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With Coachella Campground Closed, Festival-Goers Improvise With ‘Walmartchella’
INDIO (CBSLA) — As the saying goes, when you get lemons, make lemonade, so when you can’t get into Coachella, there’s still “Walmartchella”. Thousands of music fans who drove to Indio for the second...
View ArticleSexual Misconduct Was Extensive At Coachella’s First Weekend, Report Says
INDIO (CBSLA) – A magazine editor claims she experienced rampant sexual harassment during the first weekend of Coachella while working on a story about the issue for Teen Vogue. In a piece published...
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Coachella Announces 2019 Lineup
Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande are headlining.
View ArticleOrganizers Announce Broke LA Festival Canceled For 2019
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A popular annual downtown Los Angeles music and arts festival which started as a cheap alternative to Coachella nearly a decade ago will not be returning this year. Organizers for...
View ArticleTaking A Train To Coachella, Stagecoach Festivals Possible By 2020
INDIO (CBSLA) – Patrons of the desert’s biggest music festivals – Coachella and Stagecoach – could be making the trip from Los Angeles to Indio by Amtrak train as soon as next year, transportation...
View ArticleCoachella Worker Dies From Fall While Setting Up Stage
INDIO (CBSLA) – A man working on installing stages for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival died Saturday morning after falling 60 feet while setting up for the festival that begins...
View ArticleSolange Cancels 2 Coachella Performances
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Singer Solange has canceled her performances at Coachella, which starts this week. The change was announced Sunday in a tweet by Coachella’s organizers, who said the cancellation...
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Fire Breaks Out At Coachella Music Festival
INDIO (CBSLA) – The first night of the Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival ended in chaos after a mobile shower unit went up in flames early Saturday morning. Firefighters were called to the...
View ArticleAriana Grande Closes Out First Weekend Of Coachella
INDIO (CBSLA) — Pop star Ariana Grande closed out the first weekend of Coachella with a reunion of most of N’Sync. The 90s boy band – minus lead singer Justin Timberlake – joined the headliner at the...
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Rapper YG Pays Tribute To Nipsey Hussle At Coachella
YG opened his Coachella set with a video tribute that featured footage of last week's massive funeral procession.
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99 People Arrested During Coachella Weekend One
INDIO (CBSLA) – Arrests at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were down from previous years with police announcing 99 arrests were made during the festival’s opening weekend. INDIO,...
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Kanye West Brings Easter Service To Coachella
INDIO (CBSLA) — Kanye West brought his Sunday Services to Coachella for a special Easter performance, but Jesus may have something to say about the prices of his accompanying merchandise. The two-hour...
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Coachella Woman Arrested For Allegedly Dumping Newborn Puppies In Garbage Bin
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — A woman who allegedly threw a bag filled with puppies into a trash bin in Coachella has been arrested. Riverside County Animal Services arrested Deborah Culwell, 54, who is...
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Woman Suspected Of Dumping Puppies Had 38 More Dogs Living In Coachella Home
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — Authorities say the home of a woman arrested on suspicion of dumping a bag of newborn puppies in a trash bin was overrun with 38 dogs that have been confiscated. (credit: Riverside...
View ArticleRunt Of Puppies Dumped In Coachella Dies
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — One of the puppies that was seen stuffed into a plastic bag and thrown in a Coachella dumpster has died, officials said Thursday. The foster volunteer said the runt of the litter...
View ArticleWebsite Links Spike In Herpes Cases To Coachella
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — What happened in Coachella has apparently caused a spike in herpes cases. The website HerpAlert, which tracks, diagnoses and treats herpes, says there has been a spike in the...
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Dogs Seized In Home Of Woman Accused Of Dumping Puppies Are Ready For Adoption
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — Nearly 40 dogs who were impounded after being discovered in the home of a woman arrested for throwing seven puppies in a dumpster are almost ready to be adopted. Officials announced...
View ArticleHunt Continues For Suspect Who Burned, Dumped 3-Week-Old Puppy
SHERMAN OAKS (CBSLA) — She was found burned and dumped. Officials are continuing their search Thursday for the person or persons who burned a puppy and left it to die in a dumpster. The 3-week-old...
View ArticleCoachella Woman Pleads Guilty In Puppy Dumping Case
INDIO (CBSLA) — A Coachella woman who was caught on video dumping a litter of puppies in a trash bin has pleaded guilty to all counts in connection with the case. Deborah Sue Culwell, 59, had been...
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Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott, Frank Ocean To Headline Coachella,...
INDIO (CBSLA) — Goldenvoice released the full lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Thursday evening. Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott, and Frank Ocean are set to headline the...
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Puppy Who Got Head Stuck In Old Tire Rescued By Firefighters In Coachella
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — A puppy is recovering Thursday after being rescued from the old tire her head got stuck in. (credit: Emily Vialpando/Riverside County Department Of Animal Services) The puppy, a...
View ArticleConcert Industry Monitoring Coronavirus Outbreak Ahead Of SoCal Festival Season
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A week after growing coronavirus concerns postponed the Korea Times Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, reports have surfaced speculating how the virus could impact the...
View ArticleCoachella, Stagecoach Organizers Postpone Festivals Until October Following...
INDIO (CBSLA) — Organizers with promoter Goldenvoice announced Tuesday they will postpone the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival until October after Riverside County health officials confirmed...
View Article‘Couchella’: Fans Who Had Hoped To Attend Coachella Can Stream Documentary On...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — This weekend should have been the start of the two-weekend Coachella Music and Arts Festival, but instead, the event’s organizers will take fans on a trip down memory lane with a...
View ArticleReport: Coachella Organizers Considering Postponing 2020 Festival Until 2021
INDIO (CBSLA) — Organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have reportedly asked artists scheduled to play the festival in October to instead play in 2021, signaling that the popular...
View ArticleRiverside Health Officials Cancel 2020 Coachella, Stagecoach Festivals
INDIO (CBSLA) — The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals, which were earlier postponed until October due to the coronavirus pandemic, have been canceled for 2020. Citing concerns over a possible...
View ArticleCoachella, Stagecoach Announce Dates for 2021 Festivals
INDIO (CBSLA) — New dates for Coachella and Stagecoach were announced Thursday, one day after Riverside County officials said the popular music festivals would not be happening in October as previously...
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City Of Coachella Approves $4 Hero Pay For Farm Workers
COACHELLA (CBSLA) – The Riverside County city of Coachella became the first in the nation this week to give its farm workers a temporary “hero pay” hike for the risks associated with the nature of...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom Heaps Praise On Farm Workers While Visiting Vaccination...
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — While visiting a vaccination site in the Coachella Valley, Gov. Gavin Newsom took time to thank the region’s farm workers for their essential work during the pandemic. Newsom has...
View ArticleReport: Coachella, Stagecoach Postponed Into 2022
INDIO (CBSLA) — The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival may not return until 2022, according to reports. Plans to schedule Coachella and Stagecoach in October of this year have been scuttled, and...
View ArticleCoachella Announces 2022 Festival Dates; Registration For Tickets Starts Friday
INDIO (CBSLA) — Coachella is coming back. Goldenvoice announced 2022 dates Tuesday for both Coachella and the Stagecoach Music Festival, which had to remain dark for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19...
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Animal Cruelty Charges May Be Sought After Severely Neglected English Bulldog...
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — A very sick English bulldog puppy has died after being seized from a Coachella property under investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, according to the county’s...
View ArticleCoachella, Stagecoach To Require Proof Of COVID-19 Vaccination For Attendees
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Music fans attending Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will be required to show proof of vaccination, AEG Presents announced Thursday. AEG Presents, which puts on the music...
View ArticleGoldenvoice Abandons Mandatory Vaccinations For Coachella, Stagecoach Music...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – California music festivals Coachella and Stagecoach say they will not require mandatory vaccination for both festivals in 2022. The new policy is an about-face for Goldenvoice...
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Petition Calls On Coachella To Cancel Travis Scott Performances In 2022
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – In the wake of the Astroworld tragedy, a petition is calling on Coachella organizers to remove rapper Travis Scott from the bill next year. Candles, flowers and letters are placed...
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Safety And Security Planning For Large-Scale Music Festivals In Southern...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – After a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday killed eight people and injured “scores of individuals,” many people are wondering just how safe...
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Coachella Valley Landscaper Jose Manuel Martinez Garcia Charged With Rape Of...
RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — A landscaper has been arrested on suspicion of the rape and sexual assault of six women, and authorities in Riverside County say he may have more victims. (credit: Riverside County...
View ArticleReport: Kanye West, Billie Eilish To Headline Coachella
COACHELLA (CBSLA) — After being forced to cancel two years in a row due to the pandemic, Coachella is scheduled to return with Kanye West and Billie Eilish as the desert music festival’s headliners....
View ArticleCoachella Selling NFTs That Come With A Lifetime Pass
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Coachella is offering its fans the opportunity to get a lifetime pass to the hallowed music festival with the digital property known as non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Coachella has...
View ArticleCoachella, Stagecoach Won’t Require Masks, Testing, Or Vaccination When...
INDIO (CBSLA) — After several months of back-and-forth, the organizers of the Coachella and Stagecoach say no masks, testing or vaccinations will be required to attend the music festivals when they...
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