Month: September 2013

In his address, President Obama continued to stand behind intelligence reports he says prove the Assad regime is responsible for a chemical weapons attack in Damascus. However many of the Syrian people deny the government would commit such an attack on it’s own people. Being from Syria and visiting regularly, the Salamas and their extended

Can’t wait for the end of your contract to upgrade your phone? Many companies offer trade-in programs and now, so will the world’s biggest retailer. Walmart announced Tuesday it will launch its new Smartphone trade-in program Sept. 21, joining Target, Best Buy and GameStop who already do it. It’s no coincidence Walmart announced the news

Riverside County started the 2013-14 fiscal year in better shape than originally expected, with a few million more dollars in the bank, but there’s a string of challenges ahead, including red ink on the hospital’s and sheriff’s ledgers, a county official told the Board of Supervisors today. “The budget is balanced and the economy is

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be commemorated tomorrow 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

Gov. Jerry Brown will consider a bill that would make it illegal for employers to report workers to immigration authorities as retaliation for complaining about their working conditions. SB666 by Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento would let the state suspend or revoke an employer’s business license if they attempt to have

To lure more entertainment business to RiversideCounty, the Board of Supervisors today took a major step toward abolishingvirtually all the fees film and television producers would otherwise have topay to shoot in unincorporated areas of the county. “Under these provisions, we will be well-positioned to bring filmbusiness here,” county Foreign Trade Commissioner Tom Freeman told

California lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown several bills that would tighten the rules for gun ownership, including new storage and education requirements and adding limits for people with mental health issues. AB500, which passed the Assembly, would require gun owners to safely store weapons when they live with someone who cannot own a weapon

The board that oversees California’s High Speed Rail Authority has approved a raise for its chief executive, who makes $365,000 a year. Board members unanimously approved a 3 percent raise for CEO Jeff Morales at their meeting Tuesday in Sacramento. That amounts to about $11,000 a year. The 3 percent raise was recommended by CalHR,

Virgin Airlines will be returning to Palm Springs International Airport this fall. Virgin plans to resume their nonstop flights from Palm Springs to New York. The airline is the only one to offer direct flights from the desert to the nation’s largest city, accord to a press release from Virgin. “The City of Palm Springs

Federal regulators have ordered a Southern California mobile home park to get rid of arsenic polluting the drinking water supply for 300 residents. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it gave the order last week to D&D Mobile Home Park in Riverside County. The agency says some water samples from the park were found to

California is close to passing a sweeping overhaul of its energy regulations that could affect electrical rates for millions of customers and rewrite rules on solar power usage. The Los Angeles Times says AB327 was approved by the state Senate Monday and by the Assembly in May. The measure faces one largely procedural vote in

Concerned that some developers were caught off guardby recent rate increases, Riverside County supervisors voted today to halve thefees paid by small and large interests to build or expand commercial andresidential structures. “We need to have these fees phased in over time for the benefit of thesmall developer — the mom-and-pop operation,” said Supervisor JohnTavaglione.

A bill that would make California the first state in the nation to ban lead bullets for all types of hunting is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. The Assembly approved AB711 by Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Rendon of Lakewood on Tuesday. Proponents of the bill say the ban will protect condors and other wildlife that

Lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill to require parole hearings for inmates who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for crimes they committed before they turned 18. SB260, by Democratic Sen. Loni Hancock of Berkeley, requires youth offender parole hearings for juveniles who were prosecuted as adults. The Senate approved the bill 22-14

Apple says it will release two new iPhone designs later this year — one that comes in five colors and one that can read a fingerprint. The iPhone 5C has a 4-inch Retina display and is powered by Apple’s A6 chip. It also has an 8-megapixel camera, live photo filters and a rear cover that

The equity firm controlled by billionaire Ron Burkle announced today it is buying El Segundo-based Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market — which has a distribution hub in Riverside — from U.K.-based Tesco, but terms of the deal were not released. The deal, in which Yucaipa Cos. will assume the Fresh & Easy’s debt, is expected

Ayer a las 4:20 p.m. un sujeto lleg a la sucursal de Wells Fargo Bank que se ubica en el 49200 Grapefruit Blvd en Coachella e intent cambiar un cheque fraudulento. Johnny Artis de 27 aos, residente de Indio, fue reconocido por el gerente de la sucursal bancaria quin de inmediato llam a la polica,

An Indio man is behind bars today accused of trying to cash a fraudulent check in Coachella. Police responded to a call Monday at 4:20 p.m. at the Wells Fargo bank on the 49200 block of Grapefruit blvd. The bank manager recognized 27-year-old Johnny Artis from a previous attempt to cash a fraudulent check. When

The past two and half weeks around the Coachella Valley have seen an array of issues created by the hot and muggy weather. This weekend was no exception as storms knocked out power to over 1000 people. The higher humidity is a bit different from what most tourist expect but it’s not keeping them from