Month: May 2014

For Verna Watson, Mother’s Day carries a special meaning. It was on this holiday 17 years ago that she and her husband, Doug, received their greatest gift: a child. “Reid was in Korea waiting for us and we went to South Korea to pick him up,” Verna said. “He was six months old.” But from

If you are pregnant, ask your doctor questions about their delivery habits long before you go into labor. Several studies now suggest doctors may be performing too many cesarean sections. Doctors may be performing them based more out of habit, training, expediency or worry about lawsuits than out of medical necessity, according to the studies.

If you were one of the 70 million Americans who purchased a pair of those weird-looking “barefoot running” shoes, you may be entitled to some cash. Vibram, the company behind FiveFingers shoes, just settled a $3.75 million class action lawsuit over false claims that its running shoe yields health benefits, Runner’s World reports. The thin-soled,

Expect some road closures Sunday morning as a result of Saturday night’s winds. They’re the usual closures in the Whitewater Wash area of Palm Springs. Gene Autry Trail, North Indian Canyon, and Vista Chino were closed by police Saturday night. Ramon Road should be open and can be used an alternate route to get to

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says authorities raided two homes across the street from each other on Friday in San Bernardino and found about 2,600 marijuana plants. Seven people were arrested. Authorities were tipped off by city firefighters who saw pot growing in a backyard. The plants, some of them 4 feet tall and

(AP) – Mother Nature is giving the greater Los Angeles area a hot and gusty gift this Mother’s Day. And the weather is just a preview of what forecasters say to expect across California in coming days. Winds in coastal mountains near Los Angeles reached as high as 73 mph early Sunday, while morning brought

If you’re planning to enjoy this spring or summer at a national park, you’d better leave your drone at home. On Friday, Yosemite National Park in California turned heads when it announced that drones, the unmanned aircraft increasingly making their way into private hands, aren’t welcome in the park, famous for its picturesque valley of

It’s getting hot outside and more people are hitting the pools, making swim safety a priority right now. For that very reason the Palm Desert Aquatic Center hosted its second annual “Just Add Swim” event. “It’s not every day you get to have a swim lesson from an Olympian so we thought it was a

More women over 35 are giving birth for the first time, according to a government studyreleased Friday. The report, issued by the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, looked at data compiled over the past four decades. Among the findings: In 2012, there were more than nine times

A faulty underground cable caused an outage Saturday that initially affected 34 customer accounts at a Palm Desert subdivision. The outage was reported shortly after 8 a.m. and happened along Presidio Place. Eighteen residents were still without power by midday, Southern California Edison spokesman Amado Zavala said. Power should be back on by 3:30 p.m.

Three Republican state senators are calling for increased criminal penalties for lawmakers convicted of taking bribes under state law, a move that comes as two Democratic colleagues face federal corruption charges. Senators Mike Morrell, Steve Knight and Ted Gaines said Friday that the ethics reforms proposed by California Democrats are too weak. Their proposal would

It feels like everybody’s going gluten-free these days, but the fad diet has also spread quite a bit of misinformation about the g-word. Some people -– even those who claim to follow gluten-free diets -– don’t even know what gluten is. And if you’re one of them, that’s OK. We won’t tell anyone your secret.

Two men allegedly ran off with an underage decoy’s money during a liquor buying sting in Coachella, missing out on liquor-related misdemeanors, and instead they were charged with petty theft, a sergeant said Saturday. Deputies began their five-hour operation at 4 p.m. Friday at three liquor or convenience store locations. The decoy hung out at

A new luxury car brand has opened it’s doors in the Coachella Valley. Telsa Motors officially cut the ribbon Friday for it’s new service and sales center in the Cathedral City Auto Mall. It’s adding over a dozen jobs, but also adding a new way of looking at cars. Luxury car dealers are nothing new

A small earthquake rattled the Coachella Valley. A magnitude 3.0 quake shook the southern edge of Riverside County early Saturday morning. The US Geological Survey says it occurred at about 12:40 a.m. — 11 miles southeast of LA Quinta. The quake had a depth of about 40 miles. There were no reports of injuries or

More than twenty people are safe after being trapped on a Ferris wheel at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert. The Ferris wheel malfunctioned Friday just after 9:30 p.m. Authorities say a snapped drive cable caused the 30-foot Ferris wheel to stop — trapping 22 riders at a private event at the

“We’re trying to provide stability and consistency,” said Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Darryl Adams. As 54 CVUSD teachers with pink slips await their fate with the district, the school board Thursday night discussed a possible solution for at least some: creating 22 “roving teacher” positions. “The district is going to hire some of

The Desert Hot Springs city council will hold a special meeting on Monday to discuss the city’s financial situation and the 2014/2015 budget. News Channel 3 has learned that the city is facing a $3.5 million dollar budget shortfall and is depending on Measure F to help balance the budget. Measure F is a vacant

A search is underway for the thieves who targeted a home in the Cathedral City Cove. Neighbors say the crooks took off with a pair of ATVs around 4:30 A.M. Thursday. Neighbors called our news station Friday and gave us surveillance video of the suspects as they committed the crime. Cathedral City Police say it’s