Month: December 2016

The owner of Robolights in Palm Springs has cleared a hurdle in court after the City of Palm Springs was denied a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. A judge denied a request from the city of Palm Springs to bar residents from entering the Robolights property, which would have made the holiday attraction off limits

Desert Hot Springs police announced an arrest in a deadly Tuesday morning shooting along the 66100 block of Second Street. Residents called police to report hearing several gunshots fired at 2:56 a.m. less than a block east of the Desert Hot Springs Library, the Edward L. Wenzlaff Education Center and the Carl May Community Center.

A notorious jewel thief who has made headlines across the country for her crimes, including the Coachella Valley, has been arrested yet again, according to the Atlanta Journal. Doris Payne, 86, was arrested Tuesday for trying to steal a $2,000 diamond necklace from a Von Maur department store in the Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, Georgia,

A 45-year-old Indio man has been arrested on multiple felony charges connected to a case of grand theft that occurred at a Palm Desert business in November. Mariano Flores is facing felony charges of grand theft, credit card fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The grand theft occurred November

The Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education has selected its interim superintendent in a 5-0 vote held at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. District officials said Kathleen Felci will fill the position of Gary Rutherford, Ed.D. Rutherford will be stepping down December 31 after nearly four years as superintendent. The unanimous decision to

Un hombre de 26 años residente de Indio fue arrestado despues de ser sorprendo sosteniendo actos lascivos con una menor de edad en La Quinta ayer por la noche. Agentes del Departamento de Policía de La Quinta realizaba una revisión a un auto con personas adentro que estaba estacionado cerca de La Palma Drive y

California’s central coast was rattled overnight by a 3.9-magnitude earthquake. San Luis Obispo County Sgt. Dave Nottenkamper says he felt a single sharp jolt just before 4 a.m. Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake’s epicenter was about five miles west of the small town of Templeton, 13 miles north of Morro Bay and

Once an agricultural community, now a growing city in the east end of the Coachella Valley “We’re going to continue to protect our Ag[riculture] industry, insure that it’s growing that it is successful and at the same time I think from the land that’s available our Ag[riculture] industry is going to help feed our growth,”

Several Frontier Communications customers in Indio are complaining about an outage for home phone service. Some people say they have been having problems for weeks. “There is so much more to enjoy with Frontier, really, I don’t think so,” said Dom Summa who was reading an advertisement mailed to his home from Frontier. Summa lives

The Torres Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians in Thermal is partnering with a local group to collect toys for children of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, where a large group of protestors are still gathered in opposition to the Access Pipeline. A local group, CV Solidarity with Standing Rock, is working with

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station arrested a man accused of trying to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine at the Highway 86 checkpoint on Monday afternoon. Agents found the narcotics hidden inside the man’s car battery. The suspect, a resident of Mexico, was driving a Dodge Charger and he’s now in

Deputies are searching for two men and two women connected to multiple crimes in Yucca Valley that occurred Monday morning. The Morongo Basin Station was called at about 6:45 a.m. to investigate suspicious activity near Joshua Tree Road and Old Woman Springs Road. Deputies found an abandoned Nissan Pathfinder that was stolen from the 55100

A Banning woman who was lying in a Beaumont roadway just prior to being struck and killed by a vehicle was identified by authorities on Tuesday morning. Angelina Partridge was killed Monday when a vehicle struck her as she was lying face up between the fast and slow lane of state Route 79. County coroners

UPDATED: Kanye West visited Trump Tower this morning. The musician entered the building shortly after 9 a.m. with a large entourage. West was not accompanied by wife Kim Kardashian West. The 39-year-old recently spent over a week in Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles for stress and exhaustion. West did not stop to

The 28 th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Annette Bening with the Career Achievement Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. The Film Awards Gala, hosted by Mary Hart, will be held Monday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Festival runs January 2 -16, 2017. “Throughout her career,

With each step and chant, thousands of people walked to honor their Catholic faith and the Virgin Guadalupe. “It’s just awesome to see that many people,” Indio resident Brad Berry said. “It was just phenomenal.” People walked through the streets of Palm Springs at 6 a.m. Monday to make a 32-mile pilgrimage to the Our

The Palm Springs International Film Festival is less than a month away and already many of the actors set to be honored here are scoring Golden Globe nominations. “La La Land” snagged 7 nominations, including best motion picture for a musical or comedy. The film also getting high praise from the chairman of the film

The Coachella Valley Unified teachers’ union will vote next week on whether to ratify a recent, tentative agreement with the school district that would prevent the long-looming threat of a strike and secure payraises for district employees. The new agreement was reached Friday evening, ending more than a year of tension between district officials and

The Palm Springs Police Officers’ Association is asking for the public’s help to decorate and spruce up the Christmas tree in front of the police station at 200 S. Civic Drive. “We are asking for members of the community to personalize an ornament and bring it to the station and hang it on the tree,”