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California’s nonpartisan legislative analyst says Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to close the state’s $15.7 billion deficit is reasonable, although it might overstate the potential revenue from defunct redevelopment agencies. The analyst’s office warned in a report Friday that there are many challenges in forecasting tax revenue for the fiscal year that begins July 1. It
Continue ReadingA man convicted of killing children in Idaho and Southern California has returned to U.S. District Court in Boise to prepare for a review of part of his death penalty case. Joseph Edward Duncan III was in court Thursday while U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge began the process of selecting an attorney to represent him
Continue ReadingAn Indio man was convicted today of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter. Anthony Pacheco, 27, was also convicted of assaulting a child with great bodily injury for the Oct. 25, 2008, death of Mya Whitman. The child was declared brain dead and removed from life support four days after being
Continue ReadingIn a Friday morning announcement, trustees of College of the Desert announced the appointment of Dr. Joel Kinnamon as the new Superintendent and President of the college. Kinnamon will take the reigns from retiring president Jerry Patton on July 9, 2012, according to details released shortly after the announcement was made. Kinnamon currently serves as
Continue ReadingUn residente de Indio quin se estrell con un poste mietras intentaba huir de la polica fue arrestado, pero su cmplice an es buscado por las autoridades. George Pineda de 18 aos fue tomado en custodia ayer a las 7:40 p.m. en el rea de Oasis y Bliss Street en Indio. A las 4:45 p.m.
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s unemployment rate dipped by a tenth of a percentage point in April to 10.9 percent as a federal survey showed 20,000 new jobs were created. That’s down from 11 percent in March. The state Economic Development Department said Friday that nearly 300,000 new jobs have been added since April 2010. More than 2 million
Continue ReadingAn Indio man who allegedly crashed a car he stole at gunpoint was behind bars today, and his passenger was still at large. George Pineda, 18, was arrested about 7:40 p.m. Thursday near Bliss Avenue and Oasis Street in Indio, where authorities responded to a single-car crash. The driver and passenger had left the scene
Continue ReadingThe explosion was reported at 10:45 Thursday morning on the 44-700 block of Calle Placido in La Quinta. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department rushed to the neighborhood to find an air compressor had fallen from a truck. No one was injured, but nerves were on edge after recent pipe bombs found in Palm Springs. Stay with
Continue ReadingThe explosion was reported at 10:45 Thursday morning on the 44-700 block of Calle Placido in La Quinta. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department rushed to the neighborhood to find an air compressor had fallen from a truck. No one was injured, but nerves were on edge after recent pipe bombs found in Palm Springs. Stay with
Continue ReadingEl rtulo de la Preparatoria de Palm Desert est causando desconto entre algunos residentes que viven cerca del recin remodelado plantel educativo. Varias personas consideran que es ofensivo para su vista. Para otros, el rtulo que en letras rojas dice: ” Aztec Pride”, es totalmente inofensivo. Mientras que para la Asociacin de Dueos de Vivienda
Continue ReadingYa estn a la venta las entradas para el Festival de Msica y Artes “Valle de Coachella”, a celebrarse entre el 12 y 14, y el 19 y 21 de abril de 2013. Las ventas comenzaron hoy a las 10:00 am y se extendern hasta el prximo 24 de mayo. Esta ser la nica ocasin
Continue ReadingEsta maana se registr una explosin en la cuadra 44-700 de Calle Placido en La Quinta. Agentes del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside, comentaron que la explosin fue originada porque un compresor cay de una camioneta. Por fortuna no se reportaron heridos, pero los nervios en la comunidad no se hicieron esperar, sobre
Continue ReadingDonna Summer, la “Reina del Disco” entre cuyos xitos se encuentran “Hot Stuff”, “Bad girls”, “Love to Love You Baby” y ” She works hard for the money”, muri. Brian Edwards, publicista de Dunna lo anunci esta maana, dijo que estaba en compaa de su familia en Florida. Donna Summer destac en las dcadas de
Continue ReadingINDIO, Calif. – Tickets for next year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are now on sale.Advance passes went on ale at 10 a.m. and will continue through May 24th for the festival, which is scheduled for April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013, according to organizer Goldenvoice. It will be held over two consecutive weekends
Continue ReadingPalm Desert High School students sat chalking up the entrance to their school Wednesday afternoon. “There’s a chalk art contest at our school, and the winners get a free Chipotle lunch,” Palm Desert High School junior Melissa Pearson said. Studentssaid theyfervently believe art, in all its forms, belongs in and around a high school. “It’s
Continue ReadingThe city of Indio is facing a $5 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year. According to Mayor Glenn Miller, the plan is to layoff 14 city employees to close the gap for the next fiscal year. 15 city departments will also be restructured to cut costs including the police department which could see
Continue ReadingA man accused of kidnapping and raping his ex-wife morethan a decade ago in the Coachella Valley, then fleeing to his native Guatemala, pleaded not guilty today to felony charges and was ordered held on $10 million bail.Former Palm Springs resident Norman Alberto Juarez Pineda, 33, was extradited from Guatemala to face criminal charges in
Continue ReadingWith the help of Pathways to Success, the Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley awarded a total of $57,500 in college scholarships to 13 local young women. The teens had been part of the organization’s Young Women Ambassadors program and were honored on Wednesday at the Miramonte in Indian Wells. Some of them will
Continue ReadingThousands of Marines pass through the Palm Springs International Airport on their way toTwentyninePalms every month. The localUSO provides a spot for those young men and women to rest before moving on. Marines like Staff Sgt. Jake Reaves stay at USOs all over the world.“Instead of sitting outside on a bench in the heat, we
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