Month: November 2013

A storm system forecasted to move through the Southwestern U.S. on Friday will bring gusty west and northwesterly winds to the mountains and deserts through Sunday morning. Two different areas of low pressure will bring gusts to their peak late Friday morning and again Saturday afternoon and evening. The National Weather Service in San Diego

A 14-year-old Coachella boy was arrested for allegedly brandishing a lighter that resembled a gun at a middle school in Thermal, a sergeant said today. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched shortly after 3 p.m. Friday to Toro Canyon Middle School where the boy was suspected by school staff of pointing what looked like a handgun at

“It was just something that was tucked away so we hadn’t seen it,” said Jan Hart, executive assistant to the president of the Betty Ford Center and Ford’s former assistant. A Cartier 18 carat gold brooch shaped like a ‘W’ was given to First Lady Betty Ford when she was named a Woman of the

In one week, we will remember the death of our 35th President. It will be 50 years since President Kennedy died on that dark day in Dallas. One Valley man was on board on Air Force One when it happened. “That day will never be erased from anyone’s mind who lived back then,” said Charles

Steve Warford served in the Air Force for six years and received an honorable discharge. That makes him eligible for benefits like 10% off at Home Depot on Veterans’ Day, or so he thought. “The woman laid a piece of paper on the counter and it showed ID cards for retired, and disabled and reserved

Every time Shaunae Boucher walks into the Helene Galen Performing Arts Center at Rancho Mirage High School… “When I transferred here, I was at La Quinta High School before, I was almost in tears how amazing it all is,” Boucher said. Not only does she get emotional – she steps toward her future. “I’m looking

A Kate Del Castillo le va bien profesionalmente: el prximo mes aparecer en un filme independiente en ingls, otras cinco cintas en las que trabaja se estrenaran el prximo ao, una de las ms grandes agencias de talentos ahora la representa y la ltima telenovela que grab vuelve a transmitirse en horario estelar… por tercera

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is set to hold a special board meeting on Friday evening at 6PM in the Coachella Valley High School gymnasium. The meeting is to discuss recent criticism from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee regarding CVHS’s mascot. The Arab has been the symbol of the school since the 1930s. In a

Actress Sandra Bullock will be honored at the 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. Bullock will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the festival’s awards gala Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival is Jan. 3-14. Past recipients of the Desert Palm Achievement Award include Halle Berry, Anne

A judge has dismissed two lawsuits challenging the state’s cap-and-trade system that limits greenhouse gases from industrial sources by putting a price on carbon. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge on Thursday rejected arguments by The California Chamber of Commerce and Pacific Legal Foundation that the system amounted to an illegal tax. As a tax,

La polica contina investigando para llegar al fondo del fraude en el que decomisaron ms de 300 piezas de piratera, entre ellas bolsas, carteras y otros de ms de 12 diseadores como Calvin Klein, Nike, Armani, Versace y Louis Vuiton entre otras. Expertos en la industria examinarn la prxima semana todos los artculos. Los investigadores

The four bomb removal technicians killed at Camp Pendleton included two Marines from California, one from Louisiana and one from Missouri. The Marine Corps released the names of the Marines killed while clearing unexploded ordnance at the base Wednesday. The two Californians killed were 28-year-old Staff Sgt. Mathew R. Marsh of Long Beach, who had

The remains of two of four bodies buried in the desert near Victorville have been identified as missing husband and wife Joseph and Summer McStay but it remains unclear if the other bodies were that of their two young sons. The McStays and their boys, Gianni and Joseph Jr., went missing from their home in

Senator Barbara Boxer will speak at the dedication of Rancho Mirage High School’s performing arts complex on Friday afternoon, a school district spokeswoman said. Boxer, who has a home in Rancho Mirage, will be joined at the 2 p.m. ceremony by Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez, D-Coachella, Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit and Rancho Mirage Mayor

Amanda Schultz spent most of her work day fielding calls from concerned clients and friends. They received an e-mail from what appeared to be Schultz’s professional account, saying she was stranded in the Philippines and needed money wired to her as soon as possible. “It had my signature at the bottom so it looked like

The Coachella Valley Unified School District will hold a special board meeting Friday to discuss Coachella Valley High School’s “Arab” mascot, which recently drew fire from a national anti-discrimination group. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the school’s gym, according to the school district. On Nov. 1, the Washington, D.C.-based Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee

In the midst of a potential $7 million budget shortfall, another problem was brought to the attention of the city of Desert Hot Springs. Claims of voter fraud in the tightly-contested race for mayor have surfaced and it’s causing some to believe politics are taking precedent over real problems. “Why is it in Desert Hot

While many Americans are signing up for health insurance Affordable Care Act there is a large population in California that can’t. Undocumented residents don’t qualify for healthcare exchanges, and private insurance is often too expensive, leaving as many as one million Californians with the emergency room as their only option for medical care, and local

Several days worth of strong, gusty winds were in store for the Coachella Valley and the mountains of Riverside County starting late Thursday night, meteorologists said. “A pair of strong shortwave troughs will move southeast across the western states between Friday and Sunday,” according to the National Weather Service. “The first disturbance will create gusty

Lockheed Martin is cutting 4,000 jobs, about 3.5 percent of its workforce, as the defense contractor continues to look for ways to lower costs amid reduced government spending. Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Corp. said Thursday that it will close plants in Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as four buildings in a California campus,