Month: December 2017

More than two dozen firefighters battled the flames at the scene of a mobile home fire in Thermal Saturday night. It happened in the 66900 block of Martinez Road. One structure was fully engulfed, but crews had the fire fully contained by about 4:30 p.m., about an hour after it started. One family has been

Cal Fire, Riverside County firefighters have helped rescue two hikers on the Skyline Trail in Palm Springs. A spokesperson with Cal Fire, Riverside County confirmed there was an active rescue this afternoon. Firefighters received a call about a downed hiker just after 12:30 p.m. Firefighters made contact with two hikers were stranded on the trail

Something is growing in Palm Springs. “This is the newest, this is the latest and greatest,” Charlie Kieley, Director of Operations for PSA Organica said. “I believe that we’ve set the bar extremely high here.” The brainchild of Kieley and PSA Organica Owner Julie Montante of PSA Organica, the dispensary opened a cannabis cultivation site.

A shelter in the east Coachella Valley is helping migrant farm workers by opening it’s doors for the first time Friday. Astrid Johnson has been a migrant worker for 15 years and for the last six nights she has slept outside. “It was cold especially at 3 in the morning pretty cold,” Johnson said. Johnson

Five Coachella Valley women from the realms of politics, entertainment and philanthropy were recognized Friday at the Athena Awards holiday gala in Palm Springs. The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce’s 31st annual awards ceremony recognized former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer; Palm Springs Art Museum chairwoman Donna MacMillan; KESQ anchor Karen Devine; the McCallum Theatre’s senior

The city of Coachella is looking to create a “green zone” where marijuana dispensaries would be placed. Mayor Steven Hernandez said it’s the next step for the city, now that the cultivation phase of the city’s plan has been laid out. City leaders discussed the zoning plans at Wednesday night’s council meeting. say they’re looking

Coachella native Citlalli Ortiz is one of the top young boxers in the country and is looking to represent USA at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. FULL STORY BY CODY KRUPP ANNOUNCER: “The winner by points in a split decision in the red corner representing USA!” It took a 30 hour flight to India but

Justin Rey is currently behind bars in Kansas after authorities found him and his children in a storage unit with his wife’s dismembered body. Rey is now accused of murdering Palm Springs resident Sean Ty Ferel and stealing his car and credit cards. It’s been a year and a half since the Palm Springs Police

La ciudad de Indio esta lista para realizar el festival de el tamal mas grande en el Valle de Coachella este 2 y 3 de diciembre en su edición numero 26. Silvia Rendón participo en este festival de el tamal en el 2015 y se llevo el primer lugar. Silvia lleva mas de 25 años

A man accused of shooting his wife’s brother, who cited the suspect’s temper in refusing to allow him to move in, is awaiting extradition to the Coachella Valley from Arizona to face attempted murder and other charges. Javier Solis Jr., 24, is accused of shooting the victim just after midnight Wednesday in Desert Hot Springs,

El Departamento de Policía de Ontario encontró los restos de una mujer adulta y un perro dentro de un excavación realizada en Cactus City, según KABC 7. Las autoridades creen que el cuerpo es el de la mujer desaparecida de San Diego, Julia Jacobson. Se realizará una autopsia para confirmar. Noticias en Desarrollo.

Hoy a las 6:50 a.m. chocaron dos vehículos que circulaban sobre los carriles con rumbo al oeste de la I-10 cerca de la rampa de entronque de la calle Cook en Palm Desert. El percance provocó caos vial y el flujo vehicular se vio afectado por dos millas hasta la calle Washington hasta las 8:30

A temporary shelter for the eastern Coachella Valley’s migrant farmworker population is set to open its doors at 6 p.m. on Friday. The Guadalupe shelter at the Galilee Center in Mecca will offer up to 150 beds through July 31, the end of the grape harvest season in the desert. Watch: Shelter for migrant farmworkers

A winter wonderland is coming to downtown Cathedral City next week. Snow-Fest, a free festival sponsored by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, will be packed with fun for the whole family. Event organizers said the city’s Town Square Park will be filled with snow white bubbles. Where: Town Square Park, 68-700 Avenida Lalo

Deputies in the high desert arrested a man for allegedly inflicting injury to a child. On Thursday, a deputy from the Morongo Basin Station responded to Joshua Tree Elementary School to investigate a six-year-old child’s visible injuries. The child reported he was assaulted by his mother’s boyfriend, Aidan Chairez,26, of Joshua Tree. Read: Joshua Tree

The 29 th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present the film The Shape of Water with the Vanguard Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. The award is presented to the film’s cast and director and recognizes its outstanding ensemble. Scheduled to attend are Academy Award nominee Sally Hawkins ( Blue Jasmine

A non-injury collision was slowing traffic on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Friday morning. Two vehicles were involved in the collision at 6:50 a.m. in the freeway’s westbound lanes just east of Cook Street. Traffic was backing up more than 2 miles past Washington Street, but was cleared and back up to speed by 8:15

The Indio International Tamale Festival is back for another year this weekend. The 26th annual festival takes place Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A parade, rolling on through Old Town Indio, will kickoff the festival on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Attendees

A young man who opened fire on a group of skateboarders at a Desert Hot Springs park two years ago did so with a deliberate intent to kill them, a prosecutor said Thursday, but the defendant’s attorney said he was acting in self-defense after being threatened by one of the men in the past. Efrain

A man was arrested Thursday morning, suspected in a burglary and assault with a firearm in Coachella earlier this year. 24-year-old Christopher Reyes was identified as the suspect in the crime that occurred on July 9 at a residence on the 48-100 block of La Playa Street in Coachella. On Thursday, deputies from the Riverside