Month: August 2015

For the past seven months, Cherie Johnson has kept quiet about her time at city hall in Coachella. “I’ve been sitting on a boiling pot of water since January and it’s been very uncomfortable,” she said. “I was scared the city would retaliate if I came to the press.” Johnson says in January she was

It doesn’t take much to become dehydrated in the extreme summer heat. If you lose just 1.5 percent of the water in your body you’ve already reached the tipping point of mild dehydration. We know a lot of the typical warning signs are headaches, dizziness and irritability. What many people don’t know is that being

California’s current $9 an hour wage is set to increase to $10 next year, and it could keep increasing. A new proposal aims to boost California’s minimum wage by $1 an hour annually until it reaches $15 an hour in 2021. Groups backing the measure can now collect signatures to get it on the ballot.

A major circuit outage is affecting many wireless carriers in the High Desert. A large number of residents have been without service since 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to officials. Viewers said the problem is occurring for customers with Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Officials with Verizon Wireless said the problem is also affecting some

Conocemos la identidad de uno de los sospechosos y los cargos que se le imputan a dos ms por participar en una ria que envio a tres oficiales de Palm Springs al hopsital la semana pasada. Fue aprehenido Anthony Richard Ramos de 19 aos en Desert Hot Srings as como dos adolecentes de 14 y

Un aviso de calor excesivo estar latente para el Valle de Coachella este martes y mircoles. Incluso, se pronostica que las temperaturas oscilen los altos 115 grados en ciertos sectores de la regin. Por esa razn, la apertura de centros fros con aire acondicionado estarn disponibles para el uso de la comunidad completamente gratis. De

Ginger Jeffries, the 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM weathercaster at KESQ, is leaving the station to join a competing television station. Ginger worked for News Channel 3 for nearly 20 years. Mike Stutz, General Manager of Gulf-California Broadcast Company, says, “We thank Ginger for her many years of service.”

EE. UU. (AP) – La arquidicesis de Milwaukee accedi a pagar 21 millones de dlares en un arreglo con las vctimas de abusos sexuales de religiosos. La arquidicesis catlica suministr detalles del arreglo a The Associated Press el martes antes de difundirlos con mayor amplitud. El arzobispo Jerome Listecki dijo que el acuerdo sienta las

Deputies arrested a 45-year-old transient woman Monday morning after she allegedly tried to rob a US Bank in Yucca Valley. Witnesses said she raised her arms over her head and simulated pistols with her hands to announce the robbery. The attempted robbery happened just before 10:30 a.m. at 57550 Twentynine Palms Highway. Deputies said Royal

Last Thursday’s rainstorm was so powerful it took down multiple power poles in this neighborhood in the Palm Desert Country Club. “I looked over and the pole was falling and there were sparks everywhere,” said Gary Houtz. “Two little girls are running toward me screaming ‘help us, my mom my mom,’ in blood,” said Renee

Un hombre de 21 aos con residencia en Palm Desert se encuentra tras las rejas bajo la sospecha de manejar ebrio y ocasionar una mortal accidente automovilstico que le quito la vida a una mujer de 24 aos cerca de Mountain Center. De acuerdo con el reporte policial, el sujeto de nombre Troy Mathiot se

Jeff Forgeron grew up in the Coachella Valley and is a contestant on the new TBS reality show, “America’s Next Weatherman.” The show airs on Saturdays at 11 pm but can be seen on TBS.com 24 hours later if you don’t have cable, or don’t want to miss CBS Local 2 news at 11 pm.

A large area of high pressure is expected to bring temperatures up to 112-116 in the Coachella Valley through Thursday, prompting several facilities to convert to cooling centers for residents trying to escape the heat. Here’s a list of cooling centers and hours of operation: Boys & Girls Club of DHS, 11-750 Cholla Drive, Desert

As firefighters battle a massive Northern California wild land blaze threatening numerous homes, some of the 13,000 people urged to flee their residences were spending what may be just one of many nights in evacuation shelters. The blaze that has charred nearly 97 square miles of brush and timber jumped a highway Monday that had

Neighbors of the Bahama Hotel in Palm Springs once considered it a hotbed for illegal activities. “Drug deals coming down, prostitution, Johns, pimps, I mean you name it,” said Manny Montoya, who manages Mediterraneo Resort across the street. But a year after the owner of the 26-unit apartment complex ordered all tenants to get out,

A 21-year old Palm Desert man is behind bars on suspicion of drunken driving in a crash that killed a 24-year old woman near Mountain Center. Police say Troy Mathiot was driving eastbound on Highway 74 around 2:00 a.m. Friday near Pinyon Drive when he lost control of the vehicle, left the road and crashed

The moments before Aide Guillen went under the knife in Mexico were a nightmare. “They laid me down and they start tying my hands I was like what happened, why are they doing this to me. He put local anesthesia and he started cutting right here and I felt it and I started screaming,” she

An arrest warrant has been issued for known jewel thief Doris Payne, who’s accused of stealing a ring in Charlotte, North Carolina. Payne is currently on probation after being convicted of stealing a multi-thousand dollar diamond ring from a jewelry shop on El Paseo in Palm Desert in 2013. According to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s

Do you have some old clothes sitting in your closet collecting dust and wasting space? You might want to think twice before throwing them out. Your old clothes could be worth some serious cash, if they’re still in good condition. Shelly Lowen lives in the desert seasonally and has easily made over $10,000 selling back

Temperatures outside may be well into the triple digits. But some Shadow Hills High School students are hoping to look cool in new jerseys they’re raising money for this week. Parent boosters at Shadow Hills High School are hoping to raise $10,000 through a fund-raiser online and Saturday at the north Indio school’s gymnasium. Head