Month: October 2013

A red flag warning signaling a heightened risk of wildfire went into effect today in Riverside County due to warm, windy and extremely dry conditions, meteorologists said. The National Weather Service alert, due to run from 2 this morning to 8 p.m. Sunday, cautions that “critical” combustion risks likely will result from strong Santa Ana

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Southern California including Riverside county and the Coachella Valley from Thursday evening through Sunday night. Santa Ana winds and dry, hot weather are contributing to the critical fire conditions. The conditions have some residents in high desert areas worried about what’s to come. Pioneertown

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is just one of the many federal agencies affected by the government shutdown. It’s closed for business, meaning a delay in finalizing the sale of more than three dozen homes or commercial buildings located on Indian lease land in the Palm Springs area. They’re all currently in escrow. The Bureau

When you ask moms and dads what they think about babies falling asleep in bed with them, you’ll get mixed reviews. “I let them sleep in bed with us and that was the biggest mistake we made,” dad Mike Hannan said. “My children slept in bed me with me and their father as infants on

El gobernador Jerry Brown promulg el jueves una ley para dar licencias de manejar especial a inmigrantes sin autorizacin legal para vivir en Estados Unidos, un privilegio que fue cancelado hace 20 aos. Activistas y legisladores calificaron la ley de “histrica”, mientras que el gobernador demcrata la destac como un ejemplo para el resto del

La bancada demcrata de la cmara baja present el mircoles un proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria integral, el cual obtuvo una respuesta contundente de la mayora republicana: reabran el gobierno federal primero. Y para los activistas que abogan por una reforma migratoria integral, el proyecto no va para ninguna parte porque los republicanos no

Hoy a las 4:26 a.m. un coche que circulaba sobre Washington Street en Suncity Palm Desertlo hacacon exceso de velocidad, a la altura de Wildcat Drive el conductor perdi el control y se impact con un rbol, los tres ocupantes del Ford Ranger 1992 no portaban el cinturn de seguridad, uno de los pasajeros, un

Officials with California’s health insurance exchange say internal miscommunication led them to significantly overstate the number of hits the exchange’s website received on the first day people could enroll in it. Officials tell the Los Angeles Times the site received 645,000 hits on Tuesday, well below the 5 million they initially reported. Covered California spokesman

Palm Springs VillageFest, the city’s weekly street festival, will start its fall hours tonight. The festival, which is held every Thursday night on Palm Canyon Drive between Baristo and Amado roads, will start at 6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. The event ends at 10 p.m. year-round. On Oct. 31, the annual Halloween Spook-tacular will

That wreck was first reported around 3:15 a.m. Thursday at 1897 E. Alejo Road. The crash forced a street closure on Alejo Road from Cerritos to north Sunrise due to live wires down on the road. Southern California Edision reported nearly a thousand customers were affected. They expect to have power fully restored by 5

Police said a motorist who struck and killed an Indio woman Wednesday evening was cooperating with their investigation. Marie Valenzuela, 72, of Indio died a short time after she was struck by a motorist in a silver Chrysler Sebring along Palo Verde Street at Avenue 45. The elderly woman had been pushing an elderly man

One person is confirmed dead another two are seriously injured after a crash on Washington Street and Wildcat Drive in Palm Desert. That’s just north of the freeway just south of the Del Webb main gate. The wreck was first reported just before 4:30 a.m. Thursday. Police say a 21-year-old man died. Two others, including

A red flag warning signaling a heightened risk of wildfire will be in effect throughout Riverside County this weekend. The red flag warning — the most serious fire-related warning issued by the National Weather Service — is scheduled from 2 a.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Sunday, according to the agency. A red flag warning means

While the finger-pointing over the partial government shutdown continues in Washington, people relying on federal programs are feeling the pinch. It’s estimated more than 800,000 federal workers are currently furloughed. America’s veterans have been one of the most visible groups during the shutdown. Nearly 30% of the furloughed positions are veterans. Some veterans in the

Palm Springs VillageFest, the city’s weekly street festival, will start its fall hours Thursday. The festival, which is held every Thursday night on Palm Canyon Drive between Baristo and Amado roads, will start at 6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. The event ends at 10 p.m. year-round. On Oct. 31, the annual Halloween Spook-tacular will

The city of Palm Desert will start its free fall concert series at Civic Center Park Thursday. Concerts will be held at 7 p.m. at the park on four consecutive Thursdays in October. Tomorrow’s concert features blues rocker Kelly Moneymaker. The rest of the lineup: — Oct. 10: Amanda Castro, vintage jazz; — Oct. 17:

A battle is heating up in Palm Springs over the proposed Dolce Hotel. The 200-room hotel would be built on more than 10.5 acres and sit on a parking lot on the north side of the Palm Springs Convention Center. It will also be next to the Center Court Club, a 20-unit condo complex. Since

If you choose to sign up for the Affordable Care Act, you will want to be careful when doing so. It’s something most of us do everyday. You open up a web browser–such as Google–and type in what you’re looking for. In this case, to sign up for Obamacare. You may not know it yet,

A jury has rejected a claim that the promoter of Michael Jackson’s comeback concerts was negligent in hiring the doctor who killed the superstar with a drug overdose. The verdict was read Wednesday, roughly five months after opening statements in the case filed by Jackson’s mother. Katherine Jackson sought to hold AEG Live LLC responsible

The American Cancer Society needs you. “They chose the Coachella Valley because of the great amount of volunteers and the leadership councils here and the wonderful help from all our medical centers here,” Melissa Neiderman of the American Cancer Society Leadership Council said. The study is called Cancer Prevention Study-3, a large scale, long-term study