Skip to Content

News Headlines

Desert Regional Medical Center pushes back against nursing union claims of serious health and safety concerns

8:06 AM

Desert Regional Medical Center is pushed back Tuesday against a nursing union and its claims of serious health and safety concerns at the Palm Springs hospital managed by Tenet Healthcare. The California Nurses Association represents California nurses. It said Monday that Desert Regional Medical Center registered nurses had launched a new billboard campaign to raise public

Continue Reading

Palm Springs Police Department hosting Neighborhood Town Hall meetings this week

5:51 AM ,

The Palm Springs Police Department is hosting a series of Neighborhood Town Hall Meetings this week.  Around seventy residents and business owners came out to the Neighborhood Town Hall in what the Palm Springs police department calls the north district of Palm Springs.  Residents, business owners, and community stakeholders came face to face with the progress

Continue Reading

Ex-Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy pleads guilty to sexually extorting women

4:37 PM

A former Riverside County Sheriff’s Correctional Deputy could face five years in prison after pleading guilty to extorting female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee agreed to a five-year prison sentence on Friday after pleading guilty to five counts of extortion, four counts of witness

Continue Reading

Repeat DUI offender accused of killing RivCo deputy and his daughter in crash to stand trial

3:37 PM ,

A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto must stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Scott Brandon Bales, 48, of Moreno Valley allegedly caused the 2022 collision that claimed

Continue Reading

Local agencies to conduct mass casualty incident drill at Acrisure Arena on March 4

1:59 PM

A mass casualty incident drill will take place next Monday at Acrisure Arena and local hospitals, authorities announced today.    “The goal of this multi-agency drill is to test emergency protocols/procedures and to practice the operational responses of personnel and agencies during an emergency event,” Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Jeff Cryder said in a

Continue Reading

Tributes pour in after a retired Palm Springs High teacher unexpectedly passed hiking in Palm Springs

8:59 PM

Tributes pour in after a retired Palm Springs High teacher unexpectedly passed hiking in Palm Springs. “He loves to hike,” says Doug Stevens, a Palm Springs Mounted Search and Rescue rescue coordinator. “That was his passion. “Everyone loved Andy.” Doug Stevens shows me the trail he had to hike to recover his friend, Andy Hollinger. Hollinger’s father was

Continue Reading

Palm Springs Police invite residents to weigh in on policing priorities in a series of Town Hall Meetings

5:13 PM

The Palm Springs Police Department is inviting residents to weigh in on its policing and priorities starting Monday. In a message shared on Facebook, the department says the Town Meetings will discuss their priorities, review their accomplishments, and discuss what it can do to improve. In the message, Chief Andrew Mills said, “We want to

Continue Reading

Trump wins South Carolina primary, as he closes in on the Republican nomination

9:03 PM

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary Saturday, further tightening his grip on the nomination and leaving his last remaining major rival, Nikki Haley, to consider her dwindling options. The former president has swept all GOP nominating contests to date, first beating the field by large margins in Iowa and

Continue Reading