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As Stagecoach took over the Empire Polo Grounds, dusty, gritty gusts quickly turned into the main attraction. “It got windier and windier as the night went on,” said Amy Lawrence of Agoura. “There was dust blowing on us. Rocks, pebbles, everything was just blowing around like crazy,” said Jacquie Flahive of San Diego. “At one

Forty-three patrons of the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio were arrested for mostly alcohol-related offenses during the first day of the sold-out event, a police spokesman said Saturday. The patrons were arrested Friday for violations that ranged from public intoxication to underage drinking at the Empire Polo Club. The number of arrests was down

After months of battling with the City of Irwindale, the founder of a popular hot sauce now says he is considering moving his factory. The City Council passed a public nuisance resolution against the Sriracha factory after several complaints about the strong smell. The factory location needs to be within two hours drive time of

A 38-year-old Canadian woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving when she side-swiped the rear of an unoccupied patrol vehicle in Rancho Mirage, police said Saturday. Angela Michelle Vogt was going southbound on De Vall Drive, near Dinah Shore Drive in a silver Honda Odyssey when she side-swiped the patrol car, according to a

Scientists say California’s drought threatens some fish, birds and trees already struggling to survive. Peter Moyle of the University of California, Davis, Center for Watershed Sciences says the state’s fish are especially at risk. California lists 37 types of fish as endangered, the Sacramento Bee reported Saturday. Moyle said 80 percent of them could be

(CNS) Pop singer Ariana Grande will headline the main event of the 25th annual White Party in Palm Springs tonight. Grande is slated to perform at the Palm Springs Convention Center at 9 p.m. tonight at “White Party 25 Icon.” The White Party, billed by organizers as the world’s largest gay dance and music festival,

As storm clouds rolled into the valley, so did carloads of festival goers ready for a weekend of country music and possibly some extreme weather. “I heard tomorrow’s going to be the biggest wind storm ever and I have my bandana ready,” said Jacob Gray of Huntington Beach. “I think it’s definitely going to affect

A newly released assessment shows for the first time in 15 years, 100 percent of the state of California is in some state of drought, ranging from moderate to exceptional. In the Coachella Valley people are doing their part to conserve water. At his Rancho La Quinta home, Brad Harmeyer is proud to show off

It isn’t your average desktop printer. Imagine a 3D printer that can build a body part, a house, even a gun. “It is building objects in a layer wise fashion, building things layer by layer,” said Behrokh Khoshnevis, a USC professor of industrial and systerms engineering who has been experimenting with 3D printing technology for

Stage coach isn’t the only music festival in town this weekend. Desert Daze is back in Mecca for the second consecutive year and the third consecutive year in the Coachella Valley. The lesser known one day festival takes place tomorrow at the Sunset Ranch Oasis in Mecca, off South Lincoln near Avenue 66. Festival director

On Friday, Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach wrote a check to pay the county back for using a county car to put up campaign signs. This stems from acellphone videoof Zellerbach and one of his aides allegedly tampering with his opponent Mike Hestrin’s campaign sign. The question remains tonight did Zellerbach break the law,

Abel Garcia spends most of his days lately shoveling sand. “We have to clean it everyday. Nothing worse than sand in your house,” Garcia said. The street he lives on, Robert Road in Thousand Palms, has sand everywhere – three to four inches of sand piling up creating sand walls, hiding front lawns. “The sand

Muy pronto no se permitir el uso de las bolsas de plstico en la ciudad de Palm Springs. Ya no se proporcionarn en las instalaciones de la ciudad ni en eventos patrocinados por la misma. Tampoco se permitir el uso de las bolsas de plstico en los mercados empezando el 3 de noviembre. Las tiendas

It isn’t your average desktop printer. Imagine a 3D printer that can build a body part, a house or even a gun. The revolutionary technology is already being used in the Coachella Valley and is being pioneered in the southland. News Channel 3 took an inside look at how 3D printers work and what they

“You don’t want the person enforcing the law to be breaking the law so I think more needs to be revealed,” said Mitch Earl, a registered voter from Glendale, California. As voters tried to make sense of Wednesday’s controversial video leak, another video surfaced. This time District Attorney Paul Zellerbach confirms he did in fact