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The Desert Hot Springs Police Department will conduct an active shooter training exercise at Desert Hot Springs High School next week. The exercise, slated for Thursday morning, “will simulate a multi-discipline, multi-jurisdiction and multi-agency response to an active shooter on a high school campus,” according to a police statement. Along with police, school officials, firefighters,

Increased levels of fire activity and availability of firefighters across the state call for intensified fire restrictions, according to officials from the San Bernardino National Forest. The increased restrictions will be in effect Monday, July 16 and until further notice. No campfires or barbeques allowed outside certain picnic areas and campsites. Lists of allowable picnic

People here in the Coachella Valley, packed a few bars to catch the final of the World Cup Sunday. Both French and Croatian supporters cheering on their respective teams. It’s a lively atmosphere at the Hair of the Dog Pub in Palm Springs, with people watching the world cup final, many of them supporting the

Palm Desert High School golfer Caroline Wales was selected by The First Tee to represent the Coachella Valley in Septembers’ Pure Insurance Championship from Pebble Beach. Wales will get the opportunity to play along side one of the professionals in the PGA Tour field.

The 3rd Annual Ballin for Desi Basketball Tournament is set for August 4th beginning at 9am from Xavier Prep High School. More information and registration: https://www.desistrongfoundation.org/ballin

Palm Springs will consider allowing bars to stay open an extra 2 hours, until 4 a.m., if Senate Bill 905 makes it through the assembly and is signed by the governor. The proposed legislation would be effective January 1, 2021 and some people living in the Coachella Valley have mixed emotions towards the idea. “I

(CNN) – Nancy Sinatra, the first wife of singer Frank Sinatra, died Friday at the age of 101, her daughter said. “My mother passed away peacefully tonight,” her daughter, also named Nancy Sinatra, tweeted Friday night. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/NancySinatra/status/1017966817266954240″,”author_name”:”Nancy Sinatra”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/NancySinatra”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;My mother passed away peacefully tonight at the age of 101. She was a blessing

The nomination period opened today for the Palm Springs Walk of Stars, with new criteria in place in response to calls to tighten up the requirements for applicants. “It’s a different process, so when you apply for a star now, initially it’ll go to a committee of experts that will look at the application to

Thermal Club is known to be the only fully residential race track in the country. It is home to 110 members, 26 current houses, and another 12 in development. They have a number of new additions coming within the next 18-24 months when it comes to facilities. Cody Krupp takes a look at how it’s

Desert Hills Outlets in Cabazon are now charging $5 to park in the East Village garage. The new payment policy is not being well received by customers and employees. Some employees even worry about their safety if they have to park too far away and return to their cars at night. “Last night, well yesterday,

At 5:44 p.m. Thursday, law enforcement responded to a call to the Cedar Springs apartment complex in Coachella. Upon arriving, they discovered the scene of an apparent murder-suicide; KESQ & CBS Local 2 has confirmed today that the deceased were a mother and son. “It’s just crazy because its close to home and it’s just

The family of a missing woman who disappeared into the desert speak out. Velva Jacklin, 54, disappeared last weekend. She was last seen Saturday at a Chevron on Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs. “I don’t have a good feeling about her being alive,” said Nina Duran, Jacklin’s daughter. “I hope for the best. …

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is cutting ties with the school resource officers contracted through the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. It was a contentious meeting between CVUSD board members, deciding to renew a contract, which would transition from three SROs to two. Those officers were meant to relocate to Coachella Valley High School and

La Patrulla Fronteriza de Indio reporta el arresto de un delincuente sexual convicto. Poco antes de la medianoche, agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza detuvieron un vehículo ocupado por un ciudadano de los EE. UU. Y tres inmigrantes ilegales. Luego se llevaron a cabo verificaciones de registros y se reveló que uno de los pasajeros, Fidel

Conductor ebrio que hirió gravemente a un automovilista es sentenciado a siete años tras las rejas. El sujeto participó en un aparatoso accidente contra un motociclista en la Ciudad de Cathedral en el 2016. La victima Isaac Romo ha sido sometido a una serie de cirugías y requiere cuidado las 24 horas. Elver Hernández, de

Indio Border Patrol agents arrested a previously-deported convicted sex offender on Thursday evening. Shortly before midnight, Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle occupied by a U.S. citizen and three illegal immigrants. Record checks were then conducted, and it was revealed that one of the passengers, Fidel Espinoza-Vasquez, a Mexican national, is a previously convicted and

La Asociación de Gobiernos del Valle de Coachella esta organizando un par de eventos informativos en dos ciudades del Valle de Coachella para proporcionar información y recabar la opinión del público sobre una vía de transporte propuesta a traves del Valle Este de Coachella. La Línea de Artes y Música de CVAG es un camino

A Cathedral City man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist, who has since undergone a series of surgeries and requires round-the-clock care. Elver Hernandez, 28, pleaded guilty last week to drunken driving causing injury charges stemming from the May 27, 2016,

Cody Edwin Larson, de 25 años, fue arrestado en la avenida San Pablo el martes por la mañana, un día despues de que autoridades se mantuvieran tras la pista de un sospechoso de exponer sus partes intimas en el Civic Center Park. Los autoridades fueron al parque a las 6:20 a.m. Del dia lunes para

An innovative technology called ORCA has quite an ambitious promise; in 24 hours, it can take 2,400 pounds of food waste and convert it to environmentally safe water, that can flow directly into a sewage system, bypassing the need for a landfill entirely. The aim may seem too good to be true but at the