Month: November 2015

According to PSUSD spokeswoman Joan Boiko, dozens of students from Rancho Mirage High School were on their way to the University of California, Merced campus Wednesday morning for a tour, but violence on the university’s campus forced them to cancel their plans. A male student at the university stabbed four people as classes began Wednesday

The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory at The River in Rancho Mirage is holding a fundraising campaign to benefit Palm Springs Pride. Organizers said the move is a collaboration between the chocolate factory and the soon to open Raymond | Lawrence retail store. The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will be offering the Rainbow Apple — a

La Suprema Corte abri el mircoles la puerta para permitir el uso recreativo de la marihuana en Mxico. Una sala del mximo tribunal resolvi por cuatro votos a favor y uno en contra un amparo en el que consider que es legal el cultivo, la cosecha y el consumo de marihuana para fines personales y

Two major California insurers have been issued fines in connection to inaccurate doctor directories that resulted in overcharges for some patients. The Sacramento Bee reports that the state Department of Managed Health Care issued $650,000 in fines Tuesday to Anthem and Blue Shield. The fines are based on a statewide survey in June 2014 that

State officials are warning that a 99-year-old dam in Northern California is at risk of collapsing this winter if a big rainstorm comes through. The concrete damn in Jackson was built in 1916 and holds back large quantities of arsenic-contaminated tailings left over from gold mining. In June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found

A California man captured on video attacking an Uber driver has been charged with assault and battery. Benjamin Golden of Newport Beach also was charged Tuesday with assault on a public transportation property and battery on a public transit employee with injury. He faces up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine if

Two major California insurers have been issued fines in connection to inaccurate doctor directories that resulted in overcharges for some patients. The Sacramento Bee reports the state Department of Managed Health Care issued $650,000 in fines Tuesday to Anthem and Blue Shield. The fines are based on a statewide survey in June 2014 that found

Sweaty office workers are turning to Botox. Physicians tell Marketwatch increasing numbers of professionals are asking them for anti-sweating procedures, from Botox injections to a newer treatment called microwave thermolysis, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2011. In a competitive work culture, some employees don’t even want to sweat.

CBS Local 2 Stands for You and your cyber security. In a world where we need passwords for virtually everything, it can be tricky to know if the passwords you use are completely secure. We’ve heard about the Ashley Madison hacks, the Target security breach and now even Yahoo is doing away with passwords altogether.

Election Day is wrapping up. Take a look at final voting results as all precincts have reported. Note from the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office: About 3,500 vote-by-mail, 1,500 provisional and 100 damaged ballots that require duplication still must be processed. Work on those begins Wednesday. Ballots that are postmarked on or before Election

Polling locations for the November 3 consolidated general election closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Early voting opened Saturday at the Palm Springs Public Library, but there were plenty of other polling locations available to cast your vote. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 is awaiting results, which are expected to begin posting at about

Update: Palm Springs police confirm they are investigating the attack on George Zander and his husband as a hate crime. In a news release to the media, they say the two suspects left in a dark-colored vehicle, possibly a sedan. Suspect one is described as a Caucasian man in his late 20’s, with a stocky

Some people in La Quinta are cleaning up the damage after strong winds toppled trees Monday night. Felipe Alvarez said he parked in a handicapped spot outside of Beer Hunter Sports Pub & Grill in La Quinta to watch football and have dinner. He was inside the restaurant when winds picked up and snapped the

The Palm Springs chief of police is planning to retire at the end of December, according to City Hall Spokesperson Amy Blaisdell. Blaisdell said Chief Al Franz will be retiring at the end of December. City Manager David Ready has not yet determined who will replace him. According to the city’s website, Alberto Franz, III,

The Palm Springs Police Department arrested a 25-year-old man accused of trying to rob the Bank of America with a knife on Monday morning. The bank is located at 588 South Palm Canyon Drive. Officers said they were called to the scene at about 9:10 a.m. Officers said Trevor Troupe of Palm Desert was apprehended

UPDATE: The I-10 lane at the crash site east of Washington is back open. __________________ Original Story: There was a multiple vehicle crash on the I-10 westbound, just east of Washington Street. California Highway Patrol tells us five vehicles were involved in a crash, blocking lane number one. The left lane is closed. No major

Lobbying reports show the major group representing oil companies in California ramped up spending this fall ahead of a crucial vote on climate change legislation. The Western States Petroleum Association reported Monday that it spent $6.75 million lobbying lawmakers in the third quarter of 2015, nearly six times more than in the previous two quarters.

The tattoo is becoming less taboo at work. More employers are loosening their restrictions on tattoos. A 2010 study by the Pew Research Center found that nearly 40% of millennials have tattoos, and that nearly half of the ones who have them sport between two and five. Retailers and fast-food companies could also be feeling

California Gov. Jerry Brown says dead trees around the state pose a fire hazard and has declared a state of emergency. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports that Brown called for the swift removal of dried-out trees and has requested federal resources to help with the process before the fall and winter wildfire season. He