Month: October 2013

Stock certificates issued by The Walt Disney Company are heading off to Never Never Land. The stock which features images of Dumbo, Bambi, Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and other Disney animated characters, have long been a collector’s item and are pitched by numerous online vendors as a way to teach children about investing. However, U.S. corporations

The first winter storm of the season will bring much cooler temperatures, light rain and gusty winds throughout Riverside County Wednesday, along with a small amount of snow in the region’s highest peaks, meteorologists said. “This weather will be sharply colder than this past weekend and could be deadly for unprepared campers and hikers,”according to

Three men who allegedly maintained an underground bunker loaded with explosives on their property and had a vehicle containing more explosives are tentatively scheduled to appear in court today. Bruce Borynack, 49, and his sons — Zackariah Borynack, 25, and Zephaniah Borynack, 23 — were arrested Sunday, when authorities served a search warrant at their

Palm Springs High School will hold its annual homecoming parade in downtown Palm Springs tomorrow afternoon. The 3:30 p.m. parade will start at Baristo Road and head north on Palm Canyon Drive, ending at Alejo Road. The parade will include members of the Palm Springs City Council, Palm Springs Unified School District board and theschool’s

With temperatures back in the double digits, the desert’s popular hiking spot, the Bump and Grind Trail, is seeing its fair share of foot traffic. “I hike here about three to four times a week,” said valley resident Rick Feliciano. “I come every week,” said Laura Vieyra, another valley resident. But they will only be

By the end of 2013, every student in the Coachella Valley Unified School District will have an iPad. Five thousand of them have already been distributed, and 15 thousand more are scheduled go out before Christmas. The Los Angeles Unified School District has had problems implementing a similar program, with devices being damaged and students

Actions may speak louder than words, but as Emi Grace knows, words still hurt. “I’ve had words said to me that make me feel weak and not good enough,” Grace said. She’s a sophomore at Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage. “It’s hard being in high school. I see a lot of kids thinking they’re

Nearly 400,000 Americans depend on dialysis to survive. For the past six years, Lynda Samen of La Quinta Quinta has been one of them. She undergoes treatments four times a week in Palm Desert. She said a common and messy issue for many patients is bleeding after they leave the clinic. “They usually get out

La polica contina tras la pista de un sujeto que el viernes poco antes de las 9:00 p.m. encerr a una mujer en la cajuela del coche de ella. Segn el informe la vctima recogi al hombre en el rea de Indian Trail y Adobe Road en Twentynine Palms, poco despus el sujeto sac una

A 19-year-old Palm Desert man is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping an intoxicated woman after she left a party, according to court documents. Alexis Haro was charged Friday with one count each of rape of an unconscious victim, assault with intent to rape and sodomy of an intoxicated victim. He was initially arrested several

Much cooler temperatures, light rain and gusty winds are in store for Riverside County starting Wednesday, meteorologists said today. “A cold low pressure system will develop over the Pacific Northwest (today), then move quickly southward through Central California on Wednesday and through Southern California late Wednesday through early Thursday,” according to the National Weather Service.

Incensed over vandals damaging a statue of former President Ronald Reagan, Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone today will ask his colleagues to support posting a $10,000 county-backed reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of the culprits. “It’s despicable that someone would intentionally damage a public work of art that honors President Reagan,”

Riverside County supervisors are expected today to approve an ordinance mandating that, with only a few exceptions, pit bulls older than 4 months in unincorporated communities be sterilized for the sake of public safety. “We tend to see that many owners of pit bulls are not responsible,” said Supervisor John Tavaglione, who joined his colleagues

Timothy Russell, the man on death row for ambushing and killing two Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies in 1997, is dead tonight after police say he took his own life in his San Quentin prison cell. Russell had been on death row at San Quentin since January 14, 1999 following his conviction and sentencing for the

A man who helped shape the Coachella Valley when it comes to aviation, real estate, health care, and golf has passed away. Ernie Dunlevie died Monday morning, according to a statement from his family. Dunlevie was the last surviving co-founder of the Palm Springs Classic which eventually became the Bob Hope Desert Classic and is

During the month of October, pink products line store shelves, garnering a lot of attention. “Yes it does because I have two sisters that had breast cancer and two nieces with breast cancer,” Sandy MacDonald said. Have you ever wondered how much of your money actually goes toward the fight against cancer? “Usually things are

Heavy floodwater damaged and washed out multiple of desert hiking trails in August, including parts of the popular Bump and Grind and Hopalong Cassidy trails in Palm Desert. “It’s more than a mess. It’s uneven in a lot of the areas and it makes it hard to run on,” said hiker Ethan Simley, of Indio.

Miles de inmigrantes salieron a las calles del pas el sbado para exigir al Congreso que acte y apruebe una reforma migratoria con una va a la naturalizacin de al menos 11 millones de personas que viven en el pas autorizacin legal. Activistas destacaron los eventos planeados en alrededor de 140 ciudades y pueblos de

Police were trying Monday to find a suspect who reportedly locked a woman in the trunk of her own car in Twentynine Palms. The crime was reported Friday night shortly before 9:00 p.m. in the area of Mesquite Springs Road and Valle Vista Road. The woman who was reportedly victimized said she’d picked up a

Ayer a las 5:30 p.m. estall un incendio en una unidad del estacionamiento de casas mviles “Las Palmas” que se ubica sobre la Avenida 48 y Jefferson Street en Indio. En media hora las llamas fueron contenidas por los bomberos. El origen del siniestro es investigado por las autoridades, por fortuna no se reportaron heridos.