Month: June 2014

Poetry, performance and prayer celebrated the voice of literary giant Maya Angelou at a memorial service held Saturday at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “She taught us that we are each wonderfully made, intricately woven and put on this earth for a purpose,” first lady Michelle Obama said during her tribute to the

(AP) – A Texas couple has adopted a bomb-sniffing dog that was with their son when he was killed in Afghanistan. The parents of Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz adopted Dino Saturday, after the 6-year-old Belgian malinois was declared retired in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton. The Los Angeles Times says the law permits such an

A suspected drunken driver jumped out of his moving vehicle, which crashed into a parked car in La Quinta, and he was then arrested, a sergeant said Saturday. Sheriff’s deputies received a call at 5:53 p.m. Friday about a hit and run crash reported at the 50000 block of Washington Street. The suspect, Joshua Espinoza

“This is a very unsafe street,” said Desert Hot Springs resident Paul McCarthy, who lives in the Vista Montana community off Palm Drive. McCarthy and his neighbors say cars driving along that road go too fast. “It’s a 45 mile per hour speed limit once that light turns green and no one goes 45, they’re

Crews have finished repairing a sinkhole in Indio that opened up Friday afternoon. A water main break caused the sinkhole to open on Monroe St. between Crown Way and Valencia Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Friday. Drivers first noticed a small hole in the northbound lane and called police. Officers were able to shut down Monroe

“If you’re a cannabis user and you’re trying for a baby … stop.” This advice comes from Dr. Allan Pacey, senior lecturer in andrology at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and lead author of a new study that suggests using marijuana could increase a man’s risk of fertility problems. The study,published in

Do you love the great outdoors, but don’t feel so great out there during allergy season? To help prevent their symptoms from acting up, gardeners, adventurers and outdoor exercisers withseasonal allergiesmay benefit from planning ahead before engaging in their favorite activities. By taking a few precautions in advance, people with a green thumb can steer

Teachers with the Coachella Valley Teachers Association are getting a pay raise. The Coachella Valley Unified School District has approved a 5 percent pay increase, retro-active to May 1. The school board says it believes that the best way to improve education and retain employees is to ensure that they can maintain a healthy and

Friday is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called it a crusade. Brave young men crossed the English Channel by air and by sea to turn the tide of World War II. Now, 70 years later, those brave young men belong to ‘The Greatest Generation’. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2

President Barack Obama set to make his third visit to the valley in about a year. The President and, for the first time, First Lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to travel to Palm Springs next Friday, June 13. He’s set to speak at the UC Irvine commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 14, but will return

Students will need Internet access in the classroom more than ever next school year when California joins 43 other states in fully implementing a common core curriculum for its school districts. This comes as school districts in the Coachella Valley have been dealing with Internet issues. “Suddenly everything slows down and we don’t have access,

Pete Martinez is a Nashville recording artist who spends a lot of time here in the desert. His song, “We Thank You” is a tribute to veterans he wrote for the Greatest Generations Foundation. He sat down with News Channel 3’s John White at the Palm Springs Air Museum where he spent a lot of

Ann Rhein sees campaign signs everyday on her way to work. Days after the election, she understands they served a purpose, but it’s time to clean up. “It’s quite frustrating. It’s all over. I would just love to see them remove them with the same enthusiasm they placed them,” she said. We made calls to

Cuatro alumnos de La Quinta High enfrentan cargos tipo felonia hoy viernes por vandalismo. Son acusados de ocasionar miles de dlares en daos materiales al prantel escolar. Segn la policia, los hechos sucedieron el lunes. El Sargento Alan Northrup con el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside dijo,“Varios estudiantes colocaron pegamento en casi todas

La ola de calor, es una situacin atmosrrica que produce unas temperaturas extremadamente altas en relacin con la media de la poca y que duran ms de una da. La temporada del ao en que hay ms riesgo de que se produzcan olas de calor es la comprendida entre junio y agosto. Las personas mayores

Hoy la casa blanca anunci una nueva iniciativa para los nios que cruzan la frontera solos mientras que una organizacin revel un anlisis sobre el manejo de la frontera, todo sucede en medio de indignacin por unas fotos publicadas que muestran inmigrantes indocumentados hacinados en un centro de detencin Tras la crisis humanitaria en la

The White House has announced that President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Palm Springs next week. The President and First Lady will arrive on Friday, June 13. The President is scheduled to speak at UC Irvine’s commencement ceremony in Irvine on Saturday. He and Michelle will then return to Palm Springs,

Palm Springs Relay For Life is being held at Wet ‘N’ Wild on Saturday June 7 , 2014 from 10am-10pm. Event coordinators said tickets are $20 and you purchase them online. When you get to Wet ‘N’ Wild’s website you enter the promo code “RELAY” and the ticket will be available to purchase. Coordinators ask

Undefeated middleweights Hugo “The Boss” Centeno Jr. and Gerardo “Tin Tin” Ibarra will fight in the scheduled 10-round main event of a boxing card at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio Friday night. Centeno of Oxnard is 20-0, with 11 knockouts. Ibarra (14-0, 8 KOs) of Houston, replaced Domonique Dolton (14-0, 8 KOs) as