Month: October 2017

A man had to be taken to the hospital on Monday afternoon, after accidentally shooting himself with a gun, according to Cathedral City police. It happened around 1 p.m. near a business in the 68100 block of Ramon Road in Cathedral City. When officers arrived at the scene they found the man had a single

El Departamento de Bomberos de Cathedral City es despachado a Anaheim Hills para ayudar con los esfuerzos de sofocar la hoguera Canyon Fire Two y es que continúa fuera de control en aquella región. Desde estas tarde habría consumido 2,000 acres. El siniestro denominado Canyon Fire Two provocó órdenes de evacuación en el sector de

Desert X regresa al Valle de Coachella en 2019. El consejo de administración de Desert X anunció el lunes que la segunda edición se abrirá desde el 9 de febrero de 2019 hasta finales de abril de 2019. El director artístico, Neville Wakefield, en compañia de Amanda Hunt, Directora de Educación y Programas Públicos del

Los oficiales de policía caídos de Palm Springs Lesley Zerebny y Jose “Gil” Vega fueron homenajeados y recordados con una ceremonia de conmemoración y ceremonia conmemorativa en Palm Springs el domingo por la mañana. La dedicación de la autopista 111 comenzó a las 8:30 am en el Palm Springs Visitor’s Center en 2901 N Palm

Members of the Desert Stonewall Democrats voted to endorse a second person for Palm Springs City Council at a meeting on Tuesday night. Christy Holstege won the endorsement, but Lisa Middleton had already been selected for an early endorsement months ago. That’s when only council member Chris Mills’ seat was going to be vacant. Now

Palm Spring City Councilmember candidates turned in their paperwork to officially be recognized as qualified to be on the November 7 ballot. The entries were due last week but the deadline was been extended another five days. Currently, 10 candidates will be running for two open seats in November, this comes after Ginny Foat and

The Palm Springs Public Library was packed Sunday for a special city council candidate forum. The event was put on by Organized Neighborhoods of Palm Springs in partnership with Friends of the Palm Springs Public Library. It featured a meet-and-greet with six candidates running for the two open seats on the council and was followed

The President of an employees union allegedly sent an email encouraging Palm Springs city employees to help get a tax measure on the November ballot passed or risk losing their jobs. The letter was sent out to a number of city employees by SEIU721 Chapter President Simon Min. It urges employees to help spread information

Our Spotlight Grant recipient for October is the Cabot’s Pueblo Museum in Desert Hot Springs. The museum houses a collection of artifacts in order to educate and inspire visitors and to create an appreciation of the desert community. For more information on the museum visit their website.

A two-car collision in Palm Springs sent three people in the hospital on Monday morning. The incident happened shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunrise north of Alejo Drive, when a driver of a white SUV pulled over after witnessing a dog being by a car. After taking care of the dog who perished, the driver

Desert X is making its way back to the Coachella Valley in 2019. The Desert X Board of Directors announced Monday that the second edition will open from Feb. 9, 2019 through the end of April 2019. Returning Artistic Director Neville Wakefield will be joined by Amanda Hunt, Director of Education & Public Programs at

El departamento del sheriff del condado de Riverside está investigando la muerte de un recluso en la instalación correccional de Smith en banning. Los agentes dijeron que el hombre fue encontrado inconciente justo antes de las 12:30 de la mañana del domingo en el área de entrada de la cárcel. Se tomaron medidas de salvamento

The City of Palm Springs announced that the mirror house has been ordered to be taken down within the next 30 days. The mirror house titled “Mirage” — located on W Racquet Club Rd near N Palm Canyon Dr — was created by Doug Aitken and was part of Desert X. A collection of art

At least one power outage was reported in Desert Hot Springs Monday morning as strong winds blew in the area. An initial report listed the outage impacting 300 Southern California Edison customers. That number was rapidly downgraded to seven customers without service, two customers in North Palm Springs, five customers impacted in North Desert Hot

Cancer survivors, family members and caretakers came together Saturday for the Palm Desert Relay for Life. “Relay has grown to over 5,000 relays throughout the globe. And we come together to raise money for the American Cancer Society to fund research,” event chair Janine Judy said. Dorlaine Stanley has been cancer-free for 14 years. “My

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of an inmate at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department-Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. Deputies said the man was found unresponsive just before 12:30 Sunday morning within the intake area of the jail. Life-saving measures were taken and medical personnel were called, but the man later died.

A woman suffered major injuries following a car accident in Indio. Indio police said the victim was airlifted to the hospital. The accident happened just before 6:30 p.m. this evening on the 44600 block of Oasis Street. Cal Fire Riverside County firefighters were on scene to extricate the victim from the vehicle. Officials said the

Desert Oasis is wrapping up day two at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. The brand new festival is bringing a different genre of music to the festival lineup and also bringing business to the valley. While the crowds might not be as big as Desert Trip, business owners said they’re just happy there’s another

Baseball Buddies is a program in their 11th season that gives kids under the age of 18 with physical/mental disabilities the chance to be paired up with a local high school student to play baseball. Palm Desert Greens Golf Country Club is hosting a tournament to help the the Baseball Buddies organization raise money and

Fallen Palm Springs police officers Lesley Zerebny and Jose “Gil” Vega were honored and remembered with a highway dedication and memorial ceremony in Palm Springs Sunday morning. The Highway 111 dedication began at 8:30 am at the Palm Springs Visitor’s Center on 2901 N Palm Canyon Drive. The dedication started with a moment of silence