Month: June 2013

Three Marines were convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges in the slayings of a young sergeant and his brideduring a home invasion robbery at the couple’s French Valley residence. Jurors must now decide whether to recommend a death sentence or life inprison without the possibility of parole for Kevin Darnell Cox, 25, EmrysJustin

A teenage girl whose mother is charged in the death of her3-year-old sister testified today that her mother would pepper-spray thetoddler and poke her with hot needles as punishment. Yolanda Guadalupe Pena, 43, faces charges of murder, torture andassaulting a child causing great bodily injury and five counts of inflictinginjury on a child. She was

Crews hit the pavement today on the long-awaited Ramon Road rehab project. Mayor Kathy Derosa and Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Chairman Jeff Grubbe started the project with a ground breaking at Date Palm and Ramon Road. The Agua Caliente Tribe secured $2.3 million in transportation funds to begin the project. It’s the city’s

he Fabulous Palm Springs Follies announced todaythat its upcoming 23rd season will be its last. The final season, themed “The Last Hurrah!,” opens Nov. 1. When thefinal curtain falls on May 18 of next year, some 3 million people will haveseen the Follies — whose cast members range in age from 55 to 83 —

The historic meeting between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage has law enforcement across the valley on high alert. “We are working with the secret service and other federal agencies, to ensure a successful trip,” said Sergeant Harvey Reed from the Palm Springs police department. “To

Electric cars make up a small percentage of all vehicle sales, but more companies are coming to market with plug-in automobiles. “They have turned a corner,” Jessup Chevrolet Sales Manager J.D. Bunnell said. “A lot of the consumers are very skeptical to the electric car, but they’re getting smarter.” Consumers are beginning to have more

Finals mean quiet halls, as students get as ready as possible. Some like study groups, some focus alone. Others choose to do this. Animal Samaritans brought therapy dogs to Marywood-Palm Valley School to help students de-stress during final exams. “We wanted to reduce the anxiety of our students on test taking day for finals. A

Back when he was a California Highway Patrol officer, Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit shook hands with former president Ronald Reagan. Benoit says he likely won’t get that close to President Barack Obama, but he says it’s a remarkable step to have him and Chinese President Xi JinPing in the desert. “To have the president

Podra experimentar una seria congestin vehicular ya que algunas calles estarn cerradas este sbado y domingo con motivo a la visita del presente de los Estados Unidos y su homlogo de China a Sunnylands en Rancho Mirage. Comenzando el viernes hasta altas horas del domingo la calle Bob Hope Drive estar cerrada entre Frank Sinatra

La noche de este martes 4 de junio, muri un conductor en la escena del accidente. El hoy occiso era Joseph Covington, un famoso msico de los aos 70s fundador de la banda “Hot Tuna”. El msico de 67 aos de edad perdi el control del volante de su auto y se impacto con un

El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, consider que Amrica Latina y el Caribe pasan por una nueva “poca de oro” en materia de desarrollo y llam a la regin a profundizar la relacin bilateral con esa nacin asitica. Desde el Senado de Mxico, en el segundo da de su visita por el pas, Xi dijo

The Betty Ford Center and Hazelden Foundation arepursuing an alliance, the Rancho Mirage-based center confirmed today. The Ford Center and the Minnesota-based foundation both offer drug andalcohol treatment programs, and their boards have approved “the concept of aformal alliance,” according to a statement released by the Ford Center. Both use Alcoholics Anonymous’s 12 Steps as

June 7-8 President Obama will meet with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage. The following is a list of road closures and an area designated for the public’s observation of Sunnylands: Road Closures: Bob Hope Drive, between Gerald Ford Drive and Kavenish Drive – Frank Sinatra Drive,

A California state Senate official says the FBI raided a senator’s two offices but did not search the office of the 23-member Latino caucus. Agents spent more than six hours Tuesday searching the main office of Sen. Ron Calderon, a Democrat from the Los Angeles area. The Senate’s chief sergeant-at-arms, Tony Beard, said Wednesday agents

Anyone who bought a Fantasy 5 lottery ticket from theStater Bros. supermarket on state Route 79 in Temecula needs to check theirnumbers — they could be holding a ticket entitling them to a jackpot of$189,640. According to the California Lottery, the Fantasy 5 ticket with all fivenumbers pulled in Tuesday night’s drawing was purchased at

Kathleen Jurasky, manager of the Palm SpringsCemetery District, was elected president of the California Association ofPublic Cemeteries for 2013-2014, the district announced today. The association promotes the development of public cemetery districtsand their governance “through interactive communication, education andlegislative advocacy,” according to the district. Jurasky has worked for the district for 16 years, 13 of

Ayer a las 5:50 p.m. un hombre iba a bordo de su silla de ruedas cuando en el rea de Dr. Carreon y Monroe Street fue atropellado por un vehculo. El vocero del Departamento de Polica de Indio inform que la vctima fue transportada al hospital donde ms tarde muri. El conductor del auto involucrado

High pressure building over inland areas will bringtriple-digit temperatures to the Coachella Valley this week, meteorologistssaid today. Highs Friday and Saturday are forecast to top out around 105 degrees inhigher elevations and 108-112 in the lower ones, according to the NationalWeather Service. “These high temperatures will fall short of setting any records,” anNWS advisory said.

A 31-year-old parolee was behind bars Wednesday afterhis arrest on suspicion of robbing a woman’s cellphone at gunpoint as he droveher in a car in Palm Desert, authorities said. Deputies called around 2:10 a.m. Monday to the area of San Nicholas andSan Anselmo avenues learned that the 18-year-old victim knew the suspect, whowas later identified

California’s Attorney General is suing to stop a $200 million extension of a southern Orange County toll road. The Orange County Register says Kamala Harris sued last month to block a 5 -mile extension of State Route 241. The suit claims the toll road agency violated state environmental law in approving the project. It calls