Month: February 2018

El Supervisor Manuel Perez, del 4 ° distrito de Riverside y la Supervisora ​​Marion Ashley, del 5 ° distrito han dado un gran paso para consolidar el futuro de los más de 13,000 Dreamers en el condado. Perez y Ashley redactaron una resolución conjunta para impulsar una reforma migratoria integral y apoyar a los beneficiarios

Sunday, February 4th at 3:30pm will be kick off for Super Bowl LII and here is a list of bars and restaurants in the Coachella Valley that will be having drink & food specials during the game. *More to follow Village Pub: $3 Bud Lights (24oz) Raffle for 49-inch TV, Concert tickets for Justin Timberlake

In the coming months, SunLine’s rays* will glow with a green tinge (*in this analogy, the rays are buses.) At 10:30, SunLine Transit Agency rolled out its new “Range Anxiety Free” Zero Emission Bus during a ceremony at its Thousand Palms headquarters. A joint funding effort from the Federal Transit Administration, the California Energy Commission,

A Yucca Valley man has been arrested following an alleged break-in on the 5800 block of Delano Trail in Yucca Valley. The man, 34-year-old Kenneth Ryburn, was apprehended following an extended chase and has been booked into the Morongo Jail on Burglary charges. He is currently on felony probation for a Felony Vandalism conviction and

An Indio man who was arrested for allegedly committing a lewd act on a minor is due in court today. Ezequiel Gonzales-Vega, 30, pleaded not guilty at his initial arraignment, and appeared in court at 9 a.m. for a pretrial conference in the Brawley West Courtroom, according to the Imperial County deputy District Attorney. Gonzales-Vega

A Coachella man pleads guilty to raping two women in Indio within a 10-day span. Allen Raul Montano, 32, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape by force or fear. He remains in custody on $1 million bail while awaiting sentencing on May 7. He raped the women in October and November 2016, with the

Another hat has been tossed in for the Rancho Mirage City Council election. Rancho Mirage resident Robert Mueller made the announcement Thursday evening at Las Casuelas Nuevas Restaurant in Rancho Mirage. Mueller, who worked as an executive at Sony, JVC Kenwood, and Panasonic, said he is ready to lead the current council and it is

A man who burglarized two Palm Springs homes, and was later caught wearing a pair of Gucci slippers taken during one of the break-ins, will spend a year in a drug treatment program, a judge ruled. Joshua Ramey, 29, of the San Bernardino County community of Landers, was also sentenced to five years probation Thursday

Could your next cup of coffee also come with a cancer warning? A 2010 lawsuit by the nonprofit group, the Council for Education and Research on Toxics, alleges the chemical Acrylamide causes cancer and companies have not properly warned their customers. “I’ve been drinking coffee since i was 17 and I’m 76 and I have

Desperately needed closer care entailed a huge effort for Coachella Valley pediatric patients. For most residents of the region, medical childcare meant a trek of well over 50 miles to Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. The care there is comprehensive, but the constant mileage can take its toll over time. In the last five years,

Update: LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police say middle school shooting that critically wounded boy was accidental. ——————————— A shooting in a classroom at Salvador Castro Middle School in the Westlake district today left two students wounded, one critically, and a female student was taken into custody. The shooting occurred around 9 a.m. at

Businesses in the Coachella Valley and around California are wrapping up their first month of recreational marijuana sales. More than a dozen licensed dispensaries in Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs have been selling adult-use cannabis since sales started in California Jan. 1. LINK: Bureau of Cannabis Control Cannabis License Search News Channel

Cindy Mellard is a cosmetology student at the Milan Institute in La Quinta. She applied for financial aid back in September. She received funding for tuition but has yet to receive surplus funds she was promised. “It’s affecting our ability to live. We needed that money for food, housing, cause we can’t work that many

Gracias al arduo trabajo del asambleísta Eduardo García y todo su equipo junto a organizaciones como la Junta de Recursos del Aire de California se unieron para poder lograr que millones de dolares sean utilizados por nuestros agricultores de nuestro valle de Coachella y el Valle Imperial y ademas ese dinero no solo ayudara a

Former U.S. Representative Mary Bono is throwing her support behind Dan Ball in his campaign to become the next Congressman serving California’s 36th District. She finds Ball to be the “strongest Republican candidate” to oppose incumbent Rep. Paul Ruiz in the upcoming November election. “I have known Dan for many years. He is honest, hardworking

Update 1/31/18: Kenny was arrested on Jan. 31. You can read more about that arrest here. ————————————————– Police are looking for a 44-year-old man accused of killing a woman at a Banning residence and wounding a second person who remains hospitalized in critical condition. Kris Kenny is accused in the Dec. 29 shooting of 37-year-old

A man who allegedly opened fire inside his ex-girlfriend’s Banning home, fatally injuring her and her father-in-law, made his initial court appearance today on double murder charges. Arraignment for Kris Kenny, 44, of San Bernardino, was rescheduled to Feb. 16 at the Banning Justice Center. He’s being held without bail. Kenny allegedly shot 37-year-old Shanetta

An enormous reptile in charge of Southern California’s climate has emerged from her slumber. Mojave Maxine, the prized 40-year-old desert tortoise of The Living Desert, wrapped up her brumation (reptilian hibernation) on January 31, at 12:28 p.m., start of spring in the Coachella Valley. “It has been unseasonably warm this year and our desert animals