Month: September 2017

Our Spotlight Grant recipient for September is the The Foundation for Palm Springs Unified School District. The Foundation is a nonprofit for the school district that aims to strengthen schools and create opportunities for students to achieve. 100% of the money awarded from the Spotlight Grant will be distributed through the Foundation’s micro-grant program. The

A neuropsychologist testified Tuesday that poor verbal skills, along with potential amnesia, may put an ex-con charged with the ambush killings of two Palm Springs police officers “at risk” of being mentally incompetent to stand trial. The closing arguments in the competency trial is scheduled for Thursday at 9 a.m. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KWidnerCBSL2/status/912728404016865280″,”author_name”:”Katie Widner CBSL2″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/KWidnerCBSL2″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en”

UPDATE: Kerry Anne Bresnahan has been safely returned to her residence this morning. It was unclear where she was during the time she was missing. ———————————————————————————————————— Authorities were asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman from Rancho Mirage who remained missing Tuesday morning. 52-year-old Kerry Anne Bresnahan, a resident within the Sunrise

A local family is recovering after hit-and-run crash in Indio over the weekend sent a mother into labor. According to the Indio Police Department, on Saturday night around 7:40 p.m. the Ramirez family — the father, who was driving; the mother; and their 5-year-old child — was in a white Jeep traveling southbound on Monroe

A 16-year-old juvenile and an 18-year-old man were arrested Sunday for allegedly taking a car at gunpoint in Palm Desert. It happened around 10:50 a.m. when Palm Desert Police officers responded to a carjacking in a retail parking lot on the 72400 block of Highway 111. Officers arrived within minutes and learned two black males

Joel Martinez passed away the day before he would have turned two. “He was this beautiful, handsome, blue-eyed little boy,” remembers his mother Jackie Valenzuela, “April 9th was supposed to be his 2nd birthday party and April 8th he had his drowning accident.” “I just know that they found him in the water, my 9-year-old,

A neuropsychologist testified today that she believes a 27- year-old ex-con charged with the ambush killings of two Palm Springs police officers suffered “traumatic amnesia” and has no remembrance of last fall’s shooting, preventing him from assisting in his defense, though prosecutors grilled her about a potential conflict of interest in the case. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KWidnerCBSL2/status/912456954076831744″,”author_name”:”Katie Widner

A popular trout fishing derby in Cahuilla lake isn’t casting out lines this year. “Its been taking place since I was a kid, I’m now 45, and with the exception of maybe one or two times its been canceled, its been on,” said Julian Rangel, warden for Desert Valley Outdoorsmen/women. The derby lets parents and

The Palm Springs Cultural Center and the Friends of the Palm Springs Library announced a new cultural speaker series that will have three well-known authors come to the city. Those authors include LBGTQ activist Dan Savage, alternative medicine activist advocate Deepak Chopra and New York Times best-selling author Lisa Scottoline. Savage will be the first

Local couple Ross Mathews and Salvador Camarena won big this Sunday on Celebrity Family Feud. The two were competing alongside Ross’s mom, his mom’s best friend Boni and his best friend Taya. They faced off against Faith Evans and her family. Many gathered and cheered on the family at a viewing party held at the

Las autoridades han identificado al sospechoso en un tiroteo que dejó tres heridos en Thousand Palms durante el fin de semana. El sábado de el 16 de septiembre a las 11:58 p.m. Los autoridades del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside respondieron a una llamada de arma mortal en el bloque 29000 de Sierra Del Sol.

A Hemet man accused of killing his girlfriend and keeping her body in his SUV until he was located by police hours later must stand trial on a murder charge, a judge ruled Monday. Vincent James Marples, 34, was arrested in January for allegedly killing 32-year-old Cassandra Taylor, whose remains were located in his Ford

On Monday, Cal State University San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus announced their new associate dean. Michael Salvador, professor and chair of the Cal State San Bernardino communication studies department will be taking on the new role. Salvador was a professor and associate director in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.

Una persona más falleció a consecuencia del sismo de 7,1 que esta semana sacudió el país, con lo cual la cifra total de muertos se incrementó a 319. Luis Felipe Puente, coordinador nacional de Protección Civil, informó en su cuenta de Twitter que hasta el momento van 181 muertos en la Ciudad de Mexico; 73,

Se lleva a cabo el juicio para determinar el estado mental del hombre acusado de arrebatarle la vida a dos oficiales de Palm Springs el pasado mes de octubre. Un psicólogo testificó que John Felix presenta un cuadro de trastorno mental. Agregó que no comprendía porque estaba encarcelado y actuaba como niño. Además, Felix dio

A Yucca Valley man is in custody after a deputy found him in violation of probation terms and having an active warrant. On Monday at 5:17 a.m. a deputy from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station conducted a pedestrian check on 22-year old William Phillips near Twenty-Nine Palms Highway and Adobe Road in the Twentynine Palms.

U.S. Sen. John McCain says doctors have given him a “very poor prognosis” as he battles brain cancer. McCain underwent surgery in July for a brain tumor that was later found to be a form of glioblastoma, the same type of cancer that took the life of his former Senate colleague Edward M. Kennedy in

Authorities have identified the suspect in a shooting that left three people injured in Thousand Palms over the weekend. On Saturday at 11:58 p.m. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at the 29000 block of Sierra Del Sol. Read original story Deputies arrived within minutes and found three

Desert Hot Springs Police officers arrested a suspect accused of an armed assault and robbery Saturday night. Officers responded just before 8:30 p.m. to reports of an attempted armed robbery and assault with a firearm in the 14700 block of Palm Drive. They said the victim told them Wally Durez, 57, loaded a handgun, demanded