Month: March 2016

Mixed media artist, Ed Myers, was shocked to learn he’d won ‘Best of Show’ here at the nation’s number one fine arts show, the 34th annual La Quinta Arts Festival. Myers drove four days to La Quinta from across the nation with his son, Joey, because his friends say it’s a great show. Now it’s

36th District Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz(D) talks with News Channel 3’s John White about the need for federal funding to fight the Zika Virus. This week, the Congressman authored a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan asking for a vote on $1.9 billion in funding to be used for vaccine research, public education, and other

It’s been a topic of discussion for the past six years in Desert Hot Springs. Should there be a Walmart in the city or not? Now it looks like the company is taking steps to possibly put the issue in the hands of voters in November. According to a press release from the company and

Military officials plan to move more than a thousand desert tortoises to keep them safe from training exercises in Southern California. The Press Enterprise reports that the military is awaiting final approval to relocate 1,429 tortoises from land surrounding the Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms. Congress approved adding that land to the Marine Corps

Biplane pilots are reacting to a Biplane crash landing earlier this week at the Palm Springs International Airport. The pilot has been released from the hospital and the Federal Aviation Administration is taking over the investigation. The air museum said the passenger was a participant in its plane ride program but they can’t release any

El Departamento del Shrif del Condado de Riverside confirm que un nio de 10 aos muri despus de ser arrollado por una camioneta sobre la avenida Monterrey en Palm Desert este jueves. El pequeo fue identificado como Bobby Adams con residencia en Palm Desert. Un hombre de 29 aos tambin result lesionado por la camioneta

Nuestro Congresista del Distrito 36 el Doctor Ral Ruiz solicita fondos de emergencia para combatir el virus del Zika que contina propagandose en los Estados Unidos. En una declaracin dijo en parte: ” Estoy preocupado por la amenaza de salud pblica y bienestar de mis pacientes, electores, estados unidos y nuestros vecinos al sur en

El narcotraficante Joaqun “El Chapo” Guzmn est dispuesto a declararse culpable de cualquier cargo en Estados Unidos siempre que se le garantice una pena de prisin baja y que cumpla su condena en una crcel de mediana seguridad, asegur el mircoles uno de sus abogados. Luego de anunciar que su cliente le pidi acelerar el

Authorities have reopened eastbound Fred Waring Drive at Monterey Avenue after a two-car crash forced them to close a portion of the road Friday afternoon. Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the crash occurred in the intersection and emergency crews responded at about 12:40 p.m. There weren’t any serious injuries stemming from the

Those awaiting spring can get a sneak preview of the wildflowers’ bloom Saturday at the Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival, held in the mountains of Palm Desert. The 9th annual festival will begin at 9 a.m. at the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center, located off state Route 74 in Palm Desert.

The restaurants are already open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden with eager tennis fans looking forward to not just a nice meal but the BNP Paribas Open and the benefits that come with the tournament. “It’s fun and economically it’s great for the valley, it brings a lot of people and they experience the

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department now reports a 10-year old boy died after being hit by a truck on Monterey Avenue in Palm Desert just south of Fred Waring Drive. The boy was identified Thursday night as Bobby Adams of Palm Desert. A 29-year old man was also struck and is being treated for serious

Detectives with the Cathedral City Police Department set up a sting operation after a 24-year-old man started contacting a 14-year-old boy online to meet up with the minor to have sex, according to a release from Lt. Glenn Haas. Balwinder Singh of Cathderal City, who also goes by the name Gogga Saini, was arrested after

The parents of a 24-year-old woman who escaped a mass shooting in Toronto in 2012, only to be killed a month later in the Aurora movie theater shooting in Colorado, were interviewed by KESQ and CBS Local 2 in Palm Springs on Thursday as they work to prevent gun violence in the United States. Sandy

El prximo lunes de 7 de Marzo inicia el torneo de tennis BNP Paribas Open en el tradicional Tennis Garden de Indian Wells, los restaurantes del estadio ya abrieron sus pueras al pblico. Este torneo deja gran derrama econmica para todo el Valle de Coachella y es visitado por personas de todo el mundo. El

UPDATE:Eastbound Interstate 10 is back open Friday morning. ORIGINAL STORY: Eastbound Interstate 10 is closed overnight for construction at the new Jefferson Street interchange in Indio. Motorists should avoid the area. Traffic is backed up past Washington Street as of 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

Military officials plan to move more than a thousand desert tortoises to keep them safe from training exercises in Southern California. The military is awaiting final approval to relocate 1,429 tortoises from land surrounding the Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms. Congress approved adding that land to the Marine Corps base in 2013. Training exercises

Both westbound lanes of Interstate 10 are back open near Dillon Road after a hay truck fire closed down the freeway for hours Thursday afternoon. Thousands of motorists were trapped on the freeway for hours. Some reported people trying to turn-around and go the wrong way to get out of the backlog. All westbound lanes

Un camin de carga estall en llamas sobre la Interestatal 10 direccin oeste este jueves por la tarde, instando a autoridades a emitir una alerta de trnsito para la zona cerca de Dillon Road. Todos los carriles en direccin oeste han sido clausurados. Cal Fire indico que congestionamiento vehicular se reporta desde el area de

En Thousand Palms, tres personas estn siendo cuestionadas por agentes del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside y es que se registr un movimiento policial en la misma ciudad en donde autoridades decomisaron armas de fuego y detuvieron a tres personas, dos de estas son menores de edad. El Departamento del Alguacil confirm que