Month: January 2015

In 1985, SunLine Transit Agency moved into “temporary” offices, also known as portables, in Thousand Palms. A few yards away and three decades later, a new administration building is open to employees and the public. “We continue to expand both our alternative fuels and our transit,” said SunLine General Manager Lauren Skiver, “in those 30-year-old

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck coastal Northern California Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was reported about 25 miles southwest of Ferndale. To put that in perspective for those unfamiliar with Ferndale, the earthquake struck about 204 miles northwest of Sacramento. Officials said it happened at 1:08 p.m. USGS said the

Tomando cada precausin posible para asegurar la seguridad de los alumnos y personal docente, el Distrito Escolar Desert Sands Unified trabaja muy de cerca con el Departamento de Salud pblica del Condado de Riverside y estarn enviando a casa al fin del da escolar a 66 alumnos de la preparatoria de Palm Desert. Los alumnos,

The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force ran probation compliance checks in La Quinta on Tuesday morning, arresting five people for various violations. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, 76-year-old La Quinta resident Francis Diblasi was taken into custody for violating his parole and possession of heroin for sale after officers found 11.2

Two men have died of complications from the flu in Central California and sick children are packing area emergency departments. The Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera County is seeing about 480 patients a day in the emergency department. Roughly 80 percent of them have flu symptoms. Assistant Director Dr. Shehma Khan says those numbers are

Holocaust remembrance commemorations took place around the world and in the Coachella Valley to mark 70 years since soviet soldiers liberated the concentration camp in Poland where Nazis killed more than a million people. Hundreds of people sang along to pay tribute at the Holocaust Remembrance Day event at Palm Desert Civic Center Park Tuesday.

By Aldrin Brown, City News Service A Cathedral City man on trial for murder told police he provided the shotgun used by his stepson to kill a man during an April altercation in front of a Desert Hot Springs home, according to a video of his interview with police that was played for jurors on

Mas de 25 mil personas sin documentos legales para estar en el pas han solicitado licencia de conducir en las oficinas del DMV en California, esto ha contribuido a largas esperas por un servicio. Algunos de los afectados comentaron que no han podido hacer cita por Internet, que la mas prxima seria hasta Marzo. La

Volunteers are fanning out across Riverside County and the Coachella Valley surveying people living on the streets. The effort started at 5 a.m. and will go through 9 a.m. with over 400 volunteers in 28 cities counting the homeless. The Riverside County Department of Public Social Services will use the information collected to continue receiving

Por medio de un comunicado la Patrulla Fronteriza dio a conocer ayer que lograron el de 79 libras de cocana en el punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 cerca de Salton Sea. Los hechos se desarrollaron el viernes alrededor de las 2:45 p.m. cuando a la llegada de una camioneta comercial de servicios pblicos un

Former Xavier Prep and College of the Desert football player Brandon Vandenberg appeared surprised hearing his guilty verdict in a Nashville courtroom. Vandenburg and another former Vanderbilt football player, Corey Batey were each convicted of multiple counts of aggravated rape and sexual battery. Prosecutors say Vandenburg brought his then-girlfriend, a 21-year-old neuroscience student, back to

Un jurado declaro culpable a dos ex-jugadores de ftbol americano de la universidad de Vanderbilt de violar a una mujer. Brandon Vandenburg de 20 aos, residente de Indio, en conjunto con Corey Batey fueron acusados de cinco cargos de violacin agravada y dos cargos de agresin sexual agravada. Los fiscales declararon que Vandenburg trajo a

To build a good sandwich, a voted number four in the country by Yelp kind of sandwich, you need a good foundation. “It started when I was five in Rancho Mirage in 1994 my two brother and I wanted to raise money for Christmas. We sold cookie dough door to door,” co-founder of TKB Bakery

Autoriades con el Distirto Escolar Unificado Desert Sands dijo que el alumno de Palm Desert High sospechoso de contraer sarampin se le permiti regresar a clases. Barbara Cole con el Departamento de Salubridad del Condado de Riverside dijo que cualquier persona sospechosa de tener un posible caso de sarampin no sera permitido regresar a las

Activistas que defienden los derechos de los inmigrantes pidieron a los hispanos que ignoren una demanda de 26 estados en contra del alivio migratorio anunciado por el presidente Barack Obama y calificaron el litigio de juego poltico. A pesar del anuncio el lunes de que los estados de Tennessee y Nevada se han unido a

More than 25 thousand undocumented immigrants have applied for a drivers license in January. It has led to overcrowding in some DMV offices. Virginia Linder has visited the DMV in Palm Desert six times to renew her drivers license. “It’s very time consuming,” said Linder. “And very frustrating.” She tried to make an appointment online,

A jury has convicted two former Vanderbilt football players of raping a woman. Indio resident Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey were each charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Prosecutors say Vandenburg brought an unconscious 21-year-old woman he had been seeing back to his dorm room after a

The city of Palm Springs has settled a lawsuit with a man who was accidentally shot by Palm Springs police back in January of 2013. According to City Attorney Doug Holland, the city has been working on the settlement deal with Benjamin Meza since November of 2014. Holland said Meza was an innocent bystander who

A Coachella man who admitted sexually assaulting two women in three attacks was sentenced to 26 years in prison Tuesday. Jose Luis Contreras, 27, admitted in a September plea deal to numerous charges, including three counts of rape by force and one count of oral copulation. In exchange, two counts of false imprisonment and a

Officials with the Desert Sands Unified School District said the Palm Desert High School student suspected of having measles has been cleared to return to school. Barbara Cole with the Riverside County Health Department said, “Anyone suspected of having a possible case of the measles would not be allowed to return to school until they