Month: August 2018

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office has requested more information from the Beaumont Police department, before deciding if they will file charges against a Beaumont High School football coach caught on camera hitting a student. Cellphone video filmed last October shows Beaumont High School football coach Will Martin punching a student in the stomach. Martin

The City of Palm Springs is gearing up for the start of the new school year next week — PSUSD staff members are receiving special training in advance of the first day of school. PSUSD has 105 new staff members, in addition to some new policy changes. For the first time ever, the district will

In 2017 the Saints were a team with a lot of talent but not a lot of depth. They lost their senior captain Braxton Wherli after week one and then their promising young sophomore quarterback Brad McClure a few weeks later. “The guys really didn’t respond the whole season. That was really something that took

As you might have already noticed, the boatmen bugs have descended onto the Coachella Valley again. The backyard nuisance is once again clogging pool filters and giving homeowners a headache. “They come in in a panic and they tell us, the bugs are back,” said Todd Pranger of the ‘Pool Store’ in La Quinta. Last

Yesterday, dozens of horses returned to the Living Free Animal Sanctuary in Mountain Center. The big animals were housed in shelters in the west valley. The nearly 200 dogs evacuated found a temporary home in the desert. “I think they could sense something wrong, they’ve been here a long time so they trust the caregivers,

Esta mañana las organizaciones Raíces, Cofem enre otras organizaciones realizaron un taller informativo con el objetivo de de ayudar a los jóvenes soñadores a renovar su programa Daca, ya que los siguientes días son decisivos ya que la administración Trump decidirán que es lo que realmente va a pasar con estos jóvenes soñadores que se

All students enrolled in a Palm Springs Unified School District school won’t have to worry about lunch money for a while. The District announced that it would be modifying their policy relating to the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Programs, effective starting in the 2018-19 school year. The amendment will allow all students a lunch and

Students in the west Coachella Valley will be heading back to school next week, but in the Palm Springs Unified School District there will be some very noticeable changes when parents arrive on campus. It’s a new closed campus policy that will now be in effect district wide… aimed at improving student safety. A door

Man arrested after police allegedly found illegal weapons in his home. Monday afternoon, the La Quinta Police Department responded to reports of a family disturbance at the 54700 block of Avenida Vallejo. Officers arrived and contacted Stacy Rowan, 55, of La Quinta. According to a news release from the Sheriff’s Department, officers discovered several firearms

Un sujeto acusado de disparar contra su compañero de cuarto en Desert Hot Springs fue sentenciado a 54 años en prisión. Se trata de Brian Keith Hernandez de 50 años quien disparo en Febrero 28 del 2017 contra Steven Nelson en el complejo de apartamentos La Estancia en el 13355 Verbena Drive. Nelson murió al

A couple accused of imprisoning, starving, and torturing 12 of their 13 children in their Perris home appeared in court at the Riverside County Hall of Justice today. David Allen Turpin, 56, and Louise Turpin, 49, were last in court in June when a Riverside County judge ruled that there was sufficient evidence for them

A man already facing charges for allegedly threatening a woman and then holding police at bay for hours in Banning before managing to escape undetected, was charged today with additional felonies for allegedly assaulting and threatening a man and woman with a firearm less than two weeks priorto the barricade incident. James David Britton, 33,

Un residente de la Ciudad de la Quinta, de 18 años de edad, quien supuestamente se metió en una acalorada discusión con un hombre en un restaurante, luego lo siguió hasta su casa y lo amenazó con un arma, fue arrestado bajo sospecha de haber cometido amenazas criminales, asi lo confirmaron agentes del alguacil Shawn

Do you recognize this man? A Bermuda Dunes homeowner caught a package thief on camera snatching boxes right outside of the house’s security gate Wednesday afternoon. The package was snatched up pretty promptly after delivery; according to the homeowner, it was delivered at 1:23 p.m. and was snatched at 1:51 p.m. The homeowner filed a

An 18-year-old La Quinta resident who allegedly got into a heated argument with a man at a restaurant, then followed the man to his home and threatened him with a gun, was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats, sheriff’s deputies said today. Shawn Barnard is accused of brandishing a handgun at a man in

Con la cercanía del regreso a clases, organizaciones no lucrativas ya se preparan para su habitual evento de entrega de mochilas, uniformes y útiles escolares que serán distribuidos dependiendo el grado al que los alumnos asistan. El día de la entrega el estudiante debe de acudir con sus padres para que le puedan entregar los

A man who shot his roommate in the back of the head in the kitchen of their Desert Hot Springs apartment was sentenced to 54 years to life in state prison today. Brian Keith Hernandez, 50, was convicted in April of second-degree murder and assault with a gun for the Feb. 28, 2017 shooting of

The Cranston Fire, like many other natural disasters, left not only a physical cost but a social weight as well. Latest updates on Cranston Fire Several residents across Idyllwild and several other mountain communities lost their homes and their way of life that they had built for themselves. Susan and Scott Dunn lost their Mountain