Month: June 2015

An Anaheim couple who planned to visit their son in La Quinta hasn’t been heard from since Sunday afternoon when they were leaving the Valley View Casino in Valley Center. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department sent out an alert regarding 79-year-old Cecil Knutson’s and 68-year-old Dianna Bedwell’s disappearance on Monday morning. Deputies said the

The nonprofit organization behind the SAT college entrance exam is teaming up with a Silicon Valley pioneer in online education to make test-preparation materials available for free. The College Board gave unprecedented access to the revamped SAT it plans to introduce next spring to Khan Academy, which has developed diagnostic quizzes and interactive practice tests

California’s latest monthly report on water use is expected to show if residents have finally responded to the drought’s severity. The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday will release data showing how much water communities saved in April. That was the month Gov. Jerry Brown ordered mandatory conservation after the worst snowpack measurement on

Dark, billowing flames shot more than 75 feet in the air as the Harrison fire devoured 80 acres of brush and tamarisk trees near Avenue 66 in Thermal. “I saw all the smoke and I was like what the hell and then I saw family posting on Snapchat about the fire,” said Alex Castro, who

It is a problem impacting a growing number of homeowners around the valley. “Cluster mailboxes” are being left broken and useless, after being targeted by thieves stealing mail. Cathedral City resident Susan Fournelle talked about her neighborhood mailbox, which is no longer usable after thieves broke into it in April. “It’s annoying and its just

The Coachella Valley Association of Governments, or CVAG, is holding a committee meeting Monday night to discuss the future of the CV Link, and officials with Goldenvoice are now expressing their interest to operate and maintain the project. Goldenvoice CEO Skip Paige sent a letter to CVAG Executive Director Tom Kirk stating the company believes

Dos jvenes de Indio fueron asegurados y puestos a disposicin de las autoridadesen la misma ciudad. Se les acusa de robar en una vivienda de La Quinta y despus prender la en fuego. Agentes arrestaron a Joseph Ortiz y Adrian Guzman el jueves por la noche a lo largo la cuadra 43-000 de Jackson Street

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is looking for the person who shot and killed a man at a Coachella apartment complex on Sunday night. The shooting happened around 11:10 p.m. at the Desert Palms Apartments, located in the 50000 block of Suncrest Street, near Avenue 51. Deputies were called after witnesses reported hearing gunfire in

Construction crews are back on site at the Spa Hotel in Palm Springs. According to Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribe Spokeswoman Kate Anderson, “The dismantling of the structures that remain standing at the old Spa Hotel site, located on Tahquitz Canyon and Indian Canyon has begun.” “The project is expected to last several

A portion of Highway 111 was closed to traffic in Indian Wells Monday morning for about two hours after a three-car crash lead to spilled chemicals on the roadway. Nobody was injured in the crash, according to officials with Cal Fire. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a taxi and truck hauling pool chemicals collided

A Palm Desert man has been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office after drowning in a swimming pool at a mobile home park on Saturday night. Juan Velazquez Perez, 38, was pulled from a swimming pool around 7:40 p.m. at the Palm Desert Mobile Home Park and he was rushed to Eisenhower Medical Center

El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside est en busca de la persona que dispar y mat a un hombre en un complejo de apartamentos de Coachella la noche del ayer domingo. El tiroteo ocurri alrededor de las 11:10 p.m. en el Desert Palms Apartments, ubicado en la cuadra 50000 de Suncrest Street, cerca

Two Indio men are in jail for allegedly setting a La Quinta home on fire and burglarizing others, according to police. Wednesday, CalFire and the La Quinta Police Department put out a fire in the 49300 block of Montana Way in Rancho La Quinta. No one was hurt; the fire caused $750,000 in damage. Investigators

A landlord tenant dispute has forced some Palm Springs business owners to pack up and move out. Sunday was officially the last day for tenants to move out. For five years Dimitri Halkidis called Galley 446 his second home. Now only a few remnants of local artist Kenny Irwin’s Mongolian Easter Bunny installation remain in