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The 49 Palms hiking trail at Joshua Tree National Park will be reopened on Monday, August 12. The trail was closed on June 1 to allow for the park’s bighorn sheep to have undisturbed access to surface water. However recent rainfall events have allowed for the trail to be reopened, park officials said. On Monday,
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The Lifestream Blood team is continuing their 10th annual 9 Cities Blood Drive in the Coachella Valley. Currently, the Coachella Valley is seeing insufficient numbers of individuals giving blood. The lifestream team has created many incentives to get more people involved in sharing their blood consistently. The blood shortage is nationwide, but in the Coachella
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A 37-year-old woman suspected of fatally shooting a man in Coachella pleaded not guilty today to murder and other counts. Cindy Gicela Parra was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon to cause great bodily harm and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse. She pleaded not guilty to all counts Wednesday afternoon at
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Students, parents and staff were all feeling the back to school energy during morning drop off. Rio Vista Elementary School Principal, Aaron Tarzian says, “We’re just excited to have all the kids back, it’s a big mission to get ready for today and we’re ready.” One mom tells me she’s excited for her first grader
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Riverside County is expected to receive more than $100,000 from a settlement announced today with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. over allegations of unlawful hazardous waste disposal at eight California hotels, the District Attorney’s Office announced today. Under the settlement, the hotelier will pay a total of $400,000 in civil penalties, along with $100,000 to fund
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A 30-year-old Desert Hot Springs man accused of possessing child pornography pleaded guilty to a felony charge today. Robert Earl Adams III was charged with one felony count of possessing matters depicting a minor in a sexual act. He pleaded guilty to the charge Wednesday morning at the Larson Justice Center in Indio and has
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Brenda Pree will be moving from Pittsburgh to Palm Springs to serve as the new city clerk. City manager Justin Clifton announced Pree’s hiring on Wednesday. Pree has served as Pittsburgh’s City Clerk since 2017. In that role, she manages 10 support staff providing administrative and operational services to a nine-member elected body. Her responsibilities
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a bill that will expand healthcare and benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Congress passed the bill, the PACT Act, last week. The Senate originally struck it down, but came back on Tuesday and overwhelmingly passed the bill. We’ve been bringing you coverage of a veteran’s fight
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Residents of the Oasis Mobile Home Park continue to demand faster action from government agencies to better their living conditions. Dozens of residents came together Tuesday night, pushing for a for a safe and urgent relocation. “It’s something that needs to be changed now and we need to see it so then we can finally
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The city of Palm Springs says a contractor who was paid millions of dollars to construct the Downtown Park has “abandoned” the project, which remains incomplete nearly a year after opening. With much fanfare last October, Palm Springs celebrated the grand opening of the new taxpayer-funded park – but 9 months later, city documents show the
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will remain closed until Monday as clean-up continues flowing a flash flood event that temporarily stranded hundreds of customers. Crews are working to continue cleaning up mud and debris from the roadway brought on by the flooding. The clean-up is expected to take a couple of days. “After completing a
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A firefighter and a resident were hurt after a Palm Springs house caught on fire Tuesday afternoon. The fire was first reported at around 4:30 p.m. on the 600 block of Via Corta. ALERT- Fire units are currently on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 600 block of Via Corta. One resident
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A Palm Springs police officer involved in a deadly shooting by an unlicensed bail agent will not face criminal charges, the District Attorney announced. David Spann, 33, was killed in his Palm Springs home in April 2021. He was allegedly shot by Fabian Herrera, who police said was posing as a bounty hunter. Herrera was
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The defense rested and closing arguments began today in the retrial of a 73-year-old former attorney who was previously convicted in the 2008 financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs retiree but was granted a new trial — along with three of his co-defendants. David K. Replogle is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of
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Update 8/9/22 The south entrance as well as Pinto Road and Cottonwood Canyon road were reopened Tuesday afternoon. The Cottonwood Visitor Center will reopen tomorrow, August 10, 2022, officials said. All facilities and roadways in the northern portion of the park remain open and available for visitor use. Original Report 8/8/22 Authorities closed a major
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A Thermal woman was arrested after being accused of setting a fire at a relative’s home in Landers Monday night. The incident first started at about 8:10 p.m. when deputies were called to Montara Road in Landers in reference to a female acting irate with family members. According to the Sheriff’s Dept., deputies learned that
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Voters in San Bernardino County will soon get to say whether they want the county to potentially secede from the state. The county’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to put a measure on the November ballot asking voters to decide whether officials should study options to obtain the county’s “fair share of state funding, up to
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Riverside County announced eleven more probable/confirmed Monkeypox cases Tuesday morning. According the Riverside County Health in a tweet by Jose Arballo, all are men between 20 and 70; 10 are from Coachella Valley and one from western Riverside County. The county also confirmed that this makes a total of 70 confirmed/probable Monkeypox cases in Riverside
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California delayed or improperly denied unemployment benefits for roughly 6 million people during the pandemic because state policies “do not prioritize getting benefits to workers quickly,” according to a nonpartisan report released Monday by the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The report said payments were delayed for about
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Coachella Valley Unified School District is rolling out this new control access system. Their Community Engagement Manger, Lisette Santiago says, “The point is for us to protect our students and our staff, and make sure that everyone feels safe coming back to school.” The goal is to equip every school in the district with this
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