Month: February 2014

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza sector El Centro decomisaron metanfetaminas, es el segundo decomiso en menos de 24 horas en el mismo punto de inspeccin que se ubica sobre el Hwy 111 en Niland. Un hombre de 48 aos conduca la camioneta Chevy Silverado 2006 que lleg al retn en donde un oficial entrenado de

A blood and bone marrow drive is scheduled in Palm Desert Thursday for an employee of a marketing firm who was recently diagnosed with cancer. The drive is for Peggy Gaynor-Cambon, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The blood and marrow drive takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Guthy Renker, 41550 Eclectic

Palm Spring police are looking for metal thieves, but this time, the theft is causing new concerns for public safety. Last Thursday night and early Friday morning, five fire hydrants were reported missing in the same area of Palm Springs. Police said thieves shut off the water supply to the hydrants, and then knocked them

A Newport-Mesa Unified School District administrator has abruptly resigned, lambasting the district for its handling of a cheating scandal at Corona del Mar High School in Costa Mesa. Jane Garland, a 13-year district employee promoted just this school year to oversee discipline, said in an internal email made public over the weekend that the district’s

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has apologized after graphic animal cruelty images were distributed to students at a Southern California elementary school. The Daily News says parents at Calabash Charter Academy in Woodland Hills were outraged when PETA volunteers outside the school distributed comics with photo inserts of bulls being de-horned and an

Great fanfare surrounded the opening of a Palm Desert campus of University of California Riverside on April 15, 2005. The city donated 8.5 acres of land off Cook Street and Frank Sinatra, and loaned the U.C. system $3 million toward the creation of a graduate school with a focus on entrepreneurial studies. Business mogul and

A group of protesters rallied outside the Border Patrol office in Indio calling for an end to deportations and urging President Obama to move forward with his plans for immigration reform. “It’s really useless and pointless to talk about immigration reform and the people that are going to benefit from that immigration reform are being

Gracie Nilson, a resident of the Terra Lago development is one of the people behind a petition drive that has forced the city of Indio to examine a special tax known as the Mello Roos tax. People living in the first phase of the community have been burdened with the tax since the development opened

The California State Athletic Commission is reaching out to former boxers who are eligible for a share of a $5.5 million pension fund. The California Boxer Pension Fund was established in 1982 to help boxers achieve financial stability in their later years. To qualify, a boxer must be at least 50 years old, have fought

Andy Pinedo was dropping his grandson off at school when he received the first of several calls from an unknown number. “Some individual called and said we had won $2.7 million,” Pinedo said. The caller told Pinedo in order to receive the money Andy would have to purchase $1,000 worth of CVS Pharmacy gift cards.

In an effort to stay true to its healthy mission and help millions of other Americans kick the habit, drugstore giant CVS Pharmacy announced it’s pulling cigarettes and all other tobacco products from it’s 7,600 store locations, calling them inconsistent with the pharmacy’s purpose. The drugstore doesn’t want to continue selling tobacco products so close

Mike Hestrin launched his campaign to unseat Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach today in Palm Springs. Hestrin is a Senior Deputy District Attorney who has spent 15 years in the Riverside County D.A.’s office, most notably winning the death penalty case convicting Raymond Lee Oiler of killing five fire fighters in the Esperanza fire

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents busted a suspected drug smuggler in Niland, California, Tuesday around 8 p.m. It was the second person with methamphetamine who was stopped at the checkpoint in less than 24 hours. The 48 year old man was driving a 2006 Chevy Silverado as he approached the checkpoint on Highway 111.

A man who was reported missing Tuesday afternoon was found Wednesday around 11 a.m. after someone spotted him laying in a field near the 46-200 block of Arabia Street. Wayne Paul Denney had a seizure and was still extremely confused, according to police. The Indio Fire Department took Denney in for a medical checkup and

A 23 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after police found stolen items stashed in the desert behind a home in the 30200 block of Robert Road in Thousand Palms Tuesday. Deputies said Julian Messemore, was spotted walking in the desert near Monte Vista Way carrying a flat screen TV around

Federal officials have pledged another $14 million to help California through its worst drought in recorded history. Officials for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Natural Resources Conservation Service announced the funding at a Sacramento news conference on Wednesday that included key state and federal agencies responding to the drought. They say the money will

Tennis professionals will perform at the “PBI Tennis Show and Carnival” at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa on Saturday, February 8th. Professionals will perform tennis stunts while teaching the audience game-play techniques. Performed in 99 countries, the resort is the only property to host the “Harlem Globetrotters of Tennis.” During the exhibition, people

A group that tracks gambling-related legislation worldwide says at least 10 U.S. states are considering bills to legalize or expand Internet gambling this year. The study by Gambling Compliance also finds slim chances for a national law to regulate Internet poker. It predicts a major effort by opponents of online gambling to block it in

A Southern California city has announced plans to host a Pamplona-style bull run, months after a neighboring town nixed the event because of safety concerns. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports the Golden State edition of the Great Bull Run will be held at the Temecula Downs Event Center on June 21. The organizers held two bull

Poco antes de las 4:30 p.m. se report un incendio en un almacn vacante ubicado en la manzana 83-100 del Hwy 111 en Indio al este del Jackson Street. En la estructura de 5 mil pies cuadrados estaba en coche que supuestamente fue donde se origin el siniestro segn coment el jefe del Batalln de