Warner Springs Ranch Resort Golf Course is hosting a charity golf tournament on Friday, Nov. 6, to support the Ramona Outdoor Community Center (ROCC), the Fred Grand Arena, Ramona Rodeo Park, and Ramona Main Street Parade. The ROCC is an all-volunteer organization presenting... — Updated 10/9/2015

A couple tried to smuggle 22 pounds of methamphetamine through the Highway 86 checkpoint near Salton Sea on Wednesday morning. The 33-year-old man and 31-year-old woman hid the drug in 22 cylindrical packages in their 2008 gray Ford Fusion’s rocker panels. The drug-sniffing d... — Updated 10/7/2015

Celebrating Apple Days has been a tradition for over a hundred years; originally inspired as an end of harvest festival. As part of this year’s Apple Days celebration, on September 26-27, Menghini Winery will feature apple displays, music and dancing, an antique tractor d... — Updated 10/7/2015

Following the September dog attacks in the Salton Sea community of North Shore, where one person was killed and another seriously injured by stray pit bulls, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services officers have announced they will be conducting a sweep of the area... — Updated 10/7/2015

California’s Little Hoover Commission released its long-awaited Salton Sea report Thursday, Sept. 24, several months after it held a fact-finding hearing in Palm Desert about what to do with the Salton Sea. One of the recommendations made by the independent agency was to s... — Updated 10/7/2015

A vicious dog bit a 6-year-old boy Wednesday just before 5:00 p.m. in La Quinta. The boy was taken to the hospital with wounds to his face and chin after trying to pet the pit bull mix. The dog is being quarantined at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms. Last... — Updated 10/7/2015

The California Highway Patrol reports that a fatal crash occurred Saturday September. 26 on State Route 78 in Julian. The motorcyclist, from Camp Pendleton, was approaching at speed, a right-hand curve heading east before losing control of his 2015 Kawasaki and skidding into the... — Updated 10/7/2015

Border Patrol Agents seized $291,600 worth of methamphetamine at the Salton Sea checkpoint Friday Oct. 2. Drug-sniffing dogs alerted agents to a 1999 gray Toyota Camry being driven by a 23-year-old male. After further inspection, 24 packages of methamphetamine were found hidden... — Updated 10/7/2015

An organic herbicide odor made more than 28 students at Coachella Valley High School in Thermal ill. The students reported nausea, dizziness and throat irritation after inhaling a strange odor originating in a field across the street from the school campus. A hazardous material... — Updated 10/7/2015

A 59-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident in Mecca near Salton Sea on Monday, Sept. 26. Alberto Coyt-Gudino was crossing the street outside the crosswalk when he was hit by 61-year-old Margarita Ramirez driving a Toyota pickup truck going 50 mph. Coyt-Gudino died at the... — Updated 10/7/2015

Announcing … the West Shores Parks Association. Formed as an adjunct committee to the Salton Community Services Board, the West Shores Parks Association is ready to roll. In an organizational meeting held on Wednesday, September 30, the small group of community members and p... — Updated 10/7/2015

Volcan Mountain Foundation now has a watershed relief map to teach visitors about Volcan Mountain’s vital watershed sources; giving them a hands-on experience of the watershed’s function. Kathleen Beck, Education Coordinator for the Foundation envisioned the 3D representation of... — Updated 10/7/2015

The man mauled to death by pit bulls near the Salton Sea has been identified as Emilio Rios, a 65-year-old resident of North Shore, according to coroner’s officials. Deputies arrived to find Rios dead in the front yard of his home, sheriff’s spokesman Armando Munoz said. A wom... — Updated 9/24/2015

Sea View Elementary School children had a surprise waiting for them when they got to school on Wednesday, September. 9 after representatives from the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office and El Centro Salvation Army delivered school supplies. Students will receive pencil boxes, p... — Updated 9/24/2015

Palm Springs has entered into final contract negotiations with SolarCity and SunEdison to install solar panels at eight sites around the city. SolarCity will install solar panels at the city’s wastewater treatment plant and the Sunrise Plaza complex. SunEdison will install s... — Updated 9/24/2015

Stationary air monitors northwest of the Salton Sea, in Mecca and the Torres-Martinez Reservation, have recorded elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide for the last nine days, said spokesman for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, Sam Atwood. The odor has been detected... — Updated 9/24/2015

High levels of hydrogen sulfide, producing the smell of rotten eggs, has provoked an odor alert from the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Hydrogen sulfide results from the bacterial breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen gas, such as you would find in... — Updated 9/24/2015

Newly appointed assistant secretary on Salton Sea policy Bruce Wilcox, has stated that the next Salton Sea Restoration meeting, to be held later this month, will see a variety of new plans ready to move forward. Water transfer and air quality projects are to be announced. Two... — Updated 9/24/2015

On Friday evening, Sept. 18, a 42-year-old woman stepped out of her car by the side of I-10 near Ford Dry lake and was bitten by a 2 foot- long rattlesnake. She was taken to the hospital, according to the Riverside County Fire Department, and evaluated as in “moderate c... — Updated 9/24/2015

Two men pleaded not guilty to charges involving their alleged roles in a violent armed robbery at a market on March 13 in the Salton Sea community of North Shore. Jacob Lee Couie of North Shore is charged with two counts of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon (baseball bat)... — Updated 9/24/2015

Friends-in-Sight, the statewide Lions vision initiative, will be holding a free vision screening, Saturday, September 12, 2015, at Desert Mirage High School, 86-150 Avenue 66 in Thermal. The vision screening will start at about 8:00 a.m. and finish at about 3:30 p.m. Members of... — Updated 9/24/2015