FIND Food Bank President & CEO Debbie Espinosa met with local leaders to bring attention to special fundraisers that will take place Friday at local eateries as part of Hunger Action Month. Espinosa met with Palm Springs Mayor Christy Holstege at EIGHT4NINE Restaurant & Lounge in downtown Palm Springs. The EIGHT4NINE cocktail will donate 50%
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Update 09/14/21: Sheriff Chad Bianco issued a new statement regarding requirements for COVID-19 vaccinations or regular testing of employees assigned to county jails. Statement from @SheriffBianco https://t.co/u1VclTSWMN pic.twitter.com/FtCdQ9Dkma— Riverside County Sheriff's Dept (@RSO) September 14, 2021 Original Report 09/13/21: Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says he won’t take a coronavirus vaccine, and he won’t force
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Students at Shadow Hills High School in Indio gathered to remember a teacher who has died. Chris Trujillo, an English teacher at the school, died over the weekend, Mary Perry, spokesperson for the Desert Sands Unified School District, confirmed. Our collective hearts are heavy with sympathy. We truly feel blessed and honored that Chris Trujillo
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The “Grow with Google” virtual workshop showed local small business owners how to connect with their customers, and manage their business remotely. It was hosted by the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce and Congressman Raul Ruiz. “The pandemic has really forced our small businesses to innovate, and those that innovated with online digital tools
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The community is mourning the loss of 23-year-old Isaiah Ortega-Dage, a former athlete at Shadow Hills High School and father of a baby girl. A GoFundMe page to support Ortega-Dage’s family. Click here to visit that page The California Highway Patrol said that Ortega-Dage was killed early Saturday morning on Palm Drive, north of Varner
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Palm Springs Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Middleton will be a part of California’s newly formed Transgender Advisory Council. Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis announced the formation of the council on Monday. The council gathers transgender leaders to create a dialogue between state leaders and the transgender community in California. The goal of the council is to
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A Mexican national who once lived in Riverside County was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute nearly 120 pounds of methamphetamine that was dropped in the desert by an airplane that had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Juan Carlos Iturriaga-Centeno, 34, a one-time resident of
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UPDATE: 3:20 p.m. Police confirmed that the found child and her parents have been identified. Original report: 2:50 p.m. The Palm Springs Police Department released a photo of a possible missing child found in the city Monday afternoon. According to police, the young girl was found at around 2:00 p.m. in the 2500 block of
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An autopsy was pending today to determine the cause of death of an inmate at the John Benoit Detention Center, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported. Deputies were conducting a routine security check at a housing unit of the detention center at 1:06 a.m. Sunday when they discovered the unconscious man in his cell, according
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NEW CASES Over the weekend, Riverside County reported 1,712 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 345,268. Monday also marked the weekly update for Coachella Valley COVID data. Over the past week, the Coachella Valley has reported 637 new cases. The valley has a total of 56,867 cases since the
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The recall election is costing $276 million according to the California Department of Finance, and not everyone is on board with the price tag. Elle Kurpiewski with the Democratic Headquarters of the Desert said there are far more important things this money could be used for. “I find this to be really an insult to
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A Palm Desert man is reliving the terrifying night he was assaulted in his own home. He’s sharing his harrowing account of surviving an attack, allegedly by the man police now tie to two Coachella Valley killings. Henry Fraley and his mother Renee were both sound asleep inside their Palm Desert home on the morning
Continue ReadingFirefighters put out a house fire in Cathedral City this afternoon. The happened at around 4:40 p.m. on Sky Blue Water Trail near Baristo Way. Flames could be seen in the backyard f the residence along with plumes of thick black smoke. Officials have yet to say if there were any injuries or what caused
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Decorated cars lined East Sunny Dunes Street in Palm Springs. The organizer of the Fallen Soldiers Memorial Ride said she wanted to recognize the service members killed in Kabul Afghanistan last month. “God bless every- every hero, especially the 13,” said Julianna Balogh, the memorial ride organizer. Jennifer Thorpe drove from San Diego for the
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The Riverside County Coroner has released the identities of two people that were killed in a car crash early this morning. 52-year-old Gilberto Gomez of Indio and 17-year-old Oscar Juarez Barrios of Mecca were killed when two vehicles collided near Highway 111 and Fred Waring Drive in Palm Desert. CAL FIRE officials said the two-car
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A local father is mourning the death of his daughter who passed away from COVID-19 Thursday night. Jeff Garcia said his 32-year-old-daughter, Andrea Garcia, worked as a nurse at Rancho Mirage Health & Rehabilitation Center. He said “families would come in and want to give her gifts and things because of the way she took
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The community gathered at the La Quinta Civic Center on Saturday evening to honor the lives lost on 9/11, to reflect on history and to thank our first responders. “We come together in service and remembrance to honor the 3,000 beautiful lives taken from us…so cruelly…20 years ago,” said La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans. Dozens
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The California Highway Patrol said that one man was killed early Saturday morning on Palm Drive, north of Varner Road, in Desert Hot Springs. Officials said that just after midnight, a woman stopped a sedan near the right shoulder of Varner Road. They said that a man, who was a passenger in the car, got
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Americans all over the world are remembering the tragic attacks on 9/11. Across the Coachella Valley, ceremonies were held to remember one of the darkest days in U.S. history. To honor local first responders, seven planes from the Palm Springs Air Museum did a fly over the Coachella Valley and the High Desert. The planes
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Desirae Krawczyk, a Palm Desert High School graduate, won the mixed doubles title at the US Open on Saturday. 🙌 MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPS 🙌@desiraekrawczyk | @joesalisbury92 pic.twitter.com/kmTOrFDu8K— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021 Lift it high 🏆🔝@desiraekrawczyk | @joesalisbury92 pic.twitter.com/9Ye5GBgw88— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2021 Krawczyk and Great Britain’s Joe Salisbury defeated
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