Palm Springs Antiques Roadshow Episodes Begin Airing Jan. 5
Highlighting the popularity of using the visually stunning City of Palm Springs as a location for magazine, film and television shoots -- three episodes filmed earlier this year of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow will begin airing next week.
Sheriffs Department to Crack Down on Illegal Firearm Activities
The Riverside County Sheriffs Department will be increasing their patrol to deal with a zero tolerance for illegal shooting of firearms into the air during this holiday season. The intent of this zero tolerance patrol and prosecution of all violators is to reduce the number injuries and deaths from stray bullets. Deputies in the county areas and officers in our contract cities will arrest and prosecute all individuals that are located discharging firearms during this holiday season.
Riverside County Urges Food Drive Help
As the County of Riverside and Stater Bros Food Drive heads down the stretch, the County is asking for your help in feeding the needy.
General Patton Memorial Museum Special Holiday Memberships
The General Patton Memorial Museum, is offering special Holiday Veteran Museum Memberships for Coachella Valley residents who are military veterans. The tax deductible Holiday Veteran Membership categories are Lifetime and Annual and may be purchased as individual, family/group or organization levels. The special price includes double the number of membership cards and is available through January 31, 2009.
Womens Commission Sponsors Luncheon on Collaboration
The Riverside County Commission for Women is hosting a luncheon and workshop to provide necessary tools for sharing resources and tips for grant writing to local non-profit organizations.
Rivco Fire Department Warns of Another Drenching on Wednesday
Your Riverside County Fire Department is keeping a close eye on the weather forecast (as usual), and they are issuing a rainfall alert for Wednesday as a major storm approaches that could produce significant precipitation and possible flooding here in the desert.
Riverside County Participates in Home 4 the Holidays Push
Special adoption rates are now in effect at all four Riverside County animal shelters.
Field Manager John Kalish of the Bureau of Land Management addresses the crowd on hand during inclement weather for this morning’s unveiling of billboards informing the public that off-road vehicle use on the open desert in Riverside County is illegal. Four new billboards are being erected to get that message across… and in the meantime, the County of Riverside is advancing plans to locate, acquire and develop an OHV park so that off-road enthusiasts will have an open place to pursue their recreational use of OHV vehicles.
New Billboards Publicize OHV Ban on Open Desert
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff, Cathedral City Police Chief Stan Henry and Bureau of Land Management Field Director John Kalish were on hand this morning to take the wraps off of one of the new billboards designed to curtail illegal off roading activity in the Coachella Valley. This mornings unveiling ceremony took place near a sign located on Expressway 86, facing northbound traffic at Avenue 50.
Area VIPs gather for the traditional groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sheriff’s station on Gerald Ford Drive in northern Palm Desert. The new $33 million facility will greatly expand the sheriff department’s operational capabilities, including provisions for evidence storage and a heliport. Gathering around the ceremonial shovels are (from left) Rob Field, Director of the County’s Facilities Management Department; Jim Ferguson and Cindy Finerty, Palm Desert City Council Members; Sheriff Stan Sniff; Palm Desert Jean Benson; and Fourth District Supervisor Roy Wilson; and Rancho Mirage Council Member Gordon Moller.
Dirt Turns Monday on New Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station
Fourth District Supervisor Roy Wilson and Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff will man golden shovels for the groundbreaking on a new Riverside County Sheriff’s Department patrol station Monday, Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m.
Built for speed—Just one of the many entries for this weekend’s Speed Week at the Salton Sea. What will the pilots of these exotic craft be looking for? World record speeds on the “world’s fastest water.” For more information, see our story posted earlier this week at http://www.rivco4.org/web/news/articles/news_0024.html.
New Billboards to Publicize OHV Ban on Open Desert
The Coachella Valley Association of Governments Off-Highway Vehicle Task Force has announced the unveiling of billboards along the I-10 and Expressway 86 corridors designed to raise awareness of illegal off-highway vehicle use on desert lands.