About 180 acres of desert dirt in north Indio could become a new development with up to 3,200 apartments, as well as shops, restaurants and other businesses, possibly including a distribution center. Plans for the project, The Oasis at Indio, are in very early stages. A community representative for BH Properties, a Los Angeles-based real […]
While most Coachella Valley restaurants were able to pass their Riverside County health inspections, two eateries racked up several minor violations which led to their failing “B” and “C” grades, according to reports conducted June 5 through 11. Rincon Norteño Mexican Restaurant in Indio and The Chateau at Lake La Quinta in La Quinta had […]
For years, Yellow Mart endured as something of an island floating in the sea of empty storefronts that had become downtown Indio. Mark Jernigan, who runs the shop, recalls that at one point things got so bad that there were only a couple of open businesses on the three-block downtown stretch of Miles Avenue. “That […]
An outage on Wednesday knocked out power to more than 800 Imperial Irrigation District customers. The utility alerted the public at 6:49 a.m. that 814 customers in Indio and the surrounding area were affected. A later IID update at 8:07 a.m. noted that 135 customers had since had their power restored. Line crews were en […]
Three gang members accused in the slaying of an Indio man must stand trial for first-degree murder and other charges, a judge ruled Friday. Oscar Angel “Sniper” Bustos, 32, Itati Maribi Ceja, 27, and Robert “Bubba” Ruiz, 33, allegedly killed Jason Diaz in 2020. Following a preliminary hearing at the Larson Justice Center Friday, Riverside […]
The Indio Police Department asked for the public’s help Saturday in locating an assailant who shot a man in Indio. Officers from the Indio Police Department responded to the 82-000 block of Valencia Avenue to a report of several gunshots around 1:55 p.m. Thursday. Upon arrival, officers found a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound […]
A Desert Hot Springs woman died in a single-vehicle crash overnight Sunday near Jefferson Street in Indio, with police later arresting the car’s driver under suspicion of driving under the influence. Officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to the fatal crash at 2:05 a.m. A car was traveling westbound along Interstate 10 near the […]