Editor’s Note: The following video was produced in partnership with the Land Use Planning Awareness team, a community capacity building project designed to empower communities across the eastern Coachella Valley.
IVAN VALENZUELA/Coachella Uninc
MECCA – The streets near Mecca Elementary School are undergoing a series of improvements as part of a $1 million project recently approved by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
JOHNNY FLORES JR/Coachella Unincorporated
INDIO — Liberace died as a direct result of having AIDS, the Riverside County coroner said Monday afternoon, contradicting statements by the entertainer’s family and the death certificate signed by his physician.
JOHNNY FLORES, JR/Coachella Unincorporated
MECCA — Claudia Guevara was recently sworn in as a member of the Mecca Community Council, continuing her family’s tradition of making a difference in the unincorporated community they call home.
IVAN DELGADO/Coachella Unincorporated
OASIS – Thirteen-year-old Diego Martinez runs around the grassy field, throwing water balloons at the kids from his neighborhood — an activity new for this former Duroville resident.
OASIS – Riverside County is partnering with Burrtec Waste and Recycling Services, LLC and community volunteers to lead a significant community clean-up to remove trash and prevent illegal dumping at Desert Mobile Home Park, known as Duroville, on Saturday, March 30.
