Month: September 2015

Under the watchful eye of researchers, a 9-year-old desert tortoise is ready to venture out into the world. “We want our babies to be successful in the wild, but for them to become successful they have to become adults,” said Dr Brian Henen, an ecologist with the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs office. The tortoise

A Palm Desert woman celebrated her 106th birthday on September 28th. Helen Renn was born in 1909, and moved to the Coachella Valley two years ago. Renn spent most of her life in California, and was born in Pennsylvania. She was married at the age of 17 while in high school, but didn’t tell anyone

The suspect accused of killing two men and hospitalizing three people in Banning after going on an apparent random shooting and assault spree on Saturday is being arraigned on 10 counts; 9 of which are felonies. James Paul Diaz, 34, was scheduled to appear at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,

Lynn Little of Palm Desert helped her 75-and-over Queens’ Cup team defeat Great Britain 3-0 in the final to win the ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships. American teams won three of the eight titles at the 35th International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super-Seniors World Team Championships held from Sept. 21-26 in Umag, Croatia. The tournament is

The 2nd annual John Glenn Middle School National Heritage Festival takes place this weekend. According to Desert Sands Unified School District public information officer Mary Perry, the festival will be held on Saturday, October 3 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. John Glenn Middle School is located at 79-655 Miles Avenue in Indio. You can

El cantante de msica regional mexicana Larry Hernndez acept ser extraditado a Carolina del Sur luego de haber sido arrestado por cargos de secuestro y agresin, de acuerdo con el Departamento de Polica del condado de San Bernardino. El intrprete de 38 aos compareci en la corte con grilletes en las manos y los pies

A video from 2009 shows former Desert Hot Springs police officer Andrea Heath testifying before a federal grand jury about some of her colleagues from DHSPD, who at the time were under criminal investigation for use of excessive force. “These people will stop at nothing they will do anything to get back at people,” said

Cal Fire is responding after a mobile home caught fire in Indio Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the fire sparked at the Sunnyside Estates on Bush Street, located at 47800 Madison Street in Indio, at 1:45 p.m. There was light smoke coming from the roof of the mobile home when crews arrived. Cal Fire officials said

Caltrans is delaying bridge repairs Wednesday on Interstate 10 in Indio. The agency is responding after the project brought interstate traffic to a crawl in the east valley Tuesday. Two eastbound lanes were closed as crews performed maintenance on the bridge east of Jefferson Street during the morning rush hour and for most of the

A plea deal was reached Tuesday in the case of a Thousand Palms man who brandished a knife at a driver and made off with a truck belonging to a landscaping company in May. Gary Ryan, 29, pleaded guilty to carjacking, and admitted using a weapon during a felony and having a prior strike. The

Legendary skateboard champion Tony Hawk will roll his way down Palm Canyon Drive in December. He’ll be the community Grand Marshal for this year’s 24th annual Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade. More than 100,000 people are expected to line the street for the parade Saturday, December 5th at 5:45 p.m.. The parade begins at

Huntington Beach saw a spike in stingray stings over the weekend, with more than 30 beachgoers stung. Lifeguards treated 15 people for stings on Saturday and 18 more on Sunday. Huntington Beach Marine Safety Lt. Michael Beuerlein says they log 400 to 500 stingray injuries in Huntington Beach annually, but typically that is only from

Pumpkins are in! Sales of pumpkin products have grown 79% since 2011, hitting 361 million in 2014 – and analysts expect further growth this year, according to Nielsen. Also, consumers are spending more and making more trips for these products.

Este martes el gobernador de California Jerry Brown firmo una medida que divulgar los detalles de los autos sospechosos involucrados en incidentes donde peatones son arrollados y los conductores se dan a la fuga. La medida AB-8 permitir la creacin de un sistema de “alerta amarilla” similar a la actual alerta Ambar que pondr al

Some date farmers have had to adapt to using less water for their trees. Dates are one of the biggest cash crops for area with dozens of date farms in the eastern parts of the Coachella Valley. “The drought is definitely making a little bit of an effect but the valley is prepared for droughts

Si Usted circulaba por la Autopista 10 esta maana, quiz experiment un congestionamiento vial en el este del Valle de Coachella. Las demoras en la Autopistsa 10 son por obras de construccin en el paso a desnivel a la altura de Jefferson Street. Equipos estn trabajando en reparaciones de pavimento justo en el paso a

Topics ranging from the benefits of exercise for breast cancer patients and survivors to sex, intimacy and breast cancer will be offered at Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center’s free community lectures throughout the month of October — recognized nationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Hospital officials said experts in various specialties including occupational therapy, plastic

Mary Bono announced that she got married Sunday night to former astronaut Stephen Scot Oswald. Bono said they were married between sunset and the supermoon eclipse. “We got married at a private residence in Pescadero but spent the week in Half Moon Bay to attend some Navy SEAL Foundation events,” Bono said. “I plan on

Debido a los trabajos de construccin que se realizan en la rampa de entronque y la edificacin de un nuevo puente de Jefferson Street con la I-10 en Indio Caltrans cerr dos carriles de la autopista limitando el flujo vehicular a un solo carril por lo que los carros que avanzan lentamente al alcanzado la