Coachella News Archives

Coachella city officials are awaiting the results of an investigation of a $6 million loan the city gave to a nonprofit organization for affordable housing.

Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man suspected of trying to rob two men and then shooting one of them in Coachella in August.

SunLine Transit Agency officials today said Indio and Coachella's respective plans for east valley transit hubs need a full examination and endorsement so they can better compete for federal funding.

Palm View Elementary School has scheduled its fall festival and Halloween carnival for Friday.

Coachella Valley transit officials are expected today to consider dueling proposals from Coachella and Indio for a possible east valley transportation hub.

Sacramento's budget problems have had a devastating impact on the city of Coachella, as the state of California recently took approximately $3 million from our city's general fund and redevelopment agency to solve its own budget mess.

The Coachella City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, inside City Council chambers, 1515 Sixth St.

Desert Hot Springs is set to move ahead with plans for a music festival that city leaders hope will draw thousands of spectators next year - and one day become a "signature event" for the city.

Deputies are looking for an armed robbery suspect who held up a Coachella restaurant.

Investigators are looking for a man who robbed a Coachella restaurant at gunpoint Thursday evening.

In its editorial on Oct. 9, The Desert Sun would have readers believe that because 146 California cities and four counties levy a utility user tax on their residents that it is the right thing to do in the city of Coachella.

The reward challenge is stopped when one castaway requires emergency medical attention and heavy rain takes its toll on both tribes.

A Marine who was a practical joker is found dead on Halloween, and the team believes his death may have been a grave payback for one of his pranks.

According to police on Sunday around 6 p.m. two Hispanic males, armed with handguns, entered a 99-Cent store in Coachella and demanded cash.

In addition to enabling a budding generation of Los Angeles punk rockers by opening Hollywood punk club the Masque, Brendan Mullen also was a regular contributor to L.A. Weekly .

A rose named for the Coachella Valley will make its debut next month at the American Rose Society's Conference and Rose Show in Cathedral City.

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Sunday summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems, even as legislative negotiators ended nearly 12 hours of talks without reaching an agreement.

A man and a woman were arrested Friday in connection with the armed robbery of two door-to-door salesmen in Coachella.

Two arrests were made Friday less than a month after an armed robbery in Coachella, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The Coachella Valley has a rose named after it and will be available in limited quantities next month.

"We still remember it like it was yesterday." Domestic violence forever changed Vanessa Larios and her family.

El Centro City Councilman Jon Edney is bowing out of the 2010 campaign for the 80th Assembly seat.

This charming man is coming back to Indio. British singer-songwriter Morrissey, who performed at the 2009 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, is returning to the desert Dec.

Colorful tributes to a Mexican holiday will rise from East Valley streets this weekend.