Month: March 2014

The drought is hitting a little closer to home for people who like avocados. Avocados are in short supply and it’s only expected to get worse, meaning higher prices for local businesses and grocery shoppers. At Taqueria San Miguel in Thousand Palms, Manager Efrain Romo said he’s paying more for avocados, lettuce, tomatoes, and onions

Health officials say young people in Riverside County are being targeted by unhealthy ads, including cotton candy vodka, raspberry or apple flavored cigar wraps. To kick off a statewide initiative called Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community, Riverside County Dept. of Public Health officials and local students joined forces at the American Cancer Society’s Riverside

When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last November, it devastated communities and caused millions to lose their homes. “It’s surprising, to say the least, when you go to an island you see piles of wood and rubble everywhere,” said Lisa Schultz, founder of The Peace Project. The Peace Project is a social movement to tackle

Oscar Sunday might be over but the party continued very early Monday morning. Talk show hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan hosted a special show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, but this time the seats were filled with thousands of fans. “We just had the Oscars on this stage early and now we have

Two men were arrested after a sexual registrant compliance sweep was conducted by the Cabazon Station. Officers searched over 50 homes of registered sex offenders from February 20th to March 4th in Cherry Valley, Cabazon, Whitewater, North Palm Springs and Calimesa. According to police, six probation searches and three parole searches took place during the

A 54 year old man from Desert Hot Springs was thrown from his motorcycle after losing control on Thousand Palms Canyon Road Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened south of Dillon Road in the southbound lanes. Deputies with CHP said the man was driving too fast as he traveled around a curve, causing him to overturn

An accident on I-10 near Cook Street caused some traffic delays Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 11 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the interstate, just west of Cook Street. According to CHP, one person was taken to the hospital. The driver hit a sign on the right shoulder of the road and rolled

Ayer a la 1:21 p.m. un hombre caminaba de manera distrada sobre Fred Waring Drive al oeste de Palm Royale Drive en La Quinta cuando fue impactado con un vehculo. Se trata de Joseph Corcoran de 73 aos fue declarado sin vida a la 1:35 p.m. El vocero del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de

There’s only one road that remains closed at the Wash after the rainstorm on Friday. Araby Drive is still closed due to muddy conditions that came after flooding. The Palm Springs Police Department said you should use alternate routes when driving in the area. Indian Canyon Drive was opened on Tuesday night and Vista Chino

A 5 year old boy was killed in an accidental shooting in Nuevo on Tuesday night, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The incident was reported in the 31000 block of Wolfskill Avenue around 5:20 p.m. When deputies from the Perris Station arrived, the boy had a gunshot wound and was already deceased. The

A Coachella parolee carried out the “execution-style” murders of three people, including a teenage boy, in the same month, a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday, but the defendant’s attorney argued there was no evidence to prove his client was the killer. Angel Anthony Esparza, 30, is charged in the deaths of 16-year-old Angel Luna in

An investigation is under way in La Quinta, where a pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle at Fred Waring Drive and Palm Royale Drive. Authorities say the victim was 73-year-old Joseph Corcoran of West Vancouver, British Columbia. The collision was reported shortly after 1:20 p.m. at Fred Waring and Palm Royale drives, according to

A small earthquake shook the Coachella Valley today. The magnitude 3.1 earthquake hit at 1:17 a.m. at a depth of around 3 miles, according to a computer-generated report from the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter was 2 miles north of Sky Valley, 8 miles east-northeast of Desert Hot Springs, 11 miles north-northeast of Cathedral

Red filled the Desert Unified School District board meeting Wednesday night. Teachers wore the color to a show a united front, asking for something they haven’t gotten in more than seven years, a raise.”The district in my opinion, does not respect the work that teachers do,” said Reginald Powell, an eighth grade teacher in the

There’s concern that graffiti may be on the rise in the city of Palm Springs. Vandals have been tagging buildings around the city, and a building under construction is the most recent target. According to construction workers on the site, the new business, an O’ Reilly Auto Parts, is set to open in the next

For the last eight years, about 3000 Catholics in Mecca didn’t have a church to worship in. Since the roof caved in on an old church – they’ve prayed in a tent. “For about two months they had no covering simply pews in a parking lot. Several thousand would gather outside, subsequently a tent was

More than 60 students from Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Indio got a special tour of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Palm Desert station Tuesday. The kindergarteners got to hop on deputy motorcycles and jump inside patrol cars. They also participated in a forensic exercise and met the bloodhound K-9 Inga, and put her to the

Centenares de residentes y feligreses catlicos del Este del valle de Coachella pronto tendrn y finalmente una nueva parroquia, las labores de construccin para la nueva iglesia Nuestra Sra. De la Soleda en Mecca, ya comenzaron. Incicio en septiemre del ao pasado y tomara aprximadamente un ao finalizarlo. Se calcula que el costo ser de

There may be a new addition to the Living Desert family soon. Officials at the Living Desert in Palm Desert says that all signs are pointing to the increasing probability that their female giraffe, Dadisi, is pregnant! “We’re thrilled about the possibility that Dadisi might be pregnant, and we’re watching her very closely as the

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in La Quinta Tuesday afternoon. The collision was reported shortly after 1:20 p.m. at Fred Waring and Palm Royale drives, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Sheriff’s Deputy Armando Munoz said the driver stayed at the scene and was cooperating with authorities. He said alcohol,