The city of Palm Springs announced that We Are One United, a local Palm Springs-based nonprofit, recently received a $2.1 million grant this month from the California Board of State and Community Correction’s Violence Intervention grant program. In October 2019 Governor Newsom signed the Break the Cycle of Violence Act with the purpose of improving
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The city of Palm Springs announced today the hiring of a sustainability director to spearhead efforts to combat climate change. Lindsey-Paige McCloy, a program director for the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator’s Pilots project team, is slated to begin her new role in Palm Springs on Aug. 1. “The city has made great strides toward confronting
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Thousands of law enforcement personnel from throughout the region gathered today for a memorial service at Toyota Arena in Ontario for two El Monte police officers fatally shot in the line of duty. The ceremony, which followed a solemn procession that began at El Monte police headquarters, was held to honor the memory of Sgt.
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A vegetation fire grew to less than an acre before being forward progress was stopped Thursday morning in Thermal. Cal Fire said they were first notified of the first at around 8:15 a.m. It was burning out in the area of Avenue 66 and Fillmore Street. Forward progress was stopped in a little under an
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Thursday, June 30th marks the last day for employees at RI International Mental Health Urgent Care in Palm Springs. Peer Support Specialist, Jessica Hurst, has been with the company for almost 4 years. “I felt violated, I felt used, I felt like I didn’t matter. That none of us mattered to this company. That we’re
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Palms Springs Police Chief Andrew Mills recently shared his thoughts on what it means to be a leader in law enforcement, as the fall out continues from the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Chief Mills’ blog post examines the insufficiencies he believes contributed to the botched response at Robb Elementary on
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The Plaza Theatre in downtown Palm Springs is inching closer to its fundraising goal for a multi-million dollar restoration of the 1936 landmark. The project received a $2.5 million allocation in the state’s budget plan that’s awaiting final approval Thursday. After a $5 million contribution from TV producer and Palm Springs resident David Lee, and
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Eisenhower Health confirmed the first probable case of monkeypox in Riverside County was treated in the Coachella Valley. Lee Rice, Eisenhower Health spokesperson, said the patient was treated at an Eisenhower facility. Check Out Our Full Interview with Riverside County’s Chief of Disease Control The county’s first probable case of monkeypox was announced by health
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Officials are working to restore air conditioning at a post office in Thermal. This comes after viewers called in to tell us that they had been without for a while. Officials with the post office say that USPS leasing office had been working to finalize a new lease agreement with the landlord of the facility and that had
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Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Haney introduce a bill allowing cities to extend the last call for alcohol to 4 am. Coming from Sacramento, Senator Scott Wiener, and Assemblymember Matt Haney’s legislation is planned to give the option to extend but it is not required to seven pilot cities to extend sales of alcohol at bars,
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Let me be the first to introduce you to 13-year-old Kamil Pelovello. A natural born athlete that has been dead focused on his potential on the track. Pelovello dominated in the Southern California Qualifiers in June and placed first in the 100m, 3rd in the 200m, and 5th in the 400m. His 100m first place
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Officials have been able to confirm a new species found at Joshua Tree National Park. On Wednesday, officials announced that a park wildlife camera captured a photo of a zone-tailed hawk. It’s the first confirmed sighting of the bird in Joshua Tree. Zone-tailed hawks are typically seen from South America through Central America and into
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The Palm Springs Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a bandit believed to be behind several burglaries in the city over the past two weeks. The suspect was captured on several home surveillance systems. He is described as a white or Hispanic male, 5 feet, 8 inches to 6 feet tall,
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California Highway Patrol officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads in Riverside County starting Friday to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency’s annual Fourth of July crackdown. The agency’s “maximum enforcement period” will begin at 6 p.m. Friday and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Monday, during which all
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NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers
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A 20-year-old man was charged today with allegedly smuggling 46.7 pounds of methamphetamine and 18 pounds of fentanyl in Indio. Joshua Lamar Chamberlain was charged with four felony counts — one for importing/selling/distributing controlled substances into the state, two for possessing controlled substances for sale, and one for transporting/selling narcotic and controlled substances. Joshua Lamar
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Amazon announced its partnership with Find Food Bank Tuesday at a news conference at the new Amazon Fresh store in Murrieta. Local leaders from many of the valley cities were there in support of the partnership. The Coachella Valley has become a new home for the Fortune 500 company. A new Amazon distribution center now
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Homelessness is a growing problem on the streets of Indio. Some residents have shared their concerns about what the city is doing to resolve this issue. “How could they let the people, especially females, live on the street like this,” said Palm Desert resident John Barnwell. Barnwell frequently makes trips to Indio and said he’s
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A 17-year-old Indio baseball and football player graduated from high school and shortly after, he found out he had stage 4 colon cancer. Julissa and Miguel Ramos are the parents of Aeneas Ramos, the young man that was diagnosed with Metastatic Adenocarcinoma, also known as stage 4 colon cancer. He is currently on aggressive chemotherapy
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You may be changing your spending habits to adapt to the price increases on just about everything from groceries and rent to gas. The Labor Department said consumer prices in May increased by 8.6% from where it was a year ago. Making the inflation rate the highest it has been since the 1980s in the
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