Month: October 2013

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell Monday for the 19th consecutive day, dropping eight-tenths of a cent to $3.836. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 7.3 cents less than one week ago, 1.9 cents lower than one month ago and 83.4 cents

A bill calling for the annual closing of the popular Bump and Grind Trail in Palm Desert for three months was signed into law over the weekend by Gov. Jerry Brown. The legislation the governor signed Saturday would also earmark at least $100,000 to monitor the endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep by 2018. State Assemblyman Brian

Coachella Valley residents are invited to join a workshop in Palm Desert today that will explain the impact on their pocketbooks if a state proposal to raise drinking water standards to reduce levels of chromium-6 takes effect. The Coachella Valley Water District and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors are both opposed to a California

The cause of a mobile home fire in Indio is under investigation this morning. Emergency crews were called to the Las Palmas De La Quinta mobile home park on Avenue 48 just after 5 p.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke pouring from a double-wide mobile home. Crews worked quickly and contained the blaze

The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped 14 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.38. Midgrade costs an average of $3.58 a gallon, and premium is $3.71. Diesel was down four cents at $3.92

Evacuations remain in place as crews work to contain a wildfire that has scorched 1,500 acres of dry brush and damaged four buildings at a Southern California military base. Press officer Sgt. Christopher Duncan says the fire at the Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton is 15 percent contained Sunday. The fire broke out Saturday amid hot,

A inmate from Riverside County was suspected of fatally beating another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Brandon Scott Keen, 28, had been placed in the prison’s administrative segregation unit following the killing Friday. The other man died from blunt force trauma to the

A 9-year-old runaway was able to get through security, board a plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport without a ticket and fly to Las Vegas. Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Patrick Hogan says security screened the Minneapolis boy at the airport shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday. He then boarded a Delta flight that left for

A magnitude-4.2 earthquake has hit the San Bernardino County desert but there are no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 7:06 p.m. Saturday. It was centered 39 miles north of Joshua Tree, a community near the west entrance of Joshua Tree National Park. The county sheriff’s department

Abigail Mighell rescued her dog, jessie, from a shelter. “She was found in a field when she was a puppy, and so we saw her and we just knew she was the perfect dog for us so we adopted her,” Mighell said. Jessie is getting some shots today at the brand new Save-A-Pet animal hospital

A power surge blew through Raymond Roman and his partner Franklin Jasko’s home on Buena Vista Drive in Palm Springs after a car crashed into a power pole along Alejo Road just after 3 a.m. Thursday. “There were sparks and a lot of clicking. It was kind of scary. I didn’t know what to expect,”

The job market is cooking in the desert thanks to a relatively new organization in the Coachella Valley. It’s called ShareKitchen and it’s providing home-cooks a way to develop their product into money making business. “There are a lot of people looking for work and to create their own opportunities,” said Co-Founder of ShareKitchen, Haddon

Cecilia Ardella is on her lunch break, getting treatment for skin cancer. “You don’t feel anything, the only thing I hear is the machine,” Ardella said. A doctor diagnosed her with cancer on her cheek and it’s not her first time. “I’ve had another one on my forehead, and it left a scar,” Ardella said.

Activistas a favor de los derechos de los inmigrantes marcharn el sbado en varios puntos de Estados Unidos para exigir una pronta aprobacin de una reforma migratoria, recordndole a los congresistas de que a pesar de los debates sobre el sistema de salud y la deuda, los inmigrantes siguen pidiendo una solucin. El “Da Nacional

Journal Broadcast Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE: JRN), today agreed to the sale of stations KMIR-TV (an NBC affiliate) and My 13 KPSE TV (a MyNetwork affiliate) in Palm Springs, Calif., to OTA Broadcasting (PSP), LLC, an affiliate of Virginia-based OTA Broadcasting, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We

Alerta Roja desde hoy y hasta el domingo fue emitida por el Servicio Nacional del Clima para el Condado de Riverside incluyendo al Valle de Caochella por las condiciones favorables a la propagacin de incendios. Desde las 2 a.m. de hoy y hasta las 8:00 p.m. del domingo es considerado crtico, ya que la combinacin

The Hard Rock Hotel, the hub of rock and roll, lit up the heart of downtown Palm Springs at its opening night party Thursday. The former Hotel Zoso underwent a $10 million transformation, taking on the Hard Rock brand and giving more than 400 guests a sneak peek at its new look, with full access

The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce will hold a fall business expo at the “Forever Marilyn” statue today. More than 70 local businesses will participate in the event, whichstarts at 4 p.m. at Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way. Twelve local restaurants will provide samples, and there will be a beer garden, live music

A 59-year-old man suspected of drunk driving after a hit-and-run crash in La Quinta is facing possible criminal charges. The crash happened around 4:50 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Highway 111 and Jefferson Street, said Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Jon Gaw. A Palm Desert police officer located the suspect, later identified as Richard Alan

Actress and activist Daryl Hannah will speak at the fifth annual Southern California Energy Summit Friday. The theme of the conference at the Palm Springs Convention Center is “Powering a Regional Clean Energy Economy.” Educational sessions, keynote presentations, panel discussions and an exhibit hall for “green” technology and vehicles are planned. The goal is to