An infant from southwest Riverside County who died earlier this month tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), health officials announced on Friday. The infant died at a local hospital after being taken there with respiratory difficulties. No other information about the infant is being released, officials said. “Public Health mourns the loss of any
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Another delay was announced Friday morning in the sentencings of two men convicted in the financially motivated killing of Palm Springs’ art dealer, Clifford Lambert. Both Daniel Garcia and David K. Replogle were scheduled to be sentenced in Indio earlier this morning for the murder of Clifford Lambert. The presiding judge is sick causing both
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A group of sixteen Latino elected officials from across California will tour the Salton Sea to witness the polluted, shrinking body of water and be in the presence of arsenic-infested waters. Some elected officials have never seen the Salton Sea or smelled of hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. The environment and conditions have
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You’re invited to a Palm Springs party celebrating young leaders across the Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting a party at the end of January, which will coincide with the release of the upcoming edition of the “PS I ❤ U” magazine. The magazine is set to spotlight EMERGE Palm Springs, a new
Continue ReadingWe’re just months away from hundreds of thousands of people visiting our desert region for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. A lot of music lovers have January 19 penciled in their calendars because pre-sale tickets to this year’s world renowned festival go on sale. The festival’s website says the sale starts at
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In the east valley, the lowrider scene stands strong just like religion. “My dad came home once with an Impala 59 and since I saw that car, I fell in love with them,” said Lupe Gonzalez, a local lowrider owner. The modified classic cars defy gravity hopping up and down. They’re works of art that under
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The $8.4 million American Express PGA tournament got underway at three courses in La Quinta, with a field of 156 players led by Scottie Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked men’s golfer who is coming off one of the best seasons on the PGA Tour in recent years. Round 1 of @theamexgolf at the always beautiful
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Desert Hot Springs Police have announced the arrests of two suspects in a December murder investigation. The two suspects in the crime, 18, were arrested this week in Las Vegas after a man was found shot last month at Mission Springs Park off Park Lane, according to a police statement. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office confirmed
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A woman suspected of stabbing her 53-year-old mother to death in Coachella over the weekend pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge of murder. Marilyn Alisa Cardenas, 22, who had recently relocated to the Coachella Valley, also denied a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a weapon during a felony, according to court records. She was
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Hayden Springer is beginning his PGA membership in La Quinta. He has played in a handful of PGA tournaments through sponsor exemptions, but the AMEX marks his membership debut. In December, after a T4 finish at PGA Tour Q-school, he earned his tour card. It was just weeks before Springer received his card that his
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On Friday, the Coachella Valley Firebirds will be hosting their second annual “Pride Night.” The festivities kick off Friday at Acrisure Arena around 5:30 p.m. ahead of the team’s game against the Calgary Wranglers. Check Out Our Firebirds Section for More on the Team Activities include drag shows, music, and games. There will also be
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Jurors deadlocked today in the trial of a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of fatally shooting a developmentally disabled man and critically wounding the victim’s parents at the Corona Costco. Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 33, of Corona, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He additionally faces sentence-enhancing
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A convicted felon accused of stabbing a 35-year-old Banning man during a street confrontation, then hitting a police officer with a brick while trying to get away, was charged today with assault on a peace officer and other offenses. Alejandro Munoz, 31, was arrested Sunday following a Banning Police Department investigation. Along with the
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The city of Desert Hot Springs has purchased the former library from the Riverside County Library System. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of the former library building to the city of Desert Hot Springs for $350,000. The former library operated from 1972 to 2021 before being replaced by a new $12
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A 39-year-old man was arrested after a Border Patrol K-9 led agents to find $250,000 worth of liquid methamphetamine over the weekend at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint. The arrest happened Saturday at around 4:45 p.m. The driver, a Mexican citizen, was referred to secondary inspection after a Border Patrol K-9 unit alerted agents to
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A Los Angeles City commission today voted to preserve the Brentwood home of Marilyn Monroe and recommended it be designated a historic-cultural monument after it was almost demolished last year at the request of the property owner. The five-member Cultural Heritage Commission voted unanimously to prevent demolition efforts of the movie star’s iconic home, located
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A 30-year-old Desert Hot Springs man who tried to kill his father by severely beating him and setting fire to his mobile home as he lay unconscious on the floor was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison. A Banning jury in November deliberated less than a day before convicting Miguel Angel
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With the city of Palm Desert becoming a Certified Autism Center™, they are on the path of ensuring the community is genuinely inclusive based on the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). A local parent and advocate of making the entire Coachella Valley is championing more cities to do the same. Josh Heinz
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shooting at Rancho Las Flores Park on Van Buren Street in Coachella Wednesday just before 9 p.m. Deputies said that they got reports of a man firing multiple rounds into the air and ground during a fight at the soccer fields. The suspect drove away before the
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Indio Police are getting a pay raise as part of a new 3-year contract agreement with the city. The Tentative agreement was approved Thursday evening by the city council. A staff report said the compensation package, negotiated by the Indio Police Officers’ Association for the city’s 88 full-time police department employees, is meant to attract and retain a high-caliber workforce. The memorandum of
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