Month: January 2018

Cathedral City’s Angela Inprom won her first ever wrestling tournament this weekend and while doing so broke the Lion’s pin record. The senior had never gone out for the sport until this season and she continues to turn heads.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival is coming to a close, but not before businesses benefit from all the movie lovers in town. Sherman’s Deli is just down the street from Regal Cinemas. The patio packed Sunday morning and and there was a wait to get a table. “It increases tremendously, actually it’s been growing

The 39th edition of the National College Tennis Classic at Sunrise Country Club wrapped up Sunday with Mert Zincirli (Univ of San Fran) winning the men’s title and Janice Shin (Stanford) claiming the women’s side.

Rancho Mirage and Cathedral City competed in the first ever only female wrestling dual this week when the Lions took the victory 51 to 12.

Gymnasts from across the country and world are competing in this weekend’s Palm Springs Cup at the convention center. Each of these athletes hope to earn qualifying scores to participate in other USA Gymnastics’ Competitions. This is the fourth year the competition has been held in Palm Springs. Organizers said the weekend event shines a

The 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is nearing its end, with the announcement of this year’s top films. Saturday, festival organizers announced this year’s juried award winners at a luncheon at the Hilton Palm Springs. The prize for best foreign language film went to “Felicite from Senegal,” which was directed by Alain Gomis.

A car overturned after it crashed into a pole in Thousand Palms, officials said. The crash was first reported just after midnight on Interstate 10, East near the intersection of Monterey Avenue and Varner Road, officials said. The car knocked the pole down and off the roadway. Crews are working to fix the exposed wiring

An early-morning fire at a storage facility in Indio on Saturday caused major damage to more than two-dozen units. Crews with Cal Fire Riverside County responded to the StoreAmerica Self Storage facility in the 45000 block of on Flower Street at 4:47 a.m. According to reports, when firefighters arrived on scene there was a row

UPDATE 7:35 PM: Palm Springs Police confirmed they found 75-year-old Roger Dannen alive on a ridge by a Riverside County Sheriff’s helicopter. ———————————————————————————- On Friday, authorities identified 75-year-old Roger Dannen, of Oregon as the hiker who went missing on Wednesday as he was hiking the Indian Canyons Trail in Palm Springs. According to Palm Springs

Anaheim Duck defenseman Josh Manson proposed to his girlfriend Julie after a trip up the Palm Springs Tramway on Friday.

An Alaskan Airlines flight that took off at Palm Springs International Airport and was scheduled to land in San Francisco, was diverted to LAX after smoke was reported in the cockpit. AlaskaAir flight 1599 took off from the Palm Springs at 7:30 pm. The plane landed safely on a runway at LAX at a little

Local artists from the nonprofit Desert Arc opened a pop-up exhibit at the Historical Society of Palm Desert Friday. The exhibit runs through Monday, Jan. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is the seventh year for the Client Art Exhibition, which showcases the artwork of Desert Arc’s afternoon art program, which is offered

A man accused in the shooting death of a Desert Hot Springs teen more than two decades ago was ordered to stand trial on a voluntary manslaughter charge rather a recently refiled murder charge. Joseph Ray Messer, 41, is accused of shooting 17-year-old Jamie Brown on July 27, 1996, after confronting a group of teens

Update 1/12/18: Hotel staff confirmed that the hotel was back open. ————————————————– Update 1/3/18: According to Carlos Mendoza, General Manager of the Embassy Suits, the hotel will reopen on January 11, 2018. Full statement on the incident: On December 29 the Embassy Suites by Hilton Palm Desert incurred a failure of the main power supply

Congressman Raul Ruiz & Phil Johnson, Assistant Executive Director of Salton Sea Authority talk with KESQ / CBS Local 2 about the new 10-year Salton Sea water management plan. The goal is to make the making the Salton Sea and the surrounding into a thriving community and tourist destination. Ruiz and Johnson spoke to KESQ’s

The nation is reacting to comments President Trump made on Thursday while he rejected a pitch from a bipartisan team of senators on a compromise immigration deal and, according to sources briefed on the meeting, he made disparaging comments about Haiti, El Salvador and parts of Africa Trump said likens El Salvador and other areas

INDIAN WELLS, Calif., January 12 , 2018 – The brand-new BNP Paribas Open “Garden Party,” a free event open to the public that will serve as the official kick-off to Tennis Season in the Coachella Valley, will be held at the Gardens of El Paseo on Friday, January 26 from 3:30 pm – 7:00 p.m.,

El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, calificó como “países de mierda” (“shithole countries”, en ingles), a Haití, El Salvador y países de África que tienen determinados programas para inmigrantes. Sin embargo, este viernes, el presidente publicó en su cuenta de Twitter que el “lenguaje” que utilizó durante una reunión con legisladores en Salón Oval de la

A 27-year-old man was arrested Friday for possession of drugs and weapons after authorities served a search warrant at a home in Coachella. Deputies with Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force along with the Coachella Police Department served a narcotics related search warrant at a residence located in the 84400 block of N. Sienna Circle. Read: