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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, hundreds of families stopped by the Spotlight 29 Casino Saturday morning to pick up a holiday meal. Thanks to the efforts of the Twenty-nine Palms Band of Mission Indians along with Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, 400 families in the Eastern Coachella Valley now have a Thanksgiving meal. Melissa Asmus, spokesperson
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The 10th Annual Props & Hops Craft Beer Fest is at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The museum will again be transformed into a Craft Beer Festival with live music, warbird planes landing and taking off; and luscious, tasty bites for sale to accompany the beer tastings. General Admission tickets are still on sale. The ticket includes eight
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First Baptist Church of Indio introduces VELA Youth Fund’s Black Youth Development Program (BYD) to the community. VELA Youth Fund, a nonprofit charity in Coachella Valley, has designed a program for youth to develop them further spiritually, socially, culturally, and academically. The program is computer-driven, FREE to children in the community, and scheduled to launch
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The Transgender Health and Wellness Center hosted an Equality Garden Party fundraiser Saturday evening to help benefit the center’s LGBTQ+ programs. The event honored the family of Alexis Arquette, a famous transgender actress. Dozens of people from near and far attended to remember Alexis, who died in 2016 from complications of aids. Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, and David
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Authorities arrested two people in Thermal after a search warrant from a narcotics investigation. The Coachella Community Action Team, with the assistance of the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team, served a search warrant at a home in Thermal During the search warrant, officials found a rifle, about one pound of suspected methamphetamine, and
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Two people were killed when a car crashed with a semi-truck on I-10 westbound in Cabazon Saturday morning. Riverside County Fire Authority reported the crash happened east of Main Street in Cabazon at 1:39 a.m. California Highway Patrol said a Lexus ES 350 was driving within the construction zone and crashed with the rear of
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Update 11/21/22 Police confirmed a man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Police revealed that the victim ran out of gas and was parked on the right shoulder of Highway 111. The investigation revealed that the suspect, a 39-year-old Beaumont man, made an unsafe turning movement toward the victim, for reasons that
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A man was rushed to the hospital after being shot in Cathedral City Friday night. The shooting happened at around 7:40 p.m. in the area of Pauline Avenue and Vega Road. Police said the victim, a 33-year-old man, told officers he was riding his bicycle when a brown sedan stopped, and the vehicle’s passenger leaned
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The Cities of Indio and La Quinta are set to fix the bumpy intersection at Jefferson Street and Highway 111. The intersection is filled with potholes, dips, and bumps. “We always have to be careful, we will always have to slow down,” said Luc Pelletier, an Indio resident. “Because there’s just so much of so
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Your Thanksgiving dinner is going to cost you more this year. Thanksgiving shopper Victoria Hiraoka is hosting her family’s holiday feast this year but plans to keep things simple. “Just stick with the basics like don’t go overboard,” said Hiraoka. “The more over the top you get, the more that price is going to double and triple
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Hundreds of customers are without power in Thousand Palms. As of 5:00 p.m., the outage is affecting 353 customers in the area of Watt Court to Manufacturing Road. We’ve received some reports that some businesses along Varner Road, including In-N-Out Burger. The Coachella Valley Brewing Co. announced they closed for the night due to the
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Indian Wells is hosting a new holiday tradition, Winterfest! The inaugural Indian Wells Winterfest will have entertainment and activities for the whole family, including dazzling lights, festive décor, an outdoor ice-skating rink, and a unique holiday-inspired golf experience — Shots in the Night! All three locations of holiday happenings at Winterfest all within an approximate 5-minute walk from
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month, but only if local governments agree to step up the aggressiveness of their plans going forward to reduce the number of unhoused people in the state, his office said Friday.
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Police in Palm Springs are searching for a man they say stole an ATM device from a downtown business last month. The theft happened at a business on the 300 block of N Palm Canyon Drive on the afternoon of Oct. 16, 2022. Police said the business owner contacted detectives on Oct. 20 to report
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By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020
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The 8th Annual Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival starts on Friday and runs through the weekend. The festival is from Friday, November 18 to November 20 and is presented by Agua Caliente Casinos. This year the festival is going to have food trucks, tethered rides, and a night and morning balloon glow. There are
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The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that Sarah Polley is the recipient of the Director of the Year Award, for “Women Talking.” “Sarah Polley continues her outstanding work as a writer and director in her latest film Women Talking. She brings together a stellar cast in her adaptation of the Miriam Toews book, taking
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Thanksgiving is just a week away, which means a big holiday travel rush is fast approaching. Travelers arriving and leaving the Palm Springs International Airport are moving steadily through check-in and baggage claim. First-time visitor Alyssa Bungo came to Palm Springs for a girls trip. She tells us it was smooth sailing for them after
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The First Baptist Church of Indio is hosting a Community Awareness Event this weekend with a variety of service and government organizations sharing information for family services and educational opportunities. The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at First Baptist, located at 82490 Dr Carreron Blvd. Participating organizations
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The city of Palm Springs could be facing legal action as hundreds of minority families seek compensation for the destruction of the land known as Section 14 in the downtown area more than half a century ago. Section 14 was the primary residential area for people of color, with the one-square-mile neighborhood owned by the
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