Month: May 2013

Hector Aviles is an eighth-grader at Raymond Cree Middle School. The soon-to-be freshman said he’s ready to break in the new stage at Rancho Mirage High School and sing his heart out. “The only instruments I play are my vocals,” said Aviles. To help students specialize in career pathways, including culinary and performing arts, Helene

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer says she’s lost confidence in the utility that operates the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant. The plant between Los Angeles and San Diego hasn’t produced electricity since January 2012, after a small radiation leak led to the discovery of damage to tubes that carry radioactive water. The senator says Southern

On the heels of some high-profile pit bull attacks, the Riverside County Board of supervisors voted unanimously in April to draft legislation mandating that all pit bulls be spayed or neutered. Some critics say the breed specific legislation unjustly singles out pit bulls. One of the people writing the new ordinance says the overarching goal

El ciudadano mexicano sospechoso de matar a una mujer de 19aos hace dos aos y dejar su cuerpo sin vida en un cultivo de maz en Coachella dijo ser inocente hoy martes de asesinato y su fianza fue revocada. Raymundo Garcia Vasquez de 27 aos fue arrestado al filo de las 10:30 a.m. el jueves

Ante la falta de recursos han surgido grupos dispuestos a prestarles el dinero con el pago de intereses. Pese a que miles de jovenes indocumentados en estados unidos tienen derecho a ampararse en la orden presidencial conocida como accion diferida ,aprobada hace casi un ao, que les permite obtener un status legal en el pais

Starting Friday, Sunnylands estate in RanchoMirage will be closed to the public through June 9 for President Barack Obama’smeeting with China’s president. “The primary mission of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands isto provide a retreat space for world leaders to come together and discuss themost pressing issues of the day,” a Sunnylands spokeswoman said.

Local philanthropist, Helene Galen, announced at a press conference this afternoon that the Galen Family Foundation has pledged $1.5 million to name the Rancho Mirage High School performing arts center and theater and establish an endowment fund for the performing arts. While Galen supports a wide array of local charities, and she and her late

A Mexican citizen suspected of killing a 19-year-old womantwo years ago and leaving her body in a Coachella cornfield pleaded notguilty today to a murder charge and had his bail revoked. Raymundo Garcia Vasquez, 27, was arrested about 10:30 a.m. last Thursdayat the Calexico border crossing in connection with the death of KarinaSepulveda of Indio,

Former Coachella Valley resident Rudy de la Mor, aclassically trained pianist, will posthumously receive a star on the PalmSprings Walk of Stars on June 9, walk officials announced today. De La Mor, who died on March 5 at age 73, will be given the walk’s 356thstar, located at 369 N. Palm Canyon Drive. Vaudeville, film

More than two-dozen people were arrested on suspicionof drunken or drug-impaired driving on freeways and roads in the Riverside areaduring Memorial Day weekend, the California Highway Patrol reported today. A total 28 DUI arrests were made during the CHP’s “maximum enforcementperiod,” which began at 6 p.m. Friday and concluded at 11:59 p.m. Monday.During the 2012

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que ayer a las 6:22 p.m. entr a la tienda de autoservicio Jensen’s Finest Foods que se ubica sobre Frank Sinatra Drive cerca del Hwy 111 en Rancho Mirage y a punta de pistola le exigi dinero al cajero. El empleado le entreg una cantidad de

“This is incredible. We’ve been waiting a long time for this in Indio and the east valley,” Indio Mayor Elaine Holmes said. The College of the Desert satellite campus in Indio broke ground last October. Now, celebration is in order for the construction progress. City officials gathered at the construction site on Civic Center Drive

Eastbound lanes of the HWY 86 expressway were closed today after a big rig carrying two crates of onions hit a sedan and spilled onions all over the road. The accident happened at around 11:30 a.m.. near the corner of HWY 86 and Avenue 50. The big rig carrying onions was traveling north on the

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has pleaded guilty to charges the company dumped hazardous waste in California. A company spokeswoman says Wal-Mart entered the plea Tuesday in San Francisco federal court to misdemeanor counts of negligently dumping pollutants from Walmart stores into sanitation drains across California. As part of the plea, the company will pay $81 million,

Discussion about the future of the drought-struck Colorado River is on the agenda in San Diego for officials from seven Western states, Indian tribes and conservation groups in a meeting hosted by federal water managers. Tuesday’s meeting comes amid predictions of looming shortages on the river serving some 40 million city dwellers, farmers, boaters and

This year, Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI), Palm Springs Chapter awarded an annual $2,000 culinary scholarship to Victoria Bowman, graduating senior at La Quinta High School. Bowman, who has been accepted at Johnson & Wales University in the culinary arts program, is the newest scholarship recipient for the organization which has supported four other college

Rancho Mirage police are looking for a man dressedin black who is suspected of holding up a local convenience store agunpoint, according toRancho Mirage police Sgt. Patrick Carroll. The armed robbery occurred at about 6:22 p.m. on Monday at theJensen’s Finest Foods on Frank Sinatra Drive near Highway 111. “A subject entered the business, displayed

California Sen. Barbara Boxer wants the Justice Department to investigate if the operator of the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant intentionally misled federal regulators. San Onofre is located approximately 60 miles southwest of Palm Springs. The plant between Los Angeles and San Diego hasn’t produced electricity since January 2012, after a small radiation leak

A trough of low pressure over the west will maintain strong onshore flow through Wednesday, bringing gusty winds to the Coachella Valley and the mountains of Riverside County today, the National Weather Service said. The agency issued a wind advisory for the mountains and Coachella Valley until 3 a.m. Wednesday. During the advisory period, sustained