Two men accused of shooting three people in downtown Palm Springs early Sunday morning are expected in court today to face a number of charges. The shooting was reported at around 1:50 a.m. on the 200 block of S Indian Canyon Drive. Callers told police dispatch that at least two people were struck by gunfire,
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Millions of uninsured Americans may find it harder to find a free COVID-19 test. Federal funding for free COVID testing has run out. Congress has yet to pass a new COVID-19 funding bill. The halt in accepting COVID testing claims for uninsured people started at midnight on Tuesday. There are not enough funds to cover COVID
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family says. Below is a statement from the family of @Madeleine: pic.twitter.com/C7Xt0EN5c9— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) March 23, 2022 Here in Coachella Valley, Albright had been scheduled to join the upcoming Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, which had been postponed by
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Authorities in Coachella are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a home. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station responded to the house fire on Coronado Street and Avenue 50. Viewer image of fire Cal Fire said the blaze ignited just after 2:00 in the morning. Residents were
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The La Quinta City Planning Commission will meet again in April to decide the fate of a controversial proposed surf park. The commission met Tuesday evening and heard seven hours of city presentations and public comments on the Coral Mountain Resort. The hearing ended well after midnight without a vote for or against the project. The resort
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Police in Desert Hot Springs were investigating a shooting on Tuesday night. Investigators were called to the scene on Cahuilla Ave. near Ocotillo Rd. and Palm Dr. around 8 p.m. Tuesday. They said that one man was shot in the torso and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police did not have information on
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Palm Desert Charter Middle School is the first middle school to compete in the WGI Color Guard World Championships. The team is set to make history on April 7-10 in Dayton, Ohio. The Palm Desert Charter Middle School Varsity Color Guard team is making history at the 2022 @WGIcolorguard World Championships next month! 👏🏽Find out
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As festival season approaches and more events make their way back to the Coachella Valley, short-term rentals are in high demand. With increased demand, comes fraud and phone scams. “I felt violated.” That was Malia Rivera’s reaction when she found her Indio home was listed on Craigslist for rent. “I felt just that, you know,
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The California 4th District Court of Appeals has reversed a judge’s decision to drop the charges against one of the developers indicted in the bribery case of an ex-Palm Springs mayor. On Dec. 4, a judge dismissed charges against real estate developer John Wessman. Wessman was originally indicted on nine counts of bribery of an
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued emergency orders to four mobile home parks located on tribal land near Thermal after high levels of arsenic were found in the drinking water. The mobile home parks — Arellano Mobile Home Park, Castro Ranch, Gonzalez Mobile Home Park, and Sandoval Mobile Home Park — are all located
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The Palm Springs Fire Department welcomed their newest member who happens to have four legs. Ranger is a fully trained peer support/facility dog who will provide comfort to first responders dealing with extreme levels of stress. He is the first dog in a new Peer Support/Facility K9 Program in the PSFD. “This job is very taxing,
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A Coachella Valley High School student was celebrated after being named Ball Kid of the Year! Angel Carrillo, a CVHS sophomore, was selected out of more than 200 Ball Kids from around the world. He worked the 2022 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for the past two weeks. On Sunday, he got to do
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A 19-year-old Mountain Center man who allegedly shot at a car with four people inside in Palm Springs, striking a 15-year-old boy, was ordered to stand trial. Jesse Alnarldo Simpson Jr. was arrested on Oct. 4 for allegedly shooting at the vehicle from his own moving car in the 3400 block of North Sunrise Way,
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The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved a “tourism recovery campaign” for Riverside County, directing that $2.16 million in federal COVID relief funds be distributed to two organizations that will be tasked with drawing visitors back to the region after the dramatic downturn of the last two years. The campaign will be funded entirely by
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The Black Student Success Center (BSSC) at College of the Desert is now open weekly. The center provides support, networking, and mentoring for those on campus and beyond. BSSC is accessible every Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. on the Palm Desert Campus, room 112, next to Beeps Café. According to the school, BSSC members
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“This is seriously like a childhood dream come true, like a wild dream that you don’t expect to actually happen,” said Taylor Fritz. Well, it did. A career defining moment for sure. And how cool that it happened here, a place Taylor calls his home tournament, a place where a proud father got to watch
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Enzo’s Bistro and Bar is preparing to reopen its dining room at the Rancho Mirage location after the entire restaurant was closed at the start of the pandemic. Enzo’s is best known for its homemade pasta, sausages, and house-dried steaks. The restaurant owner, Hal Griffith said that all the food prepared down to the sauces
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After the City of Indio received funds from the California Department of Transportation to beautify Jackson Street, one of the things the project will help with is creating better walking conditions for families at Jackson Elementary School. As families make their way to and from Jackson Elementary School, some of them often come across a
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After two weeks in “Tennis Paradise,” the 2022 BNP Paribas Open is over. On Monday, crews were out cleaning up the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens. While the tennis scores are in the history books, we are still waiting to learn just how much money the tournament brought to our area. “You get so many more
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Grocery workers locally and across the Southland began voting Monday on whether to authorize a strike as contract negotiations stall with the owners of Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons. Some valley grocery store workers are in favor of walking out after the union said some employees have been threatened or intimidated. “Give us the justice that
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