A groundbreaking ceremony was held at 3:00 p.m. for a new sports park complex along Avenue 44 and Jackson on Wednesday. City leaders, parents, and kids all showed up for the big moment. The groundbreaking means that construction on the 38-acre park is now officially underway on the project more than 15-years in the making.
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The Annual Palm Springs International ShortFest- one of the largest and most acclaimed short film festivals in North America- is right around the corner! Sponsored by the City of Palm Springs, Shortfest will take place on June 18-24 at the Regal Palm Springs. In celebration of the festival’s 30th anniversary, renowned artist Shag has once
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Arrests at the 2024 Stagecoach Music Festival increased by 26% compared to last year, the Indio Police Dept. announced on Wednesday. Campers arrived for Stagecoach Thursday morning. From Thursday to Sunday night, there were a total of 124 arrests, up from 98 in 2023. Drug/Alcohol/Intoxication: 63 False Identification: 49 Possession of Drugs for Sales: 6
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Shake Shack is coming to the Coachella Valley. Shake Shack will open its first location in the Coachella Valley later this year at The Shops on El Paseo in Palm Desert. “Shake Shack is coming to the desert. We are excited to bring our delicious burgers, fries and shakes to Palm Desert in the El
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The Palm Springs Fire Dept. rescued a hiker who was suffering from symptoms of heat exhaustion Wednesday afternoon. The rescue started at around Noon at the Museum Trail. “We had a young female adult feeling ill due to the heat while hiking and lack of water,” writes Ronald Skyberg, PSFD’s public information officer. Skyberd said
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A teenager was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning at Palm Desert High School. The crash was first reported at around 9:15 a.m. at the 74000 block of Aztec Road, at the drop-off area in front of the school. Details on the crash remain limited but
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A multi-state food safety alert was issued today for an E. coli outbreak possibly linked to organic walnut halves and pieces sold in bulk bins at natural food stores and food co-ops in Southern California and elsewhere. The Gibson Farms walnut pieces were distributed at stores in cities including Riverside and Rancho Mirage, according
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Festival season is officially over, and as hundreds of thousands of visitors head out of the Coachella Valley, many of them are leaving a lot of things behind. So what happens to the junk people get rid of at Stagecoach and Coachella? In order to find that answer, all you have to do is ask
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police carrying riot shields burst into a building at Columbia
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North Indian Canyon Drive will be open for traffic Friday for the first time since Tropical Storm Hilary ravaged the Coachella Valley in August. The city announced that N. Indian Canyon Dr. at the Mission Creek Crossing would open Friday at 5:00 p.m. The roadway is a major path in and out of the city.
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We now know who won the 2024 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway! Congratulations to Lori Pillatzke of Rancho Mirage! Pillatzke has won a brand new home in La Quinta valued at $850,000. You can still donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20114b?fr_id=155189&pg=entry&NONCE_TOKEN=3A6F63C5F1197ED3788FF17BC30D9283 The money raised will help make sure no family receives a
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Update 5/2/24 A revised proposal will be brought to the city council for consideration during a meeting on May 23, city officials said. The city said councilmembers requested that staff gather feedback on the proposed changes to the dining deck program, which was the topic of the meeting on March 29. “Based on that initial
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The Riverside County Office of Education awarded scholarships to 9 high school students today. The “Student of the Year” awards featured soon-to-be graduates from all three desert school districts. Each student was awarded $2,500, which is going towards their college tuition. The awards were a culmination of the year-long Greater Coachella Valley Student of the
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Palm Springs firefighters and other municipal employees will begin weed abatement and other brush clearance on the west end of the city Wednesday as part of a program to eliminate hazards heading into Southern California’s wildfire season. The workers will begin the day at the Historic Tennis Club Neighborhood near the North Lykken Trailhead, Palm
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The Coachella Football Club will begin its inaugural season in the USL League Two, with its first game this weekend. Coachella FC is the first pre-professional soccer team in the valley. Team officials said that they aim to launch young careers in the world of soccer, mirroring the careers of those in USL League Two
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A judge confirmed an Aug. 29 trial date today for Cameron Francis Curtis, a Palm Desert High School teacher and football coach accused of striking and killing a pedestrian while intoxicated. Curtis, 32, previously pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge after allegedly driving into 64-year-old Nancy Valdes of Palm Desert. Curtis was also
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Things are starting to slow down a bit here in the Coachella Valley, which is why ‘National Small Business Week’ couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. The week is meant to highlight and uplift local business owners, while encouraging customers to shop small. The Desert’s festival season is officially over, with Coachella and
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Escape the heat with the Palm Springs Tramway’s summer pass! The summer pass goes on sale Wednesday, May 1. “Starting May 1, guests may purchase a Summer Pass to escape the hot summer heat and enjoy a refreshing experience at the peak. Temperatures at the top of the Tramway are typically 30-40 degrees cooler than
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The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s request to hike the blanket rate charged to 16 cities and other contract entities for the use of patrol deputies and support services. The board authorized the sheriff to implement a 2.45% increase in the base hourly rate charged for the use
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A 31-year-old motorcyclist is dead after suffering fatal injuries in a collision with a vehicle, shutting down Gene Autry Trail for hours Sunday night. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, the motorcyclist was heading north on Gene Autry Trail around 8 p.m. Sunday and collided with a vehicle that was heading in the opposite direction
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