Month: May 2015

Hacienda Cantina’s flashy cabanas and poolside bar aren’t even a year old, but developer Richard Meaney is in hot water for allegedly failing to pay the people who helped reconstruct the new venue. “This owner received such a substantial grant through the city, which I would assume would partially go to the subcontractors,” said Marc

Plans are moving forward to tear down the old Rock Garden restaurant in Palm Springs. Our cameras caught crews cleaning up the rundown property Wednesday afternoon. It’s the beginning of some major changes on the south side of Palm Springs. The area of South Palm Springs near Palm Canyon Drive and Mesquite Avenue sat empty

The Palm Springs International Airport transformed into the scene of a simulated plane crash Wednesday for a Full Scale Emergency Exercise. The drill included multiple agencies. They responded in real-time. Crews first knocked down flames to secure the scene. Next, they made access to passengers in the most danger, those inside the airplane, and then

As brown becomes the new green, many people let their lawns go and replace real grass with synthetic turf. It’s a way to save water and keep your lawn green. Jackie Autry, wife of Gene Autry and Palm Springs resident, is determined to save water. She replaced all of her grass with turf. “The fact

The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is the only emergency shelter of its kind in the valley. On Wednesday, its new annex opened its doors and is ready for those who need it. With the dog days of summer right around the corner, there couldn’t be a better time for the shelter to be up and

An 18-year-old man has been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in connection to a shooting that took place in Coachella on April 17, and a 20-year-old man was also taken into custody for possession of cocaine while authorities were serving a search warrant. The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force served three

The mother of a preschool student in the Desert Sands Unified School District has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis and the Riverside County Department of Public Health is working with the school district to identify others who may have been exposed. Officials aren’t identifying the parent or the school her child goes to because of

The 19-year-old mother of four children who was shot near Desert Hot Springs last week has died after being removed from life-support at the hospital, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Jeanette Evangelina Reyes was shot in an unincorporated neighborhood of Desert Hot Springs in the 16100 block of Via Quedo, northeast of Palm

Our nations’ veterans are committing suicide at an alarming rate — 22 servicemen and women take their own lives daily, according to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. This year, the Run for the Wall is adding those veterans to its list of honorees. They call him “mustache”. Army Sgt. Steve Lieb spends time prepping his

Dos sujetos fueron arrestados en conexin con un tiroteo ocurrido en Abril 17 en Coachella.La cuadrilla contra el crmen violento del Valle de Coachella sirvi tres rdenes de registro relacionadas con pandillas ayer martes 12 de mayo.Tres residencias fueron cateadas, una en el bloque 84-200 de Redondo Sur, otra en el bloque 84-600 de Las

The family of a Marine Corps sergeant from Yucca Valley says he’s safe and wasn’t on the USMC helicopter that disappeared while carrying out humanitarian duties in Nepal. KESQ and CBS Local 2 were contacted by a woman on Wednesday morning who says she’s the mother-in-law of Sgt. Juan J. Alcarez. She said her son-in-law

Se efecta congestionamiento vehicular sobre la Interestatal 10 en direccin este despus de que un automvil se volcara antes de la salida de Indian Canyon Drive esta maana. De acuerdo con el reporte policial, la volcadura ocurri alrededor de las 7:20 a.m. y el auto involucrado fue un Scion TC color blanco. Hasta el momento,

Eastbound traffic on I-10 was slow-moving Wednesday morning after a car rolled over east of Indian Canyon Drive around 8 a.m. The car was a white Scion TC. There was no immediate word on injuries. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 will deliver more details as soon as we have them. The two middle

California golf courses are teeing up on water conservation measures as the state enters its fourth bone-dry summer. More than 860 golf courses statewide are waiting to see exactly what the recent mandate to cut overall potable water consumption by 25 percent will mean for them. But many courses aren’t waiting to save the precious

The Palm Springs Fire Department was called to a home on Tuesday after a fire was reported in the garage. The home is located on the 2400 block of Araby Drive in Palm Springs. Firefighters got the call around 2:15 p.m. and found a vehicle engulfed in flames. Officials said they believe the fire started

An empty parking lot in Indio was flooded with hundreds of gallons of water. “I was driving down to the store down the street, and I saw this and stopped and got out and looked to it and said wow this is just not right,” said Bob Juliano of La Quinta. He was one of

The Coachella Valley Water District, or CVWD, decided Tuesday people who do not cut their water use to meet the state’s requirements will pay a penalty. Heather Engel, Director of Communication and Conservation for CVWD, said the fines will be tailored to how much water people use. “We’re not asking every customer to do the

La pregunta que muchos se hacen hoy es porqu las agencias de agua del Valle de Coachella no estn sancionando a las personas que no conservan agua durante la actual sequa considerada histrica. Sepa Usted que por el momento, es ilegal que por lo menos una agencia de agua de nuestra localidad sancione a los

Un gran terremoto sacudi una remota zona montaosa de Nepal el martes matando a al menos 36 personas, adems de provocar deslaves y derribar edificios menos de tres semanas despus de que el pas quedase devastado por el peor sismo registrado en dcadas. La informacin llegaba lentamente a la capital, Katmand, pero funcionarios y personal

Mxico, hay asombro tras la muerte de dos infantes aparentemente ocasionada por la aplicacin de unas vacunas en Chiapas. Las vacunas contra la tuberculosis, la hepatitis B y el rotavirus se dieron en una clnica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Treinta y uno de los menores que recibieron las vacunas presentaron reacciones adversas, y