Month: April 2019

Following a near two-month closure and almost $4 million in repair costs and lost revenue, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway reopened Monday at 10 AM. “We’re delighted to welcome people back today…it’s been a long six weeks,” said Greg Purdy, Vice President Marketing & Public Affairs of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The tramway has

A local priest is retiring after serving his parish and the Palm Springs community for more than 30 years. Father Andrew Green began as rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Paul in the Desert in 1988, serving through several generations of parishoners. “I’ve done weddings for kids whom I’ve baptized,” Green said. “I’ve baptized

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed the cyclist in last Monday’s crash in Indian Wells was pronounced dead. On March 25, just before 11 a.m., Paul Jackson was bicycling westbound in the area of Highway 111 and Province Way when he “collided with the rear of a stationary Dodge minivan,” RSO investigators determined. Jackson

Una organización locale organizó su segundo evento anual “Walking on Legos” en La Quinta High School recaudando fondos para niños con necesidades especiales. El evento incluyó actividades para niños de todas las edades, ademas venta de comida, música, vendedores, rifas y, por supuesto, muchos Legos. “El evento se trata de pasar una gran tarde en

La ciudad de Palm Springs, celebro la vida y obra del líder de los derechos laborales y civiles, Cesar E. Chávez;el día de hoy. El propósito de este evento fue educar a la comunidad y crear conciencia sobre la vida y el legado de Cesar Chávez. La ciudad se quiere asegurar de que su historia

The Board of Supervisors tomorrow is slated to approve a compact between the Ventura and Riverside County sheriff’s departments to ensure that the latter is compensated for dispatching deputies to assist during the Woolsey and Hill fires, which together consumed 100,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties last fall. A formal memorandum of understanding

Carole Cook, comedic icon and Lucille Ball protege, welcomed people to “walk all over me” as she received the 430th star today on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars. “I first visited Palm Springs in the late ’50s with Lucille Ball,” Cook said. “Several years later I did my second film with Warner Bros.,

La Casa Blanca aseguró el domingo que el presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, cerrará la frontera con Mexico esta semana para frenar la llegada de inmigrantes a territorio estadounidense y sin importar las consecuencias económicas para el país. En declaraciones a la cadena ABC, el jefe de gabinete en funciones de la Casa Blanca, Mick

Hoy reabrió sus puertas el Teleferico de Palm Springs que cerró debido a las torrenciales lluvias del 14 de febrero que dañaron el estacionamiento, el servicio electrico y un gran tanque de agua. Las reparaciones y perdidas son de $4 mdd ya que dejaron de visitar el tramway unas 100 mil personas.

For at least the fourth time since he was elected in 2012, local congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz used his medical expertise to help a passenger in need. According to Politico, Ruiz provided medical assistance to an ailing passenger while on his flight from Dallas to Palm Springs Thursday evening. We are working on finding out

Valley Democrats hosted a meeting in Rancho Mirage Sunday afternoon at Acqua California Bistro to discus what they call ” Trump’s War on Women’s Rights. ” Members of both ” Democratic Women of the Desert ” and ” Desert Stonewall Democrats ” were present and discussing president Trump’s policies on healthcare and reproductive rights. The