Month: April 2014

A spring cleaning is in the works in downtown Palm Springs after we aired a story last week about dirty sidewalks, stained benches, and overflowing trash cans. Last week city leaders told us they would take action, so on Monday morning we checked it out and found that the city had delivered on its word.

Not So Innocent boutique shop opened in Palm Springs on Feb. 1. “To get new customers, you need a sign bright enough for people to find you,” said owner Bill Freyer. In search of a good deal on signs, Freyer signed a contract with Sal Martinez, local owner of Martinez Print company. Martinez promised two

More than $100 million later, the Desert Hills Premium outlets in Cabazon can finally show off its full expansion. “In November we opened up the parking garage the size of three football field and now on Thursday we have our expansion celebration,” Liz Perkovich said. Get ready for 50 new high end outlets. “For the

Time is a runner’s best friend and worst enemy, always against the clock. But at 2:49pm ET on April 15th, 2013, time stood still as the bombs blasted in Boston. One Desert Hot Springs man finished the Boston Marathon before the bombs exploded, and was just a block away from the finish line. “Astonished, I

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2014 is history, and preparations are underway for next weekend’s three-day Stagecoach Festival, also being staged at Indio’s Empire Polo Club. The artists who performed Sunday on the third and last day of the Coachella Music Festival’s second weekend included Arcade Fire, the Lucient Dossier Experience, Netsky and

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s authorities say a nurse has been stabbed by a hospital visitor on the same day a nurse was stabbed and critically injured in a separate attack at another hospital. Sheriff’s Deputy Kim Manatt says the two attacks are not related. Manatt says a man walked into Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Sunday morning,

On the third Saturday of every April, independent record stores across the globe are invaded by excited music fans looking for that special something. Among those fans is Brian Jordan of Palm Springs. “Number one on my list is the Ghostbusters glow in the dark ten inch vinyl,” Brian says. That’s right, vinyl, not mp3s

Weekend two of the Coachella Music Festival begins with news a festival goer has died. We learned 24- year old Kimchi Truong of Oakland collapsed at the festival on Sunday and then died at a local hospital Thursday. Right now we do not know what caused her to collapse, but the coroner’s office is looking

There’s new evidence that the potent painkiller codeine is being given to hundreds of thousands of children in emergency rooms despite guidelines on limiting its use. That is the conclusion of a study based on an analysis of 10 years of national data. Codeine prescriptions were given in about 3 percent of kids’ ER visits

A U.S. Bank branch in Indio was robbed Friday afternoon, but no one was hurt, police reported. The robbery was reported shortly before 4 p.m. at the bank at Highway 111 and Monroe Street. According to Indio Police Spokesman Ben Guitron, “the suspect stood in line, walked up to a teller when it was his

Animal experts say it is peak season for Parvovirus, a deadly and contagious virus mainly affecting dogs. Pet owners Zach Jansma and fiancee Katie Anderson were surprised when their typically rambunctious puppy Leia, name inspired by the Star Wars Trilogy, was acting lethargic. “She wasn’t eating, she was sleeping all day, she was vomiting clear,”

Espere contratiempos a la hora de circular por las calles aledaas al Coachella Fest que se lleva acabo este fin de semana en los Terrenos del Polo en Indio. Varias calles que estarn cerradas este fin de semana incluyen: La Avenida 49 entre Hjorth y Monroe.La Avenida 50 entre Madison y Jackson.Hjorth entre Avenida 49

A Yucaipa High School teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16 year old student. According to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 deputies from the Yucaipa Sheriff’s Station received information of a possible inappropriate relationship between a 16-year old male student and 44-year old Sheila Heacock, a

A powerful, magnitude-7.2 earthquake has shaken central and southern Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey initially calculated the quake’s magnitude at 7.5, but later downgraded it to 7.2. It says the quake was centered northwest of the Pacific resort of Acapulco, where many Mexicans are vacationing for the Easter holiday. The quake was felt strongly in

Ayer a las 2:25 p.m. muri en el Desert Regional Medical Center de Palm Springs una mujer de 24 aos que sufri una sobredosis de drogas y alcohol, de acuerdo con la Oficina del Forense del Condado de Riverisde. Kimchi Truong residente de Okland fue internada en el nosocomio el domingo pasado en el marco

Firefighters contained a fire that threatened an Indio ice making company early Friday morning. Two semi tractor trailers were reported to be on fire outside the Coachella Valley Ice Company on the 82700 block of Date Avenue at 1:57a.m. The big rigs were both parked in a loading dock area, next to the 30,000 square

E-cigarette users in the city of Los Angeles will be relegated to the ranks of tobacco smokers come midnight, when a ban on e-cigarette use at bars, restaurants and other public areas is set to take effect. “Vapers,” as e-cigarette users call themselves, on Saturday will no longer be able to legally puff on their

The frequent dust storms rolling through the valley coat everything in a fine film of dirt, and take a toll on this month’s famous festival, Coachella. “I heard it was pretty muddy and dusty at the festival,” said Greg Kronenfeld of New York, whose friends attended weekend one of the fest. After hearing of last

Police took a man into custody after a stand-off in Cathedral City after he barricaded himself inside a home near Vista Chino and Landau. The stand-off ended just before 7:30 p.m. Thursday night after about 2 hours. Police say the man is a wanted parolee and they were concerned he may be armed. The stand-off

Cancer is the second leading cause of American deaths every year, only behind heart disease. And prevention through detection is a key to treatment, especially for one very dangerous form of cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cancer among men and women, and is defined as when malignant cells in the large intestine grow out