Month: September 2014

It’s theater behind bars, starring real life prisoners at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco. It’s called the Actors’ Gang Prison Project, a 9-week workshop created to unlock inmate potential in several California prisons. Using theatrical tools, they learn to better manage their own emotions, joy, anger, sadness and fear. Sabra Williams and Academy Award

The murder of a real estate agent in Arkansas has valley realtors on edge. The 50-year old woman vanished last week after police say she went to show a home to a man, who she thought was a prospective buyer. It’s bringing to light the dangers of buying, selling, and renting. “On a daily basis

Authorities say the mayor of the Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens has been shot to death and his wife is in custody. Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Crystal Hernandez said Tuesday that Mayor Daniel Crespo got into an argument with his wife, Levette Crespo, and their 19-year-old son tried to intervene. Hernandez says Daniel

La ciudad de Coachella est invirtiendo miles de dlares para la infraestructura. Lderes citadinos develaron un nuevo equipo durante una ceremonia hoy. Se trata de la energa elctrica proveniente de estaciones abiertas que le brindar suministro a la ciudad de Coachella. La primer estacin abierta estar localizada en el sector de Corporate Yard en Enterprise

Laura Manley lives for her kids. “I had to leave because I was pregnant with a second baby,” she said. After getting married a couple years ago, her husband changed. “It was great at first. Then he started doing drugs, and he got abusive.” So she moved to the desert from North Dakota and she

The Coachella Valley Unified School District sent out another alert to parents Monday night after a stranger stopped a young student after school to ask if she wanted a ride. According to a release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the girl was walking home from Toro Canyon Middle School on Avenue 66 around 6

A 67-year-old man from Bakersfield died Tuesday morning after running a stop sign and crashing into a Peterbilt tractor that was hauling two trailers in Thermal, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officer Mike Radford said the crash happened around 10:10 a.m. at the intersection of Grapefruit Boulevard and 62nd Avenue. He said the man

The valley man accused of stealing “Bunny” the Pit Bull from the Palm Springs Animal Shelter now wants to tell what he calls “his side of the story”. Richard Whitehead offers a version of events quite different from the one offered by shelter officials. It’s a story that lit up social media. Whitehead was accused

The Cathedral City Police Department is investigating after a family was shot at several times while visiting the grave of a deceased relative Monday night. The drive-by-shooting happened at Desert Memorial Park in the Palm Springs District Cemetery, located at 69920 Ramon Road in Cathedral City. According to a release from the C.C.P.D., two men

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation imposing the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. SB270 was one of the last major bills pending Tuesday, the deadline for the governor to sign or veto hundreds of bills. Brown signed the bill by Democratic state Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles. Plastic bags will

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a homicide after the body of a 46-year-old man was discovered at a home in the 6700 block of California Avenue in Joshua Tree Sunday afternoon. Paramedics responded to a medical call around 4 p.m. when they found the body of Marko Bewersdorff. Deputies were called to

A 55-year-old woman from Rancho Mirage is suspected of driving drunk after she crashed into a parked vehicle while driving the wrong way in Palm Desert Monday night. According to police, Lori Allen crashed her Mazda sedan while driving eastbound on Tumbleweed Lane against the flow of traffic. The crash happened near Verba Santa Drive

An elderly man with dementia who went missing Monday afternoon was found safe and unharmed in Indio Tuesday. According to Deputy Armando Munoz with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, 83-year-old Lawrence Hoodye disappeared around 4 p.m. near Jefferson Street and Miles Avenue on Monday. The La Quinta Police Department issued an alert when Hoodye was

Coachella valley landscapers and homeowners are being encouraged to wait a bit later than normal to begin their fall overseeding, the annual effort to replace summer Bermuda grass with winter Rye, especially in the Palm Springs area. Waiting longer into the fall is one recomendation offered by the Desert Water Agency, which says it’s unable

University of California President Janet Napolitano is responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and staff by directing the system’s 10 campuses to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name. Napolitano said Monday that the two

A lot of excitement took place in Week 4 of the high school football season. We’ve narrowed down the top plays of the week to three candidates and you voted for the winner. With 52% of the vote Erick Navarro of Desert Hot Springs earns Play of the Week honors in Week 4

The valley’s professional golf tournament sponsorships are in flux. First, Kraft-Nabisco announced late last year it would end its 33-year association with the LPGA Major. And now, Humana has withdrawn from the PGA Tour just four years into an eight-year deal. Both tournaments are on the hunt for new backers. “It’s a big ticket item,

The PGA TOUR announced Monday that 2015 will mark Humana’s final year as title sponsor of the Humana Challenge. We have confirmed with Chris Smith from the PGA Tour that the Desert Classic Charities and the Clinton Foundation are currently in active discussions with a number of prospects to become title sponsor in 2016. Tournament

Charity organization Desert Arc opened it’s new, larger recycling facility in Indio Monday. The 10,000 square foot operations center was necessary after Desert Arc outgrew its previous two recycling facilities. The new facility, located at 45875 Commerce Street, employs 30 developmentally disabled Desert Arc clients. The charity has trucks that will pick up household recycling

Four years into what was supposed to be an 8-year contract , Kentucky based insurance company Humana announced Monday it is ending its sponsorship of the Humana Challenge Golf Tournament in La Quinta. “Yeah, I was just real surprised, I hadn’t heard anything about it. It was a great tournament with the Clinton Foundation,” said