Month: August 2013

Hoy inicia la campaa de donacin de sangre organizada por Desert Blood Services que prov sangre y sus productos a hospitales como Desert Regional Medical Center de Palm Springs, Eisenhower Medical Center de Rancho Mirage, JFK Memorial Hospital de Indio, Hi-Desert Medical Center de Joshua Tree, Palo Verde Hopital en Blythe y Bush Naval Hospital

A La Quinta woman who tortured and fatally beat her 3-year-old daughter after abusing the toddler and an older daughter for months wassentenced today to two life prison terms. Yolanda Guadalupe Pena, 43, was convicted in June of first-degreemurder, torture, assaulting a child causing great bodily injury and inflictinginjury on a child. The latter count

An investigation was underway today into the crashof a small plane that killed both the pilot and his passenger in Desert Center. The plane crashed around 1:30 p.m. Monday in the desert area east ofKaiser Road between Lake Tamarisk and a First Solar energy site, said Sgt.Thomas Velarde of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The

Television personality Ross Mathews will serve ascelebrity grand marshal for the 27th annual Greater Palm Springs Pride Paradeon Nov. 3, organizers announced today. Mathews is a weekly regular on the E! show “Chelsea Lately” and nextmonth will begin starring in and producing a weekly talk show on the cablenetwork. He rose to fame with his

Areas hit hardest by the flooding around the valley saw little progress in flood reduction today, with additional rainfall this morning adding to the already record breaking numbers. Rain was needed for our drought stricken area but not this much all at once. Now the arduous task of cleaning up awaits many valley residents. In

The first of four local blood drives this week will be held today in Palm Desert. The drive will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Jack in the Box, 36555 Cook St., according to Desert Blood Services, which is organizing the events. The other blood drives are scheduled for: — Thursday, from 10

Television personality Ross Mathews will serve as celebrity grand marshal for the 27th annual Greater Palm Springs Pride Parade on Nov. 3, say organizers. Mathews is a weekly regular on the E! show “Chelsea Lately” and next month will begin starring in and producing a weekly talk show on the cable network. He rose to

Rain pounded the high desert for the second time in 24 hours early Monday afternoon. Water spilled off the rooftop and collected in front of the Village Food Mart and Deli in Morongo Valley. “There’s no place for the water to go,” said Pauline Prager, the owner. ” It just comes right into our building

Sunday’s storm hit parts of Indio and La Quinta very hard. Some areas got an inch of rain in about an hour, it was too much too fast for the area to handle. Streets were turned into rivers and neighborhoods into lakes. “I’ve never seen it this bad before, never this bad,” said Indio resident

Roadwork is now expected to start next week at what’sconsidered La Quinta’s busiest intersection. The improvements at Highway 111 and Washington Street were originallyslated to begin today, but are still estimated to be finished by mid-November.The project will include adding lanes to improve traffic flow and to provideshorter wait times at the intersection. No full

Sunday’s rain forced many roads to be closed Monday morning, here’s a list of them: –Avenue 48 is closed from Jackson to Monroe. –Fred Waring is closed from Hoover to Monroe. –Madison is closed from Avenue 48 to 49. –Avenue 44 is closed from Jackson to Golf Center. –Avenue 42 is closed westbound from Gore

This afternoon, the California Highway Patrol sent out this list of the latest areas to experience flooding in and around the Coachella Valley. -Indian Canyon at Worsley-Indian Canyon at Little Morongo-Little Morongo between 16th and the wash-Mission Creek south of Indian Canyon-Mission Lakes at Club House-Little Morongo at Dillon-Indian Canyon north of Pierson-Indian Canyon from

Joshua Tree National Park’s main thoroughfare, acampground and a visitors’ center were closed today due to flooding fromweekend rains, a park spokeswoman said. Pinto Basin Road was closed Park Boulevard to Interstate 10, and“significant debris” was blocking the road in the Smoke Tree Wash andCottonwood Canyon areas, spokeswoman Jennie Kish Albrinck said. She said theroad

The City of Coachella released this short statement today detailing the latest updates on how the rain is affecting the city: Due to the severe rain storm, the following damage within the City of Coachella is being reported: -Intersection of Shady Lane and 52nd Avenue has severe erosion and underground pipes are exposed. -50the Avenue

Lawmakers have sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill intended to close a loophole in state law that resulted in a rape conviction being overturned because the victim was not married. The bill, SB59, was given final approval Monday by the Senate. It responds to a January decision by the 2nd District Court of Appeal. In

For today — which is National Dog Day — andcontinuing all week, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services iswaiving adoption fees for dogs and cats. “All week long, pets will be adopted out at our special, `fee-waived’adoption, which will include everything with the pet — spay/neuter surgery,vaccinations and a microchip,” said animal services spokesman

Desde el viernes pasado se emiti una alerta de lluvia para el Valle de Coachella, el sbado en el alto desierto se registr lluvia en algunos lugares y ayer domingo azot con fuerza a nuestra regin, lo que provoc inundaciones, apagones y cierre de importantes intersecciones. En Palm Springs estn cerradas la Gene Autrey Trail

A flash flood watch will be in effect in Riverside County today, including areas still recovering from the aftermath of heavy weekend rains. Palm Springs police advised motorists to avoid East Vista Chino and North Gene Autry Trail at the wash; they were closed due to flooding caused by a storm Sunday afternoon. 21652244 State

Roadwork will start today at what’s considered LaQuinta’s busiest intersection. The improvements at Highway 111 and Washington Street are expected to befinished by mid November. The project will include adding lanes to improvetraffic flow and to provide shorter wait times at the intersection. No fullroad closures are expected, according to the city. The city is