If you aren’t thinking pink this fall, you should be. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this year medical professionals are offering a change in traditional treatment. A staggering 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. ‘The Doctors’ Dr. Andrew Ordon suggest self-examinations and annual doctor appointments […]
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Local middle school students in Cathedral City enriched their campus by raising awareness for suicide prevention from September 10 – 14, 2018. A new student group in charge of helping build and cultivate positive a culture at Nellie Coffman Middle School organized various activities during suicide prevention week. The NNC Peer Leaders Uniting Students and their teacher Garrett Schaperjahn […]
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A man accused of breaking into a Sky Valley home and striking one of the occupants in the head with a shotgun, as well as leveling the firearm at a pregnant woman, was in custody Wednesday facing felony charges. Weston Jay Bright, 33, of Desert Hot Springs, is one of two men accused in the […]
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A motorcyclist was struck by a vehicle in unincorporated Desert Hot Springs Wednesday morning, suffering serious injuries. The crash was reported at 7:46 a.m. in the 72000 block of Dillon Road, near Vee Bee Road. Firefighters and California Highway Patrol officers arrived to find the motorcyclist beneath the vehicle, according to April Newman of the […]
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An ex-con facing the death penalty for the alleged ambush killings of two Palm Springs police officers at his home is due in court Tuesday, when attorneys will discuss how to proceed toward a trial to determine whether he is intellectually fit to be executed. John Hernandez Felix, 28, is accused of fatally shooting veteran […]
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The coroner’s office identified a San Bernardino father and his 7-year-old son, who were pulled from the Whitewater River on Labor Day. Emergency crews recovered two people from the Whitewater River in the Whitewater Canyon area just north of Palm Springs. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s PIO, a deceased adult man was located, as […]
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Two semi trucks caught fire Friday in the loading dock of the Indio Home Depot, but firefighters were able to get the non-injury blaze under control within half an hour. The fire broke out just after 4:30 p.m. at the Hope Depot within the Indio Towne Center at 42100 Jackson Street. Two big rigs in […]
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A program offering free, unlimited SunLine bus rides for College of the Desert students launches Monday. The Haul Pass program is a three-year initiative that will be fully funded by SunLine Transit Agency for the first year with a $696,048 grant from the state’s Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. College officials say that bringing in […]
