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There are now plans to shut down the Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal, after residents have experienced unhealthy living conditions for years. Supervisor Manuel Perez announced the agreement between Riverside County, Torres Martinez tribe and Bureau of Indian Affairs on Wednesday. โThe Parties (Riverside County, Torres Martinez Tribe and Bureau of Indian Affairs) collectively
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Riverside County and local city officials prepared Wednesday for potential road closures, flooding and power outages as monsoonal thunderstorms were expected to move through the mountains and parts of the desert. “We’ve been seeing a lot of monsoonal activity, and that’s really something that we’ve been paying a lot of attention to,” said Shane Reichardt,
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A federal jury today ordered Los Angeles County to pay $31 million in damages over the actions of first-responders who snapped and shared gruesome photos from the scene of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven other people. The damages were awarded to Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, and
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Palm Springs and Riverside County have been awarded $19 million for the city’s Homeless Navigation Center as part of California’s Homekey program. โWe couldnโt be more grateful and excited about todayโs announcement of the stateโs significant investment in the Palm Springs Navigation Center. This funding will allow us to make a significant impact and real-time
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Palm Springs Fire Department Chief Kevin Nalder has resigned from the position, effective immediately, the city confirmed. Deputy Fire Chief Jason Loya will serve as Acting Fire Chief until further notice. Amy Blaisdell, communications manager for Palm Springs, said the City is immediately commencing conversation about how to fill the position. Nalder has been Palm
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As a part of their Operation Clean Streets program Palm Springs Police Department’s Homeless Outreach team and Code Compliance unit cleared out a large encampment that was accumulating a large amount of trash near East Palm Canyon and Crossley Road. Police notified the property owner and inhabitants of the camp about the planned clearing out
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Nearly 7 months after starting a nonstop service from Reno to Palm Springs, the discount airline aha! will cease all operations. aha!’s parent company, ExpressJet Airlines, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, stopping all flights, laying off most of its employees, and furloughing 1,300 pilots. The company plans to try to sell the operating certificate
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A 49-year-old man accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of designer sunglasses from a Cabazon mall was charged today with grand theft. Demon Wannee Dennis of Hemet was arrested Friday after the alleged theft at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets on Seminole Drive, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Dennis, who is being
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Arabian Gardens Mobile Home Park is in the City of Indio. This privately owned mobile home park is in the second phase of the Mobilehome park utility conversion program with the Southern California Gas Company. “The modernization program replaces aging, privately owned, master-metered systems with new utility-owned systems at qualified mobile home parks throughout California,”
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his administration’s plan to manage student loans. โBoth of these targeted actions are for families who need it the most: working and middle-class people hit especially hard during the pandemic,โ Biden said in remarks at the White House Wednesday afternoon. In a tweet, the president said the move keeps
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Palm Springs Fire Department has a new, improved tool to help save lives. It’s replacing decade-old breathing devices with new ones with improved safety features. This piece of equipment is called a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. It is a lifeline for firefighters. They use this equipment to be able to breathe when all of that smoke, heat, and flames
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The Palm Springs Police Department continues to conduct its “Operation Clean Streets” in the downtown area. On Tuesday, PSPD, along with state parole and Riverside County probation, were in the downtown Palm Springs area. 11 arrests were made for a variety of violations. Officers were also out making contact with downtown businesses. Just last week,
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All schools in the desert are dealing with the high temperatures but at some DSUSD parents are voicing their concerns about the lack of heat safety infrastructure and protocols at their childrenโs schools. Parents have reported that children are experiencing heat-related illness symptoms such as nausea, headaches and even nosebleeds while spending time outdoors during
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Editor’s Note: The Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed that charges were dropped in September 2022 “in the interest of justice.” The article has been updated with the correct information. A 41-year-old man charged with illegally possessing multiple firearms and narcotics failed to appear in court today and had a warrant issued for his arrest.
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On Tuesday, Riverside County received 690 vials of the monkeypox vaccine from the California Department of Public Health. But as monkeypox cases continue to grow in the Coachella Valley, thereโs not enough vaccines to keep up with demand. โWe’re still in limited supply compared to the need in our county,” said Dr. Jennifer Chevinsky, Riverside
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Palm Springs and GT Molecular have started to test for monkeypox in the city’s wastewater, officials announced on Tuesday. The first two results of the testing were released on Tuesday. MPX Results From Aug 7 to Sept 11 “Recent testing has confirmed the detection of monkeypox virus in Palm Springs wastewater. Because the data is
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WASHINGTON (AP) โ President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to announce his long-delayed move to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loans for many Americans and extend a pause on payments to January, according to three people familiar with the plan. Biden has faced pressure from liberals to provide broader relief to hard-hit borrowers, and
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A woman whose remains were found 31 years ago in Thermal has been identified thanks to the use of forensic genealogy, the Riverside County Regional Cold Case Homicide Team announced on Monday. On Tuesday, the Cold Case Homicide Team announced the remains were those of Kathryn Coffey of Baldwin Park. Coffey’s remains were found in
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Indio Police Department is conducting a suspicious death investigation at the intersection of Date Ave and Denslow Street. According to the department, at around 3:50 a.m. on Tuesday, police were notified of an unresponsive man on the ground on Denslow Street. The circumstances surrounding the man’s death have not been released, as of Tuesday afternoon.
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) โ About 40,000 low-income adults living in the country illegally wonโt lose their government-funded health insurance over the next year under a new policy announced Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsomโs administration. California already pays for the health care expenses of low-income adults 25 and younger, regardless of their
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