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The 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest award winners are: JURY AWARDS BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD – $2,000 cash and Software Package courtesy of The Showbiz Caf & Store; Ultimate Stock Footage Collection courtesy of FootageFilm; Post Production award courtesy of Greenhouse Studios; and Final Cut Pro courtesy of Apple. The winner of this award is

The City of Palm Springs reported an outage at its 911 emergency center on Monday, meaning dialing the number led to a busy signal.. Teams worked to address the problem, which was caused by a power outage, said city officials. The outage hit roughly 1,226 customers in the Palm Springs area surrounded by Tahquitz, Mesquite,

The timing couldn’t be better. With the summer heat settling in on the valley, a new aquatic center is set to open Saturday at Palm Desert’s Civic Center Park. The facility features an Olympic size pool, a splash pool for kids and a pool connected to a massive water slide. Other features include a multi-purpose

Habra gran velada boxistica este viernes cuando Randy “El Matador” Caballero, pugil del Valle De Coachella pelee por su primer titulo, el cetro vacante internacional de los pesos super gallo de la WBC. Sera un gran choque donde tambien otras grandes figuras estaran subiendo al cuadrilatero. La cita sera este Viernes primero de Julio en

La celebracin del da de indepenedencia de los Estados Unidos con juegos piroctcnicos lo podria meter en serios aprietos, incluso usted estara exponiendo su seguridad si los adquiere de forma ilegal, ya que muchos no han sido aprobados por las autoridades en el condado de Riverside. Se le recuerda que nicamente se permitirn en las

A Palm Springs police lieutenant who was fired from his job in April resumed his fight to get his job back on Monday. Abraham Tokier, 50, a high-profile member of the Palm Springs Police Department for 20 years, had been accused of assaulting and kidnapping his girlfriend in February when her family reported her missing

A brush fire broke out today along the northern boundary of the Lake Perris State Recreation Area and scorched 52 acres before it was contained. The blaze was reported around 11:15 a.m. near Via Del Lago Road, north of the lake, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Flames were not far from campgrounds, but

A break-in at the ABC Recovery Center in Indio left the facility without two air conditioning units. The head of the non profit rehab center said theives struck again overnight for the third time in a month. Employees made the discovery Monday morning. “Somebody has stolen the insides of them and will get 40, 60

Occuri a eso de la 1:30am en la cuadra 3200 de la Calle Candlewood El fuego comenz en el primer piso de un complejo habitacional pero rpidamente se esparci al tico. Todas las personas en el interior fueron evacuadas. El fuego fue contenido dentro de media hora. Slo una de las familias afectadas est recibiendo

Riverside County residents will get their chance tomorrow to tell the Board of Supervisors what they think of proposed changes to supervisorial district boundaries, with most of the focus on competing plans over the dividing lines of two districts converging in the city of Riverside. A public hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. — though

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Una persona tras las rejas y otra apualada es el resultado de una ria que se desarroll durante una despedida de soltero el pasado viernes en un resort ubicado sobre North Palm Canyon Drive en Palm Springs. No se mencion que provoc la pelea entre los dos sujetos.

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza Sector Indio en el punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 entre Westmorland y Salton Sea fueron alertados por un perro entrenado de la Unidad K-9 a la llegada de una camioneta, que al ser inspeccionada en segunda revisin encontraron 10 libras de cocana con valor de $300 mil dlares.

Las autoridades ya revelaron la identidad de los tres hombres que fueron asesinados a balazos en el rea de de Ave 61 y Van Buren en Thermal el pasado jueves. Se trata de Gregorio Villa Santoyo de 23 aos, Adrin Villa Avalos de 29 y Edgar Huerta Gonzles de 24. La cuarta vctima contina hospitalizada

En informacin recin revelada por el Censo 2010, Palm Springs ocupa el primer lugar a nivel estatal en parejas del mismo sexo viviendo juntas, superando a San Francisco y West Hollywood. Rancho Mirage ocupa el 4to lugar, Cathedral City el 5to y Desert Hot Springs el 10.

Hoy a la 1:30 a.m. inici un incendio en un complejo de apartamentos ubicado sobre Candlewood Drive en Cathedral City. Los bomberos evacuaron a los residentes de todas las unidades mientras controlaban el fuego. Por fortuna nos e reportaron heridos.

Palm Springs police have a man in custody after he reportedly stabbed his friend on Friday morning while they were visiting for a bachelor party. Four friends had been staying at a resort on the 1100 block of N. Palm Canyon Drive, according to police spokeswoman Rhonda Long. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., two of them

Top-ranked Yani Tseng dominated the field at the LPGA Championship to win by 10 strokes. At 22 years-old, she becomes the youngest player to win four LPGA major championships. Desert golf fans may remember Tseng from the 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship. She picked up one of her major titles at Mission Hills Country Club in

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the names of the three men shot and killed in Thermal on Thursday. Investigators identified Edgar Huerta-Gonzalez, 24, of Gardena; Adrian Villa Avalos, 29, of Gardena; and Gregorio Villa-Santoya, 23, whose city of residence was unknown, as the homicide victims. The shooting happened shortly before 8 a.m. on