Month: June 2013

A car drove through the front window of Azadero Los Carrales restaurant this morning near the corner of Harrison and Ave 50 in Coachella. There were no injuries, but obviously a certain amount of damage done to the restaurant. Azadero Los Carrales shut down as the investigation into the cause of the accident got underway.

Southern California Edison’s parent company announcedtoday it is shutting down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northernSan Diego County near the Orange County line, the latest chapter of a saga thatbegan with a small leak of radioactive steam. Ted Craver, chairman and CEO of Edison International, SCE’s corporateparent, cited uncertainty about when the two

California corrections officials say convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, has died in prison. San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson says Ramirez died Friday morning. Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and ’85, and sentenced to death. Satanic symbols were left at murder

Chinese President Xi Jinping is officially in the Coachella Valley. His motorcade arrived at the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Xi’s motorcade pulling into the Hyatt Regency Xi Jinping’s motorcade was met by hundreds of protesters at the entrance to the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells Xi’s limousine travels along

After 22 years, the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies announced it’s final season. The show will close it’s doors May 18th, but before the curtain goes down, their ‘Last Hurrah’ promises to be quite a spectacle. It’s all of the glitz and glam of a Las Vegas review, but starring performers who lived in the golden

Dozens of snapshots of local leaders and Chinese delegates tell the story of an Inland Empire community working hard to “make it happen.” “We see the traditional difficulties of new business startup,” adds Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit, who represents part of the county from the Coachella Valley to Blythe. Benoit admits a federal visa

President Xi Jinping meets his American counterpart, Barack Obama, tomorrow after stops in the Caribbean and Latin America as the leader of a more confident China following a decade of explosive economic and trade growth. From Trinidad to Mexico City, Xi presented Beijing as an important partner for developing countries and a source of markets

Tidwell ConcreteConstruction of Indio was one of four general contractors on four public works jobs inCentral and Southern California that were cited heavily for wage violations, state Labor Commissioner Julie Su announced Thursday. Tidwell alone was fined a total of $276,955. Tidwell Concrete Construction, hired by the San Diego Community CollegeDistrict to build the Miramar

Supporters of Tibetan liberation and the spiritualmovement Falun Gong are holding protest rallies Friday and Saturday tocoincide with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with President BarackObama in Rancho Mirage. Hundreds of people are expected to attend rallies near Bob Hope andGerald Ford drives today and Saturday. Supporters and practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual enlightenmentmovement

(AP) – Un jefe policial de Arizona que abri el camino para que las policas locales en todo el pas asumieran el control de la aplicacin de las leyes de inmigracin est reconsiderando sus redadas, y se espera que otros funcionarios policiales que siguieron su ejemplo eventualmente tambin se replieguen. El alguacil del condado de

El presidente de China y primera dama llegaron al aeropuerto internacional de Ontario esta tarde, fueron recibidos por el alcalde de Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa. Se espera que hoy jueves 6 de junio ya se encuentre el presidente de China y su esposa, en la famosa finca “Sunnyland”. Mientras tanto y como le informamos ayer,

A woman accused in a hit-and-run crash in Palm Springsthat killed a Desert Hot Springs teenager a year ago pleaded not guilty today,along with her father, who is charged with being an accessory. Heather Marie Brents, 30, and Russell Ted Stienecker, 69, entered thepleas at their arraignment at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, Brents

Authorities closed roads today ahead of scheduleout of “concerns (for) public safety” in conjunction with President BarackObama’s Friday meeting with the Chinese president in Rancho Mirage. The closures originally were scheduled to start Friday morning, but werechanged to noon. Bob Hope Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic betweenGerald Ford and Frank Sinatra drives and

California Gov. Jerry Brown will greet PresidentBarack Obama at the Palm Springs Airport on Friday and meet with ChinesePresident Xi Jinping in Indian Wells on Saturday, the governor’s officeannounced today. Brown will meet Obama about 3 p.m. Friday when the president arrives forhis summit with Xi at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, then meet

California’s High-Speed Rail Authority board has approved a nearly $1 billion contract to start construction on the first leg of the bullet train in the Central Valley. The board approved a bid from a California-based joint venture at its Thursday meeting in Sacramento after more than an hour of debate. The bid was the cheapest

Officials now say 53 structures including 24 residences were destroyed by the big wildfire in northern Los Angeles County. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Shawn Rollman said Thursday that crews were able to revise damage estimates now that there are few open flames. Containment has increased to 78 percent. Rollman says the destroyed residences could include

A 21-year-old man who led deputies on a chasefollowing a fight and an outbreak of gunfire in Coachella was behind bars todayand facing possible felony evading and weapons-related charges. Omar Mendez of Coachella was arrested around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, saidRiverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Bishop. Deputies responding to the 50400 block of Avenue Adobe on

In a video from 1970, Joey Covington hammers away on the drums with Jefferson Airplane. Just one of several bands that Covington contributed to throughout his career. Keith McCormick is a friend from the valley who helps to put on the Marilyn Monroe Concert series at her statue. He tells us, “In the late 60s