Month: June 2019

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza arrestaron a un ciudadano estadounidense de 27 años de edad durante el fin de semana bajo sospecha de tráfico de drogas , según un comunicado de prensa de la Patrulla Fronteriza del Sector El Centro. El sábado a las 11:55 a.m., un Jeep Wrangler negro 2012 conducido por un hombre

A High Desert man was arrested Friday for possession of child pornography. On May 31 at 10:12 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Morongo Basin Station received about a Yucca Valley who was possibly in possession of child pornography. The investigation led deputies to a residence on the 7500 block of Valley

You may notice more the California Highway Patrol officers on the road, starting Monday at 7:30 a.m. The Indio office of the CHP is using grant funds to increase enforcement and education about the dangers of aggressive driving and speeding on valley roadways. More patrols are expected in the west end of the valley along

According to police, Brian Arrellano Vital, 22, of Desert Hot Springs is in custody after a shooting occurred at Guatemala Grill in Cathedral City. At around 2am on Sunday morning, Cathedral City Police say they received a 911 call from the security guard at Guatemala Grill, a restaurant and nightclub in 68100 area of Ramon

Representatives Raul Ruiz M.D. (D-CA) and Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) have announced a new bill designed to improve rural communities’ access to physicians. The new bill, H.R. 2815, also called “The Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act,” is designed to address the shortage of doctors, especially in rural areas such as certain

A trade group has recognized the downtown revitalization project in Palm Springs with a Gold Nugget award. Presented by the “Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference”, the group calls the Gold Nugget award “the Academy Awards of the building industry”. The group named the winners at their conference in San Francisco May 31st. According to the PCBC

The Palm Springs Firefighters Association hosted its 88th annual Fish Fry event at Ruth Hardy Park on Saturday. “Tonight it’s been amazing and the turnout is outstanding,” said Jeff van Lierop, Captain, Palm Springs Fire Dept. Per tradition, the Palm Springs firefighters prepared trout and a variety of sides for the community. Hundreds showed up

An appellate court today upheld the conviction of a former Desert Mirage High School teacher who arranged to meet with a person he thought was a 14-year-old girl in Imperial County. Anthony Robert Korwin, 59, of Vista, was sentenced last April to three years in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. Korwin

There’s an out-of-this-world experience going on in Indian Wells this weekend, as Friday was the start of the annual Contact in the Desert Expo. “You have to question everything and even if we think our government has told us everything, maybe not everything for the right reasons,” Michelle Nevil, visiting from Orange County, said. Curiosity

A man diagnosed with measles traveled through the Coachella Valley last week, prompting health officials to notify local residents who may have been exposed to the illness. The 20-year-old Santa Barbara man diagnosed with measles was in these areas from May 24 to May 26 according to the County: La Quinta Estates, 77270 Loma Vista

The air is out of the ordinary, smell-wise, in the valley. A pair of brush fires burning in Thermal are the culprits for the smell, but the air quality is not at its most dire. The air quality is in the moderate range throughout the Valley today, (and relatively low on that range at 30)

Rebecca Modrall, 34, of Rancho Mirage has been missing since February 5, 2019, after leaving a friend’s house in La Quinta. Since then, there have been no answers as to where she may be or what happened to her. Friday night, Rebecca’s family and friends, some flying in from other parts of the country, for

Summer baseball is back. The Palm Springs Power began their 2019 summer season tonight with an 8-0 win over the SoCal Halos. The Power enter the year as 8-time Southern California Collegiate Baseball League Champions, with their last championship coming in 2017. The team is filled with college players from around the world who will

One year ago today, Indio Police Officer Isabel “Izzy” Velasquez passed away after a “short but brave” battle with a rare form of lung cancer. She was just 26 years old. The Indio Police Department took to social media to remember Officer Velasquez. {“author_name”:”Indio Police Department”,”author_url”:”https://www.facebook.com/indiopolicedepartment/”,”provider_url”:”https://www.facebook.com”,”provider_name”:”Facebook”,”success”:true,”height”:null,”html”:”&#lt;div id=”fb-root”&#gt;&#lt;/div&#gt;n&#lt;script async=”1″ defer=”1″ crossorigin=”anonymous” src=”https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.3″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;&#lt;div class=”fb-post” data-href=”https://www.facebook.com/indiopolicedepartment/photos/a.1209112925811020/2178002025588767/?type=3″ data-width=”552″&#gt;&#lt;blockquote cite=”https://www.facebook.com/indiopolicedepartment/posts/2178002025588767:0″

Un hombre de Santa Bárbara de 20 años se le diagnosticó con sarampión el viajó a traves de diferentes partes del condado de Riverside mientras tenia el virus activo, lo que llevó a los funcionarios de salud locales a notificar a los residentes que pueden haber estado expuestos a la enfermedad. No se han confirmado