Month: February 2014

Sayonara, Japn. Mxico est en vas de desplazar al gigante automovilstico asitico como el segundo mayor exportador de vehculos hacia Estados Unidos para finales de ao. Honda inaugur el viernes una planta que tuvo un costo de 800 millones de dlares en el estado de Guanajuato, centro del pas, que producir 200.000 vehculos modelo Fit

The City of Palm Springs has announced how it plans to significantly reduce its water use after Governor Brown’s call to action. Governor Brown asked California residents to help combat the ongoing drought in a press conference on Wednesday. Palm Springs has laid out a conservation plan to reduce its water use by 25%. City

Toy maker Infantino is recalling 191,000 teething toys sold exclusively at Target due to a choking hazard, according to KABC-TV. The recall involves the Go Gaga Squeeze & Teethe Coco the Monkey teething toys. The company is concerned after receiving seven reports of infants choking or gagging on the monkey’s tail. The products were sold

The dog that bit a 10- year-old girl on the face in Desert Hot Springs Wednesday morning has been euthanized. Ollie was surrendered to animal services Friday morning by his owner after sitting in quarantine at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms since the attack. The girl who was bitten was waiting for

(CNN) A Florida infant is recovering in the hospital and his aunt is being credited with saving his life. According to CNN, Pamela auseo was driving on a Miami Highway on Thursday when she noticed that her 5-month-old nephew Sebastian was turning blue. Rauseo pulled over and began giving the baby CPR on the side

Some road closures will be in place Saturday during the 27th Annual Black History Parade. According to the Palm Springs Black History Committee, both lanes of Alejo Road will be closed from Indian Canyon Drive to Palm Canyon Drive from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Palm Canyon Drive will also be closed from Alejo Road

The Indio Police Department investigated a suspicious package that was found behind the Larson Justice Center Friday morning. Once the package was analyzed, it ended up not being a threat. According to spokesman Ben Guitron, the green box turned out to be a container full of bicycle chains. County employees found the box around 10:30

A worker has died at Los Angeles International Airport and the cause is unclear. An airport spokeswoman says that the man was driving on a service road on the airfield around 5 a.m. Friday when he either had a medical issue or lost control of his vehicle. LAX spokeswoman Amanda Parsons says the man was

Students at Palm Springs High School are holding a fundraiser Friday night at the new Performing Arts Building. The event will feature the Palm Springs Swings Jazz Band. The ‘Swing Back’ Dinner/Dance takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets for the event are $20 and all proceeds benefit the Spirit of the Sands

Tours of Elvis Presley’s Palm Springs estate are being offered today to commemorate the 35th anniversary of his death. The estate at 845 W. Chino Canyon Road will offer tours every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $19.77 per person, “in honor of the year Elvis left the building,” estate

A group of five Sacramento, Calif.-area United Methodist congregations are leading a push to sanction same-sex weddings, in clear defiance of international church rules. The Sacramento Bee reports some 30 churches in Northern California and other Western states each have adopted a joint “declaration of inclusion.” The document says the churches intend to allow same-sex

Couples wanting to get married can now pick up a wedding license at Palm Springs city hall starting Friday. Until now couples had to go to the county clerk’s office in Palm Desert. A marriage license costs $90.00. Palm Springs will also offer civil ceremonies. Appointments will be required for ceremonies which cost an additional

A former school custodian with the Morongo Unified School District, who was arrested last month for repeatedly sexually abusing a child over a period of several years and sharing visual depictions of the activity online, was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month, announced Bill Lewis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the

“I kind of looked under it and then I posed under it, just in awe, said Jessie Crum, a part-time resident of the valley, who couldn’t wait to see the “Forever Marilyn” statue up close. But soon tourists and locals will no longer be able to snap their picture with the pop culture icon in

California’s drought is now in its third year and it has researchers looking for ways to grow drought resistant crops. Thanks to research at a plant lab at the University of California-Riverside, a synthetic compound has been identified that mimics a natural hormone in plants that stops them from losing water. Drought tolerant crops sound

At 21 years old, Heather Partida’s life turned down a different path than she expected. “I found out I was pregnant and was completely scared. I didn’t know what to do. This is not what I planned for my life. I don’t have money, my own house, a career, I’m not ready,” Partida said. She

For many people in the Coachella valley, a golf cart is the only way to drive. In an area that boasts an annual golf cart parade it’s not surprising that for some it’s the primary mode of transportation. Earl Link lives in Sun City and owns and operates his own golf cart. “Well, normally it’s

You may have seen the billboards for “Coachella Event Parking” heading east on the I-10 near Washington, or heading west near Dillon. Both are touting off-site parking for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival at a lot on Avenue 48 and Van Buren in Coachella. At the lot, crews are already working to prepare the

El departamento del Sheriff del condado de Riverside dio a conocer estadisticas recientes que indican que en los primeros diez meses de 2013 la taza de criminalidad vio una reduccin en dicho condado, as lo reporto la FBI, agencia federal de investigacin e inteligencia. Se noto un drstico descenso en delitos violentos en el condado

The Forever Marilyn Statue, which has called Palm Springs home for over 22 months will soon be gone announced P.S. Resorts, the non-profit organization that promotes Palm Springs tourism through events and attractions. The group announced today that the Forever Marilyn sculpture by artist Seward Johnson, will leave Palm Springs at the end of March.