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Fast Pitch competition offers thousands of dollars in prize money for winning Riverside County entrepreneur

Liz Wong is a nurse anesthetist at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs who has invented a patented medical device, which decreases surgical site infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections. “So what we have done is we have invented an intravenous port and syringe system that is completely encased in a sterile chamber,” said Wong. 

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April Coachella Valley Spotlight recipient: Southern California Mountains Foundation Urban Conservation Corps

April’s Coachella Valley Spotlight recipient is Southern California Mountains Foundation Urban Conservation Corps. Southern California Mountains Foundation Urban Conservation Corps trains young people to become self-sufficient through public lands-related workforce employment training. April 22 is Earth Day and in honor of this the nonprofit organization will be restoring public lands and bringing awareness to environmental

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