Month: April 2015

Last week Governor Brown announced that California will faces mandatory water cutbacks statewide. While local water agencies continue to grapple with what that means for Valley residents, the Coachella Valley golf community has responded to the executive order. Today we received a joint statement from the Southern California Golf Association (SCGA), Hi-Lo Chapter Golf Course

A Coachella man is in custody this morning accused of DUI. Police say 25-year-old Spencer William Hayes also struck his passenger, who got out of the truck after arguing with Hayes. The incident happened on Highway 111 at Dune Palms Road in north La Quinta around 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Police say the passenger jumped out

Ayer domingo a las 8:30 a.m. un hombre conduca por el Hwy 111 en La Quinta acompaado de un pasajero, al parecer se desat un pelea verbal entre ambos y el acompaante baj de la camioneta en la interseccin con Dune Palms antes de que el vehculo parara completamente, Spencer William Hayes de 25 aos

Un hombre de Coachella esta tras la rejas esta maana bajo los cargos de manejar ebrio y arrollar a una persona. De acuerdo con el reporte policial, Spencer William Hayes de 25 aos impacto con su camioneta al pasajero de su automvil despus de que este saliera del coche tras una discusin acalorada. El incidente

Authorities say the driver of a car that collided with a tour bus carrying 17 people has died in Southern California. The crash was reported around 7 p.m. Sunday at Valley Boulevard and Linden Avenue. Jeff Allen, engineer and paramedic with San Bernardino County Fire, said the driver and sole occupant of the sedan had

Palm Springs police are hosting an open house Saturday, and the public is invited to enjoy free food, peruse displays, watch demonstrations and try firsthand a use-of-force training simulator. Officers, administrative staff and volunteers will host the event, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the station, 200 S. Civic Drive, police Sgt. Jon

People from across the valley celebrated Easter Sunday with family, Easter egg hunts and Church Mass. Unity Palm Springs, a LGBT-friendly church, celebrated its fourth service on Sunday. Paul Tenaglia has been a minister for more than 17 years and said no matter who you are or what you believe you are welcome at Unity.

An Oakland, California, man pardoned for crimes he committed nearly three decades ago calls the Easter Sunday announcement a new beginning in his life. Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday announced that he granted pardons to 83 people. One of them is 45-year-old Eddy Zheng, who spent 19 years in state prison for a robbery and

Thousands of families celebrated Easter at The Living Desert in Palm Desert Easter weekend. Four different hunts were offered throughout the day with more than 10 thousand eggs for kids to collect. Other egg-cellent activities (see what we did there?) include face painting, bounce houses and pictures with the Easter bunny. It wasn’t just the

Eight children and two adult hikers were treated for dehydration in the badlands east of Mecca Saturday. The midday temperature at nearby Thermal was 85 degrees, but the relative humidity was a bone dry 7 percent. Riverside County firefighters got the call about the group of ill hikers at 11:46 a.m. at the entrance to

Visitors to a campground in California’s Sierra Nevada are being escorted out as firefighters battle a wildfire. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park spokesman Michael Theune said Saturday that the fire had spread to less than one square mile, but park visitors near the flames are being asked to leave as a precaution. The fire

Police in Surprise say a pilot only came away with minor injuries after crashing a single-engine aircraft Saturday. Surprise police say the small airplane made a hard landing just short of a privately-owned landing strip near Loop 303 and Cactus Road. The plane had taken off from Glendale Airpark. Authorities say the pilot was taken

San Diego police have arrested a man they suspect of setting three fires in City Heights – an area hit by more than a dozen blazes last month. Police say 24-year-old Rolando Resendiz was stopped Saturday morning near the site of a porch fire that was quickly extinguished. Arson detectives say they located evidence linking

A weekend of of fun, food, and music starts Friday with a message of inclusiveness and diversity. The first annual Cathedral City LGBT Days started Friday night and will continue through the weekend. “Palm Springs has there big gay pride festival and that encompass everybody in the Coachella valley, but for the smaller communities to

A 17-year-old hiker has been rescued with only minor scrapes and bruises after getting wedged between rocks while scrambling in Joshua Tree National Park. The hiker was reported wedged between rocks in Johnson Canyon by a 911 call at about 4:49 p.m. Thursday, said George Land, a spokesman for the park. The teenager was on

According to Cathedral City Police a stolen white pick up truck led them on a high speed chase that ended on Palm Drive just North of Interstate 10. The truck was reported stolen out of Desert Hot Springs and was spotted by Cathedral City Police at Mission Drive and Gene Autry. The truck fled and

A Valley church spent Good Friday in Jesus’s footsteps, carrying a cross over 8 miles to reenact what happened over 2,000 years ago and also remind the community of the power of forgiveness. “For Jesus, for the cross, for our suffering, for his pain, for his love, for his wisdom, for his justice, and for

We’re only a few months into the new year and there have already been two homicides in Coachella. No arrests have been made. Police said witnesses are often too afraid to speak up. To spark change, city officials, police and church leaders of all faiths held a “Securing a Safer Coachella” news conference Friday. The

La implementacin de la Ley AB 60 en California puede estar relacionada a un aumento en el nmero de nuevos donantes de rganos. La organizacin Done Vida California dijo que este ao se ha registrado 50,000 donantes de rganos ms en comparacin con el ao anterior. [Relacionado: Posibles consecuencias por sacar licencia con documentos falsos]