Month: May 2019

A State Senate hearing is set tomorrow for a bill which could potentially bump the bar last call time for 4 AM for three desert cities. SB-58, which was introduced in its current form in December by Scott Wiener, would give 10 California cities the opportunity to take part in a pilot program which would

May’s Coachella Valley Spotlight recipient is Joseph L. Stone, VFW Post 1534. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1534 aims to better Veterans and their families by providing services and assistance for transition into civilian life. VFW Post 1534 serves 200 members each year and helps 3,000 veterans and their families in cities across the

Palm Springs Fire Department crews were battling a blaze that broke out in a mobile home in South Palm Springs Wednesday morning. Shortly after the fire burned, the Palm Springs Police Department posted on Instagram that PSFD firefighters were able to save some ‘memories’ from the fire; a photo album. View this post on Instagram

UPDATE 1:15 PM: The lockdown was lifted at around 1:00 p.m., according to Mary Perry, spokesperson for Desert Sands Unified School District. “A lockdown at IHS took place earlier this afternoon. Indio police investigated a false rumor of a weapon on campus,” read a statement sent to News Channel 3 by Perry. “The lockdown was

The blood bank that exclusively serves all greater Palm Springs area hospitals urges residents to donate blood today as Memorial Day, which is expected to generate an influx of travelers, fast approaches. “If we can’t collect more blood, and do so immediately, patient well-being is at risk,” Dr. Rick Axelrod from LifeStream Blood Bank said

The Coachella Valley Cemetery District, which was the subject of a grand jury report more than a year ago, has a new board member. Judy Vossler was sworn-in ahead of Tuesday morning’s board meeting at the cemetery in Coachella. Vossler was appointed by Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez and has a long history in the

Police are seeking four suspects wanted in connection with a shotgun attack in North Indio on Tuesday. According to the Indio Police Department, the victims of the alleged attack were driving in the area of Avenue 40 and Madison Street around 3:25 p.m. when a silver 2004 Jeep nearly struck their vehicle. After the near-collision,

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $339 million. The numbers drawn Tuesday were 11, 59, 66, 67, 68 and the Mega number was 18. The estimated jackpot was $316 million. The drawing

A homicide investigation is underway after a dead body was found in Thermal on Tuesday morning. At around 6:26 a.m. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies received a report of a possible dead body near the intersection of Avenue 58 and Buchanan Street in Thermal. When deputies arrived on the scene, they located a man who’d died.

Four Palm Springs officers killed in the line of duty will be honored Wednesday as services take place throughout the country on Peace Officers Memorial Day. Fallen officers Gale Eldridge, Lyle Larrabee, Jose Gilbert Vega, and Lesley Zerebny will all be honored at the memorial ceremony set to begin at 5 p.m. in front of

Jury instructions are scheduled Wednesday in the trial of an ex-con accused of killing two Palm Springs police officers who responded to a domestic disturbance call at his family’s home. Family members and surviving police officers all testified in the trial of 28-year-old John Hernandez Felix, who is accused of firing an AR-15 rifle at

A local organization is encouraging immigrant communities to participate in the 2020 census count, regardless of whether or not a question about citizenship status is on the official form. Dozens of volunteers with TODEC Legal Center, an immigrant activist group, took to the streets Tuesday afternoon to raise awareness. Luz Gallegos, the co-founder of TODEC,

Residents in the Dream Homes neighborhood in Cathedral City are speaking out after a 23-year-old was shot and killed there Monday night. Daniel Garcia, 23, of Cathedral City was identified as the victim of the deadly shooting, which happened on the 67100 block of Santa Barbara Drive after 8 p.m. Monday. The shooting happened just

Six of the puppies abandoned in a plastic bag in a Coachella dumpster in April appear to be making some major strides health-wise; in a new video sent out by the Riverside County Department of Animal Services, the dogs appear to have gained weight and are now starting to crawl. The dogs were allegedly discarded

A Jurupa Valley man found with more than a pound of methamphetamine during a routine traffic stop pleaded guilty today to a felony drug charge and was immediately sentenced to one year in county jail. Ismael Huerta, 45, was originally charged last month with one count each of possession of a controlled substance with intent

Responding to a rising number of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in the area, vector-control officials plan to spray insecticide from trucks in select Indio and Coachella neighborhoods later this week. According to the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, two batches of infected mosquitoes were trapped in the valley over the past four days.

Mas de 16 familias llegaron hoy al Centro Galile de la ciudad de Thermal, Entre ellos se encuentra Hector Zepeda un inmigrante , que finalmente se reencuentra con su esposa y su otra pequena hija en este lugar tras 13 dias de travesia desde honduras. Hoy cuentan la odisea con mas calma tras quedar marcados

Desde abril del año pasado la organización no lucrativa está realizando una campaña para que todas las personas del Valle de Coachella sean contadas en el próximo censo del 2020. “El censo siempre es importante y el censo llega cada 10 años entonces el censo se aproxima en el 2020 que es el año que