On the second day of a water tour hosted by the Water Education For Latino Leaders or WELL, leaders see the valley’s water crisis for the first time, are stunned, and learn what they say is a lack of water infrastructure. They toured the Coachella Canal, Salton Sea, and Polanco Park to see the lack
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The American Express PGA Tournament is having a positive impact on the Coachella Valley, and on local businesses specifically. It doesn’t just bring professional golfers to the desert, but it also drives small boost in the economy. Tourists from all over the globe travel to the city of La Quinta to see their favorite athletes,
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Sam Burns was sizzling like a desert summer in his second round. Sam Burns is @theamexgolf leader after a sizzling second round. The former @LSUMensGolf star shot 11-under 61 on the @PGAWESTGOLF Nicklaus Tournament Course to finish at 17-under through 36 holes. pic.twitter.com/TpWQ2diCWb— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) January 19, 2024 Burns, a former standout at LSU,
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A sprinkler malfunction damaged a giant mural of the legendary Janet Jackson that took 14 hours to paint in downtown Palm Springs. On Thursday, Southern California artist Amanda Harris-Gibbs spent 14 hours painstakingly creating a chalk mural of five-time GRAMMY®️ Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame®️ Inductee Janet Jackson. The massive 13’ x 13’ chalk
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A 37-year-old suspected in the fatal shooting of a man in Indio re-entered not guilty pleas today to felony charges including murder. Hilario Muela of Indio was charged with one felony count each of murder, being a convicted felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm, possessing controlled substances while armed, and possessing
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A 66-year-old man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend during a frenzied attack in Palm Springs ignited when she ended their relationship was sentenced today to 26 years to life in state prison. A Riverside jury in November convicted Miguel Hernandez Toscano of first-degree murder, child cruelty and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon
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An infant from southwest Riverside County who died earlier this month tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), health officials announced on Friday. The infant died at a local hospital after being taken there with respiratory difficulties. No other information about the infant is being released, officials said. “Public Health mourns the loss of any
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Another delay was announced Friday morning in the sentencings of two men convicted in the financially motivated killing of Palm Springs’ art dealer, Clifford Lambert. Both Daniel Garcia and David K. Replogle were scheduled to be sentenced in Indio earlier this morning for the murder of Clifford Lambert. The presiding judge is sick causing both
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A group of sixteen Latino elected officials from across California will tour the Salton Sea to witness the polluted, shrinking body of water and be in the presence of arsenic-infested waters. Some elected officials have never seen the Salton Sea or smelled of hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. The environment and conditions have
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You’re invited to a Palm Springs party celebrating young leaders across the Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting a party at the end of January, which will coincide with the release of the upcoming edition of the “PS I ❤ U” magazine. The magazine is set to spotlight EMERGE Palm Springs, a new
Continue ReadingWe’re just months away from hundreds of thousands of people visiting our desert region for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. A lot of music lovers have January 19 penciled in their calendars because pre-sale tickets to this year’s world renowned festival go on sale. The festival’s website says the sale starts at
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In the east valley, the lowrider scene stands strong just like religion. “My dad came home once with an Impala 59 and since I saw that car, I fell in love with them,” said Lupe Gonzalez, a local lowrider owner. The modified classic cars defy gravity hopping up and down. They’re works of art that under
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The $8.4 million American Express PGA tournament got underway at three courses in La Quinta, with a field of 156 players led by Scottie Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked men’s golfer who is coming off one of the best seasons on the PGA Tour in recent years. Round 1 of @theamexgolf at the always beautiful
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Desert Hot Springs Police have announced the arrests of two suspects in a December murder investigation. The two suspects in the crime, 18, were arrested this week in Las Vegas after a man was found shot last month at Mission Springs Park off Park Lane, according to a police statement. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office confirmed
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A woman suspected of stabbing her 53-year-old mother to death in Coachella over the weekend pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge of murder. Marilyn Alisa Cardenas, 22, who had recently relocated to the Coachella Valley, also denied a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a weapon during a felony, according to court records. She was
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Hayden Springer is beginning his PGA membership in La Quinta. He has played in a handful of PGA tournaments through sponsor exemptions, but the AMEX marks his membership debut. In December, after a T4 finish at PGA Tour Q-school, he earned his tour card. It was just weeks before Springer received his card that his
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On Friday, the Coachella Valley Firebirds will be hosting their second annual “Pride Night.” The festivities kick off Friday at Acrisure Arena around 5:30 p.m. ahead of the team’s game against the Calgary Wranglers. Check Out Our Firebirds Section for More on the Team Activities include drag shows, music, and games. There will also be
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Jurors deadlocked today in the trial of a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of fatally shooting a developmentally disabled man and critically wounding the victim’s parents at the Corona Costco. Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 33, of Corona, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He additionally faces sentence-enhancing
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A convicted felon accused of stabbing a 35-year-old Banning man during a street confrontation, then hitting a police officer with a brick while trying to get away, was charged today with assault on a peace officer and other offenses. Alejandro Munoz, 31, was arrested Sunday following a Banning Police Department investigation. Along with the
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The city of Desert Hot Springs has purchased the former library from the Riverside County Library System. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of the former library building to the city of Desert Hot Springs for $350,000. The former library operated from 1972 to 2021 before being replaced by a new $12
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