Month: September 2014

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is vowing to never forget a child on a school bus again. This after a special needs 6th grader was found on a bus Monday morning alone crying. We first broke the story Wednesday night and Friday night we’re hearing a first hand account of what happened. The driver

Coachella Valley High School has a new mascot, ending months of criticism from the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee over the old one, which was called “stereotypical.” District officials along with a representative from the Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee signed off Friday on the changes to the school’s mascot, logo, and name. “It feels really great to know

El atraco sucedio ayer al filo de las 8:00a.m. sobre Velie Way en Palm Desert. Segn una cmara de vigilancia, el malandrin utiliz una mesa que estaba afuera del restaurante para romber el cristal del establecimiento. Posteriormente, utiliz una herramienta desconocida para forzar su entrada a la caja registradora, llevndose una cantidad de dinero no

La ceremonia de anniversario de los ataques terroristas del 11 de Septiembre del ao 2001, tendra lugar en el Centro Civico de la cuidad de La Quinta este jueves por la noche. Se recomienda a losasistentes de la vigilia a traer consigo velas blancas y sillas portables. La velada ser completamente gratuita y abierta a

A new game show produced by Courtney Cox and David Arquette is looking for contestants in Palm Springs. The game show is called ‘Celebrity Name Game’ and it will be hosted by Craig Ferguson. The casting team is looking for energetic teams of two who are ready to team up with a celebrity and show

A new Field Poll finds 56 percent of Californians support the death penalty, but support has fallen by 12 percentage points in just three years. Field’s survey of registered voters found 56 percent favor keeping the death penalty, 34 percent support abolishing it and 10 percent have no opinion. Friday’s report shows support has fallen

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is announcing its first ever golf tournament to benefit SafeHouse of the Desert — a nonprofit organization in Thousand Palms that offers help to youth and families dealing with crisis. The tournament takes place at Classic Club in Palm Desert on Saturday, September 20. It costs $450 per foursome and

A new state report says African-American elementary students were chronically truant nearly four times the rate of all students during the last school year. The report released Friday by the California attorney general’s office marks the first time the data has been broken down by race and income levels. Officials say such data is needed

In the Coachella Valley, people chose to honor and remember by candle light. Thursday night about a hundred people gathered at the La Quinta 9/11 Memorial, made up of steel from the World Trade Center. La Quinta is the only city in the Coachella Valley to have steel beam from the World Trade Center as

We are learning more information about a special needs child was left on a school bus Monday. We were the first to bring you the story Wednesday night. Thursday we have learned the incident happened Monday morning not Monday afternoon as we reported. Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Darryl Adams also told us Thursday

People in the small unincorporated community of Desert Edge, just west of Desert Hot Springs feel safer. They have their first ever citizens on patrol keeping watch over their neighborhoods. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is no hoping to get more volunteers. “Back in February I began the process of recruiting interested people and through

The intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Varner Road is back open in Thousand Palms. It’s been closed since Monday’s flooding. Crews today cleared tons of mud off of Varner Road near the McDonald’s and Flying J. They were also digging out the intersection at Bob Hope Drive. Now, traffic headed to Thousand Palms can

The cleanup continues after Monday’s storm. City officials in La Quinta are calling it a “700-year storm” and say the City Council will consider declaring a local emergency next week. “Typically the city of La Quinta receives 3.5 inches a year in rain. We had that much in an hour,” said Frank Spevacek, the city

The Coachella Valley Brewing Co. is playing catch-up to make up for lost time, customers and money caused by the mud from Monday’s storm. “Pretty much we’ve had three customers in the past two days, so it’s not real good for business when people can’t get to your location,” said Christopher Anderson, CEO of CV

Students have been back in class just one week, but trouble is already brewing at one valley school. News Channel 3 has learned exclusively of an active investigation at Palm Desert High School, confirmed by law enforcement and school officials. Palm Desert High School students say an inappropriate photo of a classmate made its way

With prayer and song, people gathered at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs Thursday morning to honor those who died in the September 11 attacks. The community lit candles to remember the only Coachella Valley victim from the attack on America, Barbara Keating, a parishoner at St. Theresa’s. Returning to the desert from her

Agentes del Departamento de policia de Indio han aprehendido a un hombre despus de que los dirigiera en una persecucin a lo largo del Valle de Coachella el jueves. La odisea dirigi a los oficiales hasta Dillon Road y Fargo Canyon Road, una zona montaosa de Indio. Al filo de las 10:20 a.m., agentes fueron

One of two men accused of causing the death of an 81-year-old woman while racing BMWs in Rancho Mirage pleaded not guilty Thursday and was taken into custody. Wade Wheeler, 32, of Rancho Mirage entered his plea at the Larson Justice Center in Indio in connection with the June 18, 2013, crash that killed Barbara

A heat warning is being issued across Riverside County as temperatures are expected to climb to well into the triple digits through the weekend. Cool centers in the affected areas are open to provide relief to residents. Individuals susceptible to excessive heat, including the elderly and families with young children, are encouraged to visit a

Indio police have arrested a man after he led officers on a pursuit through the desert Thursday. The chase led officers to Dillon Road and Fargo Canyon Road in the Indio Hills area. 28015976 Around 10:20 a.m., police were called out to the Talovera area on a vandalism report. They didn’t find the suspect until