Month: May 2018

The De Anza league track and field finals at Desert Hot Springs high school featured some of the best individual talent in our valley. For full results of the meet click below.

A new study commissioned by the Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is showing growth in the local tourism industry. According to the study, visitor spending in Greater Palm Springs has increased 10 percent in the last two years, to $5.5 billion, and one in every four jobs is sustained by the tourism

A marijuana cultivation facility will be built behind the Coachella Valley’s only full-time ice skating rink. Anthony Liu, the owner of ‘Desert Ice Rink in Cathedral City, received a cannabis license in September for his company, Bing Solutions LLC. He later received a conditional use permit from the city’s planning commission in February for a

A woman whose mother and younger sister were allegedly killed in a triple-murder by two men in Pinyon Pines testified today that she didn’t believe her sibling was dating anyone at the time of her death, but an attorney pointed out conflicts in her recollection under cross-examination. Jessica “Drew” Friedli testified that she spoke with

Three places to get away in Palm Springs – three hotels honored as some of the best in the world. The Rossi, Kimpton the Rowan, and Holiday House were named to Conde Nast Traveler’s 2018 Hot List, an exclusive selection of the world’s best new hotels as determined by the magazine’s editors. “Our annual Hot

A woman who sued Eisenhower Medical Center alleging that a nurse’s aide sexually assaulted her during an overnight stay at the hospital settled her suit with the Rancho Mirage medical center and the former nursing aide today. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, alleged that Gil Ernesto Lopez, 50, of Cathedral City,

Los arrestos durante el fin de semana del Stage Coach se redujeron en un 23% , Las detenciones y citaciones relacionadas con vehículos emitidas durante el Festival de Música Stagecoach 2018 en Indio el último fin de semana cayeron por segundo año consecutivo. La policía dijo que 60 personas fueron arrestadas por intoxicación por drogas

Los bomberos de CAL FIRE contuvieron un incendio en dos edificios comerciales que se desataron a primeras horas de la mañana del jueves. Ocurrió en el bloque 81700 de la avenida. 46. Según los bomberos, recibieron una llamada a las 3:07 a.m, las cuadrillas informaron que el humo y el fuego provenían del centro comercial

Two Joshua Tree parents accused of housing their children in a plywood shed for four years now face misdemeanors instead of felony charges. The District Attorney dropped the felony charged against Mona Kirk and Daniel Panico and refiled new misdemeanor charges ahead of their pre-preliminary hearing in Joshua Tree Court today. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ/status/991701333215395845″,”author_name”:”Jeremy Chen”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en”

Yesterday, Day 8 of the Pinyon Pines triple murder took a focus on the very first interviews conducted with Cristin Smith and Robert Pape in September of 2006. The audio was played back in the courtroom, paired with transcripts handed out to the jury and the defendants. Riverside County sheriff’s Detective Scott Michaels was the

La policía de Indio reveló el número de arrestos y multas durante el festival de música country Stagecoach del pasado fin de semana. 60 personas fueron arrestadas por drogas o alcohol y 46 por portar identificación falsa. La policía multo a 96 conductores que en su auto tenían una placa de discapacitados falsa, a 32

More than 900 policymakers and local leaders from across Southern California will be in Indian Wells today for the 53rd annual Regional Conference and General Assembly of the Southern California Association of Governments. The two-day conference, titled “Southern California at a Crossroads,” will feature panels, presentations and demonstrations aimed at finding ways local governments can

A homeless man who was shot and wounded by a sheriff’s deputy in Thousand Palms last weekend after he allegedly brandished a blade was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Michael Curtis, 38, pleaded not guilty to the felony count and will return to court May 11 for a

Police arrested seven people for various offenses in Desert Hot Springs Wednesday. An anti-gang police operation was conducted by the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force throughout the city of Desert Hot Springs. The purpose was to combat recent gang crime in the city, according to a news release by the Riverside County Sheriff’s

The DVL track and field finals finished Wednesday as many top athletes in our valley competed for individual titles. Full results are attached below.

Crews are at work clearing a homeless encampment near Highway 86 in Coachella. Caltrans had given the inhabitants of the encampment notices since January to vacate the area. The agency teamed up with local charities and county officials Monday, providing services to the people being removed from the property. One man who lives near the

Arrests and non-vehicle related citations issued during the 2018 Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio last weekend were down for the second consecutive year, according to statistics released today by the Indio Police Department. Police said 60 people were arrested for drug or alcohol intoxication, while 46 were for cited carrying a false ID at the

A local couple says they have lost a quarter of a million dollars to a former business consultant and to make matters worse, they say that consultant then opened a similar business in the same spot they had closed down shop. Jackie and Chris Oppenheimer, the owners of CJ’s Mongolian Grill in Indio and La

Un maestro del Desert Ridge Academy en Indio fue arrestado por presunto contacto sexual con un estudiante, según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento de Policía de Indio, Ruben Jesse Flores, de 29 años, fue detenido en su residencia de Indio sin incidentes a las 4:30 p.m. el lunes. Flores es el director musical de

Rebajan cargos para los padres que mantenian a sus hijos viviendo en una caja de madera en Joshua Tree durante 4 años. No sera hasta junio 29 que la pareja regrese a corte despues que hoy se declararan inocentes de los delitos que se les acusa. Esto despues que argumentaran que no cometieron abusos contra