Palm Springs cannabis business owners are pushing back on a new plan from the city of Palm Springs to rake in more money. In its proposed budget, the city is eyeing a potential licensing fee increase of nearly $10,000. “I just feel that the city needs to back off and wait a little bit longer,”
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A new Economic Impact of Travel Report released by Visit California validated what most already knew: The pandemic wreaked havoc on the tourism industry statewide in 2020. The report found that spending related to travel in California plunged by 55 percent compared to the year before. As the economy starts to reopen and more people
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — ¿Te sentirías cómodo si tuvieras a alguien sentado a tu lado mirando la pantalla de tu computadora todo el tiempo? Seguramente no. Sin embargo, eso es lo que estás permitiendo al hacer clic en “Aceptar” el uso de cookies al navegar por internet, ya que estás autorizando compartir todo lo que haces en
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A Desert Hot Springs man has been arrested and charged in the murder of a man found shot in a Riverside motel last week. Robert Donald Intong, 45, of Desert Hot Springs was arrested on May 17 at a Motel 6 in the La Sierra neighborhood of Riverside. Riverside Police say they were called to
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One of New York City’s newer tourist attractions is reopening to the public with a focus on suicide prevention after three young adults took their own lives there over the last year. The climbable, 150-foot-tall staircase, known as the “Vessel,” located at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, closed for visitors in January after a 21-year-old man
Continue Reading“The Five,” one of the most popular shows on Fox News, is losing its liberal co-host — and Fox fans seem thrilled. Juan Williams, the lone dissenter on the conservative program, is stepping down from his co-host spot. He announced his departure on Wednesday afternoon’s broadcast. His exit is effective immediately. Fox says another liberal
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La imagen está rodeada de diferentes conceptos que reflejan diferentes aspectos de la comunidad.
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Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday reflected on the frustration he had felt in office when his “institutional role” limited his ability to comment on federal investigations into the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. “I went as far as I could just commenting on cases like Trayvon Martin or what was happening
Continue Reading(CNN) — Las fuerzas policiales de toda la Unión Europea han sido acusadas de «singularización étnica» ilegales y de discriminación, después de que un estudio revelara que detenían y registraban de forma desproporcionada a miembros de diversos grupos étnicos, religiosos y otras minorías.Un informe publicado por la Agencia de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión
Continue ReadingRepublicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are objecting to changing protections police currently enjoy from civil lawsuits, underscoring the challenges facing a trio of lawmakers who are furiously working to cut a deal that would overhaul policing in America. The issue — known as qualified immunity for police officers — has long been the biggest
Continue ReadingNota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continuada en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Sociales, así como estudios superiores posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Actualmente, Dávila Miguel es columnista
Continue ReadingA New Mexico man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to kill President Joe Biden and others in text messages he sent to people in two states. John Benjamin Thornton is charged with using interstate commerce communications to send a threat to injure another person. The rambling texts allegedly from Thornton provided as
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal lawmakers have made little progress with police reform one year after George Floyd’s death. Activists say they are demanding that the Senate pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which remains stalled amid
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San Jose, California, officials said for more than a year, local transit employees battled the dangers of Covid-19 — only to now fall victim to another epidemic: gun violence. At least eight people were killed Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire at a public transit rail yard in San Jose. The victims were employees
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A chance to win a $1 million prize has helped boost Ohio’s Covid-19 vaccination rate by 45%, Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday. The jump came after DeWine’s May 13 announcement of special lotteries offering millions of dollars in giveaways to adults — and full scholarships to younger Ohioans who get vaccinated. Across the country, governments,
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UPDATE 5/27/21: The Coroner’s office has positively identified the person found dead at Joshua Tree National Park as 20-year-old Joseph John Alvarez Espinosa. Espinosa had been reported missing around the area on May 16. Original Report 5/26/21: The body of an unidentified man was found Wednesday morning in Joshua Tree National Park. The San Bernardino
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El banco de sangre LifeStream sigue experimentando escasez de sangre debido a la pandemia. Algunas tropas locales de Boy Scouts están buscando ayudar organizando una serie de campañas de donación de sangre esta semana. “Como scout, nos gusta ayudar a la gente. Y el valle está atravesando una crisis de sangre”, dijo Michael Flicker, Tropa
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El fiscal de distrito del condado de Riverside, Mike Hestrin, anunció hoy que se unirá a los principales fiscales en más de 40 condados en una demanda para detener la posible liberación de 76,000 prisioneros bajo un programa implementado por funcionarios estatales sin participación pública. “Las víctimas y sus familias merecen ser escuchadas sobre cómo
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