The second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival opened Friday, April 22, with a lot of heat, the retu of Windchella, Matzahchella and plenty of tributes to Prince. The sold-out encore of the event at the Empire Polo Club in Indio was framed by the death of the 57-year-old iconic m...

A Friday evening sobriety/driver’s license checkpoint in Norwalk netted 28 arrests, a sheriff’s sergeant said today. Twenty-six drivers were arrested and released on citations for operating a vehicle while unlicensed or while their license was suspended or revoked during the checkpoint on Alondra Bo...

INDIO >> Headliners LCD Soundsystem were just one of the many musical acts at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Friday that paid tribute to Prince, who died Thursday. Ellie Goulding, Jack U, Sufjan Stevens, Gallant, Mavis Staples and more either covered a Prince song or spoke about the ic...

INDIO >> LCD Soundsystem again put on another stellar show during the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival paying tribute to Prince and David Bowie in the process. During the Prince tribute, the group covered “Controversy.” LCD Soundsystem also played Bowie’s “Heroes” once a...

INDIO >> Jack U -- the Los Angeles based duo of Diplo and Skrillex -- focused on the music during their Friday night set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival bringing out AlunaGeorge and spi ing a couple of Prince songs. The group saved the Prince tribute for the end of the show and spun ...

INDIO >> Consider A$AP Rocky’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival weekend two performance a do-over. During his first weekend performance, the hip-hop artist’s set was cut short after fellow hip-hop star Kanye West performed during his set. A$AP did not get to finish his own performance after ...

INDIO >> Lil Wayne was the surprise guest of G-Eazy’s Friday night set inside the Sahara Tent at the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival and performed verses from four of his hit songs. After performing a verse from “A Milli,” Wayne went on to perform from “The Motto”, “Truffle Butter” and concl...

INDIO >> It’s the only place at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival that you’ll find Prince memorabilia. Within minutes of the Record Store opening on the second weekend of the fest, the remaining Prince albums were snatched up. There were about 20 different albums — at the start of the two wee...

With all the tributes to the recently-departed Prince happening — and likely to happen — at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this weekend, you might be curious about the Purple One’s own performance at the festival, which took place way back in 2008. Before LCD Soundsystem took the stage...

INDIO >> Headliners LCD Soundsystem were just one of the many musical acts at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Friday that paid tribute to Prince, who died Thursday. Ellie Goulding, Jack U, Sufjan Stevens, Gallant, Mavis Staples and more either covered a Prince song or spoke about the ic...

INDIO >> Lauren Barette was all set to go to her first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival when she realized something. Actually, it was the 16-year-old’s mother who did, pointing out that the second weekend of Coachella coincided with Passover. “My mom got really mad, and she didn’t want me to...

INDIO >> Coachella music festivalgoers got a taste of desert weather: prolonged blustery winds. Steady 12 mph breezes gusted to 29 mph at 7 p.m. Friday at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, five miles southeast of the festivities. • Social Media: Festivalgoers react to wind at Coachella In the des...

A report detailing law enforcement’s response to the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Be ardino, looking at lessons lea ed from the incident, should be ready by fall, a gove ment spokeswoman said Friday. “We’re expecting the report to come out in late summer,” said Mary Brandenberger, spokeswoman for ...

INDIO >> Brooklyn’s Joey Bada$$ displayed the same amount of energy weekend two of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival despite the temperature increase from the previous weekend. Here’s a look at the highlights of the hip-hop artist’s Friday set on the main stage: • The song “95 ‘til Infini...

A disco queen and an actor will be saying it loud and proud next month. Thelma Houston, the Grammy Award-wi ing singer of “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” and Wendell James of the TV series “Raising Whitley” will be the grand marshals for the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade on May 22. Thelma Houst...

INDIO >> At the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, you can look like Sia for $20. In the merchandise booth, patrons of the sold-out festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio can pick up a black and white Sia wig to match the artist who stole the festival’s first weekend with her mode performa...

Thirteen organizations that provide affordable housing for former members of the military in Los Angeles County and one in Orange County will split nearly $60 million in grants a ounced this week by the state Department of Veterans Affairs. The Salvation Army will receive $4.5 million for a housing ...

I have lea ed how to eat for free every day. Just purpose in your heart to get back in shape. Suddenly, homemade baked goods, tamales and assorted food stuffs will arrive in the office, and your friends and co-workers will offer to take you to lunch at the local greasy spoon. At the begi ing of the ...

Some attendees of the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music Festival took to social media to complain about pick pockets in the crowds, but the one place they didn’t go was to the police, according to the Indio Police Department. On Reddit, a thread titled “PSA: Pickpocketing” generated nearly...

Some attendees of the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music Festival took to social media to complain about pick pockets in the crowds, but the one place they didn’t go was to the police, according to the Indio Police Department. On Reddit, a thread titled “PSA: Pickpocketing” generated nearly...