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The largest mental health organization in Los Angeles County has a new clinic in Palm Springs. Sycamores will provide services for low-income children, young adults, and families here in the Coachella Valley. The agency currently provides mental health services to about 17-thousand people each year throughout Southern California. Its expansion into Palm Springs came at
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Rocks and rubble were scraped up and lifted into a dumpster truck Tuesday. It’s all that’s left of a sacred spot in an Indio community for Pastor Carl McPeters. “This is my life’s work is right here. My whole life. My children have grown up here,” McPeters said. He shed tears as he watched the
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Riverside County’s agricultural sector contracted last year, declining 1% in value, though some commodities remained robust, according to a report furnished to the Board of Supervisors today. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board received and filed Agricultural Commissioner Ruben Arroyo’s “2021 Agricultural Production Report,” the highlight of which was the $12.32 million slide
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The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation received a $4 million gift from the Daniels Fund of Denver, CO, to support the Betty Ford Center campus transformation project. “Bill Daniels was a great friend of former First Lady Betty Ford and supporter of the Betty Ford Center. His legacy of healing and hope continues through the Daniels
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A rare species of butterfly was spotted at Joshua Tree National Park, a first for the park and maybe even California! The White-patched skipper (Chiomara asychis) was photographed shortly after the fall butterfly count in early October, park officials wrote on Facebook. Officials said the white-patched skipper is usually a Mexican species. According to butterfliesandmoths.org,
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A Coachella man suspected of kidnapping, robbing, assaulting and extorting a man for money pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Alexander Henry Edlund, 34, was charged Tuesday morning with five felony counts, one each of kidnap for ransom, robbery, criminal threats to cause death or great bodily harm, false imprisonment and assault with a
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Riverside County animal control officers impounded 38 stray dogs during a sweep operation in Mecca and North Shore on Tuesday morning. Field Services Commander Josh Sisler noted that the first roundup occurred at about 6 a.m. near a school bus stop in Mecca where children were already present. “We have too many dogs roaming freely,”
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to extend a moratorium on the issuance of new short-term rental permits in the unincorporated Temecula Valley, as well as the Idyllwild area, giving county staff time to research options for allowing additional rentals without over-saturating neighborhoods. “We’re talking about rights here,” board Chairman Jeff Hewitt
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A 46-year-old Palm Springs man is facing 31 years to life in state prison today for the sexual abuse of a Coachella Valley girl. Jesus Lucio Rivera was charged with six felony counts — one each of lewd acts with a child under 14 and lewd acts with a child under 14 with force
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The One Class At A Time award recipient for the month of October is Jennifer Vogler, a special education teacher at Ronald Reagan Elementary School in Palm Desert. Vogler was nominated for the honor by Toni Grajiola, who works alongside Vogler as a Para Educator. Toni Grajiola, Para Educator at Ronald Reagan Elementary School Grajiola
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The city of Coachella has witnessed its very first Urban Forest Project. At today’s ribbon cutting, many local officials, state representatives, and residents celebrated the 288 trees and over a thousand plants planted on Grapefruit Blvd. between Ninth Street and Leoco Lane. This project focuses on bringing shade to bicyclists and pedestrians. Mayor Steven Hernandez
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California’s Department of Education released statewide student test scores that show most students did not meet math and English standards this year. Monday’s release shows the pandemic’s toll on students’ learning. Statewide, students meeting the standard for English dropped by 4% (51% to 47%), and for math, it fell by 7% (40% to 33%). The
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Testimony is paused until Monday in the re-trial for Jose Larin Garia. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended earlier this year with a deadlocked jury. Judge Anthony Villalobos told the jury he was feeling sick with flu-like symptoms and ordered jurors back on Monday, Oct.
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With bats being a staple of Halloween fun and decorations, people are getting the chance to see some up close on Saturday during a Bat Walk. The Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center is co-sponsoring this event with Friends of the Desert Mountains. It will be on Saturday, October 28 from
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Authorities have arrested a suspect in a double murder over the weekend in Coachella. Two bodies were discovered Sunday at around 8:45 a.m. at a home in the 85300 block of Avenue 52. Authorities said a man and a woman were found dead with significant trauma inside a casita attached to the main residence. The two
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College of the Desert is calling for the removal of what the school calls a “spoof” website for alleged copyright and trademark infringement of its actual website. “College of the Desert became aware of a website that is spoofing our traditional CollegeoftheDesert.edu website through a Google alert,” said Nicholas Robles, spokesperson for COD. The website
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The Palm Springs Police Department is working to empower neighborhoods and local business owners to help create a safer city. The department worked alongside Safegrowth Network, an organization that’s helped facilitate partnerships between residents and different organizations from law enforcement to non-profits. The goal of the sessions is to empower community members to be the
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Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin is criticizing judges’ decisions to dismiss criminal cases based on a lack of available trial courtrooms. According to the DA’s office, since Oct. 10, Superior Court judges have dismissed over 200 cases countywide. The dismissed cases range from misdemeanors to felonies with many types of crimes, however, officials added
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Jurors in the re-trial for quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia heard Monday from a key forensic expert. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended earlier this year with a deadlocked jury. Julie Osburn, a Palm Springs Police Department crime scene technician, was on the stand.
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A 70-year-old man from Denmark was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing State Route 62 in Yucca Valley Sunday night. The crash happened on SR-62 (Twentynine Palms Highway) and Dumosa Avenue at approximately 8:48 p.m. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, investigators learned that the man, Knuderik Rasmussen, was crossing SR-62
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