Month: August 2015

Officials with Southern California Edison estimate that all customers in Palm Desert should have power restored by 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after equipment problems caused a power outage around 4 a.m. The outage affected 1,300 residents on Cook Street near Palm Desert High School, according to SCE’s website. Only 103 customers were still experiencing problems as

A Desert Hot Springs man was arrested Monday on accusations of burglary and illegal drug manufacturing after police served a search warrant at his home in connection to a residential burglary from August 1. Christopher Cross, 29, was being investigated for the burglary which happened near the 72000 block of Ginger Rodgers Road in Rancho

Schools are closed for a second day in the Southern California mountain community where crews are battling a small but smoky wildfire burning through timber near a popular ski resort. Firefighters have held the blaze in Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains to 100 acres. It is 50 percent contained. All schools within

Students in the Desert Sands Unified School District will return to school Wednesday and authorities are reminding everyone to use extra caution on the roads. The Palm Desert Police Department is reminding adults to be careful in school zones. Extra patrols will be on the the road. Palm Desert Police issued a number of safety

Under the Political Reform Act of 1974, elected officials must disclose their income, real estate and all assets to the public in a yearly document called the Form 700. “Some people ignore it and there are also some deficiencies with the form,” said State Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale). Gatto, who represents California’s 43rd State Assembly

A federal judge sentenced a 45-year-old Desert Hot Springs woman to two years in federal prison and three years formal probation for filing dozens of fake income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service and getting nearly $90,000 in illegal refunds. Angelique Mobley of Desert Hot Springs was sentenced Monday morning at the Riverside federal

Classic Party Rentals in Thousand Palms is cutting down its trees to cut down on water use. “Trying to save some water we started cutting all of the trees and make it look nice especially this building, especially here on the main road on Varner,” said Classic Party Rentals operations manager Luis Nunez. Nunez said

En Telemundo Palm Springs del lunes tambin le tenemos noticias amables a las personas que estn en busca de empleo. El Rodeo Caf en Palm Desert, solicita un cocinero, un lava platos y una mesera que sea bilinge. Favor de aplicar en persona y preguntar por Adelina Islas. El Rodeo Caf est localizado en la

Desert Hot Springs Police say they arrested a wanted suspect after a brief stand-off Monday afternoon. Police say that just after 11 a.m., the Post-Release Accountability Compliance Team (PACT) advised they were at a home on Sunset Avenue and 12 Street. The suspect, 36-year old Louie Pescador was inside an apartment and was not coming

El mercado accionario de Estados Unidos volvi a retroceder el lunes, cuando el promedio industrial Dow Jones perdi en poco tiempo ms de 1.000 puntos y provoc una ola de temor en Wall Street y en la economa en general. Las acciones recuperaron gran parte del terreno conforme avanz la jornada, pero el Dow Jones

El fuego de un incendio destruye casi todo a su paso en Indio. Sucedio a eso de las once de la maana entre la Avenida Plata y Alladin Street. kuna Noticias se percat de unos arbustos, un cerco y hasta un poste de luz que terminaron envueltos en llamas. La rpida movilizacin de los bomberos

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has named the victims in last week’s deadly crash on Gene Autry Trail during a sand and wind storm. The Coroner’s office says 70-year old Mercedes Sison and 73-year old Esmenio Sison, from Desert Hot Springs, died on scene of the Tuesday night crash. The accident happened just after 6:00

Riverside County Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fire near a home in Indio late Monday morning. The fire broke out on the 81-700 Block of De Plata Avenue near Aladdin Street. When firefighters arrived they found some trees burning between a home and a shed, and it was also burning near a power

The Living Desert names baby giraffe Ayo which means “happiness” in Nigerian. The baby giraffe was born April 26th at the zoo. The name was chosen by the director of animal programs along with the main African area zookeeper, from more than 50 entries in an internal contest. The contest was open to park staff

8-24-2015, 2:00 pm Update: Evacuations will be lifted at 2:00 p.m. for residents only. Roads within the evacuation area will remain closed to the general public until further notice. The fire is currently at 100 acres and 50 percent contained. 9.00pm Update: Bear Valley Unified School District announces school will be closed Monday because of

A man who reportedly crashed into a home in Coachella was under the influence says Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The accident happened just before 5:00 a.m. Sunday. The suspect 34-year old Rolando Galvan was driving a 2000, Jeep Cherokee, and traveling southbound on Shady Lane when he collided with the front of a residence at

Another legend is cemented in the streets in Palm Springs. James “Gypsy” Haake is the oldest working female impersonator in the world. As one of the stars of local dinner show Carnival Cabaret, Gypsy is no stranger to the spotlight. At Sunday’s Palm Springs Walk of Stars dedication the spotlight was the beaming desert sun,

Estadsticas recin dadas a conocer muestran que a nivel estatal descendi el porcentaje de personas que se encuentran desempleadas de 6.3 al 6.2% de Julio a Junio pasado, sin embargo a nivel Condado de Riverside se elev de 6.6 al 7.3% durante el mismo periodo. A nivel nacional la tasa de desempleo se mantuvo en

A fire erupted near Snow Summit Ski Resort in Big Bear Sunday afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations and road closures. The blaze, dubbed the Summit Fire, was reported near Pine Knot Avenue and Knickerbocker Road at 12:25 p.m. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for residents in the area from Knickerbocker Road east to Georgia Road and

On Saturday at 11:55 p.m. the Coachella Police Department responded to a traffic collision with injuries in front of 49950 Grapefruit Blvd. in Coachella. A 2000, GMC pick-up truck was traveling northbound on Grapefruit Blvd. and struck two power poles. The driver was determined to be Jose Antonio Zaragoza Quintero, age 39 of Coachella. The