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UPDATE 6/23/22 The reopening of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway has been pushed back as Wednesday’s thunderstorm prevented repair work from being able to be done. “Regrettably, yesterday’s thunderstorms prevented us from commencing our repair work, so this extra closure day was unavoidable.” The tram is now expected to be reopened on Saturday, June 25.
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Alexandra Ferguson Londres (CNN Business) — La organización no gubernamental a favor del periodismo y la libertad de expresión Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) afirmó que cuenta con evidencia de que los soldados rusos ejecutaron al periodista Maks Levin en un bosque cercano a Kyiv el 13 de marzo. Levin, un fotoperiodista ucraniano que trabajó con
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A local pickleball coach is calling her players heroes after a woman had a medical emergency on the court. Instructor Mary Barsaleau says the sport isn’t a very dangerous one, but earlier this month it was a life or death situation when a player in her tournament hit the ground. “It was a heart attack,”
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday in comments that underscored the country’s dire situation as it seeks help from international lenders. Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament the South Asian nation faces
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks steadied on Wall Street after wavering between gains and losses in the early going Wednesday amid concerns about inflation and whether rising interest rates will help or hinder the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% as of 2:26 p.m. Eastern.
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures. But it’s not clear Biden has the votes to suspend the taxes. Many lawmakers in his own party have expressed reservations.
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Cal State San Bernardino was awarded a $2.3 million federal grant to help students, who are migrant/seasonal farm workers or the children of migrant/seasonal farm workers, stay in school during their first year of college and continue into their second year of higher education. The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) grant from the U.S. Department
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It’s been one outage after another for one Palm Springs neighborhood. Some of the residents are seeking answers from Southern California Edison after experiencing five power outages within the past three weeks. Palm Springs resident SCE customer Marvin Grossman lives in the neighborhood off of East Vista Chino near North Gene Autry Trail. He has reached out
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian intelligence agencies have increased their efforts to hack US and allied government computer networks to gather intelligence since the war in Ukraine began, Microsoft said in new findings published Wednesday. American organizations were the top target of the Russian hacking attempts outside of Ukraine, according to Microsoft, but the alleged
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — A union has reached a deal with Alaska Airlines for a two-year contract extension that provides substantial raises for 5,300 gate agents, stores personnel and office staff, as well as for ramp workers who load cargo. The Seattle Times reports the deal announced Wednesday does not cover a separate group of about
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on a San Francisco subway train Wednesday that ended in the city’s historically LGBTQ neighborhood just days before Pride celebrations, police said. The shooting occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on a
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Ayer a las 11 de la mañana se registró una gran movilización de las autoridades en un vecindario de La Quinta ubicado cerca de la calle Dune Palms y el Hwy 111 a donde llegó el equipo táctico del SWAT a realizar un cateo en una vivienda donde confiscaron 11 pistolas y arrestaron a un
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco supervisor says 1 person killed, 1 wounded in shooting on subway train; suspect at large.
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Los bomberos continúan trabajando arduamente para sofocar un incendio que inició ayer a las 10 de la mañana en el área del Hwy 111 y la calle Grant en Mecca donde las llamas han devorado más de 60 acres de maleza y vegetación, luego se reportó otro incendio a las 4 de la tarde en
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El Buro de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside aprobó la inversión de $7 millones de dólares para la construcción de un complejo de apartamentos en Oasis donde planean reubicar a las familias que viven en el parque de casas rodantes “Oasis” de Thermal donde se han detectado elevados niveles de arsénico en el agua. La
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Durante un operativo la policía cateó una vivienda ubicada sobre la calle Cesar Chávez cerca de la Avenida 53 en Coachella donde encontraron artículos robados de una casa el pasado 14 de junio. Además, decomisaron dos pistolas y arrestaron a dos adolescentes de 15 años quienes son pandilleros registrados y sospechosos del atraco. Sus nombres
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Bradner, CNN Republican voters in Georgia ignored Donald Trump‘s endorsements in congressional primary runoffs for safe GOP House seats on Tuesday night, but sided with the Senate candidate in Alabama who had his blessing over one of the former President’s earliest and most loyal supporters. Tuesday’s elections also set the matchups for
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By AJ Willingham, CNN The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is afoot, which marks one of the few events where we can ogle photos of adorable dogs and feel kind of classy about it. So far, four finalists have been picked. These fine specimens will be joined by three others for Wednesday night’s finale, where
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought Wednesday to reassure the public that the Fed will raise interest rates high and fast enough to quell inflation, without tightening credit so much as to throttle the economy and cause a recession. Testifying to the Senate Banking Committee, Powell
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Nepal está estudiando la posibilidad de trasladar el campamento base del Everest por motivos medioambientales. Según el Director General del Departamento de Turismo de Nepal, Taranath Adhikari, la ubicación del Campo Base corre cierto riesgo por el deshielo del glaciar Khumbu. “Hemos recibido recomendaciones de numerosos interesados para reubicar el campamento
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