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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued emergency orders to four mobile home parks located on tribal land near Thermal after high levels of arsenic were found in the drinking water. The mobile home parks — Arellano Mobile Home Park, Castro Ranch, Gonzalez Mobile Home Park, and Sandoval Mobile Home Park — are all located
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The Palm Springs Fire Department welcomed their newest member who happens to have four legs. Ranger is a fully trained peer support/facility dog who will provide comfort to first responders dealing with extreme levels of stress. He is the first dog in a new Peer Support/Facility K9 Program in the PSFD. “This job is very taxing,
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A Coachella Valley High School student was celebrated after being named Ball Kid of the Year! Angel Carrillo, a CVHS sophomore, was selected out of more than 200 Ball Kids from around the world. He worked the 2022 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for the past two weeks. On Sunday, he got to do
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A 19-year-old Mountain Center man who allegedly shot at a car with four people inside in Palm Springs, striking a 15-year-old boy, was ordered to stand trial. Jesse Alnarldo Simpson Jr. was arrested on Oct. 4 for allegedly shooting at the vehicle from his own moving car in the 3400 block of North Sunrise Way,
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The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a “tourism recovery campaign” for Riverside County, directing that $2.16 million in federal COVID relief funds be distributed to two organizations that will be tasked with drawing visitors back to the region after the dramatic downturn of the last two years. The campaign will be funded entirely by
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The Black Student Success Center (BSSC) at College of the Desert is now open weekly. The center provides support, networking, and mentoring for those on campus and beyond. BSSC is accessible every Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. on the Palm Desert Campus, room 112, next to Beeps Café. According to the school, BSSC members
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“This is seriously like a childhood dream come true, like a wild dream that you don’t expect to actually happen,” said Taylor Fritz. Well, it did. A career defining moment for sure. And how cool that it happened here, a place Taylor calls his home tournament, a place where a proud father got to watch
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Enzo’s Bistro and Bar is preparing to reopen its dining room at the Rancho Mirage location after the entire restaurant was closed at the start of the pandemic. Enzo’s is best known for its homemade pasta, sausages, and house-dried steaks. The restaurant owner, Hal Griffith said that all the food prepared down to the sauces
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After the City of Indio received funds from the California Department of Transportation to beautify Jackson Street, one of the things the project will help with is creating better walking conditions for families at Jackson Elementary School. As families make their way to and from Jackson Elementary School, some of them often come across a
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After two weeks in “Tennis Paradise,” the 2022 BNP Paribas Open is over. On Monday, crews were out cleaning up the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens. While the tennis scores are in the history books, we are still waiting to learn just how much money the tournament brought to our area. “You get so many more
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Grocery workers locally and across the Southland began voting Monday on whether to authorize a strike as contract negotiations stall with the owners of Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons. Some valley grocery store workers are in favor of walking out after the union said some employees have been threatened or intimidated. “Give us the justice that
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The first public hearing for the proposed La Quinta surf park, called Coral Mountain Resort, will take place on Tuesday. It’s set to be built is about 400 acres of undeveloped space at the base of Coral Mountain off Madison Avenue between Avenues 58 and 60. The private resort would include a nearly 17-acre wave
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We now know the name of the Living Desert’s baby giraffe… it’s Cole! Monday marked Cole’s one-month birthday, so the zoo took the chance to celebrate by revealing her name. Zoo officials said Cole’s naming rights were secured at The Living Desert’s Wild Times Gala live auction by Susan and Jim Gould, Board member of
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Two 20-year-old men accused of gunning down the owner of a Cathedral City convenience store during a robbery must stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Charles Lamar Campbell of Beaumont and Joel Ortiz Hidalgo of Desert Hot Springs were arrested a year ago for the alleged slaying of 61-year-old Chris
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After a two-year delay, the annual Autism Walk & Resource Fair will return to Palm Desert in April during National Autism Awareness Month. The Autism Society Inland Empire “Autism Walk & Resource Fair” is the Inland Empire’s largest Autism event for local resources and will also feature a 5k Walk/Race and HERO Village filled with
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Two Thermal men suspected in the killing of a 21-year-old man found dead in a burning vehicle pleaded not guilty today to murder and kidnapping charges. On Jan. 24, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department discovered the remains of Thermal resident Guillermo Jacobo in a burned vehicle in a desert area near Highway 195
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The 2022 Coachella Music & Arts Festival is just a little over three weeks away from making its grand return. The popular music festival hasn’t been held since 2019 due to the pandemic. After a long wait, festival-goers will soon be able to once again go into the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. On Monday,
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Join Eye on the Desert’s Patrick Evans for live coverage of Fashion Week El Paseo with all the details and live interviews on the runway shows happening this week. Monday’s show kicks off with The “Buzz” on El Paseo, featuring the Spring and Summer collections from local merchants like Grayse, Chrissy’s on El Paseo and
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