Month: December 2015

One person was killed and two others injured Friday in a vehicle crash in Mecca. The crash was reported at 6:30 p.m. on state Route 111 south of Johnson Street, according to Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department. 50-year-old Roberto Rodriguez of Mecca was pronounced dead at the scene and two others, with

Coachella police are investigating a shooting that occurred just after 4:30 Friday afternoon. The incident happened in the area of Jaderock Road and Hornblend Street. Initial investigation revealed that a male adult fired several shots from a handgun at a passing black pickup truck. Both the gunman and victim fled the scene prior to the

Desert Christian Academy is in the holiday spirit. Friday their Watch D.O.G.S program hosted their annual snow day for students. Students from preschool through 5th grade joined the fun. There were plenty of Christmas activities going on from sledding to hot chocolate and more than 3,000 pounds of ice were brought in to make the

People of all faiths showed support Friday for members of the Islamic Center of the Coachella Valley. Members of the Muslim community conducted their Friday prayers at a banquet hall down the road from the mosque, which was firebombed last week. In spite of the recent attack on their mosque, Imam Reymundo Nour said forgiveness

A Jan. 7 trial date was set Friday in the case of a 32-year- old man accused of shooting a nightclub doorman in Palm Springs last year. Sheldon Alfred Auclair Jr. of Thermal is charged with one count of attempted murder stemming from the shooting outside Zelda’s nightclub at 611 S. Palm Canyon Drive on

The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force served a series of gang-associated search warrants in several cities on Thursday, leading to 10 arrests. A total of 16 homes were searched beginning at 5:30 a.m. Authorities said nine of the search warrants were served in Cathedral City, two took place in Desert Hot Springs, one

Fiscales federales decidieron que acusarn a Enrique Mrquez, amigo y exvecino de los atacantes que llevaron a cabo la masacre de San Bernardino, California, en la que murieron 14 personas y 22 fueron heridas. Mrquez ha sido arrestado y acusado de conspiracin para cometer actos de terrorismo, la compra ilegal de armas y defraudar a

Three Coachella Valley cities received high marks in a study of the governments’ attentiveness to LGBT issues, organizers of the survey announced today. Palm Springs and Cathedral City each earned a perfect 100 out of a possible 100 points in the Municipal Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign, while Rancho Mirage scored 93.

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is no longer in a galaxy far far away. It’s here, and people in the valley have been lining up to see it. “Disney bought it four years ago and then three years ago we got the announcement that we are getting a movie, and now we’re here, it’s been

The man accused of conspiring with San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook has made his first court appearance. Enrique Marquez appeared disheveled but calm and showed no emotion during his 10-minute appearance Thursday in federal court in Riverside. His bail hearing was continued to Monday. Marquez wore dark-rimmed glasses and a beige T-shirt over black

You’ve decked the halls, your tree is trimmed, but how secure is your home? An FBI study found that more than 400,000 burglaries occur in the United States during the months of November and December each year. “This time of year burglars use this as a time of opportunity looking for gifts, credit cards, cash,

Las bloqueadas medidas migratorias del presidente de EE.UU., Barack Obama, se han convertido en uno de los centros de debate de las elecciones presidenciales de 2016 y prometen levantar ampollas en el Partido Republicano, dividido ante la retrica antiinmigrante del magnate Donald Trump. “Construir un muro, ser un muro genial. La gente no entrar si

A 44-year-old ex-con pleaded not guilty Thursday to murdering his girlfriend, a Coachella Valley native and popular Palm Desert High School math teacher. The body of Jill Grant, 41, was discovered in a dirt area near Golf Center Parkway and Avenue 42 in Indio on Dec. 23, 2013, and Michael John Franco of Indio was

Autoridades investigan las causas de un accidente automovilstico que le quito la vida a una peatn este mircoles por la noche en Cathedral City. La colisin sucedi sobre Highway 111 a la altura de East Canyon Plaza y Prez Road cerca de las 10 p.m. De acuerdo con el reporte policial, el peatn se encontraba

Palm Springs International Airport will offer extra parking and terminal shuttle service beginning Monday to help handle the holiday travel rush. The airport’s Economy Lot on Kirk Douglas Way will open at 4:30 p.m.Monday, with parking costing $11 a day, city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell said. Advance payment is required at time of parking. Free shuttle

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook a coastal area of Southern Mexico Thursday. The U-S Geological Survey says the quake was reported at 11:49 a.m. PST near the city of Tres Picos. It is approximately 80 miles northwest of Mexico’s border with Guatemala. The quake was initially reported as a magnitude 6.6, but downgraded once reviewed

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who was shot to death in Corona on Tuesday night. Jason Cushman, a 38-year-old from Corona, was found suffering from gunshot wounds at the intersection of Ridgeview Terrace and Via Santiago after deputies responded to a call of shots fired in the 2000 block of Ridgeview

It was standing room only at the Palm Springs City Council meeting where the council was awarding the sixth permit for a licensed medical marijuana dispensary. Dozens of patients took to the podium to show their support for each of the six different applicants. Public comments took hours to go through. In the end, the

Police were investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car in Cathedral City late Wednesday night. It happened along Highway 111 between East Canyon Plaza and Perez Road around 10 p.m. The pedestrian was crossing from north to south and suffered major injuries when hit by a Nissan sedan in the eastbound

Muslims were targeted in several hate crimes across the southland after the mass shooting in San Bernardino. Mosque leaders and members in Coachella are shaken up, but leaning on their faith for comfort after an explosive device blew through their doors Friday in a vicious hate crime. The Islamic Society of Coachella Valley was blackened