Month: October 2014

Entre los restos calcinados en seis fosas clandestinas halladas en una localidad del sur de Mxico hay cuando menos 29 cuerpos, luego de que das antes desaparecieran 43 estudiantes de magisterio. Las fosas, localizadas el sbado en las faldas de un cerro en las afueras de una colonia marginal de Iguala, a 200 kilmetros al

Riverside police announced Wednesday that they arrested a Cathedral City man suspected of abducting a UC Riverside student in June. Donald Earl Rosenbek, 30, was taken into custody earlier this week following a month-long investigation. Police said fingerprint evidence was the key to identifying him as the alleged perpetrator of the June 8 kidnapping of

El primer paciente que contrajobola en Liberia y posteriormente viajo a los Estados Unidos, Thomas Eric Duncan, murio este mircoles en un hospital en Texas. Segnfuncionarios, Duncan, quien habia permanecido en aislamiento, se encontraba en condicion critica pero estable tras recibir una serie de tratamientos experimentales. Una portavoz del Hospital Presbiteriano de Salud de Texas,

Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco will visit the Coachella Valley this weekend. The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award Ceremony will take place at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage on Sunday. After Shanghai in 2010 and London in 2012, the 2014 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award Ceremony will be held

The Southern California Energy Summit is being held in Palm Springs this weekend. Panelists will be presenting ‘The Great Energy Debate: Beyond 33% & the Future of the Salton Sea’. The Energy Summit will be held on Saturday, October 10 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center, located at 277

A man was arrested Wednesday morning in Desert Hot Springs after police received reports that he was masturbating inside his truck while watching students nearby at the Boys & Girls Club. The Boys & Girls Club is located at 11320 Cholla Dr. and is close to Desert Hot Springs High School, however the club was

A man died after crashing his car in Yucca Valley early Wednesday morning. Officers with the California Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:45 a.m. on Highway 247 just north of La Brisa Drive in the Flamingo Heights Area. The driver drifted onto the dirt shoulder of the road and overcorrected sharply to the

Police arrested one man in connection to an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant in Coachella Monday night. The robbery happened at the Carls Jr. located near the corner of Harrison Street and Westerfield Way at about 8:45 p.m. Police said two suspects entered the restaurant and used a gun to rob employees. They

A local gymnast beat out thousands of others for a chance at Olympic dreams. Tegan Nguyen, 9, competed against 3,000 other gymnasts across the country for a spot to test on the national team’s talent search and educational program or TOPs, a program for female gymnasts ages 8-10. According to USA Gymnastics, she’s already among

A study suggests that do-it-yourself flu vaccine might be possible. Researchers found that military folks who squirted a nasal vaccine up their noses were as well-protected as others who got it from health workers. The study leader says there is no reason that ordinary people could not be taught to give the vaccine, especially for

Local students will be walking or biking to school today in the international event, which promotes physical activity and safe routes to school. The events, sponsored locally by the Riverside County Department of Public Health Safe Routes to School Program, also “build connections between families, schools and the broader community”, PSUSD spokeswoman Joan Boiko said.

The City of Palm Desert is offering residents a free reusable shopping bag as part of the City’s new Bring Your Own Bag program. The reusable, washable bags are available to the first 10,000 Palm Desert residents, with proof of residency, who claim one at the Palm Desert Visitor Center, 73470 El Paseo, Suite F-7.

A dozen city-owned security cameras sit perched on light posts and buildings around Palm Springs. Police say they were first installed in the 90s and updated five years ago thanks to a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. But police admit the cameras aren’t perfect. “If the camera was working, the position or

Desert Hot Springs may be the latest city in the valley to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries. Tuesday night, the city council approved two ordinances. One would allow dispensaries to open in the city. The other would allow the sale of recreational marijuana if pot is ever legalized for recreational use in California. The council will

There’s a lot of information going around on the Ebola virus and the enterovirus. We’re learning through social media that people are confusing the two illnesses and it’s leading to some panic. People have been tweeting about a case of Ebola in Riverside County that never happened. Some of the tweets read, “People wash your

Some people in the east Coachella Valley are working to get out the Latino vote. Non-partisan volunteers from local organizations gathered outside Our Lady Soledad in Coachella to kick-off the “Get Out the Vote” campaign Tuesday. The California Partnership said only 20 percent of eligible voters are registered in the east Coachella Valley and only

Inicia una campaa denominada “Sacar el Voto” que busca llegar a ms de 16,000 votantes en el Valle de Coachella en las 4 semanas previas a la jornada electoral del 4 de noviembre. Por sta razn, la ciudad de Coachella fue la sede esta maana de la importante campaa para movilizar el voto latino que

La ciudad de Palm Desert esta ofreciendo bolsas reciclables a sus residentes como parte del nuevo programa “Bring your own bag” o traiga su propia bolsa- de la ciudad. Las bolsas reusables, que tambin son lavables sern otorgadas a los primeros 10,000 residentes de Palm Desert que reclamen una en el centro visitante de la

It’s Week 5 of the high school football season and The Best Local Sports Show will have all of the scores and highlights from the gridiron. Chris Alvarez and Angelo Caruso have also made their Week 5 predictions. (**Friday Night Scoreboard**) Indio 0 La Quinta 68 Chris Angelo Palm Springs 46 Chris Angelo Coachella Valley

Some good news for those looking for work; Time Warner Cable is mass-hiring for residential sales agents and the company is holding two upcoming job fairs in Palm Desert to help meet the goal. According to TWC Sales Trainer Tyler Takahashi, the recruitment events take place at 41725 Cook Street on Thursday, October 9 and