Month: November 2017

The Palm Desert City Council has voted to phase out short term rentals in single family neighborhoods with R1 and R2 designations by Dec. 31, 2019. The vote came after a marathon of public comment, council discussion and failed motions. This adoption will count as a first reading of the ordinance and will need final

People come to the desert for many different reasons. Some come for its beauty, others come to heal and some come to get in touch with their own intuition. Char Margolis said she has been helping people connect with their deceased loved ones her whole life. “My hope for everyone who comes to my retreat

24 Palm Desert Walmart employees were arrested Wednesday following an investigation of an embezzlement scheme at the store. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said that employees from the 34500 Monterey Avenue store used employee coupon codes to load Walmart gift cards with money, then used the fraudulent cards to buy groceries, electronics and other miscellaneous

When you get sick, a typical course of action includes a doctor’s visit, many times followed by antibiotics. But many in the medical field believe those antibiotics could be doing more harm than good in the long term. “Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to change in a way that actually reduces the effectiveness

Two men, one of whom was previously convicted of being an accessory to murder, were arrested after officers investigating a weekend fight in downtown Palm Springs found a loaded assault rifle and ammunition in one of the suspect’s vehicles and later seized more weapons at a residence, police announced Thursday. Phillipe Pavia, 39, and Raymond

A 40-year-old motorcyclist was fatally injured in a head-on crash just north of Mountain Center, authorities said. The victim, identified as 40-year-old Banning resident Thai Yang, was killed shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday on state Route 243, roughly a mile north of Highway 74, along the boundaries of the San Bernardino National Forest, the California

Emily Días es originaria de el Valle de Coachella, dice que siempre desde muy pequeña le han gustado los deportes pero que se enamoro de el deporte llamado “levantamiento de pesas”,lleva mas de de dos años practicando ese deporte y el mes pasado tuvo la oportunidad de competir a nivel nacional en la ciudad de

A then-19-year-old Desert Hot Springs resident opened fire on a group of skateboarders at a local park two years ago, wounding two men, a prosecutor said Thursday, but a defense attorney said the intended shooting victim was not an “innocent bystander.” Efrain Emanuel Hyman, now 21, is charged with two counts of attempted murder in

College of the Desert announced plans to open a temporary Palm Springs Campus for the college’s Spring 2018 semester. The College of the Desert Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to approve leasing 4.15 acres owned by Palm Springs Unified School District at 1300 E. Baristo Road. The campus will feature 11 classrooms and computer labs,

Help make the holiday season special for local children in need by donating to the “ChiPs for Kids” toy drive. The kick off event for the annual toy drive will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Palm Desert Walgreens located at 44840 Monterey Avenue. New and unwrapped toys can also be donated

Despues de una excelente investigación, v arios empleados de la tienda Walmart de Palm Desert fueron arrestados ayer miercoles por supuesta marversación de gastos. La investigación realizada por el Equipo del Distrito Comercial de Palm Desert reveló que los empleados en la tienda ubcada en el 34500 Monterey Avenue usaban un código de cupón fraudulento

La Agencia de Tránsito de SunLine será sede de su undecima edición anualHoliday Food Drive hoy en tres ubicaciones de el Valle de Coachella, donde los residentesse les insta a llevar comida y otros artículos para donar a los necesitados. La campaña anual se llevará a cabo en tres tiendas de abarrotes en el desierto:

SunLine Transit Agency will host its 11th Annual Holiday Food Drive on Nov.16 from 7:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations in the Coachella Valley. The community is encouraged to drop off non-perishable food items, frozen meats and other assorted trimmings for holiday meals at busses parked at the Walmart Supercenter in Palm Desert,

Actor Timothee Chalamet will be presented with the Rising Star Award at the 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award comes for his performance in the film, “Call Me By Your Name,” also starring Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg. “Timothee Chalamet gives a stirring performance as Elio, a 17-year-old on the brink of

The first cannabis cultivation businesses in Cathedral City opened about six months ago are and are having their first harvest. People can smell the plants from more than block away. For the past couple weeks employees here at City Hall were having to deal with the pungent smell of cannabis. People who were at the

Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon attends nearly all-star dedication ceremonies for the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. “I was getting a little concerned about the number of them, and also some of the people who were getting stars were actually meeting the criteria,” Moon said. Halting changes came to the Palm Springs Walk of Stars

Police are investigating a shooting in La Quinta Wednesday evening. The shooting happened near the intersection of Avenida Montezuma and Avenida Ramirez at around 4:40 pm, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies on scene said that they do not believe anyone was hit in the shooting. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JoeGalliNews/status/930974424194363393″,”author_name”:”Joe Galli”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JoeGalliNews”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Breaking&#lt;/a&#gt;: &#lt;a

A Cathedral City man who pleaded guilty to the accidental shooting death of a friend had his sentencing hearing postponed Wednesday. Calvin Villareal, 21, is slated to be sentenced to more than four years in prison Monday for the Feb. 15 death of 18-year-old Henry Neri at Villareal’s home. Cathedral City Police arrest man &

Indio police released body cam footage on Wednesday showing the moment of a gas explosion in August. Read: Original story The incident happened on August 8, at a residence in the 44000 block of King Street near Miles Avenue in Indio. An Indio Police officer and his trainee responded to a call regarding the smell

Esta mañana, un grupo de ciudadanos locales, vecinos de Palm Springs para vecindarios, entregaron una petición al ayuntamiento para limitar los alquileres a corto plazo (STR) en los barrios residenciales. El grupo reunió más de 5,600 firmas, el doble de la cantidad requerida para calificar para una próxima elección. La petición ahora va al Condado