Predicting the winners of the 93rd Academy Awards! This year, like the past, my heart and mind argue with each category. My heart (should win) and mind (will win) rarely agree but there are some categories with clear cut winners and frontrunners where both my mind and heart find a common ground. So who will […]
Jim Fowler retired a year and a half ago. Today his commute goes 30 feet into the air and his office has a 360 degree view. He and his wife, Marcia are part of a group of dedicated volunteers that are simultaneously working to preserve the San Bernardino National Forest – and a piece of […]
It’s the 4th annual Spa Resort Casino New Year’s Eve Party. This year’s theme is Rockin’ 80s. The big block party takes place in downtown Palm Springs. Rock Stars from the original cast of “Broadway’s Rock of Ages” will be performing to ring in the new year. “It’s the excitement. People want to ring in […]
Rats at an elementary school? That’s something you don’t hear very often, but concerned parents called into our newsroom claiming that there has been a rat infestation at Kennedy Elementary School in Indio, for months now. “They’re in the wall, in the ceiling, they’ve made little holes in the walls, and scurried around the classroom,” […]
Coachella Valley residents attended California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment Symposium at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert campus. The auditorium was packed with people who wanted to know what they could be doing, as a community, to help slow down the effects of climate change. College of the Desert Professor Alan Hurt says the issues that come […]
Witnesses say it looks like an atomic bomb went off in the Florida panhandle, in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. The town of Mexico beach was the target of the storm’s eye. Packing winds of up to 155 miles per hour. Homes were completely destroyed. The death tolls, now at 6, continues to climb. […]
A new breathalyzer created by a California company is making it possible to detect recent marijuana use on the roads. Hound Labs, located in Oakland, created the Hound breathalyzer as an alternative for law enforcement to use on drivers suspected of being under the influence. The device works like an alcohol breathalyzer but tests the THC […]
