Month: April 2013

A Palm Springs woman was convicted of manslaughter todayfor stabbing her 40-year-old handyman in what her attorney described as an actof self-defense. Candace Rochelle Duran, 24, was originally charged with murder for theSept. 23, 2007, stabbing of Howard Villanueva at Duran’s home in the 29000block of Biskra Road, but jurors convicted her of the reduced

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station arrested a woman Sunday after she tried pass through the Highway 86 checkpoint with 10 pounds of methamphetamine. At around 8 p.m., the 43-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son reached the checkpoint and wereimmediatelymoved to a designated inspection area after a canine team deemed the vehicle suspicious.

A bill intended to eliminate a two-month delay in processing business paperwork in California is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. AB113 grants $1.6 million to the Secretary of State’s office to process a backlog of 122,000 applications. Businesses cannot hire employees until the office has processed the forms. The bill passed the Assembly on

Walmart announced today it will be hiring about 80 people to work at a relocating Walmart slated to open this summer in Yucca Valley. Those interested can complete applications at one of the three hiring kiosks inside the current store.Interested applicants may also apply online at careers.walmart.com. According to store manager Milagros Robinson, the store

The city attorney for Rancho Mirage and Desert HotSprings and a Riverside County deputy district attorney will give apresentation on the state’s open meetings law tomorrow. Attorney Steve Quintanilla and county Chief Deputy District AttorneyVicki Hightower will discuss “Transparency and Open Government” during a 1p.m. public meeting Tuesday in the Rancho Mirage’s council chamber at

Two people were killed and two others injured todaywhen the driver of a pickup truck blasted through a red light at a Riversideintersection and T-boned a car, then fled the scene on foot. Robert Blackman Jr., 68, of Riverside suffered life-ending injuries when his2009 Saturn sedan was hit as he attempted to make a left

El Asamblesta demcrata Manuel Prez anunci su candidatura para el Cuarto Distrito de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside, actualmente ocupado por John Benoit. Durante un almuerzo celebrado ayer en el Renaissance Hotel de Palm Springs, Prez dijo que esa posicin ha sido ocupada por republicanos por muchos aos y que su reto como demcrata es

Sate Assemblymember Manuel Perez is eyeing a new challenge: a seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. He announced his candidacy for district four Sunday in front of more than 200 desert democrats at the “Activist of the Year Luncheon” at the Palm Springs Renaissance Hotel. “I’m very proud to say I will be

NBA veteran center Jason Collins has become the first active male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay. Collins wrote a first-person account posted Monday on Sports Illustrated’s website. The 34-year-old Collins has played for six NBA teams in 12 seasons. He finished this past season with the

Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship has made its first powered test flight. SpaceShipTwo fired its rocket engine early Monday after being released from a jet-powered mothership over California’s Mojave Desert. The rocket firing lasted 16 seconds and the spaceship then descended and landed safely at Mojave Air and Space Port. The flight did not involve a

Mizell Senior Center will host a class on iPads today. The 8 a.m. class will be held in Mizell’s Behrend Computer Learning Center. Instructor Doug McClure will cover topics including Skype, ebooks,photos, email, apps, printing wirelessly, tech support and iCloud set up.Attendees should bring their iPad and Apple password, Mizell spokesman JackNewby said. Cost for

Authorities cleaning up a tanker truck spill that poured gasoline into a Southern California creek have removed tons of contaminated dirt and plan to reopen a closed road this week. Officials say about 4,600 gallons of fuel spilled last Friday when a tanker flipped on State Route 38, the main mountain road between Big Bear

The Stagecoach festival county music has come to a close, a success, by all appearances, marked by relatively few arrests. Preliminary Indio police figures indicate that 121 people were arrested between Friday and Sunday, 50 Friday, 40, Saturday, and 31 Sunday. Most of the arrests were for alcohol-related violations, including underage youths in possession of

A toddler is in stable condition after being bit by a rattlesnake at a Christian camp in Mountain Center. A CalFire statement said medics were called to the Pine Springs Ranch on Apple Ranch Road at 1:43 p.m., Saturday in the mountains south of Palm Springs. Firefighters said the toddler was bitten on the finger

Some of the Boston Marathon bombing victims are now getting out of the hospital, it’s the first step on their road to recovery. Coachella Valley Orthotics and Prosthetics in Palm Desert helps patients recover after surgery. Dal Eherman Trout lost his leg in a motorcycle crash a few years ago. Trout has recovered through physical

It’s a jungle out there for homeless animals, so help them find a home and some love! Join Bianca Rae and Loving All Animals on Saturday, May 4th for the “It’s a Jungle Out There…” adoption fair. The event runs from 10-4 p.m. in the suite next to Babe’s at The River in Rancho Mirage.

What we post on Facebook may be an “exaggerated” look at our social lives, but according to a new study, the social media website could actually provide a pretty accurate reflection of obesity rates around the country. A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital researchers shows that the more people in a certain area or

Riverside County Fire Department says a vehicle crashed into a palm tree in Coachella just before 7:30 Saturday night. The accident happened near the intersection of Harrison Street and Ave 54. Calfire says one person was trapped and had to be extricated. They were flown to a nearby hospital with major injuries. No word on

Reagan Risk believes life comes full circle. “It’s sort of like the saying, ‘Treat others how you want to be treated’. If I’m going to want other people to help me later in life, I sure better help other people,” volunteer Regan Risk said. That’s why she joined the 400 other people cleaning up the

A Palm Desert teen was arrested for burglary after a home break in Palm Desert neighborhood. Palm Desert police says the burglary happened on April 11th, in the Vista Del Montanas gated community in Palm Desert. Members of the Palm Desert Station Burglary Suppression Unit identified one of the possible suspects as being David Landrum,