Month: May 2013

Chase Bank customers who used a La Quinta branch ATM on Sunday may have had their credit and debit card information stolen. Bank officials told law enforcement it was possible more than 500 people’s information may have been compromised. Anyone who used the ATM at the location on Highway 111 in the Lowe’s parking lot

A lucky group of moms got some special recognition today. The winners of our first annual CBS Local 2 Mother’s Day Getaway Contest were picked up in a Cardiff Limousine Wednesday morning at the television station in Palm Desert and taken to lunch at BluEmber Restaurant at the Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage. The

The 2013 AMGEN Tour of California is set to finish on Sunday. The 8-stage, 750 mile cycling race will wrap up in Santa Rosa. The race made its way through the Coachella Valley on Monday– a 124-mile race that scorched cyclists with temperatures about 100 degrees. In addition to the heat, the 3.7 mile climb

The building boom can be considered a sign of strength the economy is picking back up around the valley, especially in the hotel business where several major players are looking to make their mark. In a statement, Michael Braun of Wessman Development, developers of the Kimpton project told us, “We are very excited working with

“A lot of good men didn’t come back from Viet…” Sgt. Bill Corbett, Purple Heart recipient and Vietnam veteran pauses, gathers his composure, and finishes, “and the ones that did.. We want to remember them.” Sgt. Corbett is one of 75 patriots that waited patiently in the whipping winds to see hundreds of bikers make

Cheri Michel epitomizes strength, whether she’s practicing yoga or martial arts. “I’m a third degree black belt, also a first degree tae kwan do. I’ve studied different styles,” Michel said. That’s now, though. Twenty years ago, she got attacked in her own home. “I was followed home from the mall, just wasn’t paying attention,” Michel

A recent national study published on hospitalsafetyscore.org shows all three Coachella Valley hospitals have work to do when it comes to keeping their patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. More than 2500 hospitals across the United States are analyzed and given a letter grade by the only publicly accessible standard of hospital safety

Jurors in former Palm Desert resident Jodi Arias’ trial have found the former waitress should be eligible for the death penalty after they convicted her last week of murdering her lover. The decision came after a day of testimony Wednesday during which prosecutors had to prove the murder was committed in an especially cruel and

A lucky group of moms got some special recognition today. The winners of our first annual KESQ Mother’s Day Getaway Contest were picked up in a Cardiff Limosine this morning at the television station and taken to lunch at BluEmber Restaurant at the Rancho Las Palmas in Rancho Mirage. The contest ran for a month

Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget plan proposes a $17 billion bump for California’s K-12 schools over the next four years, a dramatic turn-around from the teacher layoffs and program cuts that became common during the recession. He also wants to reshape the financial decision-making process by giving local districts more authority to spend state money

Un juez federal orden que el parque de casas mobiles “Duroville” en Thermal, clausure para el 30 de junio del presente ao, decisin que el juez del distrito David Bristow tomo este lunes. Tom casi a una dcada, despus de que el gobierno federal ordenara por primera vez el cierre de la comunidad en ruinas

An Iraq War veteran permanently disabled in a 2008 attackwill soon receive the keys to a Corona home that was custom-designed toaccommodate his needs. A ceremony is planned Saturday for U.S. Army Sgt. David Mayer, who lostboth of his legs when his unit was attacked with roadside explosives detonatedby Iraqi insurgents on March 14, 2008.

A magnitude-4.0 earthquake rattled portionsof the South Bay today. The quake, which was originally reported with a magnitude of 3.9 but wasquickly upgraded, struck at 1 p.m. six miles south of Rancho Palos Verdes andseven miles southwest of San Pedro, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Los Angeles police Sgt. Gerry Davlia said there haven’t

A literacy summit focusing on use of technology inclassrooms will be held Thursday at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desertcampus. The event will explore the iPad as a tool for developing and enhancingliteracy in elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Discussion topicswill include how iPad apps can support literacy, and ideas for using iPads inclassrooms

The 14th annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival,which screens “landmark and obscure” vintage movies from the 1930s to the1950s, opens Thursday in Palm Springs. The festival runs through Sunday at Camelot Theatres and is organized bythe Palm Springs Cultural Center. The festival will open Thursday with a 7:30p.m. screening of 1946’s “Three Strangers,” starring Sydney

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit outside Cabazon this morning just after 9:20 a.m, according to the USGS. The epicenter of the quake was located 10 miles underground and 4 miles northeast of Cabazon; 15 miles west of Desert Hot Springs. There were no initial reports of injury or damage.

When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California’s wine country that covers all her medical needs. Her care and the medical services for her children and grandchildren are paid for as part of the government’s treaty obligations

Two hikers lost for days in the Southern California wilderness won’t be charged the $160,000 it took to find them. The Orange County Register reports county supervisors made that decision in closed session on Tuesday. Board of Supervisors Chairman Shawn Nelson tells City News Service he thinks there’s no legal way to force the hikers

The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $360 million in a matter of weeks, a jump that’s propelled it to be the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in history. Lottery officials say the “cross-selling” of Powerball and Mega Millions tickets, as well as a game redesign in 2012, boosted jackpots and increased

A $70 million donation from the rapper Dr. Dre and music industry executive Jimmy Iovine will allow USC to create what it described as an “entirely new model for training and inspiring a new generation of innovators,” the university announced today. The goal of the USC Jimmy Lovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology