Month: July 2014

A woman whose 2-year-old granddaughter drank methamphetamine-laced tea has pleaded guilty to child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance. The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/1oIPE3D ) reports Cynthia Ann Watson entered the pleas Tuesday in a Riverside County court. She was sentenced to 60 days in custody, including 43 days in a work-release program. She’s also

As expected, AMC’s gritty “Breaking Bad” received a best-drama nomination today as it looks to repeat last year’s Emmy win, while “Modern Family” scored a best comedy nod in its bid for a fifth consecutive victory in the category. Also nominated for best drama were AMC’s “Mad Men,” Netflix’s “House of Cards,” HBO’s “Game of

Desert Blood Services will hold several blood drives over the next 10 days in the Coachella Valley, starting today. Today’s drive runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Indio Teen Center, 81678 Avenue 46. It’s part of the Nine Cities Blood Drive Challenge, in which Coachella Valley cities compete to collect the most

Finding a balance between tourists and locals – that’s the challenge for the city of Palm Springs. The vacation rental business continues to skyrocket, but locals want to know at what cost. Concerns over noise, parking and standard of living are at the center of the ongoing debate. The city’s already added regulations, but some

Melanie Norton traveled from Stockton, California to Palm Springs to stay in her twin brother’s home and to begin grieving his death. Fifty-three year old Mark Norton was riding his motorcycle Friday morning, July 4th, when he was hit by a truck on Indian Canyon. Police say the driver of the truck kept going, dragging

Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez, D-Coachella, will travel with other legislators to Central America next week to discuss immigration and other issues. Perez, the Assembly majority leader, will be the policy lead on immigration for the delegation, which will visit El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama Monday through July 23, his office announced today. The migrants who

Southern California Edison said bad primary underground power cables were the source of a power outage that initially affected hundreds of homes and businesses in south Palm Springs Tuesday morning. “It does get a little scary at first,” said Laura Ramstead, the general manager of the Del Marcos Hotel. “At first you think just 20

A new Cathedral City flood control project is now providing flood control protection for the homes and businesses below it. Engineers say the Eagle Canyon Dam has taken longer than expected to build, but is worth the wait. It’s now providing improved flood control for an area along East Palm Canyon Drive that has seen

The entire wall behind Lilian Lucero’s home in Coachella is covered in graffiti and so are many other walls across the city. “It doesn’t look nice in the city,” said Lucero. “You can see it almost everywhere.” The city got a complaint about the illegal markings and one tag at a time the Graffiti Abatement

Autobuses continan llegando al Condado de Riverside con inmigrantes indocumentados mientras que el debate sobre la denomindada crisis humanitaria sigue en la capital. El Presidente Obama pidio 3.700 millones de dlares para migrantes y para abordar el tema que ha llamado una crisis humanitaria. Los inmigrantes son principalmente de Centroamrica cruzando la frontera. Ahora, funcionarios

El gobernador de Texas Rick Perry recibi al presidente Barack Obama en el aeropuerto. Durante la visita del Presidente se hablar sobre la crisis humanitaria en la frontera. El presidente Barack Obama lleg al Aeropuerto Internacional de Dallas Fort Worth donde fue recibido cordialmente por el gobernador de Texas Rick Perry. Ambos fueron trasportados en

Erin Corwin de 19 aos continua extraviada ya son 10 das que tiene de desaparecida, hasta el momento hay poca evidencia al respecto. Sheila Braden la suegra de Erin declar que le prohben a su hijo hablar sobre el tema bajo investigacin y no debe abandonar la base militar de 29 palms donde se encuentra.

A man was shot by an unknown suspect in Desert Hot Springs Wednesday afternoon and he was transported to a hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening wound, police reported. Officers were dispatched about 12:20 p.m. to 12350 Palm Drive on agunfire call and found the victim, whose name was withheld, Desert Hot Springs Sgt. Gus

Felony charges were filed Wednesday against an allegedly intoxicated and drugged driver accused of ramming his pickup truck into a motor scooter in Palm Springs on Independence Day, killing the rider and fleeing withthe scooter lodged in the truck’s front. Original Article David Buckley Doyle, 55, of Palm Springs, pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to

The Temecula Police Department is looking for a man who robbed a bank Tuesday afternoon and officers are hoping someone may be able to recognize the suspect from bank surveillance photos. The robbery occurred around 2 p.m. at the First Citizen’s Bank, located at 44575 Avenida De Missions. According to police, the suspect pulled out

Since record keeping began in Palm Springs in 1917, the city has not seen a warmer January through June than in 2014. The average mean temperature, which includes highs and lows, was a whopping 74.2 degrees, almost a full degree above the next highest year in 1997. It wasn’t only Palm Springs though. Big Bear,

Deputies arrested an 18 year old man Monday afternoon who is accused of trying to steal a car at gunpoint. Authorities said the attempted carjacking happened around 2:35 p.m. in an unincorporated area of south Desert Hot Springs near Avenida Manzana and Camino Campesino. According to a release from the Palm Desert Station, the victim

Forty kids from Coachella middle schools are in uniform and in the classroom, but they aren’t learning standard curriculum. They are learning what it takes to be a police officer. “We select these kids because they’ve shown good behavior and had really good attendance,” says Lieutenant Misty Reynolds from the Coachella Police Department. In the

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Baseball fans can get free admission to the Palm Springs Power’s game tonight if they bring an item for a local food bank. The team is hosting the drive to benefit several food banks, including FIND Food Bank in Indio and Manna Food in Cathedral City. Anyone who brings non-perishable food gets a free ticket