Month: August 2018

“Gelo,” as they call him, put on a show for the green and yellow of Coachella Valley on Friday night with a sensational touchdown for the Arabs in their season opener. Fitzgerald won play of the week honors for this play but his team ended up losing the game to Rancho Mirage. On the play,

A program offering free, unlimited SunLine bus rides for College of the Desert students launches today. The Haul Pass program is a three-year initiative that will be fully funded by SunLine Transit Agency for the first year with a $696,048 grant from the state’s Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. The school plans to cover the

Lemons will now cost you a lot more money. Local restaurants tell us the popular fruit now costs about 40 percent more than it was just a few weeks ago. Lulu California Bistro in downtown Palm Springs uses a lot of lemons. “I’d say we probably go through a case a day,” said Christopher Bluhm,

A Westside Elementary School staff member may have exposed up to 160 students to tuberculosis, according to a Riverside University Health System news release. The unnamed Thermal elementary school staff member was diagnosed with an active case of the disease and Riverside County health officials are working in conjunction with school representatives to determine which

A woman who was hit by a suspected drunk driver is speaking out. Still wearing a neck brace and forced to eat from a feeding tube, she hopes her story will make people think twice before drinking and driving. The accident occurred on June 9th at the intersection of Gene Autry and Ramon Road in

Un hombre perdio la vida tras ser arrollado por un conductor mientras cruzaba una calle en Cathedral City. De acuerdo con el comandante de la policía de Cathedral City. Julio Luna, el peatónestaba cruzando desde el lado sur de Ramon Road hacia el norte en la intersecciónde Shifting Sands Trail cuando fue golpeado por un

Comienza el programa de autobuses gratuitos de Sun Line para estudiantes de COD. Sunline lanzó oficialmente el transporte de forma gratuita para estudiantes con identificación, el programa Haul Pass es una iniciativa de tres años que será financiada en su totalidad por la Agencia de Tránsito. Los funcionarios de la universidad dicen que, con suerte,

Un miembro del personal de la Escuela Primaria Westside en Thermal ha sido diagnosticado con tuberculosis activa y los funcionarios de salud del Condado de Riverside están trabajando con los representantes de la escuela para identificar a los estudiantes y el personal que podrían haber estado expuestos a la enfermedad. El miembro del personal está

Back in 2011, the state of California made it mandatory for all residential properties to be equipped with approved carbon monoxide detectors, however, most detectors need to be replaced every 7-10 years. So that means alarms across the state will need to be changed beginning this year. “Don’t take any chances because it is the

A magnitude 3.0 temblor with an epicenter north of Thousand Palms was one of several small quakes to rattle the Coachella Valley today. The largest of eight temblors to be recorded by early afternoon was centered about 11 miles northeast of Thousand Palms at 12:37 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Seven other quakes —

Un temblor de magnitud 3.0 con un epicentro al norte de Thousand Palms fue uno de varios pequeños temblores que se sintieron hoy en el valle Coachella. El mayor de los ocho temblores que se registraron a primera horase centró a unos 11 millas al noreste de Thousand Palms a las 12:37 p.m., los EE.

A partir de hoy y por los próximos tres años, los estudiantes del Colegio del Desierto podrán viajar gratis en el Sunbus con tan solo mostrar la identificación del COD, gracias a un apoyo económico de $700 mil dólares por parte del Programa de Operación del Tránsito de California. Se estima que el COD tiene

WASHINGTON (AP) – Las noticias más recientes sobre la negociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de America del Norte (TLCAN o NAFTA, por sus siglas en ingles): El gobierno del presidente Donald Trump dijo que el “acuerdo” para reemplazar el TLCAN omite una cláusula a la que Mexico y Canadá se opusieron cuando Estados Unidos

Hoy jueves, todos los estudiantes que asisten a las escuelas públicas en el Valle de Coachella volverán a clase ya que marca el primer día de clases para el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Desert Sands. DSUSD tiene 20 escuelas primarias, siete escuelas intermedias y cuatro escuelas secundarias. Sirve a más de 28 mil estudiantes en

The nearly 23,000-acre Holy Fire in the Cleveland National Forest that burned for almost 20 days was fully contained today, according to U.S. Forest Service rangers. Firefighters spent the last few days extinguishing stubborn hot spots smoldering in the more rugged terrain along the rim of the burn zone. The fire blackened an estimated 22,986

A program offering free, unlimited SunLine bus rides for College of the Desert students launches Monday. The Haul Pass program is a three-year initiative that will be fully funded by SunLine Transit Agency for the first year with a $696,048 grant from the state’s Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. College officials say that bringing in

The My Thai Player of the Year in 2017 Tatiana Woodworth scored her first goal of her collegiate career on Sunday as her Toledo Rockets beat UIC 6-2. The La Quinta High School grad was the leading scorer in program history.

15-year-old Shaniyah Carlson continues to impress on the mixed martial arts (MMA) circuit with already four championship belts on her waist. Carlson is a sophomore at Desert Hot Springs High School who trains at Kihon MMA with an eventual goal to turn professional at 18. At this point she is the 110 pound California USFL

10-year-old 5th grader at Washington Charter School Jake Brande was selected to play for the Southwest team at the USA National Identification Series Championship in Cary, North Carolina. Brande’s team won the championship beating Southern California 6-2. He got on base at an average of nearly .700 while committing no errors at first base.

Organizers at Comic Con Palm Springs are keeping attendees safe, with everyone going through security making sure no weapons come through. It’s also a policy that has played a role in the event’s move into the Palm Springs Air Museum after spending two years at the convention center. Elaborate costumes are likely to be found