Month: February 2016

Two gang members convicted of first-degree murder in the New Year’s Day 2012 shooting death of a 16-year-old boy in Desert Hot Springs each were sentenced Friday to 52 years to life in state prison. Roland Jimenez Arcos and Josue Agustin Magallanes were found guilty Sept. 18 of gunning down Marcellino Anthony Moscozo and of

Trump sigue adelante entre los candidatos republicanos en la primaria del prximo martes en New Hampshire, con el senador Marco Rubio en segundo lugar, segn una encuesta de NBC News, el diario Wall Street Journal y la casa encuestadora Marista. Trump, no obstante que sali segundo en la votacin del pasado lunes en Iowa y

In effort to lower deaths and injuries, the Cathedral City Police Department will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation on Friday. Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas where motorcyclists commonly ride and where motorcycle crashes occur. Authorities said they will be looking for violations made by drivers and riders alike that

“We’re all very excited for all the new faces we’re bringing to the desert,” says Sharon Carmichael, Senior Vice President for Cushman & Wakefield. Carmichael has been working for over a year to sign stores like Saks Off Fifth to the prime real estate project El Paseo Square, and says the deals just finalized. Saks

Still no exact travel plans for President Obama’s planned visit to Sunnylands next week, but the U.S. State Department confirms that Sec. of State John Kerry will be in the Desert February 15-16 to attend the US-ASEAN Summit at Sunnylands. Kerry’s travel plans begin first in Munich, Germany, from February 10-14 to participate in the

The fifth licensed medical cannabis dispensary in Palm Springs will be celebrating a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony this week. The doors opened at PSA Organica about two weeks ago. Before that, the medical cannabis dispensary operated without a permit, then new ownership took over the business. “A license takes a lot of money,

A Bay Area university professor has died from meningococcal meningitis. KNTV-TV reports that health officials confirmed Thursday that a professor at Argosy University in Alameda died from meningitis. Alameda County Public Health Department spokeswoman Sherri Willis says there is no indication that the death is connected to a recent cluster of Santa Clara University students

Police say veteran X Games biker Dave Mirra has died in North Carolina. He was 41. Greenville police said Thursday night that Mirra’s body was found earlier in the day with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say they responded to an apparent suicide and discovered his body in a truck. They say he had

Bernie Madoff is a former stock broker and investment advisor who was sentenced to 150 years in prison after pleading guilty to the largest financial crime in history. He bilked an estimated 20-thousand investors out of approximately $64-billion dollars while running a Ponzi scheme. Madoff’s scheme was far-reaching it’s estimated that thousands of investors lived

A student at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal may have tuberculosis, according to officials with the Coachella Valley Unified School District. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that attacks the lungs. “TB is a treatable illness once it is diagnosed. The risk of transmission is low in both instances but we are working to ensure

The Valley’s only public tennis club is going to be turned into a housing development. The sale of the land that houses the Plaza Racquet Club is going through after the Palm Springs City Council said no to making it a historic site. However, we’ve learned this may not be the end for the club

A La Quinta woman who invested her life savings with Bernie Madoff in the late 1990’s lost it all when Madoff was charged with running a Ponzi Scheme. The 82 year old talks to Karen Devine, in an exclusive interview tonight about how her life changed and the challenges she faces financially in her golden

The site of the only public tennis club in the Coachella Valley will soon be turned into a housing development. The land that houses the Plaza Racquet Club in Palm Springs is for sale. That sale is now going through after Palm Springs City Council determined not to make it a historic site at Wednesday

Oficiales del Distrito Unificado del Valle de Coachella reportan un posible caso de tuberculosis en la preparatoria Desert Mirage High School. 100 a 500 estudiantes tendrn que ser examinados por posible contagio. Actualmente, 1,840 estudiantes estn inscritos en la escuela. Noticia en desarollo.

The Palm Springs City Council discussed amendments to the Museum Market Plaza Plan which includes changing height requirements to bring a Virgin brand hotel into the project. After hours of public comment and a presentations by a representative with Wessman Development, the council pushed the vote on the amendments so the planning commission and staff

Los amantes de la franquicia estadounidense de hamburguesas In-N-Out estn que brincan de emocin con la gran apertura de una nueva locacin en el Valle de Coachella. El restaurante que tambin se especializa en papa fritas frescas y malteadas, ubicado a la altura de la carretera 111 y Simon Drive en La Quinta, abri sus

The Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force is searching a La Quinta home Thursday morning. A sign in front of the home, located on Avenida Alvarado, reads ‘Narcotics Operation Underway’. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 arrived to the scene and a police sergeant told us officers have recovered a small amount of narcotics but

La polica dio a conocer la descripcin del sujeto sospechoso de robar una joyera en Caochella, se trata de un hombre hispano de 18-22 aos de edad, 5’6″ de estatura y de unas 125 libras de peso. De acuerdo con el agente Muos del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside el sujeto entr a

The car listed for sale by Desert Hot Springs resident Susan Pranauski was a 1993 Subuaru Outback wagon for $3,000. She posted an ad on Craigslist. “I’m in a really tough financial spot right now and I need to sell the car to make ends meet,” said Pranauski. After posting her ad, Pranauski received an

An investigation was underway Thursday morning after a La Quinta home caught fire for the second time in 24 hours. Firefighters responded shortly before 1:30 a.m. to reports of a well-involved fire at a 1,900 square foot home on the 48600 block of Calle Esperanza. The home is located in Laguna De La Paz, a