Month: March 2015

Serena Williams has withdrawn from her semifinal at the BNP Paribas Open because of a right knee injury. The BNP Paribas Open broke the news via Twitter tweeting: #Serena Williams has withdrawn from her semifinal match vs. Halep due to a right knee injury #BNPPO15″ Williams also addressed her fans via her Instagram page shortly

Palm Springs police saved a woman from her ex-boyfriend after he allegedly kidnapped her, beat her, and drove to Whitewater. Police say the suspect, 36-year-old Jeffrey George Woodfield from Palm Springs, forced the woman into his car sometime before 6 p.m. Friday evening on the 1700 block of east Vista Chino. Police say Woodfield, the

The men’s singles draw of the BNP Paribas Open set up for a potential dream semifinal match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. But a young Canadian played spoiler to those plans, as Milos Raonic upset 3-seed Nadal in an epic three-set thriller in the quarterfinals, 4-6, 7-6(10), 7-5. The match lasted nearly three hours

With bright orange FILA shirts that are hard to miss, the volunteers of the BNP Paribas Open are the engine behind the tournament. They answer questions, check tickets, and provide an all around friendly environment. “They take vacation time from their jobs, and fly in from other cities just to volunteer, just to come for

A valley teacher is the outstanding “Computer Using Educator,” or CUE, teacher of the year. The nonprofit group of educators promotes using technology in the classroom and teachers right here in the Coachella Valley are taking students into the future. “We are preparing students for a world that doesn’t even really exist yet,” said teacher

We first met Abigail Snipes during a surprise visit from Santa Claus last Christmas. The 12-year-old has a bright smile and painfully a large tumor growing on her neck and upper chest, wrapping around several major organs. “They removed 15 pounds of the tumor last month and found it was cancerous,” said family friend Paul

A mechanical problem was discovered in a Desert Sands Unified School District bus after a complaint from a staff member. A concerned viewer reached out to our station to look into this issue. According to the school district, one of their school buses had a cracked rear differential. “It had some oil seepage on it,

Un residente de Thousand Palms que cumpla su condena en el denominado Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility en Banning fue asesinado en su celda el martes por la tarde. Segn Jeff Buompensiero con la Unidad Central de Homicidios, uniformados de la crcel respondieron a la celda de Robert Anthony Hearn de 68 aos un poco

Officials with Cal Fire said a skydiver died Wednesday morning near Perris. The coroner’s office identified the man as 29-year-old Jason Kortz. The Navy confirmed that Kortz was a Navy SEAL based out of Coronado. He was from San Diego. Emergency crews were called shortly after 9 a.m. on a report of a skydiver “down”

A groundbreaking ceremony was held at 10 a.m. Friday to kick off a major construction project that’s expected to improve mobility and ease traffic issues in and around Indio. Plans for a modernized Jefferson street freeway interchange have been in the works for a long time, and it’s going to take a long time for

Police believe they’ve found the man responsible for the burglary of two thrift stores in the past two weeks. Officers arrested 39-year old Lorenzo Valenzuela after they noticed suspicious activity at the Angel View Thrift Store on Fargo Street in Indio. Police say they’ve arrested Valenzuela eight times in the past year for offenses ranging

A Thousand Palms man who was serving time at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning was murdered in his jail cell Tuesday afternoon. According to Jeff Buompensiero with the Central Homicide Unit, deputies from the jail responded to 68-year-old Robert Anthony Hearn’s jail cell just after 3 p.m. Deputies found Hearn suffering from

Autoridades creen haber encontrado al supuesto hombre responsable de los asaltos efectuados contra dos tiendas de segunda mano en las ltimas dos semanas en la regin. De acuerdo con el reporte policial, agentes arrestaron a Lorenzo Valenzuela de 39 aos despus de ser notificados de actividad sospechosa en el comercio de segunda mano Angel View

Riverside County officials are getting set to re-evaluate the county’s lobbying efforts in Sacramento and Washington D.C. “It’s money we have to spend. I think we’re judicious when we spend it and it has proven to be very important,” said Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit. In the last decade the county spent more than $6

Four years of drought, and now a warm spring is expected to make it worse. Gov. Jerry Brown says California needs relief and needs it now, calling for $1 billion in emergency funds to help conservation efforts. “People are going to do more and it’s going to be painful,” said Brown calling for legislation to

Some of the worlds best tennis players have been coming to play in tournaments in the Coachella Valley for the past four decades. The BNP Paribas Open is celebrating this milestone with one-on-one interviews past and present players. SEE THE INTERVIEWS HERE Tennis tournaments in the Coachella Valley began in 1976 at Mission Hills in

La radiofusora nmero uno en el Valle de Coachella se ha dedicado a reunir fondos para St. Jude por ms de 15 aos. Televidentes del Valle de Coachella son invitados para participar en el radiotn, para reunir fondos a beneficio del hospital que cura y salva vidas de los nios con cncer. Adems, comparte sus

A new clinic specializing in screening and counseling people for sexually transmitted diseases opened it’s doors today. The DOCK is located on the south side of the Desert AIDS Project building at 1695 N. Sunrise Way in Palm Springs. That ramp that leads to the entrance for the clinic is in the loading dock area

Comenz un incendio en un negocio localizado en la ciudad de Indio a tempranas horas del jueves. Es la tercer ocasin que sucede un incendio en el mismo sector en los ltimos tres meses. Segn el Departamento de Bomberos Cal Fire, deshechos en el interior de uno de los edificios vacante estallaron en llamas pero

The third fire in three months ignited at an Indio building Thursday morning. The building in the 83200 block of Indio Boulevard has been vacant since last year when firefighters were called to the first fire that sparked on December 19. Then another fire occurred in the same building on February 1. According to Cal