Labor Day will be the last day for people to ride the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for nearly a month while it is closed for annual maintenance, it was announced Monday. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will cease operations Sept. 7 to roughly Oct. 4 for track rope repositioning, changing of pendant ropes and mechanical […]
A “tiny home village” that can serve as interim housing for up to 74 people experiencing homelessness is now open in a former parking lot in Echo Park. Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said the site, located at the corner of Alvarado Street and Scott Avenue, has 38 new cabins, showers, restrooms, a laundry area and a […]
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday authorized Riverside County Fire Department Chief Bill Weiser to close access to six outdoor recreational locations for the duration of wildfire season to minimize public safety risks. Since 2007, the department has sought and received authorization to close designated grounds — located mainly in the central and southwest portions of […]
Sunnylands Center & Gardens will remain open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, June 2-6, before closing for its annual summer hiatus on Monday, June 7. Admission to Sunnylands Center and the surrounding nine acres of desert gardens is free from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunnylands will reopen for its eleventh season on Wednesday, […]
A wrong-way driver was killed and his passenger seriously injured Thursday in a head-on crash in Indio, police said. The collision involving three vehicles was reported just after 7 a.m. on Avenue 42, just west of Jackson Street, according to Indio Police Department spokesman Ben Guitron. The driver was traveling against traffic in the eastbound […]
