A planned pedestrian plaza, known as Lupine Plaza, that was set to be constructed near El Paseo in Palm Desert will no longer move forward after City Council voted Thursday night to cancel the project. The idea for the project was established in September 2020 with the temporary closure of Lupine Ln. in an effort
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Highs will start to warm up as we head into the weekend, starting today with highs in the middle 90s. An area of low pressure will gradually move out of the region, but it will linger through tonight, with a slight chance of mountain showers later this afternoon. As the low departs, high pressure moves
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The Coachella Valley Cannabis Alliance Network brought together professionals and residents from all over the valley to promote cannabis tourism. This comes a week after the federal government is considering rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug. A rescheduling of cannabis would impact dispensaries and marijuana businesses even here in California, where
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Softball headlined the playoff action on Thursday with four teams from the valley, and their season all came to end in the quarterfinals in their respective division. Indio lost 3-1 to Saint Joseph, La Quinta lost 9-3 to Paraclete, Cathedral City lost 19-1 to Eastside, and Yucca Valley lost 18-5 to Riverside Prep. Watch the video
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The California Highway Patrol responded to a deadly crash involving a vehicle and a golf cart inside Sun City Palm Desert. The crash was reported at around 2:30 PM on Mojave Sage Street and Bonanza Drive, according to CHP. CHP Officer David Torres, the golf cart collided with a vehicle at a four-way stop intersection
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District is responding after we reported that several dozen district employees will be getting final layoff notices in the coming days. It’s the latest development since the district originally announced it would be issuing over 120 layoff notices back in March. The district says funding from the state for pandemic-era
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The death of a cyclist struck and killed by a vehicle in Cathedral City Wednesday night has prompted local safety advocates and authorities to issue safety reminders to members of the community. “Speeding is always a factor. I don’t think you can talk to anybody who doesn’t say that speeding is a factor on our
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The Plaza Theatre is one of Palm Springs’ oldest and most iconic venues, and it is currently being restored to its original splendor. Renders of the newly renovated Plaza Theatre From the outside, the Plaza Theatre looks nearly the same as it did almost nine decades ago– years before Palm Springs was even incorporated as
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Indio high school girls wrestler Zahra Shatavy committed to Cornell College to continue her wrestling career. The DVL Champion and former student-athlete of the week is the first girl from Indio High School to commit to a four-year university to wrestle. Being on the team for two years, she qualified for CIF and the Masters
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Mosquito traps in Coachella turned up batches of the insects carrying West Nile virus, prompting expanded efforts to eradicate the pests, which evidently haven’t infected any area residents so far, officials said today. The Coachella Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District placed mosquito collectors in the vicinity of Genoa Street and Avenue 53 that
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El tráfico se desplazaba lentamente después de un accidente en al oeste de la Interestatal 10, cerca de la salida de Date Palm en Cathedral City. La información sigue siendo limitada, incluyendo si alguien resultó gravemente herido. El equipo de Telemundo 15 estuvo en la escena donde vio un vehículo volcado, así como, primeros auxilios
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La muerte de una ciclista atropellada por un vehículo en Cathedral City el miércoles por la noche ha llevado a los defensores de la seguridad y las autoridades locales a emitir recordatorios de seguridad a los miembros de la comunidad. Mayo es el Mes Nacional de la Seguridad de las Bicicletas, y los departamentos de policía
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Las trampas para mosquitos en Coachella detectaron lotes de insectos portadores del virus del Nilo Occidental, lo que provocó mayores esfuerzos para erradicar las plagas, que evidentemente no han infectado a ningún residente del área hasta ahora, dijeron hoy las autoridades. El Distrito de Control de Mosquitos y Vectores del Valle de Coachella colocó recolectores
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Un ex conductor de autobús de Desert Hot Springs será juzgado por presuntamente abusar sexualmente de varias niñas hace años mientras trabajaba para el Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella. José Luis Moncada, de 67 años, fue arrestado en 2020 luego de una investigación del Departamento del Sheriff del condado de Riverside. Al final
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Ayer en la mañana se llevaron tremendo susto los pasajeros de un carro que circulaba por el área de la calle Vista Chino y Date Palm en Cathedral City cuando el auto se empezó a quemar, por fortuna pudieron bajar del vehículo en movimiento que se impactó con un semáforo. De inmediato llegaron los bomberos,
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Highs climbed into the low 90s once again this afternoon, very seasonable for the date. It’s going to be a warm evening across the Coachella Valley, with temperatures slow to cool into the 60s early Friday morning. Temperatures will warm into the upper 90s this weekend. Even with the warm-up, expect breezy to gusty evenings
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Un delincuente convicto que supuestamente preparo un dispositivo explosivo que dañó una propiedad en la carretera en Rancho Mirage debe ser juzgado por uso de un dispositivo destructivo y vandalismo, dictaminó hoy un juez. Jason Edward Hershey, de 50 años, fue arrestado en 2021 luego de una investigación local y federal de meses sobre la
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Los equipos de emergencia de Cathedral City estuvieron en escena en un vecindario que lidio con líneas de cable caídas a lo largo de carreteras y varias casas. Cathedral City Fire fue llamado al área de Avenida Del Yermo al norte de Vega Road alrededor de las 10 a.m. debido a un accidente de un
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