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Renowned Regional Mexican group Grupo Firme will be honored with the key to the city of Coachella on Friday. The band is fresh from performing Weekend 1 of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival. 🔥🔥 @GrupoFirme pic.twitter.com/nKj0eT1nTW— Coachella (@coachella) April 16, 2022 Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez and the city council will present the band with
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Masks will again be required on all public transit within Los Angeles County, including buses, trains, taxis and ride-hailing service vehicles, under a new COVID-19 health order that will take effect on Friday, April 21. The order will also again require masks at all indoor public transportation hubs, including airports and bus terminals. Public Health
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Cathedral City Police have confirmed to News Channel 3 that a missing 12-year-old girl has returned home this morning. Baily Jean Prashaw was initially reported missing on Wednesday at approximately 3:34 p.m. Police say she left her residence in the Rio Vista neighborhood in Cathedral City on Tuesday, April 19 at around 7 p.m. after
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Update 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 21 Gene Autry is Open. Update 6:11 a.m. Thursday, April 21 Gene Autry closed again Thursday morning as strong winds sweep through the Coachella Valley again. Update 2:15 p.m. Gene Autry is back open, the city confirmed. Original Report 5:00 a.m. Gene Autry Trail from E. Via Escuela to Salvia
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Every year during festival season John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital (JKF) makes sure it’s prepared for those attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Dr. Timothy Rupp who is the JFK Emergency Department Chairman said that the hospital is in communication with Riverside County because they handle ambulance deployments, and also physician providers who
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Every year during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals (CVMAF) people look forward to the many performances and art structures. A Coachella Valley local got the opportunity to produce one of the pieces standing at Empire Polo Club this year. Cristopher Cichocki said he has lived in almost every city of the Coachella Valley
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“Chella, Celebrando a la Communidad,” made its grand return to the City of Indio on Wednesday following a three-year absence. The free event was held at Bliss Avenue and Towne Street in downtown Indio. Goldenvoice organized the festival, in partnership with the city of Indio and Vallarta Supermarkets. “We are so excited for these local
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A 32-year-old Orange County man accused of assaulting an Indio police officer and leading law enforcement on a brief chase near the Coachella Music & Arts Festival has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and other offenses. Michael Anthony Berber of Fountain Valley made his initial court appearance Wednesday
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A 31-year-old Arizona woman accused of gunning down another woman at an Indio motel must stand trial for murder and other offenses, a judge ruled today. Carla Sharese Flores allegedly gunned down 27-year-old Ashley Brito of Thousand Palms at the City Center Motel last year. Following a preliminary hearing at the Southwest Justice Center
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Festival season is still in full swing in the desert with Coachella Weekend Two kicking off in just a few days. And this time around, festival goers can ditch the masks when taking an Uber or Lyft. “I think it’s good, I think pretty much everyone is vaccinated and at the festival there’s not mask
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Valley cannabis business owners are pleading with local leaders to reduce hefty taxes they say are crippling small businesses – and it’s playing out on the industry’s biggest day of the year, 4/20. “We’re literally telling them that we need to do something in this city before we lose the cannabis industry entirely,” said Kenneth
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Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D (CA-36) was joined by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm for a visit to the Salton Sea Wednesday morning. Together, Dr. Ruiz and Secretary Granholm lead a listening session with local community members and leaders to hear their firsthand experiences with public health and the environmental impacts of the Salton
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The City of Indio celebrated the installation of “Sarbalé Ke” at Dr. Carreon Park on Wednesday morning. This event coincided with the opening of the 2022 Mobius Conference that the installation’s artist Francis Kéré took part in 2019. The Sarbalé Ke towers stand from nine to 49-feet tall at the park. The series of towers
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said Wednesday. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down
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The owner of Wildlife Refuge in Sky Valley, Kitty Pallsen, has recently ran into problems with Fish and Wildlife. Pallsen has been running her 5-acre, wildlife refuge and rescue for the past 28 years. She tells me she’s rescued a variety of animals from dogs to injured birds. Pallsen has built an aviary specifically for
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A Banning man is facing 5 felony charges accused of possessing several illegal weapons following a hit-and-run collision. Banning Police took the suspect into custody late Sunday, April 9. A statement from the department said he was hiding in a car that was seen in the area of a collision along the 500 block of N.
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Update: 8:55 PM The coroner’s office has identified the man killed in the crash as Jason Cavanagh, 38, of Newbury Park. UPDATE – 8:45 AM: Cal Trans tweeted out that all lanes are open on the I-10 east in Cabazon following a big rig collision. ORIGINAL STORY: Lanes 1,2, and 3 on Interstate 10 heading
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will join local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz to visit the Salton Sea. Ruiz and Granholm will lead a series of listening sessions with local community members and leaders to hear their firsthand experiences with the public health and environmental impacts of the Salton Sea. The Salton Sea is
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The 20 acre fire was first reported shortly after 6:30 p.m. off the 29000 block of Calle Castillo Lane according to Riverside County Fire Department. Some residents were under an evacuation order up until Tuesday evening. Shortly after flames were reported along Calle Castillo Lane neighbors tried to make sense of the commotion. Ed Zachowski
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People in Thousand Palms and across the valley were hit with plumes of heavy smoke spewing from the 20-acre Castillo Fire, which ignited Monday night in a mulch pule before spreading to a nursery’s palm grove. “Last night, I smelt it very strong,” said Thousand Palms resident June Card. “Through the night, the smoke, you
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