Month: November 2015

A discount grocery chain with stores around the country is hiring for 100 positions at their Moreno Valley distribution center. ALDI originated in Germany and is a cousin to Trader Joe’s. The store says they’ll eventually open three Coachella valley locations: on Ramon Road in Palm Springs, and on Highway 111 in La Quinta and

Desert Hot Springs Mayor-Elect Scott Matas is hopeful about the city’s future as he gets ready to take the gavel. Matas appeared Thursday night on KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 after last week’s victory over incumbent Adam Sanchez. Matas spoke about efforts to fight crime in the city after two people were

Disneyland is kicking off its holiday season with the premiere of ‘Season of the Force’ and the ongoing Diamond Anniversary Celebration. According to Disneyland’s blog, the park is celebrating the excitement around Star Wars with brand-new themed experiences. Guests in Tomorrowland will soon be able to experience their favorite Star Wars stories when Season of

An Indio woman testified Thursday that she watched hysterically for several minutes as her brother bled, gasped for air and then died after being shot multiple times as he sat in his car near her Towne Street apartment 11 years ago. Vicki Loera Castro was the first prosecution witness in the trial of Elias Carmona

Frank DeAngelis retired as principal of Columbine High School in 2014. He was there when two shooters opened fire at the school on April 20, 1999. He shared his story at the Yes, It Can Happen In Our Schools International Training Symposium at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage Thursday. “What did we learn from

De acuerdo con el reporte policial, la balacera se efectu en el parque Tedesco cerca de la calle West Arroyo Drive. Las dos vctimas fueron transportadas al centro mdico Desert Regional. Su condicin actual se desconoce.

Bajo el nombre Sanctuary Palm Springs, la casa hogar prximamente ser un albergue para cerca de una docena de jvenes LGBT de entre 18 a 21 aos en transicin de el sistema de cuidado tutelar del condado de Riverside. Actualmente, de los ms de 4,000 adolescentes en foster care o orfanatos locales, 700 se auto

A 25-year-old man from Gardena is facing 13 counts of burglary after being accused of following victims from the Apple Store in Palm Desert so he could break into their vehicles and steal their new computers. The Palm Desert Burglary Suppression Unit began investigating the incident on June 3 after multiple victims reported having their

Authorities said a juvenile has been arrested after surveillance video of an arson suspect at Banning High School was released in October. The fire was intentionally set just after 1 a.m. on October 15 inside the administration building. Fire officials said it caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Officials released surveillance video the next day

The Coachella Valley Unified School District invited 20 Coachella Valley businesses and community leaders to participate in the ‘Principal for a Day’ program on Thursday. Congressman Raul Ruiz was one of the featured guests. Officials said Principals for a Day spend time with their assigned school’s principal, faculty and students to learn about the school’s

This Veterans Day, we honor the Ortiz family. They came to the Coachella Valley a hundred years ago and answered the call to service time and time again. More than 50 family members have served in the U.S. military; 11 are currently active. An Ortiz has fought in every conflict since World War II. For

A man is in jail accused of stealing thousands of valuable items from across the Coachella Valley. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department served a search at a home on Cholla Drive in Palm Desert, near College of the Desert. This investigation started back in August when police found stolen property and connected it to a

Sanctuary Palm Springs is where different is normal. The family home will soon house six LGBT people between the ages 18 and 21, as they transition out of foster care into the real world. It’ll be the first group home of its kind for LGBT foster youth in Southern California “The importance of this program

California is set to award $500 million to 15 counties for jail projects to help rehabilitate prisoners. County sheriffs say they need the money to provide programs in jails that were never designed to hold the type of inmate they house today. The Board of State and Community Corrections is meeting Thursday to consider the

Young women are living with their parents or relatives at a rate not seen since 1940 as more millennial women put off marriage, attend college and face high living expenses. A Pew poll says young women are staying home now because they are half as likely to be married as they were in 1940 and

Tuesday was a day to honor extraordinary women at the 7th Annual Broken Glass Awards at Agua Caliente Resort and Casino. Nearly three hundred people showed up to see Palm Springs Women in Film and Television honor five ladies who have achieved success by surpassing perceived limitations. President of PSWIFT Patti Gribow passed along a

Thousands of people turned out to the 19th annual Palm Springs Veterans Day Parade which started off with a flyover of vintage warplanes. The theme of of this years parade “Honoring All Who Served” pays tribute to all veterans for their service in our Armed Forces defending our freedoms. “There is great turn out for

El Departamento de Salud Pblica del Condado de Riverside revela que 2,213 personas viven con una enfermedad de transmisin sexual en el Valle de Coachella y los casos van en aumento. Hoy en nuestro reportaje especial denominado El Sexo La Amenaza, qu debe de hacer para prevenir ser contagiado? Utilizar un condn, pero en que

Jessenia Oertel’s truck looks immaculate now, but when she got it back this July… “It was sickening to look at and even more so to be inside,” she sighs. One morning Oertel, a dance teacher at Palm Springs High School, woke up to drive her Dodge to work, “and sure enough I had to call

El precandidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump est sugiriendo boicotear Starbucks luego de la controversia generada por el diseo minimalista de sus vasos para la temporada navidea. “Han ledo acerca de Starbucks? No ms Feliz Navidad en Starbucks”, Trump dijo a una multitud que se reuni para escucharlo hablar en un mitin pre-debate en Springfield, Illinois,