A 33-year-old homeless man suspected of starting a small brush fire in Palm Springs earlier this week was charged today with one felony count of arson to a non-dwelling. Anthony Cordero, a homeless man residing in Palm Springs, is set to be arraigned Thursday afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Â Â Officers responded
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The 2023 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is here! For the next two weekends, some of the big musicians in the world hit the stages of the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. More than 200,000 visitors are expected to be in the Coachella Valley for the festival. The California Highway Patrol put out a
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A driver suffered moderate injuries after crashing into a power pole on a busy roadway Thursday morning in Cathedral City. According to Cathedral City Police they got a call of a crash at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Tortuga Road just before 9:00 a.m. Once on scene they found a car had rolled
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Drivers were back up to speed on Interstate 10 eastbound Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. Traffic was backed up for miles along Interstate 10 through Banning and Cabazon Thursday morning as construction work and a collision closed two of the freeway’s four eastbound traffic lanes. The slowdown continued for more than five miles from the Banning airport
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In their final home game of the regular season, the Firebirds defeated the Ontario Reign 3-2 in front of 9,332 fans at Acrisure Arena on Wednesday night. Final home game of the regular season calls for a Zam ride. Let’s go! @Firebirds #FiredUp pic.twitter.com/No2806VhFG— Blake Arthur (@BlakeArthur24) April 13, 2023 With the win, the Firebirds
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Riverside County residents and others throughout the state are suffering the consequences of “soft-on-crime” laws and policies that are proving increasingly costly and perilous to the public, according to District Attorney Mike Hestrin and others who pleaded with lawmakers today to “help … put an end to this.” “The law is broken,” Hestrin said during
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About 400 elementary students now know a little bit more about where some of their school food comes from. Students from the Palm Springs Unified School District Spring Break Camp toured Aziz Farms in Thermal on Wednesday. For many of them, it was their first time visiting the east valley and stepping onto a farm.Â
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We’re looking at hiker safety here in the valley after someone died on a trail in Palm Springs, and authorities responded to three rescue calls Tuesday. Nathan Gunkel with Palm Springs Fire Department said they’re already seeing an increase in hiker rescues. “We’re not even at the peak of our season, and people just already are
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A 45-year-old felon who stole a vehicle from a motorist at gunpoint in Thermal pleaded guilty today to felony charges and was immediately sentenced to five years in state prison. David Luis Baker of La Quinta pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each of carjacking, robbery and
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A 36-year-old man was arrested following a nearly 7-hour standoff at the Woodhaven Country Club in Palm Desert. Woodhaven is at Washington and Hovley in Palm Desert. Authorities said it started just at around 10:45 a.m. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. said deputies were called for a welfare check on a man. When
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Two 18-year-old men have been arrested in an armed carjacking in La Quinta, along with two 16-year-old boys who also were allegedly involved in a second armed carjacking in Palm Desert the same day.  The 18-year-olds, residents of Coachella and Palm Desert, were arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon
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The Coroner’s Office has identified the man whose body was recovered from Tahquitz Canyon in Palm Springs on Tuesday. According to the report, the victim has been identified as 66-year-old John Forsyth, from the city of Beaumont. Emergency crews, made up of Palm Springs Fire, Palm Springs Police and Tribal officials, were called out to
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The opening weekend of Coachella 2023 is just days away which means local businesses are gearing up for large crowds. Over 120,000 people attended the world–renowned festival per day in 2022 which led to a surge in revenue for some valley businesses. Richard Thomas, a part-owner of his family’s business L & G Desert Store,
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Local non-profit, The Bridges2Hope, is helping empower the homeless community through building trusting relationships. Off the corner of Washington St. and Country Club Drive in Palm Desert, volunteers meet every Tuesday night from 6 to 8pm. They transform the parking lot into a place where homeless individuals can get food, water, medical help and so
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New developments in a bribery case involving former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet that dates back more than a decade. Court records show that all but one charge against developer Richard Meaney were dropped at a hearing on March 24. Meaney was facing 11 charges tied to the Palm Springs corruption case. Check Out Our ‘Scandal at City Hall’
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The Coachella music festival is just days away and among the performers is a 19-year-old from Desert Hot Springs that’s taking the Mexican music scene by storm. He was born Daniel Balderrama but is now better known as DannyLux and his style of music has earned him millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok, nearly
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Festival goers who are still in need of a place to stay for the first weekend of Coachella 2023 are still in luck. Travel websites are still showing availability at hotels in the local area ahead of the festival. However, booking a hotel this close to the opening weekend will come at a cost. News
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This is World Parkinson’s Day, recognized each year on the birthday of James Parkinson who first discovered the condition over 200 years ago. April is also “Parkinson’s Awareness Month.” Most patients are over the age of 65. Tonight, we’re going in-depth on another group diagnosed at a much younger age. Watch the special report tonight at 6:00
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Officials with the city of Palm Springs are considering constructing a temporary emergency facility to house the growing homeless population ahead of the construction on a permanent navigation center. It’s one of several solutions to help address homelessness that was discussed at Monday night’s Palm Springs City Council meeting. Martha’s Village & Kitchen CEO Sam
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A felon who stole a wedding ring from a woman in Palm Desert and allegedly attempted to sell it back to her pleaded guilty to felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to two years of formal probation.  Yukon Lee Branch, 47, pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony
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