Month: January 2019

The closure of most immigration courts around the country promises to further stress the courts, already dealing with a record high backlog of more than 800,000 cases. Palm Desert immigration attorney Alberto Sobero is watching the situation closely. “It has always been a backlog of cases. Immigration courts are something different. There is always delays,”

Riverside County supervisors signed off Tuesday on an agency’s efforts to set up a program aimed at helping ex-cons, probationers and other “justice-involved” individuals find employment. “I want to thank staff for their forward thinking on this,” Supervisor Manuel Perez said. “We have to make sure to bring in resources, especially when it comes to

The Palm Springs Police Department is looking for two men accused in an armed robbery on the CV Link today. According to PSPD, two 20-30-year-old white male adults riding bicycles approached the victim on the CV Link trail near Ramon Road & Crossley Road and demanded valuables. The victim said one of the suspects showed

Candace Pittson, residente de La Quinta, dice que el pasado 2 de agosto, inmediatamente despues de que le limpiaran los dientes en su consultorio siguió la recomendación de visitar un restaurante en Palm Desert, despues de ordenar camarones y una ensalada, la instructora de yoga retirada dice que mordió un pedazo de pan con la

Officials with the Salinas Police Department say they have located the man seen licking a doorbell in the now viral video. 33-year-old Roberto Daniel Arroyo was contacted and questioned regarding the prowling and theft incidents. Officers say because the charges are misdemeanors, he was not arrested. The case has now been forwarded to the Monterey

The city of Palm Springs put a call out today for volunteers for the 2019 Riverside County Point-In-Time Homeless Street Count and Survey, which aims to determine the number of homeless people living within the county on a given day. The one-day homeless count is slated for Jan. 29, with volunteers needed to catalog the

A former La Quinta High School wrestler died in Nashville Tuesday night on New Year’s Day. 26 year old Jorge A. Hernandez died after Nashville police say after being run over by a tourist van. Metro Nashville Police told CBS affiliate WTVF-TV that Hernandez died after falling from a running board and then being run

Organizers behind the 2019 Desert X art exhibition — slated to unveil a collection of pieces across the desert starting next month — announced today that Los Angeles-based electric car company Project Evelozcity will sponsor the event. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/EVELOZCITY/status/1082737782139711488″,”author_name”:”EVELOZCITY”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/EVELOZCITY”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;What's good &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/_DesertX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@_DesertX&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— EVELOZCITY (@EVELOZCITY) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/EVELOZCITY/status/1082737782139711488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;January 8, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} Building off

La Quinta resident Candace Pittson says she went to Cactus Jack’s back on August 2nd, immediately after getting her teeth cleaned at her dental office a few blocks away. “I was so delighted from a beautiful cleaning that day, and they recommended this place to me,” said Pittson. After ordering shrimp and a salad, the

A homicide investigation continued late Monday in La Quinta. At 9:00 a.m. Monday, deputies received a call about a person seen lying on the ground behind a residence on the 79700 block of Independence Way in La Quinta. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies say they located a deceased man and woman near the back of the

El Parque Nacional Joshua Tree anunció un cierre temporal a partir del jueves 10 de enero a las 8 am. Durante el cierre, el personal trabajará para abordar las preocupaciones y el mantenimiento del saneamiento. Este es el primer cierre completo del parque desde el cierre parcial del gobierno. Los campamentos cerraron el miercoles 2

I-Team uncovers a criminal investigation into past and present board members of the Humane Society of the Desert & Desert Hot Springs Animal Hospital. For the last six months, we’ve been reporting on these two organizations. In June 2018, former Humane Society board members told News Channel 3 about healthy dogs from the animal hospital

There is a controversy brewing on social media over the Cathedral City mayor’s upcoming trip to the city’s sister city Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. The sister city relationship was started back in 1996. This trip marks the fourth annual visit. The idea behind the trip is to learn about each other’s cultures, good government practices, and

Un nuevo sheriff del condado de Riverside en la ciudad como el teniente del alguacil Chad Bianco será juramentado más tarde hoy martes. Él derrotó al titular del Sheriff Stan Sniff en noviembre, finalizando los 11 años de permanencia de Sniff. Se produce despues de una campaña electoral con moretones que a veces se volvió

Existe una controversia en los medios sociales sobre el próximo viaje del alcalde de la Ciudad de Cathedral a la ciudad hermana de Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. La relación de ciudad hermana se inició en 1996. Este viaje marca la cuarta visita anual. La idea detrás del viaje es conocer las culturas de cada uno, las

Jason William Brokken has been found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and acquitted of 1st-degree murder in the 2012 killing case of Palm Springs resident Kenneth K. Moody. Brokken was accused of killing Moody with a hatchet on Jan 21, 2012, then dumping his body in a garbage bag on Rudderow Lane in Sky Valley the

With the partial government shutdown heading into its third week, there’s little funding left to pay members of the coast guard, according to a United States Coast Guard serviceman from the valley. “I think this might be the first time that we may actually miss paychecks or paychecks may be delayed, so I think people

Students from high schools in the eastern Coachella Valley got the chance to learn about the films being shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Monday. It’s a packed house at the theater at Indio High School as students gathered for an anticipated screening. One student excited for the chance. “I felt honored. To

It’s not everyday you get to spend an afternoon with a rock legend. While he’s not an original band mate, 2019 marks 35 years for Spike Edney on the keyboard with Queen, as well as serving as the band’s musical director. After a trip off the the beaten path from Palm Springs up to a