Month: July 2014

Authorities say a water main has broken near the UCLA campus, spewing water into the air and stranding cars and people in underground parking structures. Television news reports show an immense geyser of water surging from the middle of the street on Sunset Boulevard. Streets on and near campus are flooded and fast-moving sheets of

Esta semana residentes del Valle de Coachella pudieron experimentar lloviznas asi como tormentas elctricas humedad y hasta una advertencia de inundaciones, as lo dio a conocer el Servicio Nacional de Metereologia para el Desierto Alto. Por otro lado en La Quinta, Cathedral City y Palm Springs fueron las ciudades aqu en el Valle de Coachella

More baby animals are on exhibit at The Living Desert! Officials announced the zoo’s newest arrivals on Tuesday. They said eight baby Nubian goats, also referred to as kids, are now on display for the public to view at the Petting Kraal in Village WaTuTu. In the release, zookeepers said Nubian goats are large sized

Las revelaciones en los ltimos aos acerca de cmo las autoridades pueden rastrear a la gente por medio de telfonos, correos y otros registros electrnicos dificultan a los periodistas reportar sobe lo que hace el gobierno, dicen dos organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos. Human Rights Watch y la Unin Americana por los Derechos Civiles

An 83-year-old Palm Desert man who crashed his car into a fence at an elementary school, where a 10-year-old student was struck by flyingdebris and ended up losing a leg, failed to show up for a court hearing Tuesday because he was confused about the date, according to his attorney. Tuesday’s felony settlement conference and

A man and woman were tracked down Monday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in a foot pursuit through a Coachella neighborhood. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a vehicle that was reported stolen in La Quinta was spotted by officers near Avenue 50 and Van Buren Street around 8:45

El Coachella VAlley Wazter District trabja arduamente para reparar la pipa principal que se rompi en Portola Avenue en Palm Desert justo enfrente de The Living Desert. Todo inici hoy martes a las 9:00 a.m. El flujo vehicular est siendo desviado ya que el agua tiene inundada la calle, Buckboard Trail est cerrado, el suministro

The Coachella Valley Water District is working to repair a water main that broke on Portola Avenue across from The Living Desert at about 9 a.m. Tuesday. Traffic is being diverted in the area because of water flowing into the street. Buckboard Trail is closed in both directions. Heather Engel, with the Coachella Valley Water

Business leaders are meeting in Indio Tuesday morning to develop a plan for a strong regional economy. The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership is organizing the meeting. Business owners and other members of the business community will discussopportunities and threats to the local economy, and help formulate an Economic Blueprint 2.0, a follow-up to a plan

A San Francisco Bay area man accused of torturing and killing a puppy in front of his 4-year-old daughter has pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor child endangerment charges. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday that 32-year-old Alan Benjamin Velete of Redwood will be sentenced to no more than three years in

Riverside County supervisors unanimously agreed today to draft regulations aimed at deterring large-scale marijuana growing operations in the unincorporated communities. “We have an explosion of grow yards in the First District, and they’re not small insofar as the numbers of plants go,” said Supervisor Kevin Jeffries. “My goal is to go after the large commercial

Tax revenue could be the answer to stabilize the budget in Desert Hot Springs. The city declared a fiscal emergency in November and it’s fought an uphill battle since. The city made deep cuts and continues to deal with a lawsuit because of it. A fact-finding report was released Monday about the ongoing litigation between

Bighorn Sheep are being spotted more frequently around the desert. They’re on golf courses and many drivers are seeing them up on Highway 74. Mating season is underway, meaning a large presence of bighorn sheep are out and about. Today the California Highway Patrol was called to the scene where a car allegedly hit a

For the first time this year, the median price of an existing home dropped in June compared to the same month in 2013, the California Desert Association of REALTORS® reported Monday. The sales of single family homes also slipped slightly in June over June 2013, CDAR said in its monthly report. Condo sales also dropped

It’s been one month since anyone’s seen Erin Corwin. The 20-year old who is also pregnant disappeared after family members say she went to Joshua Tree National Park on June 28. Corwin’s family took to Facebook Monday to mark the 30-day search and thank people for their support. Many questions are still unanswered, but investigators

Get ready for some delays if you commute along Ramon Road in Cathedral City. “My first reaction was.. Oh no another bump in the road,” said Manager at Don and Sweet Sue’s Cafe, Tim Atcheson. On Monday, landscaping crews started work on the street’s median between Landau Boulevard and Date Palm Drive. The work is

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When thunder roars, stay indoors — lightning could come next and be deadly. So far in 2014, 16 people have died due to lightning fatalities including the man killed in Southern California yesterday. It’s a reminder to always be prepared. We asked people around the valley if they were prepared for lightning to strike —

The California Highway Patrol is searching for a bighorn sheep that was hit by a car on Highway 74 near Vista Point Monday afternoon. The crash was reported shortly after 3 p.m. When News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 arrived to the scene, the bighorn sheep was nowhere to be found and officers were

A man allegedly fired a gun towards others in a Jack in the Box parking lot and was arrested as he ran from the scene, a sergeant said Sunday. The alleged gunman was later identified as Ruben Navarro, 32, of Palm Springs. He is a convicted felon, police said, and thus was not allowed to