Month: September 2017

Coming off their first win since the 2015 season, the Desert Mirage Rams football team is looking forward to the league season and beyond, as they try to build their program. “To see those kids faces after that victory on Friday is something that ranks up there with all those accomplishments” said head coach Eric

21-year-old Cathedral City photographer, Sean McGee, describes the moment he took this picture of a Palm Springs sunrise as mind-blowing. The photo, taken off of Tahquitz Canyon, won third place in a nationwide photography contest put on by Westways Magazine, the primary communication tool of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The problem is, McGee

Sean Mcgee, un fotógrafo de Cathedral City dijo “Estaba muy sorprendido y mi corazón estaba roto”. Y es que una persona le robó su pieza de arte y posteriormente el amante de lo ajeno la firmó con su nombre. El fotógrafo antes mencionado tomó la foto del amanecer en el Valle de Coachella y se

The Centers for Disease Control released a report saying in 2016 Americans were infected with 2 million new cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and Chlamydia. That’s the highest number of sexually transmitted diseases ever reported. That trend has local health professionals on high alert, especially at the Desert AIDs Project’s sexual health clinic “The Dock.” “We

A Northern California man is awaiting trial on charges of murdering another man’s romantic rival from Palm Desert, whose remains were identified more than two decades later through DNA, which was also used to link the accused killer-for-hire to the crime, the sheriff’s department announced Wednesday. Russell Huber, 59, of Oroville, is charged with murder

Lesley Zerebny had just a short three months with her daughter Cora, who is now almost one. “The most important thing to Lesley was this little girl,” shares Zack Zerebny. “(Lesley) was the biggest fire cracker in the world. Feisty, a handful. And then when she became pregnant she, she didn’t lose her personality, she

In a powerful show of support– officers statewide— from Houston…. to the Dallas suburbs flashed their lights at the same time today to honor a department– a city– still grieving. “If you can imagine, the skyline of the city of Dallas,” said David Kling, speaking on the phone to CBS Local 2’s Brooke Beare on

Palm Desert Middle School students honored two fallen officers during their Washington D.C. trip Tuesday. PDMS students visited the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, where they laid wreaths and patches to pay tribute to fallen Palm Springs police officers Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega. Read: Fallen PSPD officers remembered in Washington, D.C. The trip consisted

The law enforcement community is gathering to once again pay homage to their own. Law enforcement agencies from across Southern California are in Riverside Monday night for a ceremony remembering fallen Palm Springs officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny. Their names will be added to the ‘Safe in Arms’ statue in front of the

It is a somber weekend in Washington, D.C., as tens of thousands of people from across the United States are arriving in the nation’s capital to honor law enforcement officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Two of Palm Springs’ own, were remembered Saturday night with their service and lives recognized during National Police Week.

A very special symbol from the Palm Springs Police Department is on its way to the nation’s capital in honor of fallen police officers Lesley Zerebny and Jose ‘Gil Vega who were killed in the line of duty during a domestic call in October of 2016. Read: Palm Springs police officers honored at memorial service

Fallen Palm Springs police officers Lesley Zerebny and Jose Gilbert “Gil” Vega will be honored at the State Capitol. Watch: Chief Reyes receives standing ovation after talking about ‘the watering down of our justice system’ View Photos from Memorial Ceremony Officers Zerebny and Vega will be honored at a two-day event in Sacramento celebrating National

Two fallen heroes will be honored at the state and national level nearly seven months after their deaths. People have continued to stop by the Palm Springs Police Department over the months to leave flowers and other momentos outside. Later this month, members of the Palm Springs PD, as well as the families of fallen

Two Palm Springs Police officers who were killed in the line of duty are bring honored in a special tribute Tuesday. You can watch it streaming live by clicking here. Officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny were shot while on a call last October. For the first time since the tragedy, six Palm Springs

A former sergeant with the Palm Springs Police Department is creating statues of fallen officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny. Marc Melanson worked on the statues for months creating them out of wax in order to make them into statues. Melanson was a 33-year veteran of the police force and retired in 2012. He

The President of the Palm Springs Police Officer’s Association has finished a 50 mile run and walk to honor fellow law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2016. Officer Joe Cook crossed the finish line at 3:29 a.m. Friday morning after running laps for 21 hours and 29 minutes at Palm Springs

The Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade is kicking off on October 29 and there is still time to enter a float, participate as a food vendor or set up a booth in the Kid’s Zone. The Parade, is the largest parade of its kind in the world and is the longest running in the Coachella

La policía está investigando un accidente de dos autos que causó que un automóvil diera vueltas en Rancho Mirage el miercoles por la mañana. Las autoridades recibieron un reporte de la colisión poco despues de las 10 de la mañana en la intersección de Los Alamos Road y Ramon Road. El conductor en el coche

Firefighters are working to contain a Tamarisk tree fire in Indio on Wednesday morning. Cal Fire received the call shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Country Club Drive and Adams Street near the I-10. No structures are threatened from the quarter-acre tamarisk tree fire. The railroad next to the line of trees has been closed down