Things are continuing to progress nicely for the newest litter of African painted dogs at the Living Desert. On February 18, the Palm Desert zoo’s animal care and veterinary teams conducted well-baby exams on the 11 African wild dog puppies. All pups are healthy and “growing perfectly”. According to the Living Desert update, the pups
Continue Reading
Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal shooting along the Coachella-Indio border on Friday. The investigation began early Friday morning. The incident was originally an assault with a deadly weapon investigation, but the victim, a man, later succumbed to his injuries. No arrests have been made and the investigation has been taken over by
Continue Reading
Some of the biggest musical acts of the 1990s will take the stage tonight at the 74th Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. The local stop of the ”I Love the ’90s Tour” includes performances by Coolio, Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Color Me Badd and Young MC. Coolio is best remembered for his songs “Gangsta’s
Continue Reading
UPDATE: 1:30 P.M. – Deputies investigate fatal overnight shooting along Coachella-Indio border. *** The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a shooting near the border of Coachella and Indio early Friday morning, but a spokeswoman for the Desert Sands Unified School District said classes at nearby Van Buren Elementary School would be in session and
Continue Reading
Kobe is looking for a forever home at Animal Samaritans, SPCA in Thousand Palms, CA. Call 760-601-3918.
Continue Reading
A woman was sent to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries after being struck by a car while bicycling in Rancho Mirage Friday morning. The accident was reported at 10:51 a.m. the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Gerald Ford Drive for a report of a bicyclist struck by a vehicle. The driver
Continue Reading
Palm Springs Councilmember Lisa Middleton has been named a California co-chair for Pete Buttigieg’s campaign. Pete for America made the announcement Friday morning. “I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to represent Pete Buttigieg as he makes his case to the state of California. I think Californians who meet him and get a chance to listen
Continue Reading
A weak area of low pressure will zoom through SoCal Saturday, bringing a chance of snow in the mountains and showers here in the Valley. The low will then move on, leaving sunshine for Sunday. A Winter Weather Advisory has been posted for the mountains of San Bernardino county above 6,000 feet, where as much
Continue Reading
President Donald Trump spoke out against the Palm Springs wind turbines during a “Keep America Great Again” rally speech in Colorado Springs on Thursday. President Trump was speaking about energy dependency and the use of wind turbines. “They want to use wind. Wind blow, wind please, please keep the birds away from those windmills, please.
Continue Reading
A valley businessman is speaking out after he says protesters aggressively targeted his office in retaliation to his attending President Trump’s fundraiser in Rancho Mirage Wednesday. A tense altercation ensued outside the Chandi Group Headquarters in Indio when two anti-Trump protesters arrived at the door. “Oh, we harrassed you,” one of the two men is
Continue Reading
The Desert Arts Festival is usually held on several different weekends, bringing in about over 10,000 to Frances Stevens Park near downtown Palm Springs, but that may change in the near future. The city is denying the festival’s permits for March saying it has outgrown its location. Local artists who depend on this festival say
Continue Reading
Southern California Edison crews are working to identify an outage that initially affected thousands of customers in Cathedral City Thursday night. The outage initiated near the area of Monte Vista Road, just a bit south of Ramon Road and was first reported at 9:16 p.m. When it was first reported, approximately 1717 customers were affected.
Continue Reading
Right now in the east valley, tens of thousands of people are without consistent access to safe drinking water. It’s an issue we’ve been tracking at Oasis Mobile Home Park since the EPA stepped in last August. For the last six months, people there have invited us into their homes to highlight an issue with
Continue Reading
A twice-deported 33-year-old Mexican national is suspected of killing three men execution-style at a Perris cemetery, and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco today asked the public’s assistance in finding him. “At this time, we believe this person acted alone in the homicide. He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous,” Bianco said.”Do not make contact
Continue Reading
A 61-year-old felon pleaded not guilty to a burglary charge Thursday after allegedly breaking into a family’s home near Desert Hot Springs, cooking their food and then disrobing. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Burke Strunsky ordered Carl Cimino of Desert Hot Springs to undergo a psychological evaluation and set an April 16 court date for
Continue Reading
Ahead of the 2020 International Bear Convergence in Palm Springs, the city is, once again, issuing a proclamation honoring the event. “This year, being our 7th, we will be pulling all the stops so expect us to mix it up quite a bit” “In addition, we will again receive a Proclamation from the City of
Continue Reading
A Riverside County lawmaker today castigated Planned Parenthood for sending Valentine’s Day greetings that contained condoms with messages he said were obscene and designed to intimidate legislators, and he asked for bipartisan condemnation of the action. Sen. Mike Morrell, R-Menifee, said his office was one of many in the Legislature to receive packages with condoms
Continue Reading
Rancho Mirage continues to live up to its name of “Playground of the Presidents,” hosting to former President Barack Obama, just a few days before President Donald Trump is set to visit the city. Obama spent his Presidents’ Day at the Thunderbird Heights off Highway 111. Thunderbird is famous for hosting several presidents, including Dwight
Continue Reading
The city of Palm Desert is working to promote and support local businesses impacted by the ongoing construction on San Pablo avenue. “These merchants have really gone through a lot of tribulation. And we want to support them,” said Rob Ballew, interim executive director, Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce. The street is filled with
Continue Reading
A Rancho Mirage senior assisted living group has volunteered to help knit makeshift pouches for animals displaced from the Australian wildfires. Brookdale Assisted Living is partnering with Carolina Waterfowl Rescue in North Carolina to be able to provide animals the materials. “They’re just such innocent animals that need help, so it’s very rewarding to be
Continue Reading