Month: April 2014

The ex-boyfriend of a young woman killed in a 2006 triple murder in Pinyon Pines appeared in court Wednesday morning, but his arraignment wasrescheduled to May 16. Robert Lars Pape was arrested last month, along with co-defendant Cristin Conrad Smith, and charged with the Sept. 17, 2006, killings of Vicki Friedli, 53, her boyfriend Jon

The last flying B-24 Witchcraft Liberator Bomber in the world flew again at the Palm Springs Air Museum Tuesday. Although more than 18,000 were made for World War II, there are only 13 left in existence. “I like the old round engines, the noise, the smell, everything,” says Greg Freeman as he sits mid-plane, visiting

With the Coachella Music Festival, Stagecoach, the Tachevah Block Party, and Desert Daze, the Coachella Valley transforms into the heart of rock and roll for the month of April. Thanks to the music scene developing over the years in the desert, a local band is getting a huge opportunity to share the stage with one

The governing body of a local little league is under fire from parents who are unhappy about how things are being run. The Indio Youth Sports Association is dealing with some major tension between adults and it’s taking a toll on the kids. The IYSA season is in full swing. Baseball and softball teams take

Every day you can see people in Cathedral City bolting across Cathedral Canyon Drive on foot or bike, trying to dodge cars just to get to the other side of the road. Many of them are Cathedral City High School and Nellie Coffman Middle School students. “I’ve seen a lot car accidents and pedestrians get

A 29 year-old man was arrested in Lake Elsinore for assault with a deadly weapon on Sunday evening. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Jonathan Schmidt is accused of stabbing someone who was attempting to break up a fight in the 31000 block of Riverside Drive. Deputies were called to the scene just after

The Board of Directors with the Desert Water Agency is asking all customers to voluntarily reduce water use by 20% to help manage the region’s groundwater basin in the midst of a historic drought. Agency officials said sustainable groundwater management requires a balanced approach to replenishment and withdrawals, and during the ongoing drought, they’re minimizing

Riverside County Animal Services’ officers respond to some of the strangest calls sometimes. In honor of National Animal Control Appreciation Week, officials have highlighted some of the craziest calls they’ve received. They said most of the days are filled with retrieving stray dogs and following up on cruelty investigations, but they never know when something

Por doceavo da consecutivo, subi el precio del galn de gasolina en el Inland Empire ubicndolo en promedio a $4.242. El precio del galn ha subido 21.1 centavos en los pasados 12 das, segn informacin del Servicio de Infomacin de Precios del AAA. El precio promedio es 16.1 centavos ms caro que hace una semana,

Hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars may be ready to hit California roads by next year, and the ability to power them up at gas stations is also in the works, officials said today. Four car manufacturers — Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Mercedes — have plans to sell the hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars by 2015, but there

The Shadow Hills high school marching band returned to its normal after school rehearsals in the gymnasium Monday afternoon. It was a stark contrast to where they stood on Sunday night. Members of the marching band stood on stage with the group Big Gigantic and performed at the Coachella Music and Arts festival. “Because like

The Jewish holiday of Passover began Monday at sunset. Jewish communities all over the world entering a week of prayer and celebration but with heavy hearts. Three people are dead after a gunman opened fire in front of two Jewish facilities near Kansas City on Sunday. Frazier Glenn Cross, of Aurora, Mo., was booked into

Time Warner Cable is apologizing to desert customers who missed some of Saturday night’s re-match between local fighter Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquio. The cable company had problems with the pay per view event and many customers contacted News Channel 3 saying they couldn’t see the under card and then had trouble with the beginning

Dirty sidewalks, stained benches, dirty and overflowing trash cans… These are just some of the concerns being expressed by shop owners in Palm Springs, especially with so many tourists coming into town for music festivals over the next month. “Well, you know we have had some merchants that have told me that they thought there

Shortly after Outkast took the stage to close out Friday night of Coachella weekend one, social media blew up. Not about their performance, though. We found this post on Facebook: “I will seriously pay someone $50 to give me and my friends a ride home right now. I’m stuck here.” This was on Twitter: “(Uber)

Weekend one of Coachella is now over and tens of thousands of concert goers are headed home. But, with only one freeway to get everyone on their way out of the Valley, there was a major traffic back up Monday. While people expect traffic, festival goers and locals alike say the mass exodus was much

El filipino Manny Pacquiao recuper el sbado su ttulo de peso welter de la Organizacin Mundial de Boxeo al derrotar en la revancha por decisin unnime al estadounidense Timothy Bradley, ante quien haba perdido el cetro en 2012. Pacquiao (56-5-2) persigui y castig a Bradley, que estaba invicto hasta ese momento, en el cuadriltero del

The first total lunar eclipse since 2011 will turn the moon bright orange late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. The eclipse will be visible between 11 pm Monday and 2:30 am Tuesday. It marks the first of four total lunar eclipses that will occur over the next two years. “We haven’t had one in

There were 27 arrests on Day Three of the first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival weekend in Indio, bringing to 79 the number of attendees arrested for alcohol and drug offenses, it was reported today. “The majority are alcohol-related,” said Indio Police spokesman Bob Guitron of Sunday’s arrests. “Some are drug-related.” On Friday, 23