Month: November 2016

New results in the La Quinta City Council election show that Steve Sanchez and Kathleen Fitzpatrick appear to be the winners, beating out incumbent Kristy Franklin. Here are the latest results posted just before 6:00 p.m. Friday: STEVE SANCHEZ 5,363 23.50% VICTORIA LLORT 4,251 18.63% KRISTY FRANKLIN 4,873 21.35% KATHLEEN FITZPATRICK 5,267 23.08% JOE JOHNSON

UPDATE: 6:22 p.m. Ever since he was a teenager, David Hamm has had his hands on a car, spending most of his adult life calling the Palm Desert 76 home. The gas station and repair shop has been a well-known, historic Palm Desert go-to for anything auto for more than 60 years. “This is the

On Friday morning, Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit notified colleagues and friends that he will be reducing his workload due to an illness. Dear Colleagues and Friends, Weeks of discomfort, dry coughing and extreme fatigue led to my having a CT Scan Wednesday. The scan revealed a number of pulmonary embolisms as well as a

On Friday police said a missing Silver Lake couple have been located near the border with Mexico in good health and will be reunited with their family. Aaron Morganstein, 33, and Mariya Mitkova, 27, last had been heard from when they left their home in the 2200 block of Shoredale Avenue about 3 p.m. Saturday.

The Tour de Palm Springs will possibly be moving to a new host city in the Coachella Valley in 2018. Founder Tim Esser said talks to relocate the event to Palm Desert are underway. The popular event will still be held in Palm Springs in January of 2017. According to Esser’s release, the negotiations with

Officers with the Desert Hot Springs Police Department said the man reported missing Thursday afternoon in Desert Hot Springs has been found safe. Leslie Locke, 81, was reported missing after he was last seen at about 2:15 p.m. Thursday when he left his home in Desert Hot Springs to visit family in Dana Point. Sgt.

Update 11/18 – Church officials: Cause of flooding determined to be faulty installation by SoCal Associates According to a Facebook post by Christ Lutheran Church: “We have been advised that the cause of our recent flood at Christ Lutheran Church was faulty installation of our waste water line by SoCal Associates, inc. And the faulty

Authorities have identified the 40-year-old man who was struck and killed by a car while crossing an Indio roadway early Tuesday. Bernardo Aguiar of Indio died at the scene of the crash on Avenue 44, west of West Circle Drive. According to Indio Police Sgt. Dan Marshall, Aguiar was hit just before 6 p.m. Tuesday

Update: 11/18/16 10:30AM: On Friday police said a missing Silver Lake couple have been located in Mexico in good health and will be reunited with their family. Aaron Morganstein, 33, and Mariya Mitkova, 27, last had been heard from when they left their home in the 2200 block of Shoredale Avenue about 3 p.m. Saturday.

Rising home prices may not be a big deal for investors or retirees looking for a second home, or tourists who want to visit Palm Springs. But what about the people who live– and want to work there? Is the city keeping housing affordable? Is City Hall pricing some people out of the Palm Springs

La policía de Indio confirmó que un estudiante fue atropellado hoy a las 7:24 a.m. en el área de Clinton Street y Palmyra Avenue. El Sargento Dan Marshall vocero de la dependencia informó que no se reportaron heridas y que el menor no requiró atención medica y pudo atender a clases. El conductor del coche

A 47-year-old man from Guatemala was killed early Thursday morning in a crash on eastbound I-10 after his pickup truck was sideswiped by a big rig in Desert Center. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Sergio Ramirez Morales of Villa Nueva. The crash happened west of Hayfield Road in Chiriaco Summit at

Police were working to clear debris from the roadway following a Palm Desert freeway crash Friday morning. It was reported at 8:23 a.m. in the freeway’s eastbound lanes just past the Monterey Avenue bridge. The California Highway Patrol reported a driver in a pickup truck, hauling a trailer, appeared to have lost control in the

Indio police confirm a student was struck by a car Friday morning before school in front of Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School. The collision was reported at 7:24 a.m. at Clinton Street and Palmyra Avenue. Police Sgt. Dan Marshall said no major injuries were reported. The student was knocked down by a car, but did

A third-alarm fire destroyed two acres of pallets early today at a pallet yard in Perris, authorities said. About 45 firefighters were dispatched to the site of the blaze, which was reported at 2:49 a.m. near North Webster Avenue and West Ramona Expressway, said April Newman of the Riverside County Fire Department. It was still

Just like a puff of smoke, some medical marijuana users will be paying a little less out of pocket. Proposition 64 included a tax for recreational marijuana when it becomes available in 2018. At the same time, it’s giving an early tax break to people with county-issued, state of California marijuana identification cards. “It’s confusing

Soldier’s Organized Services has been providing local military personnel with free transportation for 10 years. Their busiest time of year starts next week and for months S.O.S has asked the city of Palm Springs for a designated parking spot at the airport. On Thursday, a decision was made. “We’ve transported almost 120,000 (people), we’ve saved

The future of recreational funding in Indian Wells is still in question. Thursday afternoon, city leaders met to approve a response back to Desert Recreation District (DRD) officials. DRD officials said it all started earlier this year, when city leaders began exploring options to separate themselves from the district, in an effort to help fund

Once again the community came out in full force to help “Fill the Bus” with holiday food items. This was the 10th annual food drive that KESQ and Sunline Transit Agency have teamed up to help make the holidays more festive for everyone this year. All donations will go to the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

About 100 Indio High School students who were potentially exposed to tuberculosis heard their results on Thursday after undergoing testing earlier this week. The teens were checked on Tuesday after a student was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis, prompting Riverside County health officials to send letters to students and staff who might have been exposed.