Month: April 2019

Winter rains may have made the Coachella Valley extra lush over the past few weeks, but officials warn that those conditions likely will precipitate a flood of mosquitoes and their attendant viruses to the desert. “A combination of an unusually wet winter and a spike in temperatures could result in increased mosquito-borne virus activity, such

President Donald Trump continues to push his idea of bussing undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities, which possibly includes two valley cities. “Look, this is an option on the table,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on ABC’s “This Week.” Sarah Sanders: Transferring migrants to ‘sanctuary cities’ is an option Sanders added the move would

Zelda’s Nightclub has been put up for sale, a listing by Hughes Properties reveals. The nightclub permanently shut down on March 28 after 42 years in business. Read: Zeldas Nightclub permanently closing The announcement came just 8 days after the Palm Springs City Council voted to revoke the club’s permit, shutting down business for at

Kanye West has made his way to the valley ahead of his Easter morning performance during the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. Kanye was captured on video touring festival grounds with legendary producer and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Chescaa96/status/1119047981871898630″,”author_name”:”Francesca Foley”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Chescaa96″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Kanye West is walking through the camp ground right now. I am

Police are asking drivers to avoid the area of E San Rafael and N Indian Canyon due to a crash. No other information is available on this, we are working on getting more details. There are currently two other multi-vehicle crashes that have occurred at around the same time in the Coachella Valley. The California

Ciudades santuarios del Valle de Coachella dicen que están preparadas para recibir a más inmigrantes y es que al presidente Donald Trump no le basta con amenazar a las ciudades santuarios con quitarles fondos federales, hace unos días dijo que inundaría a las ciudades santuarios con miles de inmigrantes. Steven Hernandez alcalde de la ciudad

Border patrol seized over $1 million in narcotics at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint. According to the El Centro Sector Border Patrol, on Wednesday at approximately 5:35 p.m., a 24-year-old Mexican man with a valid Border Crossing Card approached the checkpoint driving a grey Nissan Versa. The vehicle was referred to secondary inspection for further

El servicio del domingo de Pascua del famoso rapero Kanye West en Coachella, abrirá las puertas de ingreso al publico a las 6 de la mañana, para el evento que esta programado iniciar a las 9 a.m., y que tendrá lugar en un área de campamento del recinto del festival, según un comunicado enviado por

Se escuchan testimonios este jueves en el juicio de John Hernández Felix. quien está acusado de dispararle fatalmente al oficial del Departamento de Policía de Palm Springs, Jose ‘Gil’ Vega y Lesley Zerebny. La madre de Felix, Margarita, tomó el estrado y respondió preguntas esta mañana. Se proporcionaron antecedentes sobre los momentos previos al presunto

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose today for the 33rd consecutive day, increasing six-tenths of a cent to $4.012, its highest amount since July 31, 2015. The average price has risen 38 of the past 39 days, increasing 74.3 cents, including four-tenths of a cent on Wednesday,

Today is expected to be one of the busiest traffic days of the year as the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival gets ready to kick off Friday, so authorities identified a series of routes likely to be problematic for festival-goers and locals alike. Music fans are expected to begin their

If you’re hoping to catch Kanye West’s Sunday service at Coachella, you’re going to want to get to bed early on Saturday night. Doors will open at 6 a.m. for West’s planned 9 a.m. performance, which will take place at ‘the mountain’ located in the camping area of the festival grounds, according to a release

Indian Canyon Drive reopened at the wash in Palm Springs around 3:45 Wednesday, PSPD announced. The closure went into effect from Interstate 10 to Tramview Road starting Wednesday morning around 11:45 a.m. The major artery connecting Palm Springs to Interstate 10 and Desert Hot Springs was shut down due to visibility issues. “Drifting sand and

A stretch of state Route 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center that was severely damaged during the Valentine’s Day storm will be opened to limited travel this weekend, Caltrans announced today. The 15-mile segment of Highway 74 that was shut down after whole sections collapsed during the Feb. 14 floods that inflicted more than $70

The report detailing an investigation into the use of a personal surveillance camera by Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon in his City Hall office was released Wednesday evening. The report clears the Moon stating that there was never any evidence to suggest that he did record any conversations via camera or intercom. However, it is

A bartender who was arrested on suspicion of raping a patron after serving her drinks at a Palm Springs hotel remained free on bail today while prosecutors continued weighing whether to file charges in the case. Alejandro Adan, 29, was arrested night of March 3 after officers were sent to a hotel in the 100

A man was arrested this afternoon in front of the La Quinta Costco shopping center for allegedly impersonating a Veteran for profit. Jacob Stewart, 35, a known transient, was soliciting money at the shopping center, according to the La Quinta Police Department. A sign he held up claimed he was Veteran in need of aid.

Dozens of homeless people who had been living in an encampment on tribal land in Indio are being told to leave. Last week, the people living behind the One Stop Shop shopping center at the intersection of Van Buren Street and Indio Boulevard were given notice Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs officials that they would

Clad in body armor, a now-28-year-old man fired wildly at Palm Springs police officers through the front of his mother’s home in 2016, killing two of them, and later boasted while being arrested about which officers he planned to shoot next, a prosecutor told jurors today. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JakeKESQ/status/1118559027300950016″,”author_name”:”Jake Ingrassia”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JakeKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;In an opening statement, Deputy