Month: April 2015

Students from Nellie N. Coffman Middle School and Sunny Sands Elementary School are learning about water restrictions in developing countries Saturday morning. Part of Global Youth Service Day, kids will join adults in walking six miles carrying six liters of water in a backpack. The event, sponsored by StateFarm, is intended to demonstrate the dramatic

Police are searching for an armed robber who held up a man and woman in Rancho Mirage Saturday. It happened before 4:15 a.m. on the 34100 block of Rebecca Way, said Sergeant Radek Horkel, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The two victims parked their car on the street adjacent to an apartment complex. Horkel says an

You may have heard about the exclusive invite-only Coachella Music and Arts Festival parties. But many hotels in the desert are offering some alternatives if you didn’t make the list. Hacienda Cantina and Beach Club in Palm Springs has been throwing pool parties both Coachella weekends. “A lot of people are still going to Coachella,

While many music fans attending Coachella may have slept in this morning, a few hundred people got up early to score some limited edition vinyl at the 9th annual Record Store Day. “I’m so excited for it,” Cheyenne Escobar says as she waits in line outside of Record Alley in Palm Desert. “So so excited

Tensions on the softball diamond at Cathedral City have been boiling between its players and head coach for two years. On Thursday, the water finally boiled over. Shortly before Thursday’s varsity softball game against Palm Desert, seven Cathedral City players walked out on the team, with the action directed at head coach Paula Riesenbeck, who

Weekend two of Coachella Music and Art Festival is underway but the sold-out concert might not be drawing the same crowds as last weekend. As of Friday morning there were still tickets left and many sold throughout the day for under face value. It’s big disappointment for those looking to sell tickets. “I heard in

The Imperial Irrigation District has almost restored power around Indio and La Quinta after the driver of a garbage truck crashed into a power pole Friday morning. The power pole is located near Fiesta Drive and Roadrunner Lane. They said the driver was on his normal route. Marion J. Champion with IID said the outage

Authorities said a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the Mountain View Country Club golf course in La Quinta Friday afternoon. Deputy Armando Munoz with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the aircraft was one of the planes that carries banners around Coachella Fest. The pilot was the only one on

A meet and greet with DJ Lance Rock of Yo Gabba Gabba is just one of the fun activities planned for children at the first ever ‘Kidchella Rokz’ in Rancho Mirage. The free event takes place Friday, April 17 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Clark’s Nutrition and Natural Foods Market, located at 34175

Un hombre de Palm Desert enfrenta serios cargos criminales por abusar a una persona de la tercera edad. Se trata de su propio padre. Matthew Diaz de 33 aos fue arrestado despus de un altercado con las autoridades. Horas antes el mismo da, su padre de 65 aos fue llevado a la estacin del Departamento

El festival de msica se realizar durante los fines de semana del 10-12 de abril y del 17-19 del mismo mes. Durante ambos fines de semana, las prximas calles sern las rutas de acceso al festival: Jefferson Street, hacia el sur, de I-10 a la Avenida 52Washington Street, en direccin sur, desde I-10 a la

Toma ms de 15 horas recorrer por tierra los 1.400 kilmetros que separan a Miami de Nueva Orleans. Pero un grupo de inmigrantes asegura que el sacrificio no es nada en comparacin con lo que sufren sus familias debido al retraso en la implementacin de las medidas ejecutivas anunciadas hace meses por el presidente Barack

El Distrito de Riego Imperial se encuentra trabajando para restaurar la electricidad en Indio as como en sectores de La Quinta despus de que un camin de basura se estrellara contra un poste de luz este viernes por la maana. De acuerdo con el reporte preliminar, el poste de luz est ubicado sobre las inmediaciones

A Bermuda Dunes man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor accessory charge in the June 2013 rape of a Vanderbilt University student by football players. Miles Finley was friends with Brandon Vandenburg, who was convicted in January of multiple counts of aggravated rape. Finley testified at the trial that Vandenburg sent him text messages and

Un hombre de 33 aos fue puesto tras las rejas y enfrenta acusaciones de maltratar a su padre y de dejarlo afuera de su propia casa ubicada en Palm Desert por varias horas. De acuerdo con un comunicado del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside, la vctima, un hombre de 65 aos de edad

Firefighters have contained a Riverside County fire that destroyed a home and damaged four others. The 8-acre blaze erupted shortly before noon in a field in Jurupa Valley and was pushed by winds gusting at times to 30 mph. About 25 homes were evacuated before the fire was surrounded about 4 hours later. A firefighter

A 33-year-old man was arrested Thursday on accusations of assaulting his father and locking him out of his own home in Palm Desert for several hours. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the 65-year-old victim was brought to the Palm Desert Station by a friend after his son Matthew Diaz allegedly assaulted him to

As demonstrators gathered Friday outside a New Orleans federal courthouse, appellate judges were preparing to consider whether to lift a temporary hold imposed by a federal judge in Texas on President Barack Obama’s executive action seeking to shield millions of immigrants from deportation. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will

“It makes me feel scared, just when I’m walking home from school,” said 12-year-old Donovin Walter, who lives in Desert Hot Springs. They are words no parent wants to hear from a child. “I just have to keep my eye around the area, basically,” Walter said. But in a city entrenched in a burgeoning gang

A toddler is expected to recover after nearly drowning Thursday at a community pool on Del Lago Court in Indio. Officials say the 3-year old was underwater before being pulled out of the pool. The child was breathing and was taken to the hospital for observation. Cal Fire says it’s a reminder that drowning is