Month: June 2019

Some teachers say it’s more important than ever for young students to learn tech and digital skills. Two east valley teachers are taking matters into their own hands, launching a multimedia club focusing on preparing their students for the future. But with few resources, they’re asking the community for help. The club meets twice a

Splash House, the 3-day dance music festival across multiple Palm Springs resorts, is in town this weekend — driving up tourist business in the valley during a usually slow time of year. The festival sold a record-breaking 13,000 tickets this year. “What’s driving behind it is the music,” said Aftab Dada, general manger of the

An intersection bordering Desert Hot Springs High School has been re-named from Pierson and and Cholla in honor of the two DHSHS co-valedictorians of the 2019 graduating class. The new street signs were unveiled Thursday morning in front of family and friends, in honor of Jorge Castaneda and Gilberto Regalado. Both young men will be

FIND Food Bank is working with three of our local hospitals: JFK, Hi-Desert and Desert Regional, hosting a week-long cereal drive beginning Friday. Many children here in the valley rely on meals provided in their schools throughout the day, so when school gets out for summer, some families struggle to provide a healthy lunch or

La polica de Indio est planeando patrullas adicionales este fin de semana en una campaa dirigida a los automovilistas que conducen borrachos o drogadictos. Se plane que oficiales adicionales estuvieran el sbado y el domingo hasta las 2 de la madrugada, dijo el portavoz del Departamento de Polica de Indio, Bun Guitron. Los patrullajes fueron

The identity of a woman found dead in a Coachella Valley Water District pond in North Palm Springs last week has been released. The body of 25-year-old Winter Nichols was found in a replenishment near the Whitewater River on May 28. Nichols was last seen alive in the area of Spa Casino Palm Springs around

Un hombre fue arrestado el jueves por la noche por tener una pistola en su automvil durante una parada de trfico. El sospechoso, Ricardo Esquada, residente de Indio, de 22 aos de edad, fue detenido por el Equipo Especial de Ejecucin del Sheriff de La Quinta (SET) despus de una parada de trfico cerca de

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 $530 million. There were five tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Meganumber, one each in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Michigan and Minnesota. The one sold

A man was arrested Thursday night for having a handgun in his car during a traffic stop. The suspect, 22-year-old Indio resident Ricardo Esquada, was taken into custody by the La Quinta Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) after a traffic stop near Highway 111 and Jefferson Street at around 10:00 p.m. He was then booked

Police in Indio are planning additional patrols this weekend in a campaign aimed at motorists who drive while drunk or high. Extra officers were planned to be on the streets between 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday, Indio Police Department spokesman Bun Guitron said. The patrols were planned to take place “in areas with

Vector control workers are planning additional spray applications in the Coachella Valley today in response to West Nile Virus showing up in mosquitoes at “unprecedented” levels. Since May 30, 20 mosquito samples in the valley have tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of positive West Nile samples to 57, according to the

Un incendio que ardió en las instalaciones de Burrtec , al sur de la intersección de Hovley Lane y Corporate Way, en Palm Desert provocó la evacuación de algunos comercios aledaños Veintitres bomberos trabajaron para contener el fuego de 5 a 6:30 pm y se quedaron en la escena varias horas despues para limpiar el

La identidad de una mujer encontrada muerta la semana pasada en un estanque del Distrito de Agua del Valle de Coachella en North Palm Springs ha sido revelada . El cuerpo de Winter Nichols de 25 años se encontró en un estanque cerca del río Whitewater el 28 de mayo, la última vez que se

A Calimesa man accused of using a hidden camera to take inappropriate images of children remained jailed today following his arraignment at the Banning Justice Center. Robert Anthony Salas, 44, pleaded not guilty Thursday to one felony count of possessing matter depicting a minor in sexual acts and two misdemeanor counts of criminal invasion of

Experts say Southern California is overdue for a large earthquake and here in the valley we’re in an “earthquake-prone zone.” “Everyone talks about the big one coming. So there will be such a disruption to the transportation system that the paramedics will not be able to get to you and you won’t be able to

“El 10 de junio, Estados Unidos impondr un arancel del cinco por ciento a todos los bienes que ingresan desde Mxico, hasta el momento en que se frene la llegada de los inmigrantes ilegales”, escribi Trump el pasado jueves en su cuenta de Twitter. “Las tarifas aumentarn gradualmente hasta que se resuelva el problema de

For now, local media will continue to be stripped of its access to police scanners in five area communities. In a vote Thursday, the Eastern Riverside County Interoperable Communications Authority (ERICA) split on a decision which would restore scanner access from police agencies in Palm Springs, Indio, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, and Beaumont. Indio

As city leaders launch an effort to raise millions of dollars to renovate and reopen the Plaza Theatre, a partnership was announced Thursday between the newly formed Plaza Theatre Restoration Steering Committee and the Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau. City leaders said they hope the partnership will attract community and international support. “This

A brief lockdown was enacted at Rio Vista Elementary School in Cathedral City on Thursday when police received a report of a person with a gun in the area of campus but was lifted when it was revealed that the person actually was carrying a BB gun. Cathedral City Police Department officers received the report