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Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewery closing longtime location in Rancho Mirage, set to move to Indio

Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewery is closing its longtime location at the River in Rancho Mirage, its owner announced. After 22 years, Babe’s at the River will officially close its doors on Aug. 31. The restaurant’s owner, Lucky Callendar, said Babe’s will relocate to the Canopy development in Indio. It’s currently scheduled to open as Babe’s

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Guests flock to Joshua Tree National Park to watch Perseid Meteor Showers; park advises star gazers to go elsewhere

Joshua Tree is seeing an influx of visitors ahead of the Perseid Meteor Showers with Monday night offering the best opportunity to catch a glimpse.  “It’s an annual meteor shower, and it typically happens from mid July until the end of August,” said Donovan Smith, an Interpretive Park Ranger with Joshua Tree National Park. “It’s one

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Yucca Valley Child dies in backyard pool

An investigation is underway after a 5-year-old child drowned in Yucca Valley Friday morning. Deputies with San Bernardino’s County Sheriff’s Department, Morongo Basin Station arrived at a home off of Crestview Drive shortly after 11:30 a.m. According to reports, the child’s parents performed CPR until first responders arrived. When deputies and first responders with San

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Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs relocates Splash House guests after AC outage

Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs relocated several guests from its Splash House event on Saturday following an air conditioning outage that left some rooms uncomfortably hot. A spokesperson for the resort said: “Unfortunately, we have had an issue with our air conditioning, primarily contained to one of our eight buildings.  We are working diligently to correct

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