Month: November 2014

On the 20th anniversary of the original California Desert Protection Act, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced a new bill that would add two new national monuments in the state. “This bill will be a first day bill. The day the United States Senate goes back,” says Feinstein. One national monument would be the Mojave Trails

Proposition 47 is now the law of the land. Voters saying “yes” this week to reducing the penalties for several non-violent crimes. Theft and drug offenses are no longer be felonies, meaning fewer criminals going to over-crowded prisons and jails, and thousands of others will be getting out early. That’s why law enforcement up and

Tras la difusin de los resultados preliminares de las elecciones de este pasado martes 4 de noviembre, se dio a conocer que el partido republicano tomara el control mayoritario del Senado en el 2015. Aqu en el valle, el congresista demcrata Ral Ruiz fue uno de los pocos que esquivo esa tendencia y resulto victorioso

83,000 boletas de votacin enviadas por correo al parecer daadas y provisionales an estn por ser procesadas por el Condado de Riverside. Segn nmeros preliminares, en Desert Hot Springs los electores estn de acuerdo con un impuesto del dies porciento sobre la venta de la marihuana medicinal. Mientras tanto, los mismos electores rechazaron la medida

A police officer happened upon a 150 lb. calf, believed to be stolen, while inspecting a man’s car early Wednesday morning in Riverside. The officer made the discovery after spotting two people standing next to the parked car behind a closed auto shop near Arlington Avenue and Norwood Avenue at about 1:50 a.m., according to

Authorities have released the identity of the man killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday night in Indio. The suspect was 20-year-old Jesus Zuriel Orduno Luviano of Indio. Around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, officers with the California Highway Patrol attempted to pull over Luviano for suspected DUI on eastbound Highway 111 near Jefferson Street. Luviano didn’t stop

Police arrested a 21-year-old man accused of residential burglary after serving a search warrant at a Cathedral City home on Thursday. Anthony Gonzalez of Cathedral City, 21, was taken into custody after the investigation led police to a home in the 30900 block of San Antonio Drive. According to a release from Detective Sergeant Paul

La Quinta City Council is moving forward with a luxury development plan that includes a five-star hotel. Council members approved the long-awaited agreement for the SilverRock public golf course at Tuesday night’s meeting. The SilverRock Development company and the city have agreed upon terms for the $420 million project that includes luxury and lifestyle hotels

A documentary about human trafficking will be shown tonight at Rancho Mirage High School, followed by a panel discussion by experts. The World Affairs Council of the Desert and the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force are presenting “Not My Life” at 6 p.m. in the school’s auditorium to “educate families about the reality of

The drummer for rock band AC/DC has been charged in New Zealand with attempting to procure murder. Phil Rudd on Thursday made a brief appearance at the Tauranga District Court before being released on bail. The 60-year-old has also been charged with threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. One of his bail

Californians are eager to tax medical marijuana, but they want limits on who can grow it and sell it. That’s the message from Tuesday’s voting, as backers of nearly two dozen local medical marijuana-related measures tallied the ballots from Encinitas in San Diego County to Butte and Lake counties in the far north. Desert Hot

A new report says the California law mandating GPS monitoring of sex offenders can provide a false sense of security for the public. While it can help law enforcement authorities find suspects after crimes, it has only limited benefits in preventing them. The report from the inspector general in the state corrections department was released

University of California President Janet Napolitano says tuition at the system’s 10 campuses may go up by as much as 5 percent next year – and in each of the four years after that. Napolitano says she is proposing the increases to the university’s governing board on Thursday to fulfill a goal she set when

Hoy jueves la compania de transito SunLine, estara llevando a cabo por octavo anio consecutivo se evento “Fill the Bus” o “Llena el Bus” con el fin de beneficiar a personas desamparadas y sus familias durante la temorada festiva de Accion de Gracias y Navidad a traves de dos agencias caritativas sin fines de lucro,

The midterm election in President Obama’s words: “Obviously Republicans had a good night,” said President Barack Obama of this year’s midterm election. GOP candidates swept up seven seats in the Senate to seize the majority and in the House of Representatives, Republican control extends by at least 11 seats. It’s a gain that gives Republicans

Daily tickets and daily double packages for the BNP Paribas Open held March 9-22, 2015 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, are now on sale, as announced today by Tournament Director Steve Simon. Daily loge and grandstand tickets and daily double loge and box seat packages on sale with new improvements including video walls and

19-year-old Dayton Shewmaker says the first time he took a hit of dabs it put him on the ground. Dabs, is also known as dabbing, wax, shatter, budder, butane hash oil or BHO. They’re doses of cannabis concentrates up to 80 percent THC, the oil in marijuana that gets you high. The high is much

A driver walked away from a crash in Thousand Palms with minor injuries Wednesday night. Witnesses say the driver of a white SUV was exiting I-10 Westbound and ended up driving through the Bob Hope Drive exit and off the embankment. They say the car went airborne as it left the roadway. Rescue crews arrived

In Desert Hot Springs, voters approved two tax measures involving medical marijuana. Measure HH will tax marijuana growers based on the size of their grow buildings. Measure II will pose a 10 percent tax on marijuana sales in the city. However, 55 percent of voters rejected Measure JJ. The measure would’ve increased the sales tax

Although they didn’t take the big win in the Coachella Valley, young Republicans were out in full force on election night. “I have a philosophy… If it’s not fun, you’re not going to do it,” said Hugh Van Horn. Van Horn is president of the Coachella Valley Young Republicans. On election night, the group went