Month: September 2013

Federal officials say a high level of arsenic has been found in the water at a Riverside County mobile home park. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports sampling at D&D Mobile Home Park on the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Reservation near Thermal shows arsenic at almost six times the maximum contamination level set by regulators. About

City and tourism officials will break ground Thursday on the first hotel to be built in Palm Springs in more than a decade. Groundbreaking is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the site of the Arrive hotel at 1551 N. Palm Canyon Drive. The first phase of work for the 32-room “boutique” hotel will start next

College of the Desert in Palm Desert will host a career and education fair Thursday. The free event, “Which Education, What Career?” will begin at 5 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Cravens Student Services Center. The Girlfriend Factor, a Palm Desert nonprofit that gives grants to women so they can go back to

With prayer and song, people gathered at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs to honor those who died in the September 11 attacks. “I was too young to remember this day. I was only one years old, it still means a lot,” 8th grader, Isabella Lanca. She and her schoolmates lit candles to remember

News Channel 3 has confirmed that the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association, has decided to not hold their aviation summit and convention in Palm Springs in 2014 due to a strategy change. The convention was last held in October 2012 at the Palm Springs Convention Center and at the end of the festivities organizers announced

Domingo Hic is a hard working homeowner who says he has never missed a payment on the Desert Hot Springs home he has owned since 2004. He keeps a file filled with monthly mortgage statements and paid property tax bills to prove it. Two years ago, the property tax bill never came, so Hic went

A construction crew near Indio High School caused a gas leak that forced 2,000 students and faculty to evacuate to safety early Wednesday morning. SoCalGas crews say an operator of a third party backhoe hit a three inch pressurized gas line just before 10:00 a.m. They say crews stopped the flow of gas at 10:30

Mother of four Silvia Signoret does what she can to teach her young children about what happened on September 11, 2001. “We watched some of 9/11 on TV this morning, and we do that every year so they don’t forget,” says Signoret. She does so cautiously, knowing that it can be an overwhelming topic. “It’s

The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands and the Aspen Institute Justice & Society Program convened a task force to review a request to consolidate Congressional oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The task force consists of distinguished former and current members of Congress, executive branch and DHS officials, and other homeland security experts.

The Sheriff’s Narcotics Division Marijuana Enforcement Team and deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station say they uncovered a large illegal marijuana cultivation at a residence in Landers Wednesday morning. A total of 421 marijuana plants were seized, as well as three pounds of processed marijuana. Authorities arrested Phou Keomachaxay and Vanphachay Chanthaachon, who were

Hoy poco mircoles antes de las 10:00 a.m. el operador de una maquinaria pesada de una cuadrilla de construccin que labora en Indio High School golpe accidentalmente una pipa de 4 pulgadas de gas provocando una fuga. Por precaucin el Departamento de Bomberos de la ciudad de Indio evacu al personal del plantel y a

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be commemorated today in the Coachella Valley in various ways, including a concert and a prayer service at a Palm Springs church that lost a parishioner who was aboard one of the jets that crashed into the World Trade Center towers. The annual September Concert at the McCallum Theatre

A La Quinta woman arrested in Palm Desert onsuspicion of drunken driving after crashing into a stopped car, knocking itinto a third, was free on a $2,500 bond today. Rachel Ann Roisum, 27, was driving south on Washington Street when herLexus hit a stopped Honda that struck a stopped Chevrolet near Calle Las Brisasabout 5:20

A former Transportation Security Administrationscreener suspected of making threats to terminals at Los Angeles InternationalAirport was in custody today following his arrest in Riverside, authoritiessaid. Nna Alpha Onuoha, 29, of Inglewood was arrested just before midnightTuesday by members of the Los Angeles Joint Terrorism Task Force withassistance from the Riverside Police Department, said Los Angeles-based

Fire officials say crews battling a wildfire at a San Francisco Bay Area wilderness park became burglary targets. A Contra Costa County fire station in Walnut Creek was broken into this week while crews were out fighting the fire at Mount Diablo State Park. Fire officials say the burglar broke into lockers, desks and gym

California’s clean air agency says so far this year it has settled 26 cases involving violations by firms making or selling products that exceeded standards for gases known as volatile organic compounds. The Sacramento Bee reports Wednesday that since January the California Air Resources Board has collected fines totaling $377,950. The fine proceeds go to

A La Quinta woman is facing DUI charges this morning after police say she caused a three-car wreck in Palm Desert. Police responded to the collision in the area of Washington Street and Calle Las Brisas at 5:20 p.m. On Tuesday. Authorities say a 2002 silver Lexus was traveling southbound on Washington Street when it

A man whose body was found in Desert Hot Springs earlier this week was identified as a 49-year-old transient. Jeffrey Schnorr was discovered around 9:15 a.m. Monday by a man who was walking his dog in the desert area east of Ironwood and Verbena drives. Residents in the area say they heard gunshots just before

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire recorded its largest daily increase since June 22 Wednesday, rising 2.1 cents to $3.914. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has risen 11 times in 13 days, increasing 9.9 cents, according to figures from the AAA and Oil

“Demand peace, not war!” The cries rang out on well-traveled intersections across the Coachella Valley Tuesday morning. A caravan of a dozen people from a coalition of organizations – including Occupy Coachella Valley, and Veterans for Peace – made stops in Indio, Palm Desert and Palm Springs. At each stop they were greeted by honks