Month: April 2016

The board that oversees California’s high-speed rail system put off a vote Thursday on a revised business plan to give state officials more time to assuage lawmakers and citizens upset by the recent decision to first send the train to Northern California rather than the Los Angeles area. Officials proposed changes to the latest business

Indian Wells voters will get a chance to weigh-in on the CV Link project. CV Link is a proposed valley-wide path for bicyclists, pedestrians, and neighborhood electric vehicles. The Indian Wells City Council voted four to one to add a measure to the November ballot. The decision comes after Rancho Mirage voters overwhelmingly rejected having

The Palm Springs Police Department arrested a 44-year-old man Tuesday morning after someone saw him harassing a juvenile girl and possibly trying to grab her. Officers were called to the 1600 block of San Lorenzo Road at about 7:30 a.m. and found the suspect, Thomas Mabe of Palm Springs, in the 500 block of S.

Wednesday’s date was 4/20 and that number has become synonymous with marijuana. One desert city held an expert panel to educate people on medical cannabis. It was standing room only at the first Desert Hot Springs medical cannabis town hall forum. “I do believe they are on to something and I do believe this marijuana

Nueva APP mvil reune informacin al sacudir la tierra tras un sismo. Investigadores de la Universidadde Berkeley dieron a conocer el APP conocido popularmente como My Shake. Reune informacin con sensores de movimiento que estn dentro de los Smart Phones, posteriormente, enva los datos para ser analizados. Los usuarios de inmediato pueden ver en dnde

La destruccin causada por el poderoso sismo de 7.8 grados ha devastado decenas de poblaciones de las provincias de Manab y Esmeraldas dejando un saldo de casi 600 personas sin vida y 200 heridos. Es por esta razn que un residente de Cathedral City, Luis Jimenez y su amigo de la Universidad Atnoma de Guadalajara

El presidente de Barack Obama destac este jueves que no hubo alma “ms fuerte, creativa o audaz” que la de Prince, al anotar que “el mundo perdi a un icono” con el fallecimiento del cantante. En un comunicado, Obama y su esposa, Michelle, se unieron al duelo de millones de fans en todo el mundo

Un adolescente fue aprendido por intento de robo residencial en 29 Palms este mircoles. Un testigo seal que se percat de un sujeto pateando la puerta principal de una vivienda ubicada sobre la cuadra 5500 de Baileya Avenue. Segn las indagaciones, el sospechoso no logr ingresar a la casa y huy de la zona antes

Ayer se llev a cabo un foro informativo abierto al pblico en Desert Hot Springs con representantes de la industria de la marihuana, lideres municipales, de la cmara de comercio, el concilio y residentes para discutir y analizar el futuro del cannabis medicinal en la ciudad. Todos estuvieron a favor del cultivo cuyo mayor beneficio

Canadian visitors to the Coachella Valley will be able to fly to the desert nonstop this winter, thanks to seasonal service announced by an Air Canada subsidiary. Air Canada rouge flights from Toronto to Palm Springs International Airport will operate on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays between Dec. 14 and April 16, 2017. “Air Canada is

People up and down on California are using less water, and still their water bills may be going up, including right here in the Coachella Valley. UC Riverside’s Palm Desert campus hosted a forum on regional water rates where speakers shared why water bills are getting higher, despite cutting water use. Rates will rise specifically

A teenager was arrested on charges of attempted burglary for allegedly trying to break into a 29 Palms home on Wednesday. A witness said he saw someone kicking the front door of a home in the 5500 block of Baileya Avenue. The suspect wasn’t able to kick-in the door and ran from the area before

Authorities say an East Bay man has been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime for burning a rainbow flag at a church. KNTV reports Thursday that the crime occurred at the Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church and is part of recent vandalism surrounding the flag. Parishioner Dale Scovill says the flag has been taken down

The board that oversees California’s high-speed rail project will meet Thursday to consider its latest plan, which proposes dramatic changes to the route. The latest proposal calls for a $64 billion system that sends the high-speed rail line from Central California to San Jose rather than to the Los Angeles area first as initially planned.

They can happen almost anywhere, at anytime. “We start feeling it shake, and that’s about the only warning that most people get,” Rancho Mirage Emergency Service Coordinator Britt Wilson said. “You might here a slight rattle of some of the glass, and then you know it’s coming.” But researchers in California have developed a new

Another opening weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has wrapped up, but not without incident. The Indio Police Department reports a total of 128 arrests were made, up from 93 in the festival’s first weekend of 2015. Weekend One Arrest Statistics One thing officers are cracking down on this year is underage

Un ecuatoriano sobrevivi el peor terremoto en dcadas bebiendo su propia orina mientras su esposa ya tena listo el atud porque lo daba por muerto. Se trata de Pablo Crdova, de 51 aos, quien estaba trabajando el sbado en un hotel en Portoviejo, Ecuador, cuando el edificio se le desplom encima por el devastador terremoto.

Update: Senator Bernie Sanders will not be attending ‘Berniechella’ or the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Regional Press Secretary Vivek Kembaiyan told KESQ & CBS Local 2 Wednesday afternoon. Kembaiyan also noted that his campaign isn’t involved with Berniechella. According to berniesanders.com, there are no mentions of the Democratic presidential candidate visiting the Coachella

Donald Trump y Hillary Clinton ganaron el martes con facilidad sus respectivas elecciones primarias en Nueva York. El multimillonario se recuper de una difcil racha en la contienda republicana y la ex secretaria de Estado se puso ms cerca de asegurar la candidatura demcrata. La victoria de Trump en Nueva York dio impulso psicolgico a

Jack Lew, secretario del Tesoro, anunci que Alexander Hamilton permanecer en el billete de $10 dlares y que Andrew Jackson ceder su lugar en el de $20 a la activista proderechos civiles, Harriet Tubman. Esta es la primera ocasin en la que una mujer ocupa tal lugar. Tubman fue una activa lder abolicionista, quien por