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Back when he was a California Highway Patrol officer, Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit shook hands with former president Ronald Reagan. Benoit says he likely won’t get that close to President Barack Obama, but he says it’s a remarkable step to have him and Chinese President Xi JinPing in the desert. “To have the president

Podra experimentar una seria congestin vehicular ya que algunas calles estarn cerradas este sbado y domingo con motivo a la visita del presente de los Estados Unidos y su homlogo de China a Sunnylands en Rancho Mirage. Comenzando el viernes hasta altas horas del domingo la calle Bob Hope Drive estar cerrada entre Frank Sinatra

La noche de este martes 4 de junio, muri un conductor en la escena del accidente. El hoy occiso era Joseph Covington, un famoso msico de los aos 70s fundador de la banda “Hot Tuna”. El msico de 67 aos de edad perdi el control del volante de su auto y se impacto con un

El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, consider que Amrica Latina y el Caribe pasan por una nueva “poca de oro” en materia de desarrollo y llam a la regin a profundizar la relacin bilateral con esa nacin asitica. Desde el Senado de Mxico, en el segundo da de su visita por el pas, Xi dijo

The Betty Ford Center and Hazelden Foundation arepursuing an alliance, the Rancho Mirage-based center confirmed today. The Ford Center and the Minnesota-based foundation both offer drug andalcohol treatment programs, and their boards have approved “the concept of aformal alliance,” according to a statement released by the Ford Center. Both use Alcoholics Anonymous’s 12 Steps as

June 7-8 President Obama will meet with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage. The following is a list of road closures and an area designated for the public’s observation of Sunnylands: Road Closures: Bob Hope Drive, between Gerald Ford Drive and Kavenish Drive – Frank Sinatra Drive,

A California state Senate official says the FBI raided a senator’s two offices but did not search the office of the 23-member Latino caucus. Agents spent more than six hours Tuesday searching the main office of Sen. Ron Calderon, a Democrat from the Los Angeles area. The Senate’s chief sergeant-at-arms, Tony Beard, said Wednesday agents

Anyone who bought a Fantasy 5 lottery ticket from theStater Bros. supermarket on state Route 79 in Temecula needs to check theirnumbers — they could be holding a ticket entitling them to a jackpot of$189,640. According to the California Lottery, the Fantasy 5 ticket with all fivenumbers pulled in Tuesday night’s drawing was purchased at

Kathleen Jurasky, manager of the Palm SpringsCemetery District, was elected president of the California Association ofPublic Cemeteries for 2013-2014, the district announced today. The association promotes the development of public cemetery districtsand their governance “through interactive communication, education andlegislative advocacy,” according to the district. Jurasky has worked for the district for 16 years, 13 of

Ayer a las 5:50 p.m. un hombre iba a bordo de su silla de ruedas cuando en el rea de Dr. Carreon y Monroe Street fue atropellado por un vehculo. El vocero del Departamento de Polica de Indio inform que la vctima fue transportada al hospital donde ms tarde muri. El conductor del auto involucrado

High pressure building over inland areas will bringtriple-digit temperatures to the Coachella Valley this week, meteorologistssaid today. Highs Friday and Saturday are forecast to top out around 105 degrees inhigher elevations and 108-112 in the lower ones, according to the NationalWeather Service. “These high temperatures will fall short of setting any records,” anNWS advisory said.

A 31-year-old parolee was behind bars Wednesday afterhis arrest on suspicion of robbing a woman’s cellphone at gunpoint as he droveher in a car in Palm Desert, authorities said. Deputies called around 2:10 a.m. Monday to the area of San Nicholas andSan Anselmo avenues learned that the 18-year-old victim knew the suspect, whowas later identified

California’s Attorney General is suing to stop a $200 million extension of a southern Orange County toll road. The Orange County Register says Kamala Harris sued last month to block a 5 -mile extension of State Route 241. The suit claims the toll road agency violated state environmental law in approving the project. It calls

Journalists from CBS Local 2 and News Channel 3 took part in a conference call with White House officials today to discuss President Obama’s upcoming meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage. The Presidents will take part in a series of formal and informal meetings on June 7 and

Early Wednesday morning we learned that drummer Joey Covington was the man who died Tuesday afternoon in Palm Springs when his sedan slammed head on into a wall near a curve at Belardo Road near South Palm Canyon Drive. The identification comes from the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. Joseph “Joey” Edward Covington was a US

On Thursday, May 30, 2013, around 12:30 pm, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hazardous Device Team responded to the 49000 block of Bonita, in Cabazon, reference a large amount of military ordnance items. At the location, bomb technicians discovered a huge stash of WWII era military ordnance items, including small arms casings and projectiles, 2000 20mm

An investigation was underway today into a crash that tookthe life of a 57-year-old wheelchair-bound man in Indio. The crash happened around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday in the area of DoctorCarreon Boulevard and Monroe Street, according to a statement from the IndioPolice Department. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounceddead, police said.

The project Parkway 1e11, now called CV Link, was unveiled to more than 50 Valley neighbors at a public workshop at the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership headquarters in Palm Springs. The pathway, a 52-mile trail, will run from the Whitewater River in Palm Springs to the Salton Sea for pedestrians, cyclists even electric carts, the

State budget cuts continue to take its toll on the Riverside Superior Court. The court must deal with an expected $13 million shortfall for next fiscal year’s budget. Officials have proposed closing one-judge courts in Temecula and Blythe. The Temecula court handles mostly civil, small claims and traffic matters. If it closes, people in the

So you want to get close to the President when he visits Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage Friday and Saturday? Maybe catch a glimpse of Barack Obama or Xi Jinping? Good luck. Sunnylands was designed to be a private retreat, and it remains just that. The property encompasses 200 acres of land largely surrounded by a