Month: May 2014

“It’s just a ton of sand, there’s more sand than I know what to do with,” said Dillon Walker, manager at ScreenMobile in Thousand Palms. For Walker and dozens of other employees who work in the Thousand Palms business complex off Varner Road and Metroplex Drive, getting to and from the office each day means

We are less than a week away from the primary election and local candidates are working overtime to try to earn your vote. However voters we talked with aren’t too happy about the way they are going about it. Many complaining, this year’s campaigns are too negative. “I don’t read them frankly, I really don’t

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has a new nose to help point them in the right direction and sniff out the bad guys. Windy is a three month old female bloodhound, and the newest member of the department’s well established canine team. “It’s a family,” said Captain Geoff Raya. “All of these 28 canines with

Un hombre de 33 aos fue arrestado el martes despus de que agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza encontraran narcoticos escondidos en un compartimiento de su camioneta.El sospechoso manejaba un GMC Sonoma cuando se acercaba al punto de revisin en la Carretera 86 localizada entre Westmorland y Salton city. Durante una revisin secundaria del vehculo, perros

Tratando de poner fin a ms de una dcada de guerra, el presidente Barack Obama anunci sus planes para retirar la mayor parte de las fuerzas estadounidenses de Afganistn para finales de este ao y luego poner fin a la participacin militar de Estados Unidos en 2016. “Hemos estado en Afganistn ms tiempo de lo

The Cathedral City Police Department arrested a 12 year old boy who’s accused of firing a gun at another juvenile on Monday, May 19. The shooting happened in the area of Dinah Shore Drive and Linda Way, just south of Cathedral City High School, at about 3:50 p.m. Authorities were called after residents in the

A 33 year old man was arrested on Tuesday after Border Patrol agents found narcotics stashed in a hidden compartment of his pickup truck. The suspect was driving a GMC Sonoma when he approached the Highway 86 checkpoint located between Westmorland and Salton City. During a secondary inspection of the suspect’s vehicle, agents said a

The shuttered Fabulous Palm Springs Follies will sell costumes, equipment, memorabilia and other items next month to benefit the Palm Springs Animal Shelter. Everything from the Follies’ warehouses, offices and theater will be sold June 13 and 14 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Check out some photos of character costumes for sale The Follies

Maana jueves de 6:00 p.m. a 9:00 p.m. se llevar a cabo una junta pblica organizada por el grupo “Animal Lovers” del Valle de Coachella en la que se tratar el tema de las violaciones relacionadas con los animales y por las que mucha gente ha sido multada con sanciones de cientos de dlares. Adems

Alrededor de 150 estudiantes de la preparatoria Desert Mirage de Thermal mostraron su frustracin y molestia por medio de una protesta que realizaron en el campus ayer martes. Desde las 10:20 a.m. que es cuando salen a tomar almuerzo se manifestaron en contra de las decisiones que ltimamente ha tomado el distrito como es el

The California Highway Patrol will hold a recruiting seminar in Palm Desert Wednesday night. Attending the seminar at the College of the Desert’s Public Safety Academy is “highly recommended” for anyone who wants to apply with the CHP, Officer Mike Radford said. The seminar at 6:00 p.m. will cover the hiring process, how to prepare

Today on CBS Local 2 This Morning, Janet McAfee and this little cutie-pie, Sheldon from Loving All Animals visited us. Sheldon (a chihuahua mix) has a big name name but is a tiny guy. He’s just over a year old and weighs only four pounds. Sheldon isn’t expected to grow anymore so he will make

An outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella linked to a California chicken company continues even after more than a year. There have been 50 new illnesses in the past two months. Since March 2013, 574 people have been sickened. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are about eight new reported salmonella illnesses linked to

Riverside County authorities say two men are recovering after being attacked by a pair of roaming dogs. The separate attacks occurred late Monday in unincorporated Hemet. Animal Services spokesman John Welsh says one man was at first able to scare the pit bulls away, but when he went to look for the dogs’ owner, the

Officials with the 2014 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market announced the first ten films chosen to represent the ShortFest Online Film Festival. The Online Film Festival is now in its fourth year. The select films will play on a special section of the festival’s website starting Tuesday, May 27. Online voting for

Someone’s dropping envelopes full of cash across San Francisco, causing a social media frenzy. The mysterious person with the Twitter handle HiddenCash has been hiding money throughout the city since Friday that’s leading scores on a scavenger hunt. His Twitter following has exploded from a few hundred on Friday to more than 75,000 and counting

More than 1,000 UC Riverside students and faculty members are expected to gather tonight under the campus’s Bell Tower for a memorial service honoring the six UC Santa Barbara students murdered last week by a deranged man. The UCR candlelight vigil is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will follow or coincide with vigils throughout the

Police are investigating a shooting at a park in Indio that took place shortly after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The crime occurred at Yucca Park, located at Kenner Avenue and Yucca Street. According to police spokesman Ben Guitron, the man who was shot was rushed to a hospital for treatment but there’s no word on his

More than 100 students at Desert Mirage high school called for change. The group staged a sit-in at the campus’ quad, protesting and refusing to go to class. The students want their voices heard about recent changes and teacher layoffs. “We need to have the best education that we have to offer so I am

Family and friends will hold a reception to celebrate the life of Palm Springs Life publisher Milt Jones next week. Jones passed away last Wednesday in Palm Springs. He was 84-years old. The reception will be held at the Palm Springs Hilton on June 4th at 12:30 p.m.. The family is asking that people make