Month: January 2014

El presidente Barack Obama planea nominar a Mara Contreras-Sweet, una empresaria nacida en Mxico y ex secretaria del gabinete de California, para dirigir la Administracin de la Pequea y Mediana Empresa, se inform el mircoles. Obama anunciar la nominacin de Contreras-Sweet en una actividad el mircoles por la tarde. La decisin de Obama era objeto

Despus de una excelente investigacin, la polica logr el arresto de David Snchez sospechoso de asesinar a apualadas a Arthur Felix Candelaria de 57 aos. Los hechos ocurrieron el lunes a las 7:19 p.m. despus de que la vctima y el agresor sostuvieron una pelea, Snchez abandon a Candelaria en medio de la calle, cuando

The Humana Challenge golf tournament will tee off in La Quinta today. The event, known for decades as the Bob Hope Classic until 2012, starts at 8:30 a.m. at the Palmer and Nicklaus private courses at PGA West and the La Quinta Country Club. It will be televised live on the Golf Channel from noon

Police say they have arrested a man believed responsible for setting nearly a dozen blazes within a week in San Jose, Calif. Sgt. Albert Morales tells the San Jose Mercury News the suspect was taken in for questioning Wednesday night. Authorities released few details about the suspect. The newspaper says investigators are conducting follow-up interviews

Two small earthquakes — one in Orange County, the other in San Bernardino County — shook the Southland overnight. The U.S. Geological Survey said the first of the two had a magnitude of 3.8 and occurred at a depth of 5.3 miles around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, its epicenter 6 miles from Villa Park and 7

The con-artist comedy “American Hustle and the 3-D space odyssey “Gravity” lead the Academy Awards with 10 nominations each, including nods for best picture. Nine films were nominated for best picture. The other nominees are “12 Years a Slave,” ”Captain Phillips,” ”Dallas Buyers Club,” ”Her,” ”Nebraska,” ”The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Philomena.” “12 Years

Viewers were calling our station early Friday morning after seeing a number of officers raiding a home in Indio on Bliss Avenue. According to Indio police, the Coachella Valley Gang Task Force was serving a search warrant at a residence on Bliss Avenue and Monroe Street. The task force arrived at the scene around 6:30

Firefighters are trying to gain an upper hand on a wildfire burning out of control just north of the City of Glendora. The Colby Fire broke out just before 6 a.m. Thursday. It’s scorched at least 1,700 acres and has destroyed at least two homes, according to fire officials. Evacuations have taken place for 2,000

The leader of a gang-run prostitution ring that recruited girls as young as 15 years old in Riverside and surrounding cities is facing 30 years in prison after admitting he was guilty of sex trafficking and other charges. Paul Edward Bell, 29, of Lynwood was the eighth and final defendant to plead guilty or be

“I’m pleased to announce America’s newest high tech manufacturing hub, which will be focused on the next generation of power electronics, is going to be based right here in Raleigh, North Carolina,” President Obama said in a speech Wednesday morning. The newest high tech hub is in North Carolina, but the Coachella Valley has had

Two teenagers were taken into police custody Wednesday in Desert Hot Springs after allegedly stealing an all-terrain vehicle and taking it for a joy ride. At about 9:15 a.m. police began receiving calls about multiple gunshots being fired in an unincorporated area of the city, near Dillion Road and Palm Drive. Police said witnesses described

Golf is a low-impact sport with high benefits, but those impacts can take a toll on the body. Just ask one of the PGA Tour’s youngest superstars, Rickie Fowler. “I dealt with a back injury for about a year through the 2012-2013 season and it was mostly swing related. Playing at a higher lever, higher

Pair some of the world’s best golfers with a former president of the United States and its a tough task for any security team. It’s exactly what the La Quinta police department prepares to handle at this week’s Humana Challenge. “We will work closely with the secret service,” said Lieutenant David Walton. “And whoever is

More than 12 million Americans fall victim to these scams each year, that’s why Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit hosted a Scam Stopper Seminar at the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs. Palm Springs Police and the Riverside County C.A.R.E Program, Curtailing Abuse Related to the Elderly, want you to be educated and not a

Se declaro no culpabale Walter Cuevas Gastlum, hombre acusado de asesinar a su propio compaero de piso, hace una decada. Gastlum un ciudadano mexicano de 29 aos, fue extraditado de la capital de ese pas a Los ngeles, Ca. Pese a Gastlum peleo su extradiccin, fue arrestado el 12 de junio del 2013. Ahora enfrenta

Former President Bill Clinton will tee off with Gary Player Thursday at 8 a.m. for the ceremonial first tee shot of the 2014 Humana Challenge. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and Humana President & CEO Bruce Broussard will round off the foursome, according to tournament officials. The group will launch the tournament on the first

PGA tournament winner Notah Begay, former congressman Patrick Kennedy, talk show host Montel Williams and megachurch pastor Rick Warren were among the luminaries who participated in the Clinton Foundation’s third annual Health Matters conference in La Quinta on Tuesday. It was a beautiful day in the Coachella Valley to talk about health and fitness and

Continuing the Clinton Foundation’s events around the Coachella Valley, President Clinton spoke to a packed room of invited guests Wednesday morning at Desert AIDS Project. The crowd of 100 was made up largely of health care professionals, politicians, and other local leaders. Clinton said there’s much work to be done to stop the spread of

Southern California was hit Wednesday by a magnitude-4.4 earthquake whose epicenter was in San Bernardino County. The quake struck at 1:35 a.m. at a depth of just over 3 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was 3 miles north-northwest of Fontana and 4 miles west-northwest of Rialto, said USGS seismologist Valerie Thomas.

A man recently extradited from Mexico to face charges of killing his roommate in Coachella nearly a decade ago has plead not guilty. Mexican citizen Walter Cuevas Gastelum, 29, was in court in Indio Wednesday afternoon to answer to the murder charge. Gastelum also faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a gun in the death