Month: May 2018

Un ciclista fue trasladado a un hospital el lunes por la mañana despues de ser atropellado por un automóvil en Palm Desert. El accidente fue reportado a las 6:10 am Sucedió en Country Club Drive, en los carriles hacia el este, entre Cook Street y Portola Avenue. Los carriles hacia el este en Country Club

Riverside County supervisors Tuesday will mull a series of cost-cutting proposals by the Fire Department that could involve eliminating a fire station, de-activating the agency’s hazardous materials unit andreducing crew strengths. Chief John Hawkins and his staff submitted a report to the Board of Supervisors last week containing a list of actions that could net

The Coachella Valley’s female leaders and role models will be celebrated today during the Women Who Lead Luncheon in Rancho Mirage. The sold out event hosted by fashion designer and keynote speaker Trina Turk will honor six local business and community leaders at the Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage. The Women Who Lead honorees will be awarded

Downtown Palm Springs was busy with families celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday. “Yes, it was all about me today,” said Brenda Schultz, whose son, Ryan Juckett, drove in from out of town to take her shopping. “It’s been a good Mother’s Day. It’s been a blessing.” Others chose a different way to enjoy the day.

The USC Trojan women’s water polo team knocked off Stanford 5-4 to win their 5th National Championship with sophomore Elise Stein scoring 15-goals this season. Stein is Palm Desert grad and a former CIF Player of the Year during her time in the Aztec uniform.

The US Marines decided to bring their boxing team back after ending it in 2012 for a fight against the Royal Marines in London, England. They trained for six weeks in Coachella at the Lee Espinoza Boxing Club and last week fell 7-4 in England. The fate of the boxing team’s future is uncertain at

The CIF preliminaries for track took place this weekend in D-1, D-2, D-3, & D-4 with the top-9 advancing to the CIF Finals. The Coachella Valley including the high desert will have 15 athletes representing in 17 total events. Here is the list of those moving on: 1st: Maijoy Wooten – Cathedral City (D3 Shot

A rollover crash on a desolate stretch of Interstate 10 caused moderate injuries to a person who had to be airlifted to a hospital Sunday. The solo-vehicle crash was reported just after 3 p.m. on the eastbound side of the freeway just east of Eagle Mountain Road, about a mile outside of Desert Center, according

Firefighters used a helicopter to rescue an injured hiker from a hard-to-reach spot on a trail in the San Jacinto Mountains Sunday. The hiker suffered a moderate leg injury just before 1:30 p.m. on the Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail in Humber Park, near the 24000 block of Fern Valley Road, according to April Newman of

A nurse who was struck and injured by a drunk driver while helping police with a different DUI investigation was surprised with a new car from the Cathedral City Police Department Saturday night. KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 first shared Cherylyn Daves’ story back in March. Daves suffered a broken leg and

Yolanda Pozas has called the east valley home for 58 years. “I love Coachella, except for the heat,” Pozas said. “It’s really hot in the summertime.” She often goes to local parks like Rancho Las Flores park. Across the soccer fields, Saturday, something else kicked off. Dozens gathered for a rally of support for Proposition

Many local first responders put the badges away for the night and put on boxing gloves instead to raise money for charities such as the Boys and Girls Club.

The Desert Elite Mavericks “Team Rouge” of the Junior two level are representing at the D2 Summit considered the Super Bowl of cheer. The competition is hosted at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando.

A list of the local athletes that finished in the top-4 of the CIF Swim Championships this week in Riverside. 1st: Akemi Von Scherr of La Quinta (500 Free Style) 2nd: Cody Meyer of Palm Springs (500 Free Style) 3rd: La Quinta boys 200 Free Relay – Brayden Smith, Caleb Ingle, Jeremy Baker, & Spencer

A former tribal chairman who helped build the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino was memorialized Saturday. John James of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians passed away in April at the age of 86. “The Father of Native American Gaming” was recognized and respected throughout the U.S., and was remembered in Indio. “It was never about

Thousands of comic book fans showed up at the Riverside County fairgrounds for the City of Indio’s Fantasia Comic Con which started Saturday. They were treated to panels, booths, cosplay, video games and vendors with a wide assortment of pop culture icons. This is the second year of the event and headlining was Kevin Eastman

A few local special needs children were gifted with adaptive bikes Saturday thanks to Variety, the Children’s Charity of the Desert. Eight kids were chosen to receive the special bikes. In February, the eight recipients were evaluated and custom fitted for their adaptive bikes with SoCal Trykers, a chapter of AmTryke; Kevin Hams, Tony Valenzula,

A man was struck and killed by a motorist on the 60 Freeway in Beaumont early Saturday morning. The incident was reported just before 5 a.m. on the eastbound freeway at Jack Rabbit Trail in Moreno Valley, said the the California Highway Patrol. Two lanes of the eastbound freeway were closed while the coroner’s office

Lanes are blocked on the westbound 10 freeway as hay fell out of a semi-truck causing oncoming vehicles to crash into it Saturday morning. The crash happened just east of the Washington Street exit. The California Highway Patrol received the call just after 6:30 a.m. CHP reports at least one person was transported hospital. At