Month: March 2019

A 22-year-old man was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for attempted voluntary manslaughter for a shooting that wounded two men in the parking lot of a Cathedral City sports bar. Prosecutors had asked jurors to convict Santos Franco, of Palm Springs, of two counts of attempted murder for the shooting that took place

The La Quinta Arts Festival is giving art lovers something to celebrate this weekend, at the La Quinta Civic Center Campus. The 37th annual event welcomes 220 juried contemporary artists from 36 states, also Argentina, Canada, Italy, and Nicaragua. Festival goer Margie Kluth said, “Oh I like the variety of art, from pottery to painting,

“Robolights” the popular holiday lights in Palm Springs, will be taking place outside the city for the first time in its 33-year history. Kenny Irwin, the artist behind “Robolights” will be creating a new installation that will be displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit. The new exhibit will start in October. Irwin told

According to the Indio Police Department, officer Plata spotted a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle involved in a shooting on Wednesday. Plata attempted to stop the vehicle but the vehicle would not yield. A vehicle pursuit ensued that lasted until the vehicle pulled into a church on Miles Avenue and Clinton Street.

A bartender at a Palm Springs hotel has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a guest in their room. Alejandro Adan, 30, of Desert Hot Springs was arrested on the evening of March 3 at the Kimpton Rowan hotel in the 100 block of West Tahquitz Canyon. According to the investigation by the Palm Springs

Dozens of teachers and support staff in Coachella Valley Unified School District will be getting preliminary lay-off notices for next school year. Many of the positions on the chopping block include school counselors, psychologists, special education teachers, and migrant services assistants. Many teachers and staff were anticipating the cuts, but not these in these types

Nearly $60 million was added to the desert economy as a result of Modernism Week, an 11-day celebration of mid-century design and architecture, festival organizers said today. Modernism Week featured nearly 350 events around Palm Springs from Feb. 14-24, with attendance estimated at 152,000 — up 20 percent over 2018. “The 11-day festival generated an

Por segundo año consecutivo, mientras enfrenta un deficit multimillonario, la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Coachella Valley voto para despedir a maestros, personal de apoyo y administradores. Ayer jueves por la tarde, durante una reunión pública en Desert Mirage High School en Thermal, la junta de siete miembros aprobó la destitución de

Patrons of the desert’s biggest music festivals Coachella and Stagecoach could be making the trip from Los Angeles to Indio by Amtrak train as soon as next year, transportation officials announced today. “In a move that should be music to the ears of Coachella and Stagecoach festival attendees next year, the California State Transportation Agency

Cheer on your favorite local newscasters and our local heroes from the Police and Fire Departments on Opening Day for local youth sports. The Palm Desert Youth Sports Association is hosting their Opening Day and PD Safety Expo on Saturday, March 9, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Civic Center Park. The day will

TIJUANA.- El cantante de música regional mexicana, “Crecer Germán”, fue detenido la noche del jueves en la ciudad de Tijuana por agentes de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública de Baja California, en un operativo que venían efectuado desde varias semanas personal del área de inteligencia, relacionado a la compra y venta de armas de fuego.

La selección del jurado comenzará el lunes para el caso de John Hernández Felix, acusado de asesinar a dos oficiales de la policía de Palm Springs a fines de 2016. Se espera que se llame a aproximadamente 700 jurados durante un período de selección de cuatro días. Felix, de 28 años, está acusado de haber

Ya regresaron a trabajar los dos policías de Rancho Mirage que protagonizaron un tiroteo en el que mataron a un sujeto armado que estaba en el hospital Eisenhower detonando su pistola y con un letrero que mostraba su molestia contra un medico que lo había operado de la rodilla. El jefe de los oficiales involucrados

A College of the Desert student used a class project as an opportunity to teach his teacher after he and other students were offended, saying the professor used a racial slur, the “n” word multiple times. Maleek Eid posted his project to social media where it soon went viral with over a million views on

With tennis underway at the BNP Paribas Open, fans are starting flock in which means more customers for local businesses. It’s a busy Thursday morning at IW coffee in Indian Wells with the line packed all the way to the door. “Very convenient, even if it was two miles father, I’d go to it,” Judy

Two Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies who were involved in a fatal deputy-involved shooting at the Eisenhower Health campus in Rancho Mirage are back to work after being put on leave after the incident, according to Captain Jason Huskey of the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station. Both deputies completed the department’s protocol which follows deputy-involved shootings. Huskey

Palm Springs High School’s “Spirit of the Sands” band will perform at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, Ireland. The band will depart for Dublin on March 14. The band will also perform at the Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1715. That performance will be apart of the

The Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to lay off 81 employees. The board cited declining attendance, an increase in pension cost, and the end of LCFF growth funding as the reasons for the cuts. CVUSD wrote in a letter to parents that the district needed to cut $8 million in

A La Quinta man who was previously deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial for attacking his 75-year-old grandfather pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was sentenced today to seven years in state prison, court records show. Joshua Garcia, 26, originally pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and elder abuse, with sentence-enhancing allegations of

A motorcyclist suffered major injuries following a crash in Desert Hot Springs Thursday afternoon. According to DHSPD Deputy Chief Jim Henson, at around 3:30 p.m., a motorcyclist was traveling southbound when they struck a vehicle on Palm Drive and 20th Avenue. Henson said the motorcyclist fell off the motorcycle but the motorcycle kept going on