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Spooky season is underway in the valley. Variety – the Children’s Charity of the Desert put on a coronavirus safe Fall Festival Trunk-or-Treat Drive-Thru event. “So we’re just today celebrating the kids that we serve, many of them have special needs or a disadvantage that they’re struggling within their families,” said the organization’s executive director
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced unidentified human remains were located in the open desert terrain of Yucca Valley on Saturday. The remains were transported to the County Coroner’s Office for identification and to determine a cause of death. Officials say the identification process could take several weeks, and no further details will be
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Rosie Casals was a guest speaker at a FILA Women in Sports event at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells today. She shared personal testimony about what it was like at the beginning of her pro-tennis career and the struggles she had to overcome. She also highlighted her Love and Love Tennis Foundation will
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On Friday Governor Gavin Newsom signed bills extending outdoor dining permits and alcohol sales until a year after the pandemic emergency ends. He recently tweeted “Parklet’s & to-go cocktails are here to STAY!” “We are extremely excited and this is the start of our season and we see more and more people and that’s a
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Every year, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, known locally as NAMI Coachella Valley, brings together hundreds of people to raise mental health awareness and funds through NAMIWalks Your Way Coachella Valley. Because of the coronavirus, this year’s NAMIWalks event is virtual. Across the country, many local NAMI organizations are joining together on Saturday, Oct.
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It’s a wrap for Week 8 of high school football. Check out highlights and scores from this week’s action. La Quinta – 0@Palm Desert – 37FXavier Prep – 20@Shadow Hills – 7FRancho Mirage – 27@Palm Springs – 19FTwentynine Palms – 15@Coachella Valley – 14FCathedral City – 52@Banning – 8FIndio – 16@Yucca Valley – 15FDesert Mirage
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Fallen Palm Springs police officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny were honored by the community during a special 5th annual commemoration ceremony on Friday. Officers Vega & Zerebny were killed in the line of duty while responding to a domestic disturbance call on Oct. 8, 2016. A commemoration ceremony was held Friday afternoon at
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A 29-year-old man suspected of joining a cohort in trying to rob a Hemet motorist was killed when the victim drove his vehicle into a ditch while fighting to get away, pinning the suspect against the side of the car, authorities said today. Robert Lee Casas of Hemet was fatally injured shortly after 8 p.m.
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By ADAM BEAMAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians could have higher cellphone bills after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws on Friday aimed at giving the state more money to build high-speed internet connections in unserved areas. Check Out: Kids in eastern Coachella Valley are among those bearing the academic brunt of the pandemic
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The BNP Paribas Open is honoring our local heroes that have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the Coachella Valley. Celebrations this week and the next will focus on military, hospital workers, police officers, teachers, and several others. Organizers of the tennis tournament, which features local star Desirae Krawczyk, say they are
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A 51-year-old Cathedral City resident charged with a trio of attacks on women in Aliso Viejo dating back to January 2020 was extradited from Anchorage, Alaska, and was being booked into Orange County Jail. Robert Daniel Yucas, an Army veteran and cargo pilot, is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman last month near Pacific Park
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An 86-year-old man convicted of killing one pedestrian and injuring another while driving drunk in Palm Springs was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison today. On Sept. 1, an Indio jury convicted Palm Springs resident Leroy Silva of murder, DUI causing bodily injury, DUI causing bodily injury with a blood-alcohol level of
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(AP) — California moved Friday to extend the sale of cocktails-to-go and keep alcohol service for outdoor dining at parklets as officials try to help restaurants recover from the coronavirus pandemic. “This is a pathway for these businesses to frankly make up for a lot of the constraints that have been imposed upon them over
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Meteors flung through the lower reaches of space may be visible in remote parts of Riverside County tonight as the “Draconids” meteor shower arrives, providing a spectacular light show in the NorthernHemisphere. According to meteorologists, the Draconids, which are debris shed from the comet 21P Giacobini, provide perhaps the best meteor raining activity for the
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The Palm Springs Police Department today continued its week-long training against implicit bias. The city announced on Tuesday that all police department employees began their eight-hour daily training in principled policing, procedural justice, and implicit bias. The city defined implicit bias “as the automatic association people make between groups of people and stereotypes about those
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If you weren’t at the BNP Thursday night enjoying some tennis, you might have been in downtown Palm Springs for Villagefest – which is now bigger than it’s been for the last year and a half. And hundreds of people gathered at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert for the long-awaited return of some live
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LifeStream Blood Bank is encouraging community members throughout the Coachella Valley to donate blood if they can, amid a supply shortage. The organization made a similar plea earlier this year, when donations were low at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The countywide blood donation shortage is also being felt by local hospitals. Teri Povall,
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PALM SPRINGS (CNS) – Palm Springs’ weekly street fair is set to returnto its pre-COVID layout alongside Fall hour scheduling today. This Thursday’s VillageFest will extend from Amado Road to BaristoRoad on Palm Canyon Drive for the first time since its July reopening. The street fair will also begin an hour earlier, at 6 p.m., and rununtil
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Deputies from the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station will be adding “extra law enforcement staff” at the high school football game this Friday, “to help ensure that the athletes and fans are safe.” Investigators say there are currently no credible threats at this time. The additional security is coming after the investigation of a stabbing at
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With the return of free Fall concerts in the park Thursday, locals can get out to enjoy good music, food, and the company of others. The concerts usually happen every year but was put off like many other events because of the pandemic. Every Thursday in October there will be live music at Palm Desert
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