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Inici en el Valle de Coachella uno de los torneos de golf ms importantes en el pas pero en esta ocasin con unos cambios. El antiguo Bob Hope Classic ahora es el Humana Golf Challange o Reto de Golf Humana, que adems de acaparar la atencin del mundo del golf, traera consigo diversin, educacin y

The 2012 Humana Golf Challenge is teeing off in the Coachella Valley this week. Once known as the Bob Hope Classic, the week-long tournament is bringing in golf fans from all over the world. Norm Jary is visiting from Canada. “I love golf, I love watching the golfers. I really enjoy the game myself,” said

A multi-vehicle accident at the intersection of Bob Hope and Gerald Ford Drives sent two people to the hospital in critical condition Monday afternoon and three others suffering minor injuries. Paramedic crews from the Riverside County Fire Department received the dispatch call around 11:30 a.m., according to their incident reports. Forty-five minutes later, fire crews

Ya sea que lo mismo o no, todos sabemos que un estilo de vida saludable comienza con el consumo de los greens. “T eres lo que comes. Como todos sabemos, una buena salud, una buena dieta es una parte de eso”, dijo el portavoz Jim Turner. El mercado de agricultores certificados en La Quinta Old

La polica est buscando a dos hombres, acusados ??de disparar a un hombre en un robo a mano armada en Mecca. Agentes del Departamento del sheriff del Condado de Riverside fueron llamados a 65.000 de Donavan circle 3:45 la maana del lunes, segn el comunicado de prensa del sheriff del departamento. Cuando llegaron, encontraron a

Una mujer de Rancho Mirage se encuentra detenida, acusada en un tiroteo el domingo en un complejo de apartamentos local. La polica dijo que Andrea Auclair de 28 aos de edad, dispar a un hombre dentro de un departamento ubicadp en la cuadra 69500 ??de la Va Rebecca en Rancho Mirage, la tarde del domingo.

Ted Giatas, CEO and President of McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, will retire at the end of this season, it was announced Monday. In a letter to the media, Bill Powers, the Chairman of the McCallum Board of Trustees, praised Giatas’ ability to turn the theatr around — inheriting a facility $7.5 million in debt

Palm Springs police were investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian Saturday night. It happened just before 8:00 p.m. near the intersection of Sunrise Way and Sunny Dunes, according to police. A car struck an elderly woman crossing the street and she died. She was not in a cross-walk, according to a police sargeant. The

For children in Thermal that didn’t have a place to play, three charity organizations — Humana, Kaboom, and Desert Alliance for Community Empowerment — came together to build, pour, nail, and drill together what these kids in the east valley were lacking. “This area is, what Kaboom likes to call it, a play desert. There’s

A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of putting poison in his wife’s cereal. Los Angeles County jail records show 43-year-old Fernando Porras of Azusa was being held on $1 million bail Saturday on suspicion of the attempted murder of his 51-year-old wife, Fernanda. Azusa police Cpl. Randy Schmidt says the woman noticed

An Iraq war veteran suspected in the stabbing deaths of four homeless men since Dec. 20 was locked up in Orange County today. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, of Yorba Linda, was chased away from a Friday night attack behind an Anaheim Carl’s Jr. at 3110 E. La Palma Ave. and, with help from witnesses, caught about

The city of Palm Springs and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee will honor King’s life and work as a civil rights activist today. The event, hosted by the Church of St. Paul in the Desert, will feature a message from former Olympic track and field athlete John Carlos and music. Palm Springs City

Shiny metallic-blue tissue box containers recently sold in California may owe their color to radioactive cobalt 60, and purchasers were urged by state safety experts this weekend to return them. A freeway-side radioactivity detector operated by the California Highway Patrol went off when a truck containing a shipment of “Dual Ridge Metal Boutique tissue boxes”

Celebrities aren’t the only ones being honored at the 23rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. On Friday, Hebe Tabachnick, a film programmer for the festival’s Cine Latino section, was celebrated for her work. Tabachnick spends the year traveling to different festivals, scouting out the best films to bring to Palm Springs, and she said

The government is waiving Adventure Pass fees in the San Bernardino National Forest and in other national forests around Southern California through Monday, partly in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Fee waivers — $5 daily and $30 for a year — are in effect through Monday in all parts of the 676,000-plus-acre forest,

Authorities found an ill hiker dead in the hills south of Hemet early Friday morning. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said 24-year-old Vladislav Lesnik was hiking with a friend in the Santa Rosa Hills on Thursday when he fell sick. Lesnik’s friend went for help, but was unable to lead rescue crews back to where

The Humana Challenge field gets better by the day. On Friday, standout Dustin Johnson added his name to the growing list of impressive commits. The no. 8 player in the world has solidified his plans for desert golf in 2012. Johnson is known for hitting the long ball. On average, his tee shots fly well

High School Basketball Scores from Friday, January 12, 2012: BOYS: PALM DESERT 63, Xavier Prep 36 The Aztecs started a bit slow in the wake of Wednesday’s big win at Palm Springs, but turned things around quickly en route to a blowout win over the Saints. Palm Desert (5-0) remains alone in first place of

Firefighters have made major progress surrounding a small but potentially dangerous fire that erupted in the San Bernardino National Forest as gusty Santa Ana winds blew through Southern California. Authorities say the 15-acre fire near Crestline is 70 percent contained Friday afternoon. Many mountain, valley and coastal areas remain under a red flag warning for