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The first ever Princess and Police golf tournament was held on Sunday. The event benefited the Cathedral City Police Department. Residents and local law enforcement teed off together at the Desert Princess Country Club. More than 130 participants attended the event, including a dozen officers from Cathedral City and Palm Springs Police Departments. Organizers were

Indio construction will close Avenue 50 from Monroe Street to Jackson Street starting today. The street closure is apart of the Monroe Street Widening Project. The closures will remain for twelve days until February 22nd. Access to all homes and businesses will be maintained at all times throughout the project. Emergency vehicles, and all other

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is visiting California, and he hopes to return home with something more than a Disneyland souvenir. The former Republican presidential candidate starts meeting with business leaders Monday, trying to persuade them to move jobs to Texas. He will visit the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles and Orange County through Wednesday.

Two California lawmakers want to end the Legislature’s practice of jamming major bills through at the 11th hour. The practice has been used often on budget bills, forcing lawmakers to vote on spending plans without having the ability to actually read what’s in them. That would change under legislation proposed by Democratic Sen. Lois Wolk

Friends, fans and desert folks in Twentynine Palms played music and shared stories at the 29 Palms Inn about the longtime TV personality, Huell Howser, who at 67 lost his battle to cancer. A neighbor they say so many cherished. “Huell Howser didn’t want a memorial, but everybody wants to remember him so it’s called

A fire broke out inside the walls of a single-story home in Banning today, but no one was hurt, a spokeswoman said. Firefighters received a call at 7:10 a.m. and went to the 1,000-squarefoot home located at 18600 Keyes Road where light smoke was seen,Riverside County Fire spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said. The cause behind the

Police have arrested a 19 year-old Coachella man in connection with selling stolen Date Festival tickets. Noel Aguilar was arrested when deputies followed leads to the break-in, which happened last Sunday. The arrest was Friday night at 46275 Clinton Street, Riverside County sheriff’s Lt. Matthew Martello said. About $45,000 worth of tickets to the festival,

En menos de 48 horas se registro otro atraco a mano armada en la ciudad de Coachella. Este ocurri antes de las 11 de la maana del viernes en la tienda “Corner Store” ubicada sobre el Boulevard Grapefruit de mencionada ciudad. Ah el ladrn mostr una pistola al empleado y le exigi efectivo, el trabajador

Inicio la demolicin de el centro comercial conocido como Desert Fashion Plaza ubicado en el corazn de la ciudad de Palm Springs. Ah la destruccin de los edificios ya comenzaron, la primera fase de remodelacin se espera concluya el 2015. No obstante, esta parte del proyecto enfrenta algunos obstculos. Y es que un grupo se

A lawyer says two women delivering newspapers had no warning before they were mistakenly shot by Los Angeles police officers searching for triple murder suspect Christopher Dorner. Investigators say 47-year-old Maggie Carranza and her 71-year-old mother Emma Hernandez were in a Toyota Tundra pickup truck similar to Dorner’s vehicle. They were delivering newspapers in Torrance

A cold low pressure system brought gusty winds to the Coachella Valley early today as a winter storm crept into the region, threatening to saturate Riverside County with snow and rain through Saturday. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Coachella Valley and a winter weather advisory for the mountains from 3

Festivities for the 15th Tour de Palm Springs will start downtown Friday. The Vendor Expo will begin at noon on North Palm Canyon Drive between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Alejo Road. The expo — which also is open Saturday — includes bike gear and apparel, music, food, a beer and wine garden and information on

On Sunday, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will honor the best in the music industry with a Grammy. But, before the best artists in the country get their hands on the golden gramophone, it passes through the skillful hands of one Colorado man. It’s considered the highest honor in the recording industry

A city in shock lit candles and bowed their heads in prayer at Thursday’s vigil at Riverside City Hall, grieving the death of the 34-year-old Riverside police officer and dad of two who didn’t make it home from work. “Our hearts break for them and their family. Our hearts break,” said Tess Graham, a family

For the bighorn sheep in the mountains surrounding the valley, lambing season can be sporadic. So far, no sightings. But, biologists spotted them in early January last year. Aimee Byard is a biologist and assistant director at the Bighorn Institute. She explains, “We don’t know why it was early last year. It was actually early

Se realiza casera humana en todo el estado de California y Nevada de un ex polica de Los ngeles, sospechoso de balear mortalmente y herir a dos oficiales ms al oeste del valle de Coachella. Se trata de Christopher Jordan Dorner, quien baleo a un oficial en el poblado de Corona y a otros dos

Mientras que contina la bsqueda del presunto asesino Christopher Dorner, la ciudad de Riverside honrar al agente muerto el jueves por la maana. El Supervisor del Condado de Riverside John Benoit dijo en una declaracin a los medios de comunicacin “Hoy perdimos a un oficial que contaba con mucha valenta”. Agrego que era miembro del

A Riverside police officer was shot to death today and another was wounded in an ambush that police believe was committed by Christopher Jordan Dorner, the fired Los Angeles Police Department officer wanted for the revenge slayings of a college basketball coach and her fiance in Irvine, authorities said. The gunman, who fled after shooting,

Here are some key events involving Christopher Dorner, the fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing at least three people including a police officer in Southern California and posting a manifesto on Facebook outlining plans to kill the families of those he felt wronged him: – Sunday, Feb. 3: Monica Quan, 28, and Keith