Month: June 2013

The first public workshop about a proposed trailconnecting Coachella Valley cities will be held tonight in Palm Springs. The meeting for the Parkway 1e11 project is at 5:30 p.m. at theCoachella Valley Economic Partnership, 3111 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way. The 52-mileparkway is meant to be used by pedestrians, bicyclists and small electric vehicles such as

Authorities investigating an attempted home burglary inTemecula were seeking the public’s help today in identifying a woman seenringing the doorbells of two homes in the early morning hours. Deputies called around 6:10 a.m. Friday to a home in the 31700 block ofCorte Cardenas learned that the victims were asleep in their residence whenthey were awakened

Voting will end today on a citywide measure thatRiverside officials say is critical to maintain current levels of service,while opponents argue the city is resorting to scare tactics and exaggerationsto continue collecting what amounts to an an illegal tax. Measure A seeks to carry on a municipal policy — in effect for morethan a century

Averdict will be read Wednesday in the trial of one offour Marines accused of killing a young sergeant and his wife in French Valley. The verdict in the trial of Kevin Darnell Cox, 25, who is accused in theOct. 15, 2008, slayings of 24-year-old Janek Pietrzak and his 26-year-oldwife, Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak, had been scheduled

Plans to expand Riverside County jail facilities toprevent large numbers of inmates from being returned to the streets becausethere’s not enough space to keep them locked up will be on the Board ofSupervisors’ agenda today. Supervisors Marion Ashley and Jeff Stone will be asking their colleaguesto support a proposal titled “Incarcerate More Prisoners Responsibly InSatisfying

A humanist group is suing a California city for funding a monument depicting a soldier kneeling at a cross. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the American Humanist Association served Lake Elsinore with the suit on Monday. The suit claims the Riverside County community violated the separation of church and state by agreeing to pay $50,000 to

The city of Ontario is suing Los Angeles to regain control of Ontario International Airport. The suit filed Monday accuses LA of mismanagement and of violating terms of an agreement that gave LA airport control in 1985. Ontario claims that the city, Los Angeles World Airports and the LA Board of Airport Commissioners have focused

Indio Police say they recovered a stolen vehicle Monday night after a high speed chase through the streets of North Indio. They found it close to where the chase began near Jackson Street and Highway 111. Police and a C.H.P helicopter were involved in the pursuit along Jackson St.. They ended the chase near the

A new era of football in the desert now has a home for the 2013 season. The Desert Chiefs will play their home games at Shadow Hills High School for the 2013 season, Owner Rosie Welmas announced today. The Chiefs are the newest team of the California Football Alliance League that includes teams from across

Preparations are in full swing for President Obama’s first visit to the desert. Mr. Obama will meet with China’s President Xi Jinping at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage June 7-8. We begin our week-long coverage of this meeting of the two presidents by taking you behind the pink walls. Walter and Leonore Annenberg came to the

When Luke Mintz received a home occupation permit to sell a limited number of firearms from his home, he was shocked at the blow-back from his neighbors. Just about everyone on the block is opposed to the idea. “You have guns, ammunition. You have children,” Joel Resnick – who lives a few doors down from

MEXICO (AP) – Ocho das despus de la desaparicin de 11 jvenes de un bar de una zona turstica de la ciudad de Mxico an no se tiene rastro de su paradero, mientras las autoridades continan la revisin de videos de vigilancia alrededor del rea para encontrar pistas sobre lo ocurrido y que sus familiares

Concern was growing today about the welfare of a74-year-old man who suffers from dementia and wandered away from his MorenoValley residence. Lee Carson Clayton was last seen around noon Sunday near his family’shome in the 15000 block of Perris Boulevard, according to the Riverside CountySheriff’s Department. A city-wide search last night using the sheriff’s helicopter

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit the southern part of the Salton Sea today just after noon. The quake hit 6 miles west of Niland, California. The epicenter was located a mile and a half below the surface of the Salton Sea’s southwest corner, according to the United States Geological Survey. There have been no reports

A survey of homeless people in Riverside County showed a 31 percent decrease countywide compared to a similar count two years ago. The “point in time” count totaled 2,978 adults and children, compared to a 2011 count of 4,321. However, while there was a decrease countywide and a majority of the cities and unincorporated areas

The Powerhouse Fire that began burning Thursday in theAngeles National Forest, blackening about 29,500 acres and destroying ordamaging 15 homes, is not expected to be fully contained until a week fromtoday, authorities said. With containment at 40 percent as of late this morning, mandatoryevacuations remain in effect for the communities of Lake Hughes and ElizabethLake

People knew Virginia Waring for the beautiful melodies she played on the piano, her admirable personality, and, of course, for her famous husband. One of Virginia’s close friends and former chair of the College of the Desert music department, John Norman, wanted us all to know she was more that just Mrs. Fred Waring. “I’m

President Barack Obama will be looking for signs from China’s leader at their upcoming meeting that Beijing is ready to address its reported high-tech spying, which the White House sees as a top threat to the U.S. economy and national security. The talks between Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be followed by a

La polica de Palm Desert llev a cabo un retn de sobriedad de las 7:00 p.m. del sbado a las 3:00 a.m. de ayer domingo con el fin de mantener fuera de las calles a conductores ebrios o que manejan sin licencia o con licencia suspendida. Cuatro choferes fueron arrestados por manejar bajo la influencia