Month: June 2015

California’s drought has more homeowners considering water recycling. So-called gray water recycling involves lightly used runoff from bathroom sinks, showers and washing machines. California over the last five years has eased its codes to allow families to do install simple laundry-to-landscape gray-water systems without a permit. Contractors and recycling advocates say interest has surged since

Winds rumbled along Interstate 10 Thursday afternoon, piling inches of dirt and sand on valley roadways. “My daughter had a party at a park and everything blew away,” said Liz Figueroa of Desert Hot Springs. “If you’re going to do your hair just forget about it because no one gets to keep their hair looking

Need a job? Amazon says it’s hiring 1,000 full-time employees in San Bernardino, Moreno Valley and Redlands. Last year the online retailer made almost $80 billion in web sales, and continues to expand. Amazon employees are expected to make $12/hr with benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as a 401(k) retirement

With a recent death in Virginia a local animal activist says it’s time for a change at dog groomers. Lucy’s law came close to passing in California three years ago, now the people behind are trying again, asking for the public’s help. Lucy was maimed at a Petsmart in Palm Springs by an inexperienced groomer.

Authorities in Palm Springs continue to investigate the death of a fetus found abandoned at Desert Regional Medical Center. They aren’t sure at this point if the child was born alive. It is illegal to abandon a baby. Some local organizations are hoping to prevent that, allowing a mother to safely surrender an unwanted infant.

El Distrito Escolar Unificado Desert Sands est bajo investigacin por la comisin denominada Equal Employment Opportunity, misma que aboga por los derechos de los trabajadores y las alegaciones de discriminacin. Seis empleados del Distrito Escolar antes mencionado archivaron una queja porque se les dijo lo siguente: Hablar espaol era prohibido en las instalaciones del distrito

A large construction project has taken off at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport. This airport is used by aviators as well as many of the musical acts and VIPs for the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals. Fourteen new hangars and one terminal are being built by a partnership between Oliphant Aviation and Landmark Aviation. The

A Moreno Valley man who used to be a special agent with the FBI was indicted Wednesday for allegedly stealing over $100,000 of drug proceeds, which were seized during search warrants in 2014, and obstructing justice by trying to cover up the theft. According to a release from the Department of Justice, 44-year-old Scott M.

Expertos exhortaron el jueves a las autoridades y entes vinculados a la implementacin de alivios migratorios a esforzarse para notificar sobre los programas a posibles beneficiarios que residen en reas rurales o remotas. En caso de que los tribunales autoricen al gobierno federal implementar los alivios migratorios -conocidos por sus siglas en ingls DACA y

A 19-year-old Indio resident pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a teenage boy at a house party and was immediately sentenced to 11 years in prison. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a murder charge against Damian Leon. According to witnesses, Leon was seen running from the 81-600 block

Advanced passes for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival went on sale at 11 a.m. Thursday, but as usual, they sold out very quickly. The first weekend sold out in about an hour, and advanced passes to the second weekend were gone shortly after. There will be more opportunities to buy passes to Coachella

The Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market is in its 21st year, and 2015’s event will showcase 330 films including 77 World Premiers, 65 North American Premiers and 19 U.S. Premiers. The festival will showcase Shorts directed by some pretty big names in Hollywood, including Katie Holmes, Bryce Dallas Howard, John Cusack, Matt

Several Desert Sands Unified School District employees say speaking Spanish on the job is prohibited, even during lunch breaks. The district is now under investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Grounds and operations employees filed the discrimination complaint. They did not want to speak on camera for fear of losing their jobs. Instead,

It’s been a long time since there’s been a grocery store in the La Quinta Cove. In the last two years the Fresh & Easy and Ralph’s in the Cove closed. But soon a new grocery store will fill the empty Fresh & Easy space. It’s called Jules Market and it’s the first of it’s

De acuerdo con el Distrito Escolar Unificado Desert Sands, 260 maestros realizaron se reportaron enfermos ayer mircoles y al parecer fue planeado, segn la portavoz del Distrito Mary Perry. El distrito se vio obligado a llamar a los maestros sustitutos para no interrumpir la educacin de los alumnos. Perry tambin dijo que el reporte de

Palm Springs City Council tackled Mayor Pro Tem Paul Lewin’s proposed probe into the city’s land sales and economic incentive programs at Wednesday night’s meeting. Mayor Steve Pougnet was absent from the meeting, reportedly due to a family emergency. The discussion on land sale transactions and economic grants consisted of 40-page PowerPoint presentation, touting the

Six people were arrested and hundreds of pounds of cocaine were seized in what authorities are calling one of the largest local drug busts in recent memory. Officers with a multi-jurisdictional task force raided a house in Santa Fe Springs on Wednesday, arresting three and uncovering more than 560 pounds of cocaine. They were led

According to Desert Sands Unified School District, 260 teachers staged a planned sick out on Wednesday. According to District Spokesperson Mary Perry, they were forced to call in subs and no education services were disrupted, and all classes went on as planned. “The sick-out was organized and is not allowed per the contract negotiating agreement,”

A four-star boutique hotel could be coming to Palm Desert near El Paseo. Currently, the proposed plan yields nothing but positivity from pedestrians and shop owners alike. “I’m so happy about it. We will have more business from the hotel. So, it’s good for my business,” said Lyna Phan, owner of Pretty Nails, which is

It’s a graduation season full of firsts at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal. Jessica Magallon is the first graduate in the school’s history to get accepted and attend Standford University in the fall. “I’ve been wanting to go to Stanford since I was a freshman,” said Magallon. Magallon is among the top 10 students