Month: December 2013

A man died at JFK Memorial in Indio after he was fatally struck by an off-road vehicle at a recreational area, according to the Riverside County coroner. Richard Hollien, Jr., 51, of Phelan, died after he was struck by an off-road vehicle at the Imperial Sand Dune Recreational Area in Brawley Saturday, around 3 p.m.

An odor believed to have come from a La Quinta home prompted a call for a bomb squad, but no hazard was found, a fire spokesman said. Firefighters were dispatched at 6:37 p.m. Saturday to the home in the 51700 block of Avenida Navarro. Bomb squad members entered the home but could not find any

A cold front will move though Riverside County late Monday, bringing strong gusty winds to the mountains and Coachella Valley, meteorologists said. “Local wind gusts will reach 60 miles per hour,” according to the National Weather Service. Winds will diminish early Wednesday morning, after the front passes.’ The agency said sustained westerly winds would be

Black Friday is a day for big box retailers to make big bucks in a matter of hours, but Joy Meredith says Saturday is a day for businesses like hers. “With all the chain stores and everything that they do it does get a little competitive to us. I mean small businesses often times can’t

“There’s a huge initiative here in the valley to get people to get tested,” said Tim O’Bayley, the publicist for the AIDS Assistance Program. On World AIDS Day valley residents are encouraged to learn about the virus and how it affects the community. “We have one of the highest infection infection rates in the country