Month: June 2014

Flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation in honor of a tribal member who helped developed a World War II code based on the Navajo language. Chester Nez died Wednesday of kidney failure in Albuquerque. The 93-year-old was the last of the original group of 29 Navajo Code Talkers. Navajo President Ben Shelly ordered

Two military jets with San Diego-area connections have crashed within hours of each other — on land and at sea — prompting investigations today into what caused the non-fatality mishaps. The first crash involved a U.S. Marine Corps. AV-8B Harrier and occurred in the city of Imperial shortly before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday; the second, involving

The Boys and Girls Club of Desert Hot Springs is getting help from the community and will keep its doors open despite the financial struggles of the city. About 1,200 children are enrolled in the club’s after-school and summer programs. In the midst of a fiscal emergency, the city decided subsidizing the program with $25,000

News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 have learned about a military plane crash in Imperial, just outside of El Centro near the Mexico/California border. The plane apparently crashed into a house. Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns, a Marine spokesman, says the jet was a Harrier from Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, but he

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will hold a meeting at Sunnylands in October about rising sea levels and ocean acidification, it was announced Wednesday. The confab at the former estate of Ambassador Walter Annenberg in Rancho Mirage will

Voters in Desert Hot Springs rejected a vacant parcel tax that would have raised millions of dollars. Measure F needed a two-thirds majority to pass. The latest unofficial results show the measure receiving just 63 percent of the vote. The measure could have brought in up to $4 million a year from a tax on

“These are all the tables that were left at the restaurant,” says Kami French, General Manager of the Blue Coyote Grill in Palm Springs. She gestures to a large, colorful, laquered table top. But nearly a year after signing a contract with Theresa Darrah and DMT Sales, and just three weeks after our stories about

The Coachella Valley is a very popular place to hold a wedding and now we are learning it’s also becoming a place to hold divorce parties. Some are just as extravagant as the wedding. Whether it’s a birthday, an anniversary or even being sober, people like to celebrate milestones in their lives. While a divorce

In downtown and uptown Palm Springs, you can dine, shop and play. “Particularly in the uptown area, there’s been an explosion of shops, restaurants and boutiques,” said David Ready, Palm Springs city manager. “Pedestrian traffic has increased crossing the street and it seemed to be a safety hazard.” Business owners on Palm Canyon Drive agreed

Burglars entered an Indio credit union through the roof Wednesday morning, but nothing appeared to be stolen, police spokesman Ben Guitron said. Police were called to the Altura Credit Union in the 81000 block of Highway 111 after an alarm triggered around 7:50 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a hole in the ceiling of

“Why?? No! What about us?” said La Quinta Cove resident Shaun Howe, recalling her reaction when she found out the grocery store she shops at everyday will close next month. “We need our store you can’t close it.” For nearly two decades the Ralph’s has served thousands of homes in the La Quinta Cove community.

Riverside County residents are invited to attend a free 15-minute training session for Hands Only CPR on Thursday, June 5. The free training is made available through the American Heart Association and Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters. Officials said several locations will host sessions around the county to offer training throughout the day. There will also

A homeowner in Palm Desert reported a burglary on April 18. Now over a month later, deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department believe the victim’s housekeeper is to blame. According to the sheriff’s department, the burglary took place at a home in the 100 block of Chalaka Place. Following the theft, the victim’s ATM

Can we really judge a book by its cover? When it comes to making snap judgments about others, it turns out, we may be pretty good at doing just that. We’ve all heard the truism, “You only make one first impression.” It’s true — and these impressions may be more powerful than we would imagine.

Veteran homicide prosecutor Mike Hestrin bested his boss — Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach — by nearly 10 percentage points in Tuesday’s primary and Wednesday promised to be “dedicated to ethics” as the county’s next top prosecutor. With all precincts reporting, Hestrin had about 55 percent of the vote to Zellerbach’s 45 percent. About

A woman who died Tuesday after being found with traumatic injuries at the Tri-Palms Estates in Thousand Palms has been identified. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office said the victim was 56-year-old Victoria Supola. The sheriff’s department was called to the 73000 block of Pacheta Square around 11 a.m. to a reported assault. Authorities said Supola

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting that took place during a party in Coachella on Saturday, May 17. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, at 1:05 a.m., officers from the Coachella Police Department responded to the 84000 block of Pedro Drive where several juveniles were fighting and shots

En las elecciones primarias celebradas ayer en California y que jugaron un papel muy importante en el Condado de Riverside y el Valle de Coachella, entre lo que estuvo en juego incluye: Gobernador de California, Vicegobernador, Secretario de Estado, Controlador, Tesorero, Fiscal General, Comisionado de Seguros, Superintendente de Instruccin Pblica, adems de medidas electorales estatales

Votantes de la ciudad de Desert Hot Springs para la medida “F” Aqu tiene los resultados: Medida ‘F” Si 1,220 63% No 719 37% Votantes de la ciudad de Cathedral City para la medida B” Aqu tiene los resultados: Medida “B” Si 3,069 67% No 1,525 33% Puesto para el congreso: Entre los republicanos ,

Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff triumphed in his bid for re-election as the county’s top law enforcement officer. “Things are getting better in the county as far as the fiscal picture goes, and the sheriff’s department has come a long way from a few years ago when we were faced with the prospect of laying