Month: August 2017

An overnight earthquake shook the valley early this morning. The USGS says the magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck at 1:12 a.m. near Cabazon. We had at least one call into the newsroom about someone feeling the jolt here in the valley. No reports of any damage or injuries at this time.

Un hombre de San Bernardino fue arrestado el lunes por asalto con un arma mortal despues de que la policía fuera llamada a un incidente de violencia domestica que dejó a una víctima con una herida de puñalada. Poco antes de las 9 p.m. El lunes agentes del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de San

A Brentwood private school chemistry teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student will have to face a judge in Indio, due to unrelated drug charges during Coachella Music Festival. 45-year-old Dr. Aimee Palmitessa, who teaches chemistry Brentwood School, was arrested Friday and booked on a felony statutory rape charge. She posted $230,000 bail

A Los Angeles County resident who attacked another man with a pickax in Palm Springs, leaving him with multiple head wounds, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder and was immediately sentenced to 13 years in state prison. Juan Manuel Hernandez, 23, of Wilmington, attacked the victim last October 7 in the 2000 block of Celestial

Desert Hot Springs Police Corp. Yesenia Barriola es la ganadora y la primera en recibir el premio Vega-Zerebney de Christopher’s Clubhouse. Durante la última decada, Christopher’s Clubhouse ha enseñado a los niños sobre la seguridad y cómo evitar los crímenes de depredación en la ciudad. La organización quería honrar la memoria de los oficiales de

A San Bernardino man was arrested Monday for Assault with a Deadly Weapon after police were called to a domestic violence incident that left one female victim with a stab wound. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Morongo Basin Station responded to the 61000 block of

Some Cathedral City High School got the opportunity to see Monday’s solar eclipse, after sometime in the classroom to learn all about eclipses. Teachers prepared students a week before the celestial event in lessons created by three teachers. The students looked at live feeds from other areas of the country, and modeled how an eclipse

Another job fair was held Monday for prospective employees at downtown Palm Springs’ newest hotel, which will open this fall. Those interested in positions at the Rowan Palm Springs applied at the Palm Springs Convention Center’s Primrose Ballroom. The hotel is seeking to fill about 150 available jobs, including guest service agent, conference service manager,

A Coachella Valley police officer is the first to receive an award made in honor of two fallen Palm Springs Police Officers. Desert Hot Springs Police Corp. Yesenia Barriola is the inaugural recipient of the Vega-Zerebney award from Christopher’s Clubhouse. For the past decade, Christopher’s Clubhouse has taught children about safety and how to avoid

Local MMA fighter Cub Swanson became a father Monday morning at 4:03, with the birth of his first child, Royal Rae Swanson. Killer Cub is 33 years old and 4-0 in his last four UFC fights. He is currently the 4th ranked Featherweight in the world, awaiting his first ever title shot of his career.

Desert Hot Springs police are searching for a man who robbed a pharmacy Monday morning. A man in a mask entered the Hot Springs pharmacy on Palm Drive near Hacienda Avenue and jumped the counter and stole drugs. He jumped back over the counter and was confronted by a customer that was in the store

News Channel 3’s team fanned out across the country to bring you multiple views of Monday’s events. First Alert Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson was in Oregon to watch the eclipse. Check out our other eclipse stories Morning Meteorologist Jerry Steffen witnessed the eclipse in Missouri. Our morning anchor Jeff Stahl traveled to Idaho to see

It’s the first coast to coast eclipse in about a century. Some people who visited Sky’s the Limit Observatory in Twentynine Palms Monday morning say they had the best seats in the desert. “I think this is the best place to be to see such an experience and to see the eclipse,” said Jerome Nevicato

It was a packed house at the Palm Springs Public Library, where volunteers say they ran out of solar eclipse glasses intended for the 550+ eclipse viewers who arrived on Monday morning. Some people arrived as early as 7 a.m. to guarantee themselves a pair. One woman even came from the Philippines to watch it

Rancho Mirage, Xavier Prep and Indio are all ranked in the CIF preseason poll in their respective division with week one of the prep football season set to start on Friday. The Rattlers are ranked No.2 in Division 11, while the Saints are No. 10. And in Division 13, Indio is ranked No. 6. The

One of the best views overlooking the Coachella Valley is the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, over 8,500ft above the valley floor. The tram opened early with the first tram car heading up the mountain at 8:00 a.m. The first 50 people who arrived early received NASA approved viewing glasses to shield their eyes from the

One of two young men who was charged with robbing an Indio discount store and trying to hold up a second business minutes earlier pleaded guilty to the crimes on Monday and was immediately sentenced to five years in state prison. Angel Fernandez, 18, of Coachella, pleaded guilty to the Aug. 8 robbery of the

Two local water agencies announced today that more than 200,000 acre-feet of water has been imported into the Coachella Valley so far this year due to Californina’s wetter-than-usual winter, which should help prevent overdrafting of the aquifer. The Coachella Valley Water District and Desert Water Agency issued a joint statement touting the figure, which is

The Riverside County District Attorney Office has decided to not seek the death penalty in the Robert Pape case. In a statement from John Hall, the Public Information Officer for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, he says “the decision whether or not the seek the death penalty in any such eligible case is made

Varios niños y jóvenes estudiantes de la escuela Jefferson en la ciudad de Indio,tuvieron la oportunidad de mirar el eclipse solar;el cual ocurrió esta mañana en la unión americana. Se estima que mas de 12 millones de personas tuvieron la oportunidad de mirar este eclipse solar,este suceso no ocurre desde 1979. Estos jóvenes estudiantes estuvieron