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Thousands of Coachella festival campers make way into desert for opening weekend By City News Service
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housands of festival campers made their way to the Empire Polo Club Thursday in advance of the weekend’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will be headlined by Bad Bunny, Frank Ocean and Blackpink. Campers checked in as early at 9 a.m. Thursday and were expected to check out by 10 a.m. Monday after the festival concludes, according to festival officials. Road closures will be in effect in Indio from Friday to Monday. Performances were set to begin as early as noon Friday on two of seven stages — Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Sonora, Gobi, Mojave, Sahara and Yuma, according to festival officials. Juliet Mendoza and Jim Smith will get the festival underway at Sonora and Yuma. Jim Smith’s performance on Sonora was scheduled to be followed by The Murder Capital, Lava La Rue, DannyLux and others on Sonora, while Juliet Mendoza’s performance on Yuma was to be followed by Chris Stussy, Oliver Koletzki, Maceo Plex and others.
Bad Bunny was set to perform both Fridays of the two-weekend event, April 14 and April 21. Other acts set to perform Fridays include Gorillaz, Burna Boy, Becky G, Pusha T, Doechii, Chemical Brothers, Metro Boomin, SG Lewis, YUNGBLUD, Malaa, Dombresky and Blondie. Blackpink is the headliner on Saturdays, April 15 and April 22. Other acts scheduled to perform those days are Rosalia, $uicideboy$, Labrinth, Earthgang, boygenius, Yung Lean, 070 Shake and Eric Prydz. Frank Ocean was scheduled to close out each weekend on Sundays, April 16 and April 23. Other acts set to perform before him were Bjork, Kali Uchis, Porter Robinson, Dominic Fike, Queens, Willow and Alex G. Attendees were able to personalize their festival schedule for the weekend through the Coachella App with their favorite artists in advance of Friday and the rest of the weekend. “Approximately 40,000 guests will be shuttled into and out of the concert venue from various locations throughout
Attendees walk the grounds of the 2018 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. | Photo courtesy of Ralph_PH/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
the Coachella Valley to help ease traffic conditions,” Indio city officials said in a statement. “Noise from the festival site could begin on each Thursday prior to the festival dates, due to sound checks and on-site camping guests.”
Full closures were in effect from Friday to Monday at the following locations: -- Avenue 49 between Hjorth Street and Monroe Street; -- Avenue 50 between Madison Street and Jackson
Riverside City Council approves agreement to develop Korean-American cultural center
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side citrus industry in 1905, according to an announcement from the city. Dosan went on to become a leader in the Korean independence movement that sought liberation from Japanese occupation, and he is regarded as the father of democracy in Korea where he is revered. As a patriot and civil rights leader, Dosan was the Minister of Labor of the Korean Provisional Government in exile, advocating for democracy and
Jackson Street, Calhoun Street and Golf Center Parkway for north and south travel and through Highway 111, Dr. Carreon Boulevard, Avenue 54, Miles Avenue and Fred Waring Drive for east and west travel.
Palm Springs student diagnosed with TB, prompting health warnings
By Staff he Riverside City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement between the city and the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Memorial Foundation of the Americas to explore the development of a KoreanAmerican cultural center. The cultural center would focus on the accomplishments of Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, founder of the Pachappa Camp which was home to 300 Koreans working in the River-
Street; -- Hjorth Street between Avenue 49 and Avenue 50; -- Madison Street between Avenue 49 and Avenue 52; Residents were encouraged to take alternate routes through Washington Street,
By City News Service freedom. A statue memorializing him was erected on the Main Street Mall at University Avenue in 2001. “Dosan Ahn Chang Ho exemplifies the values that we treasure as Americans, and this center would help current and future generations understand how his time in our city changed the course of history,” Mayor Patricia
Palm Springs middle school student is undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, prompting health officials Thursday to issue an advisory recommending that anyone who may have come into contact with the youth to get tested. According to the Riverside County Department of Public Health, the Raymond Cree Middle School student, whose name was not released, fell ill recently and was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. “We are working in collaboration with the Riverside University Health System on notification and screening logistics to ensure that students and staff who may have been exposed receive the information and follow up guidance in a timely manner,” Palm Springs Unified School District Director of Health Services Laura Dyson said. The student was hospitalized temporarily and is now at home, with expectations that the
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