Month: September 2016

Millions of people will be taking advantage of the long weekend to travel by car. According to Trip Advisor holiday, travel is expected to be 10 percent higher this year than last year. The California Highway Patrol is asking people to make sure their cars are in fine working order before going on a long

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating what lead up to a stolen SUV crashing into a palm grove in Thermal. According to deputies on scene, they got a call of some sort of road rage incident involving a gun just before 11:30 a.m. Friday in the area of 50th Avenue and Tyler Street. A

Arrive is not just the name of Chris Pardo’s hotel in Uptown Palm Springs. It’s also what he hopes many visitors will be doing, as he and his staff prepares for their first Labor Day. “I think there will be a couple of hundred for sure,” Pardo said. “It’s a pretty big event that we’re

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal ban on guns sales to medical marijuana card holders. The court ruled the ban did not violate the Second Amendment. The decision was made based on the fact that marijuana still remains illegal under federal law. The drug is classified as a Schedule I drug

The Camelot Theaters in Palm Springs are back open for the holiday weekend after closing down after the Fourth of July. The summer shut down all in an effort to start phase one of their facelift. “First the renovations were part of an ongoing process to ensure the longevity of the Camelot so it’s being

4:30 p.m. Update: All lanes have reopened. CHP had to close two lanes of traffic as emergency crews worked to put out a car fire that spread to nearby brush along the Westbound lanes of I-10 and Indian in Palm Springs. The driver told us the he was going Westbound when he lost control and

Former Palm Desert football star Lars Hanson was released by the Denver Broncos Friday morning following the team’s final preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. Hanson told Sports Director Blake Arthur Friday that “it’s on to the next one. It’s a journey.” Hanson made the cut down to 75 players on the

9-2 Update: The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the I.D. of the man found dead near a Cathedral City dam on Wednesday. They say 58-year old Robert Thompson, of Cathedral City was found dead by a hiker. His exact cause of death is still under investigation, awaiting toxicology reports says the Coroner’s Office. Cathedral

Cuatro personas resultaron lesionadas en una accidente ocurrido hoy a las 2:09 a.m. en Palm Springs. Segn el informe de las autoridades dos coches eran conducidos con exceso de velocidad sobre la manzana 300 de E. Palm Canyon Drive cuando repentinamente ambos perdieron el control en la curva en donde la calle se convierte en

The topic of hired transportation has been a talking point with Palm Springs city leaders this summer, specifically with ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft operating at the city’s airport. “They’re already operating at Palm Springs, at the airport,” Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon. “It’s just that, they can’t pick up from the airport right

En estos momentos se registra caos vial sobre la I-10 en los carriles con rumbo al este despus de que a la altura de la Date Palm Drive en Cathedral City un coche que conduca con exceso de velocidad se impactara con el camelln central y despus impacta dos coches a las 8 de la

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified an Indio woman who died following a Sunday night shooting in Indio. Jamie Maher, 30, died at a home along the 82300 block of Santa Rosa Avenue at 9:28 p.m. Sunday night. Officers arrived to find Maher, who had been shot multiple times. Police officers performed CPR on Maher

The CHP says three cars were involved in an accident Friday morning just before 8:00, on eastbound interstate 10 just east of Date Palm Drive. At least one vehicle was speeding before hitting the center divide, and struck two other vehicles. No word yet on any injuries. The crash is causing some delay for eastbound

A 30-year old woman was arrested Wednesday after U.S. Border Patrol agents say she tried to smuggle cocaine worth more than $800,000 through the Coachella Valley. The agents assigned to the Highway 111 checkpoint in Niland stopped the woman when a drug-sniffing canine indicated narcotics could be in her newer-model BMW 328i. 28 bundles of

The victim of an alleged assault in front of a honey oil drug lab in Palm Springs is speaking out. The victim claims he was pistol whipped and could have been killed by someone who he thought was his best friend. Robert Gray has a black eye, eight stitches above his left eye, and three

A small earthquake was felt in the mountains just south of the Coachella Valley Thursday night. According the U.S. Geological Survey, the 3.0 earthquake was centered one mile northwest of Anza and hit at 6:57 p.m. There were reports of people experiencing the quake from Palm Desert, to Idyllwild and Temecula. There are no reports

A family’s Labor Day weekend plans are being postponed after their 5th wheel travel trailer went up in flames on Interstate 10. It happened about 6:30 p.m. Thursday night near the Dillon Road exit, just east of Indio. The family of four was able to escape the flames without injuries. There’s no word what started

Thursday September 1 marked the one year anniversary since FBI agents raided Palm Springs City Hall serving search warrants along with Riverside and San Bernardino County District Attorneys offices. A year later, News Channel 3 is following the continuing public corruption and ethics investigation into former Mayor Steve Pougnet involving city land sales and business

A new mobile veterans center was unveiled Thursday in Palm Springs by Congressman Raul Ruiz (D)-36th District. The mobile vet center would allow services to become more accessible for veterans in the Coachella Valley and Hemet areas. Ruiz said this was a culmination of two years of work. Jim Hawk, a Vietnam Veteran, said he

September 1 marks the start of childhood cancer awareness month. Shadow Hills High School participated by honoring Riley Rose Sherman, a five-year-old girl diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, and all other children impacted by the disease. Two students at the school shared their triumph over the disease. Doctors diagnosed Yanhely Hernandez and Brianna Conticelli with cancer. Their