Month: March 2014

Living conditions at the Shady Elms mobile home park in Twentynine Palms have been deteriorating over the past several years, but now those conditions have become deplorable following a mobile home fire last week. That fire burned down two mobile homes and damaged gas lines and a power pole, forcing both electricity and gas to

The Obama administration is encouraging people to sign up for insurance because of the Affordable Care Act. The open enrollment period closes at the end of the month. At the La Quinta Medical Center Thursday, bilingual certified health care counselors were available to help people with the enrollment process. The counselors — part of a

Investigators determined a fire at a business in Indio on Tuesday was set intentionally. Firefighters were called to Pacific Brake and Alignment to a 2-alarm fire at 83260 Indio Boulevard around 9:10 p.m. They were able to knock down the flames in about 15 minutes. There was no one in the building at the time

The Ukrainian crisis is on the minds of some of the players at the BNP Parbibas Open. At the Tennis Gardens in Indian Wells, players from all over the world try to leave behind politics to play the game they love, but one player feels he has no choice but to speak out. Sergiy Stakhovsky

El gobierno del Presidente Barack Obama anunci una ampliacin por dos aos para las plizas individuales que no cumplen con los requisitos de la nueva ley federal de salud. La postergacin forma parte de un importante paquete de regulaciones que establecen las normas bsicas para el 2015, el segundo ao de los mercados de seguros

Vera Zvonareva cay ante la china Peng Shuai el mircoles, en la primera ronda del torneo de Indian Wells, pero encontr motivos para sentirse optimista. “Fue un partido difcil”, opin Zvonareva despus de la derrota por 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, que la hizo caer a una foja de 1-3 en esta temporada. “Corr un poco de

Hoy en la capital de la nacin el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, fue entrevistado por tres de los principales medios de comunicacin en espaol del pas. Durante la entrevista, el mandatario contesto preguntas sobre la reforma de salud, pero adems se defendio con respecto tema de la deportaciones. A contunuacin un artculo

Authorities have found a Desert Hot Springs man who went missing Tuesday afternoon. Johnny Spaur was located in Palm Springs around 9 p.m. Wednesday, according to Desert Hot Springs police. He was in good condition. Spaur was reported missing by his Uncle Wednesday morning after failing to return home after going for a walk. Police

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies will operate a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint in the southeastern Coachella Valley area this weekend. The checkpoint will be conducted from 7 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday at an undisclosed location in the Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District, which includes the unincorporated communities of Mecca, Oasis, Thermal and Vista Santa

The highly-anticipated Nordstrom Rack is now open at the Town Center Shopping Center at Highway 111 and Town Center Way in Palm Desert. The store opened early Thursday morning to a crowd of 500 waiting shoppers. Of those 500, 30 of them scored a $100 gift card, while one lucky winner, Amanda Morton of Redondo

**UPDATE** Police have arrested Charles Wunderlich for manufacturing a controlled substance, unlawfully causing a fire of a structure and possession of stolen property. Detectives fond him on 1500 block of North Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs Thursday afternoon. He left the scene of 1500 block of Wawona Road, after an explosion was caused by

La Sub-Estacin del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside que se ubica en Thermal, emiti un comunicado en el que indica que llevar a cabo un retn de sobriedad desde el-sbado a las 7:00 p.m. hasta las 3:00 a.m. del domingo en algn punto del este del Valle de Coachella pero no precis el

Despus de una excelente investigacin basada en evidencia, las autoridades determinaron que el incendio que envolvi en llamas a un edificio ubicado en el 83260 Indio Blvd en Indio fue intencional. Los hechos ocurrieron el martes pasado alrededor de las 9:10 p.m., tom a los bomberos 15 minutos sofocar las llamas. Por fortuna nadie se

The La Quinta Arts Festival will get under way Thursday and run through Sunday. The 32nd annual festival is listed as the No. 1 fine art festival and fine craft festival in the Art Fair SourceBook, according to the La Quinta Arts Foundation, which organizes the event. More than 200 artists will display their work

A baby born with HIV at Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach nine months ago immediately received highly aggressive treatment with three drugs and now shows no sign of the virus that causes AIDS, it was reported today. The revelation was made at an AIDS conference in Boston Wednesday, The New York Times reported. It

A winter storm that brought California a healthy dose of rain and snow at the first of the month helped avoid a record-breaking season of dryness. The U.S Drought Monitor reports the two storms accounted for more than 75 percent of the season-to-date precipitation in much of the state. The storms left downtown Los Angeles

Geoff Edwards’ agent says the veteran TV game show host has died at age 83. Fred Westbrook says Edwards died of complications of pneumonia Wednesday afternoon at a Los Angeles area hospital. Edwards was the emcee of game shows including “Treasure Hunt” and “Jackpot.” He also worked as a radio DJ and made appearances on

Men’s main draw singles play in the 2014 BNP Paribas Open will begin today at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, while the first round of women singles play will conclude. The first match on the Stadium 1 court pits Tim Smyczek against fellow American Jack Sock at 11 a.m. Smyczek, a 26-year-old from Tampa is

The BNP Paribas once again serving up an appetite. The Indian Wells Tennis Garden’s now signature dining spots, Chophouse, Piero’s Pizza Vino and Nobu are finally open for this year’s tournament. “It”s great, I’m glad they’re here,” said Stephanie Dunn of La Quinta. “Very beautiful, it makes you feel very romantic sitting outside,” said Betty

Several roads on the west side of the Valley are often closed when we have stormy weather as we did at the end of last week. In this last storm, it was the usual streets – Vista Chino, Gene Autry Trail and Indian Canyon. They all cut through the White Water River Wash. To help