, just for the fans. A new sign with the words “KNC Fan Experience” greets spectators

Twenty-seven years ago, Barbara Sinatra created a non-profit to help abused and neglected children. Since then, the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center helped 18,000 kids in the Coachella Valley. “We’re really thrilled we’re helping them. We can turn their lives around, which makes a big difference in their lives,” Barbara Sinatra said. Helping make that difference

Emergency crews make quick work putting out a small late afternoon brush fire in Thermal. Cal fire says they got the call of a small blaze at the intersection of Filmore Street and 57th Avenue around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday evening. When they got on scene, they discovered a small spot of brush, 20 feet by