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Officials with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and California Highway Patrol are set to hold a news conference on the arrest of two suspects in connection with a highway shooting that killed a six-year-old boy. Two people were arrested in a fatal suspected road rage shooting in Orange County, California that killed a 6-year-old boy last
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Coyote StageWorks, a local award-winning professional theatre company, is closing after 13 years. The theater company was hit hard by the pandemic, as it was forced the cancelation of its 2019-2020 season. Coyote was set to open its latest show on March 13, 2020. The show was postponed as the first stay-at-home order was issued.
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A job fair will be held next week to fill nearly 150 positions in multiple departments at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa owned by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, it was announced today. The job fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 16 in the Morongo Grand Ballroom.
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Desert Care Network is hosting its annual cereal drive, benefiting FIND Food Bank locally. The drive kicks off Monday, June 7 and runs through Monday, June 14. Donations of healthy cereal to the Healthy Over Hungry® Cereal Drive will be collected in the main lobbies of: Desert Regional Medical Center, 1150 N. Indian Canyon Drive
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Cal Fire reported 10 trash trucks on fire just before 10 P.M. Sunday night in Coachella. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation. https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1401779705028636679
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A local family is grieving after a 28-year-old Cathedral City father was killed in a rollover crash last Tuesday. “You’re not supposed to outlive your kids so it’s not easy,” said Tabitha Everson, the mother of the victim, Miguel Ortiz Jr. Everson says her son was tragically killed last week when his car overturned near
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A series of earthquakes were reported Saturday morning in an area southeast of the Salton Sea, near Calipatria. A preliminary magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted Imperial County according to the United States Geological Survey. The largest of the quakes hit at 10:55 a.m. Saturday about 6 miles west of Calipatria, a small town near the Salton
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Local officials are gearing up for the Fourth of July, now a month away, to prevent illegal fireworks. Last year holds the record for illegal fireworks reports in the county, police said, and fire crews are working this year to prevent it from happening again. In 2020, fireworks lit up the Coachella Valley night sky
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled Friday that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states.
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The states occupational safety and health board, Cal/OSHA, voted Thursday to keep masks mandatory for employees at work past June 15, unless everyone in the room is fully vaccinated. “This is one I think people are going to be particularly frustrated; they already are in California. We’ve been routinely behind all the other states and
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Guide Dogs of the Desert official unveiled its new nursery in Whitewater with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning. The new Sanford J. Reed (Sandy) Nursery will allow puppies to begin their Guide Dog journey in a comfortable, stress-free environment with round-the-clock attention. The nursery is named in memory of Sanford (Sandy) Reed, who died in
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An ex-con who shot a man in the head over a missing cellphone in Indio was sentenced today to 39 years to life in state prison. Jurors deliberated one day in March before finding John Kevin Medina, 40, of Indio guilty of attempted murder, and finding true several gun and bodily injury sentence-enhancing allegations. Medina,
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Two brothers accused of holding a 36-year-old man against his will and beating him with a wooden paddle over several days in Cathedral City pleaded not guilty to felony charges. The judge also increased bail from $135,000 to $1 million for both defendants, who remain in custody Carlos Jose Espinoza, 30, and Eduardo Luis Espinoza,
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A 45-year-old man accused of gunning down a motel guest during an altercation in Riverside pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Robert Donald Intong of Desert Hot Springs was arrested last month following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the May 17 slaying of 31-year-old Cole William Birchard. He was arraigned on the
Continue ReadingWith temperatures hitting triple digits, the Palm Springs Fire Department today urged hikers to take a series of precautions while exploring local trails. Hikers are advised to begin their journeys prior to 9 a.m., when temperatures are cooler, and avoid hiking alone. Cellphones or GPS devices should be taken for safety reasons. When on the
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According to Cal Fire, crews responded to a crash at Cook Street and Hovley Lane in Palm Desert involving a vehicle and a golf cart. The crash was reported at approximately 10:23 a.m. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff’s Department said that at this time, alcohol does not appear to be a
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California is giving away the country’s largest pot of vaccine prize money — $116.5 million — in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous state fully reopens later this month The first in a series of drawings is Friday, June 4. You can watch it below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDiNAF0ISrM Some mask mandates, state
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UPDATE: 7:30 PM: The states occupational safety board, Cal/OSHA, voted Thursday to keep masks mandatory for employees at work past June 15, unless everyone in the room is fully vaccinated. But the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board made clear Thursday night that the regulations are only a stopgap while they consider further easing
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The John H. Furbee Aquatics Center in Desert Hot Springs reopened this week. The center is once again offering swim lessons for the summer and spots are filling up fast. Roberta Crncic, Executive Program Manager, City of Desert Hot Springs, says making the pool and their amenities accessible and affordable for all is a priority:
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After a long year, our local school districts have finally reached the finish line. Friday is the last day of school for Desert Sands and Palm Springs Unified School District families. Thursday was the last day for Coachella Valley Unified School District. Many schools are hosting graduation ceremonies in June, with certain modifications or capacity
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