Month: January 2015

The popular app Waze is meant to outsmart traffic, but police officers are concerned that a feature on the app is putting their lives at risk. They want Google owned Waze to turn off a feature that warns drivers when police are nearby. “It’s their safety that’s at stake,” said Mary Beth Lawton Johnson of

Believed to be the first tribally owned Taco Bell in the nation, a new quick-serve restaurant is slated to open on the Morongo Indian Reservation on Tuesday, February 3. It’s located off of I-10 on Seminole Drive near the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon. The new Taco Bell is replacing the A&W restaurant

Some of the world’s leading innovators in health are in Indian Wells on Monday speaking with former President Bill Clinton about insurance, clinical care, cancer treatment, food systems, and the health environment. They’re talking about business models and how to grow the industry. Over the weekend, Clinton said people look to the Coachella Valley for

A new study shows high levels of uranium in one out of every four domestic water well in parts of California’s Central Valley. The U.S. Geological Survey released the study on the nation’s groundwater last week. Part of the research looks at groundwater in California’s Central Valley farm region. The study finds that farmers’ use

Prosecutors say a Central California man who set his wife on fire last year has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Eugene Bruno of Visalia pleaded guilty last month to attempted murder, aggravated mayhem, torture, corporal injury to a spouse and assault with a flammable substance. The Tulare County district attorney’s office

Two men were busted by Border Patrol agents at the Highway 86 checkpoint Friday afternoon when 79 lbs. of cocaine was discovered in their commercial utility truck. Agents said the men, both Mexican citizens, were stopped at about 2:45 p.m. After a canine detection team alerted agents to the truck, a secondary inspection revealed 33

Si su hijo/a desarrolla fiebre y salpullido, mantngalo/a en casa y consulte a su mdico . Esto es para prevenir el desparrame adicional de la enfermedad. Su hijo/a debe permanecer en casa por 4 das despus que el salpullido haya comenzado. Pngase en contacto con el Departemento de Salud Publico-Control de Enfermedades Contagiosas llamando al

Con la clausura del torneo Humana Challenge este pasado fin de semana, decenas de expertos de la salud se reunieron en el saln de baile del hotel Renaissance en Indian Wells para la conferencia anual Health Matters. El evento, en asociacin con la fundacin Clinton abri un panel de discusin ente los invitados sobre los

The Marine Corps has identified two pilots killed when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Twentynine Palms. The Marines said Sunday that Capt. Elizabeth Kealey and 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield died from their injuries in the crash Friday at the Twentynine Palms Marine base. The pilots were the only two people onboard the

Dos personas se recuperan despus de un aparatoso choque de frente sobre la I-10 en Palm Springs. Los hechos ocurrieron el sbado a las 3:30 a.m. en los carriles con rumbo al este de la I-10, segn el reporte de la polica una mujer conduca su coche sobre Garnet Avenue, calle que corre paralela a

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton led local leaders and hundreds of volunteers of all ages for a “Day of Action” Sunday. They grabbed their shovels and dug in to make a difference at the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center on Tramview Road in Palm Springs. “I think the only way you can participate

A known gang member will go before a judge today after an altercation with police. Officers with the Coachella Valley violent crime gang task force responded to a disturbance at a home on the 52000 block of Calle Avila in Coachella. Armando Arevalos, 39, came out carrying a large knife, threatening to kill officers. Police

The California Supreme Court’s decision to prohibit state judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts and other youth groups that discriminate against gays did not sit well with some jurists. The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that several judges with children who are Boy Scouts or who are active in Scouting themselves wrote to oppose

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will join local dignitaries on Sunday for a “Day of Action” in the city’s Desert Highland neighborhood, during which volunteers will plant a sustainable orchard, paint benches and recreational equipment, and take part in a bicycle safety demonstration for children, city officials announced Sunday. The Day of Action events, founded

Gifts from the royal family, a U.S. president and other bigwigs with whom the famed Annenbergs rubbed shoulders will be on display, beginning Sunday, as part of a yearlong exhibit at the Sunnylands retreat in Rancho Mirage. “Treasures at Sunnylands: Selections from the Gift Collection of Walter and Leonore Annenberg” will feature nearly 50 items.

Tear gas from a training session at Lake Cahuillaspills onto part of the Nicklaus Private Course causing several spectators to seek treatment. La Quinta Police report approximately fifteen spectators of the golf tournament and a La Quinta Police Officer reported the smell of an airborne irritant at the 2nd tee area of the Nicklaus Private

Palm Springs City Councilman Rick Hutcheson is announcing he will not seek a 3rd term this fall. Hutcheson released a statement Saturday that reads in part, “At the traditional age for retirement, I wish to spend more time with my family, and have more time to travel. I also plan to devote more time to

Former President Bill Clinton kicked off the fourth annual Clinton Foundation Health Matters Activation Summit in Palm Springs with a special breakfast. The Summit is hosted by Desert Regional Medical Center and JFK Memorial Hospital and is being sponsored by Tenet Healthcare. “We go around the country and we talk about you,” Clinton said to

Two people were hurt when a woman crashed head-on with a big rig early Saturday morning near Palm Springs, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP says the woman was driving on the frontage road Garnet, when for some reason she veered onto the eastbound I-10 near Indian Canyon around 3:30 a.m. The driver hit a

What do you get a man or woman who has everything? Over the decades, Walter and Leonore Annenberg received lavish gifts from U.S. Presidents, royalty and Hollywood legends, all guests of their Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage. In all shapes and sizes 46 of their treasureswill make up the latest one-year long exhibition at the