Month: June 2018

There was another immigration protest Saturday evening in Palm Desert, in addition to the rally that was held earlier in the day in Palm Springs. Organizers say the peaceful demonstration was an effort to keep families together and to support the local immigrant population. The rally was organized via Facebook by Edward Holzhauer and Carlos

Jose Zambrano braved triple-digit heat Monday afternoon in the Coachella Valley. The El Segundo firefighter completed one-third of a trek in full firefighting gear to honor fallen firefighters. Zambrano is hiking more than 340 miles to honor the 19 firefighters who died battling the Yarnell Hill Fire in Yarnell, Arizona, on June 30, 2013. “I

Palm Desert grad/current Seattle Seahawk DJ Alexander and his wife Samantha are teaming up with the Seattle Children’s Hospital to help out the Reach Out and Read program. It’s goal is to give a book to every kid under six as they leave the hospital. They have also teamed up with the Seahawk organization and

One man has died after drowning at a Rancho Mirage home. Firefighters responded to the 10 block of Ridgeline Way around 1:45 p.m. Saturday, said Tawny Cabral of CAL FIRE/Riverside County. The call came in as a drowning after an adult male was found at the bottom of a pool, said Deputy Robyn Flores of

A fire that destroyed a car-trailer and eight vehicles that were hitched on top of it Friday night resulted in a $200,000 loss, said April Newman of CAL FIRE/Riverside. The fire was originally reported at 10:05 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 10, east of Whitewater. According to the Cal Fire, all eastbound I-10 lanes were closed

The Buzz trolley in Palm Springs will end this Saturday. The free service would take both residents and tourist through the heart of the city and drop them off at bars and restaurants. “You just jump on and you get off where you want to and its sort of fun to talk to the people

Local residents will be speaking out on immigration during a few events over the weekend. Immigration activists are holding a couple of rallies Saturday morning in Palm Springs and Palm Desert. The first event, organized by the group “Courageous Resistance,” will be held at 10 AM at Frances Stevens Park in Palm Springs. The rally

Palm Springs Unified School District custodians received special training by the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District to help them spot and identify dangerous mosquitoes and the areas where they might breed. “A lot of the mosquito control can be done by people themselves whether it’s maintenance or custodial workers or just people in

A man who broke into pharmacies in Palm Springs and Calimesa after hours and stole prescription medication pleaded guilty to grand theft and burglary counts today and was immediately sentenced to five years and four months in state prison. Johnny Newman, 30, of Los Angeles, committed the break-ins last Sept. 20 at Walgreens stores at

Two men who shot and stabbed “multiple” people during a robbery at a Banning business over the weekend remained at large today, police said. The robbery occurred just before 11 p.m. Saturday at the Go Green Calming Solutions dispensary on the 6000 block of West Ramsey Street, where arriving officers found “multiple victims suffering from

Police have arrested the two men who allegedly shot and stabbed “multiple” people during a robbery at a Banning medical marijuana dispensary. The brothers, Richard and Raymond Matus, were arrested outside of a San Diego Chevron Thursday afternoon. Banning PD credited the San Diego and Desert Hot Springs police departments with help in the arrest.

Manhattan in the Desert’s Palm Desert location is closing its doors permanently this Sunday. Manhattan in the Desert’s Palm Springs location will remain open and will absorb some staff from the Palm Desert location. The restaurant, located at 74-225 Highway 111, opened in the fall of 2014. Despite its prime location near the bustling El

Californians will vote in November on whether the state should move toward stopping the twice-yearly process of changing the clocks. A bill signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown will put a measure on the November ballot moving the state toward permanent daylight saving time. Passage by voters wouldn’t immediately stop the practice. Instead, it gives

Each summer, the Coachella Valley experiences a population exodus, and along with it, a drop in potential blood donors. The local population drops by 30 percent in the summer months, and the remaining Coachella Valley residents need to chip in wholeheartedly to address the blood shortage that comes along with the drop. The Nine Cities

A body that washed ashore in the San Pedro community of Los Angeles yesterday has been identified as Haley Downen. The 25-year-old Indio native was last seen on Saturday at 5:15 p.m. on a hiking trail in San Pedro between Royal Palms Beach and Trump National Golf Course. “The family is…extremely devastated of course. Everyone

The Riverside County Sheriffs Department was investigating an officer-involved shooting in Banning Thursday evening. A pursuit suspect was transported to an area hospital after officers say he got out of his vehicle armed with a firearm. A sheriffs department statement said Beaumont Police had tried to stop a motorist at Highland Springs Avenue and Sun

A Denver man previously sentenced to 40 years to life for fatally shooting a woman during a drug-fueled night inside an Indio motel room was resentenced to 15 years to life today, after a judge struck a gun use enhancement that added 25 years to the sentence. Aaron Drayer, 22, was convicted of second-degree murder

Organizaciones a nivel local unen esfuerzos para convocar a una jornada de activismo este proximo sabado 30 de junio. El objetivo es llamar la atención sobre el conflicto de la separación de familias tras la politica de “cero Tolerancia” del presidente Trump. A nivel local en el Condado de Riverside en una ultima redada se

La policía solicita la ayuda del público para encontrar a un conductor que atropelló a una mujer en Indio, inicialmente habian arrestado a un sujeto que conducia borracho y que supuestamente habia tratado de huir de la escena. La defensa del hombre de Palm Springs logró demostrar que habian arrestado al sujeto equivocado y los

Dos adultos y una de sus mascotas terminan desplazados tras un incendio en otra residencia de Desert Hot Springs. Bomberos no pudieron rescatar dos perros mas, mascotas de la familias que se encontraban en la residencia. El incendio fue reportado poco antes de las 10:30 PM en la cuadra 66000 de la Avenida Barona. Los