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The Jewish Federation of the Desert is hosting a Holocaust Remembrance Day event on Sunday to honor the lives of the Holocaust survivors that live in the Coachella Valley. Talia Lizemer-Hawley who is part of the Holocaust Committee at the Jewish Federation of the Desert said there are about 20 Holocaust survivors living in the
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Mental health services have been top of mind for all Coachella Valley school districts this year as increased funding gives schools the ability to expand the support they provide. Read our previous coverage of how local school districts have worked to increase access to mental health services here. Mental health support looks different for every
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The Homeless Point in Time Count is underway across Riverside County, where volunteers and county staff are taking to the streets to contact individuals experiencing homelessness. The count started at 5:30 a.m. 1,000 volunteers varying from county staff to people in the community wanting to make a difference take part in conducting the count. The
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A mild day today but tomorrow we’ll see those gusty Northeasterly winds and be slightly cooler, too. A High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory will be in place through 10 p.m. tomorrow evening due to those winds. Winds wrapping around a ridge of high pressure will increase starting overnight tonight, and peak in the morning
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Loved ones are remembering Palm Desert resident Sara Ahmadie, 36, who was killed in deadly crash earlier this month. 26-year-old Alberto Lopez of Coachella is suspected of driving under the influence at a high rate of speed when he crashed into the Ahmadie’s car. Lopez has been charged with murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District is ditching its old means of communication for its new Raptor Emergency Management System. Staff and administrators will receive synced alerts through an application on their phones that’ll notify them of an emergency on campus. It’ll also help them communicate with guardians more promptly, allowing staff to reunify students
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Our Student-Athlete of the Week is Easton Seip, soccer star for the Lady Saints of Xavier Prep “She’s just a perfect player to have on the pitch because she comes to work and she doesn’t goof around,” said head coach Mike Harris. “She works really hard every night, and she knows if we are here
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A Whitewater resident who allegedly threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and pointed a gun at officers during a pursuit on Interstate 10 that blocked traffic for several hours pleaded not guilty to five felony charges. Jairo Santiago Chaides, 37, was charged with one felony count each of false imprisonment, criminal threats that result in great
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Coachella Valley residents will join others worldwide this week in remembering holocaust victims. Organizers say this year’s ceremony will be especially meaningful in light of growing antisemitism. The observance will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Palm Desert’s Civic Park. The day is exactly 78 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The
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The city of Monterey Park held a vigil in front of city hall to honor the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting. Investigators continued pouring over evidence today as they tried to determine what led a 72-year-old man to gun down 11 people and wound nine others at a Monterey Park dance studio, while the coroner’s
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The Board of Supervisors directed the Executive Office to identify possible solutions to the cascade of court dismissals in Riverside County and request that California’s chief justice meet with local officials for a reality check on the impact resulting from the county’s deficit of judicial resources. “Our system of government does not work without a
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A warmer and calmer day in the desert after yesterday’s dusty mess. Skies will remain clear through the night with a light wind and dry conditions. Overnight lows will dip into the low and mid-40s. A High Wind Watch has been issued for much of southwestern California, beginning 7:00 p.m. Wednesday through Thursday night. The
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings at two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California and the massacre is believed to be a “workplace violence incident,” officials said Tuesday as the state mourned its third mass killing
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Cathedral City residents can now easily report any issues around their neighborhood from broken sidewalks to animal control, traffic signal outages, and more simply by using the MyCathedralCity app. The MyCathedralCity app can be downloaded for free on iPhone or Android. The idea is to make the city’s reporting system easily accessible for its residents.
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The Palm Springs quadruple murder retrial for Jose Larin Garcia resumed Tuesday after a short delay. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Judge Anthony Villalobos returned to the bench apologizing to the jury for a case of food poisoning that
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