A light plane crashed into at least two homes in San Diego County Monday afternoon, killing at least two people. The crash happened at around 12:14 p.m. in the area of 9900 block of North Magnolia Avenue in Santee. Two homes caught on fire following the crash. According to CBS8 in San Diego, the plane
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California surpasses 70,000 coronavirus deaths, most among U.S. states, but state rate of new cases is country’s lowest.
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Anytime Indoor Golf (AIG) is giving golf lovers somewhere to practice their craft in Palm Desert using its new simulator, and to be able to do so with friends or family. While some local small businesses were forced to permanently close its doors due to the effects of the pandemic, Anytime Indoor Golf is just
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After being closed for more than a month as it undergoes its annual maintenance, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is reopening Monday. You can catch the first tram at 10:00 a.m., the last tram up at 8:00 p.m. where the last tram down will be at 9:30 p.m. The tram cars depart about every 30
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Spooky season is underway in the valley. Variety – the Children’s Charity of the Desert put on a coronavirus safe Fall Festival Trunk-or-Treat Drive-Thru event. “So we’re just today celebrating the kids that we serve, many of them have special needs or a disadvantage that they’re struggling within their families,” said the organization’s executive director
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced unidentified human remains were located in the open desert terrain of Yucca Valley on Saturday. The remains were transported to the County Coroner’s Office for identification and to determine a cause of death. Officials say the identification process could take several weeks, and no further details will be
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Rosie Casals was a guest speaker at a FILA Women in Sports event at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells today. She shared personal testimony about what it was like at the beginning of her pro-tennis career and the struggles she had to overcome. She also highlighted her Love and Love Tennis Foundation will
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On Friday Governor Gavin Newsom signed bills extending outdoor dining permits and alcohol sales until a year after the pandemic emergency ends. He recently tweeted “Parklet’s & to-go cocktails are here to STAY!” “We are extremely excited and this is the start of our season and we see more and more people and that’s a
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Every year, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, known locally as NAMI Coachella Valley, brings together hundreds of people to raise mental health awareness and funds through NAMIWalks Your Way Coachella Valley. Because of the coronavirus, this year’s NAMIWalks event is virtual. Across the country, many local NAMI organizations are joining together on Saturday, Oct.
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It’s a wrap for Week 8 of high school football. Check out highlights and scores from this week’s action. La Quinta – 0@Palm Desert – 37FXavier Prep – 20@Shadow Hills – 7FRancho Mirage – 27@Palm Springs – 19FTwentynine Palms – 15@Coachella Valley – 14FCathedral City – 52@Banning – 8FIndio – 16@Yucca Valley – 15FDesert Mirage
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Fallen Palm Springs police officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny were honored by the community during a special 5th annual commemoration ceremony on Friday. Officers Vega & Zerebny were killed in the line of duty while responding to a domestic disturbance call on Oct. 8, 2016. A commemoration ceremony was held Friday afternoon at
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By ADAM BEAMAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians could have higher cellphone bills after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws on Friday aimed at giving the state more money to build high-speed internet connections in unserved areas. Check Out: Kids in eastern Coachella Valley are among those bearing the academic brunt of the pandemic
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The BNP Paribas Open is honoring our local heroes that have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the Coachella Valley. Celebrations this week and the next will focus on military, hospital workers, police officers, teachers, and several others. Organizers of the tennis tournament, which features local star Desirae Krawczyk, say they are
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A 51-year-old Cathedral City resident charged with a trio of attacks on women in Aliso Viejo dating back to January 2020 was extradited from Anchorage, Alaska, and was being booked into Orange County Jail.  Robert Daniel Yucas, an Army veteran and cargo pilot, is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman last month near Pacific Park
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An 86-year-old man convicted of killing one pedestrian and injuring another while driving drunk in Palm Springs was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison today. On Sept. 1, an Indio jury convicted Palm Springs resident Leroy Silva of murder, DUI causing bodily injury, DUI causing bodily injury with a blood-alcohol level of
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Palm Desert City Manager Todd Hileman says the city is monitoring “foreclosure proceedings” currently underway at the Westfield Mall. “We have brought a team on onboard to help us monitor the situation, the foreclosure proceedings that are occurring right now,” said Hileman. “We are trying to reach out actively and understand exactly what the plan
Continue Reading(CNN) Andy Murray is back in the “good books” after tracking down the wedding ring he lost when his sneakers went missing earlier this week. The three-time grand slam champion had posted a video to Instagram on Thursday asking for help after his shoes, which had the ring attached, were taken from underneath his car as he
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The Palm Springs Police Department today continued its week-long training against implicit bias. The city announced on Tuesday that all police department employees began their eight-hour daily training in principled policing, procedural justice, and implicit bias. The city defined implicit bias “as the automatic association people make between groups of people and stereotypes about those
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If you weren’t at the BNP Thursday night enjoying some tennis, you might have been in downtown Palm Springs for Villagefest – which is now bigger than it’s been for the last year and a half. And hundreds of people gathered at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert for the long-awaited return of some live
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LifeStream Blood Bank is encouraging community members throughout the Coachella Valley to donate blood if they can, amid a supply shortage. The organization made a similar plea earlier this year, when donations were low at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The countywide blood donation shortage is also being felt by local hospitals. Teri Povall,
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