The Palm Springs Air Museum is hosting their annual flyover on Saturday, September 11th to remember the tragedy that rocked the United States twenty years ago. A total of 27 local city and county fire stations in the Coachella Valley and high desert, including the 29 Palms Marine Base will be recognized during this year’s […]
Did you know that there are over 1,000 nonprofits in the Coachella Valley, helping everyone from seniors to veterans to children in crisis, families in need, and those animals who need to be rescued? So during the pandemic, nonprofits, as you know, suffered greatly, and generous resources like Big Horn cares are really crucial to […]
Riverside County Fourth District is hosting its Inaugural Veterans Fishing Derby at Lake Cahuilla Veterans Regional Park Saturday, April 17. The event will begin at 8 a.m. with awards being handed out at noon. Veterans and military personnel may enter and fish free of charge while adults and children 12 years and younger will be […]
A 26-year-old serviceman was killed Tuesday and five fellow Navy personnel were injured in a freeway pileup involving a group of military trucks in the northern reaches of San Diego County. The convoy was headed south on Interstate 5 near San Onofre State Beach shortly before 7 a.m. when at least one of the five […]
The COVID response team’s briefing brought welcome news about vaccines. For one they’d be using the Defense Production Act to make more doses and speed up vaccinations. The Department of Defense has approved FEMA‘s request and will deploy active military personnel to help vaccinate Americans. “He’s ordered the first contingent of more than 1000 active […]
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the military on Monday alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “This is reinstating a position that the previous commanders and, as well as the secretaries, have supported. And what I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform,” Biden […]
Update: The C-130 Military cargo plane has been moved to the Jacqueline Cochran Airport in Thermal. NBC Palm Springs viewer Steve Randall shared these photos with us. Original 10/9/20: The wings of a C-130 Military cargo plane were removed Friday as crews continue to efforts to move the aircraft from a field in Thermal. The […]
