The westbound lanes of Interstate 10 are already filled with travelers looking to get back home. Traffic was moving very slow all day, but started clearing up Monday night. At around 1:00 p.m., Google maps showed the traffic was backed up all the way to Gene Autry Trail. At the time, the delay was about
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It’s Memorial Day — events are happening throughout the valley to honor those who have served and given their lives for our country. Early Monday morning, VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 3699 and local boy scouts gathered at the Coachella Valley Public Cemetery to lay flags on the headstones of all veterans buried there.
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Hundreds of people gathered at the Palm Springs Air Museum Sunday afternoon for the annual ‘Air Fair & Flower Drop’ Memorial Day ceremony. A range of aircraft took flight while one of them dropped flowers over the crowd. Each flower symbolized a fallen soldier. Twenty-eight local families also took part in Sunday’s ceremony after having
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Founder of LA-based White Party Entertainment, Inc. Jeffrey Sanker has died, according to a Facebook post from the White Party Palm Springs. Sanker’s publicist Jack Ketsoyan also shared the news and memories of Sanker on his Instagram. Jeffrey Sanker In an interview with KESQ in 2019, Sanker reflected on the 30 year anniversary of the White
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The Riverside County Sheriff is investigating an assault with a deadly weapon that resulted in a homicide late Friday night. Deputies responded to Las Flores Way, near El Centro Way, just before midnight on May 28 in Thousand Palms. When deputies arrived they found a man, identified as Nathan Wells, 30, suffering from “traumatic injuries,”
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Police in Banning are looking for a carjacking suspect. It happened Tuesday morning just before 1:00 at a gas station in the 800 block of East Ramsey Street. Police say a woman got out of her, with the car running, and entered the station. When she came out a man was in the car. He
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Legendary Actor and Palm Desert resident Gavin MacLeod has passed away at 90 years old. MacLeod was best known for his role of Captain Stubing from The Love Boat but had many iconic roles including Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Locally MacLeod locally was heavily involved with CVREP and Dezart Performs. He
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UPDATE: Police confirmed Emmanuel has ben found safe The Indio Police Department have put an alert out asking for the community’s help locating a 10-year-old missing since 6 p.m. Friday, May 28. If you have seen Emmanuel or have any information on his current whereabouts, please contact the Indio Police Department as soon as possible
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Villagefest is returning for Fourth of July weekend in downtown Palm Springs. The street fair has been shut down since the initial stay-at-home order was issued in March 2020. The festival will have to shrink in size to accommodate social distancing and newly built outdoor dining areas. But organizers said they’re just glad to see
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Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz hosted a Mental Health Roundtable discussion with Dr. Jill Gover, the project health manager for the Desert AIDS Project, and a variety of community leaders. “It’s very very important to let people know that there are services. given what we have been through in the past 15 months. I think all
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Lottery style cash prizes for recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine are already happening in Ohio. Other states, including California, have announced similar programs. “So I think it’s a definitely a good incentive and a way to properly spend the state’s money,” said vaccine recipient Tyler Evoniuk. Governor Newsom announced the plan Thursday after the federal
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Travel is expected to make a significant jump this holiday weekend as millions of Americans head out following some of the most stringent pandemic restrictions being relaxed. On Friday several flights landed at Palm Springs International Airport as people from all over the country descended onto the valley. “I’m meeting friends, we got a house
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“It has two meanings, it’s the heal of the sole and the heal of the soul,” said Darren Smith, the founder of Heal Soles Shoe Ministry. Darren Smith works a typical 9-5 job with SunLine Transit Agency and operates his own pressure washing business. On top of that, he founded Heal Soles Shoe Ministry where
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The city of Desert Hot Springs renamed the corner of West Drive and Fourth Street to honor high school grad Serena Gomez. Serena Gomez School & district staff along with city officials joined Serena and her family as the unveiled the renamed street sign Friday morning. Serena is the first valedictorian from the Desert Hot
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An Orange County judge has denied a proposal to move a sexually violent predator to a home in Twentynine Palms. Lawtis Rhoden, 72, has been convicted on several charges dating as far back as the 1960’s, including raping five girls between the ages of 13 to 17 in three states. Back in March, the Orange
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Riverside County continued its streak of 0 coronavirus-related deaths. The Coachella Valley has not reported a COVID death since May 19. Check out the full breakdown of the county’s latest coronavirus data below. NEW CASES Riverside County reported 70 new coronavirus cases since Thursday, bringing the total up to 300,701. The county reported 310 new
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A wrong-way driver killed in a head-on crash in Indio was identified today as a 38-year-old South Dakota man. Ronald Cook, from the small town of Sisseton, died at a hospital about an hour after the three-vehicle crash that was reported about 7 a.m. Thursday on Avenue 42, just west of Jackson Street. The
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Memorial Day weekend is here and many Southern Californians are planning to travel for the holiday. AAA expects 2.9 million people across SoCal to take a road trip of 50 miles or more away from home. Between increased vaccines, decreased COVID numbers, and just the general pent up demand to travel, they expect a significant
Continue Reading VillageFest is back! The popular weekly night street fair will return on Thursday, July 1. It will be the first time since the original stay-at-home order was issued on March 17, 2020. The city will host the return of VillageFest in a phased approach. July 1 Villagefest will be a Phase 1 version of the
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Bird scooters were unveiled Thursday in Coachella, now the first city in the valley to approve the app-based rental transportation. Monserrat Gomez said she plans to use the bird scooters to better explore the city. “I’m just happy that they have this here because everyone can come out, enjoy it, come together and have a good fun day,”
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