Month: September 2017

The week 3 high school football season provided a lot of excitement on the gridiron, especially in our Game of the Week between La Quinta and Rancho Mirage. Game of the Week: La Quinta – 21 (1-1) @ Rancho Mirage – 38 (3-0) Twentynine Palms – 39 (3-0) @ Xavier Prep – 28 (1-2) Murrieta

Desert Regional Medical Center’s ER is closed due to a power interruption, patients arriving are being sent to other hospitals. According to Richard Ramhoff, the public information officer for Desert Regional, the hospital is running on backup generator power, everything is currently on. The power interruption was caused due to the failure of a transformer

The lawyer for Christopher Lee, the former Marine convicted last year of murdering Erin Corwin of Twentynine Palms in 2014 and dumping her body down a mine shaft, filed an appeal Thursday with the 4th Appellate Court District Division 2. Lee’s attorney, Richard de la Sota, spoke with News Channel 3’s Karen Devine by phone

Along with his Palm Springs restaurant, Azul Georgie’s Alibi, George Kessinger said his other home is south Florida. Having lived and owned a bar in Fort Lauderdale for more than 40 years, he said throughout that time he has experienced his fair share of hurricanes. “All I remember, in most of them, is just mountains

Valley children are heading back to school this month, which means local districts are gearing up to welcome students back for the new school year. This includes making sure all school buses are safe before hitting the road. “As you can imagine, this is extremely important work on this side,” Clayton Hill, Director of Maintenance,

One day after the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA – the program that protects about 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as kids – some residents are pushing for Indio to become a sanctuary city. The topic was be brought up by dozens of folks at Wednesday night’s Indio City Hall meeting,

September is National Preparedness Month and residents of Riverside County are encouraged to prepare for disasters by registering with an alert program. With the latest string of deadly hurricanes, wildfires across California and the massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake that just struck Mexico, It’s a good reminder to be prepared… News Channel 3 and CBS Local

CBS Local 2’s Kelley Moody visited with residents of the Whitewater Canyon who formerly expressed fears for their homes and their lives. Visitors flocking to the river illegally during the hot summer months pose an extreme fire risk. The canyon is part of a fire closure issued by CAL FIRE and the Bureau of Land

The Coachella Valley was marked by several weather events Friday afternoon. Showers and storms moved northeast over the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountains and across the valley.Pouring down some valley cities like Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and Cathedral City. Will this activity extend into the weekend? Rain activity is expected over the

Un individuo de Indio que presuntamente robó en la tienda Cosco en La Quinta y amenazó a un empleado con un cuchillo se declaró no culpable en la corte. Ralph Cervantes de 41 años es acusado de robarse mercancía a las 12:40 p.m. del miercoles en la tienda antes mecionada. Cervantes supuestamente amenazó a uno

A cancer patient whose therapy dog was taken from her at a downtown Riverside apartment complex is desperate to get him back and offering a reward for the canine’s return. “Clyde,” a 3-year-old Chihuahua-terrier mix, was snatched on the evening of August 9 in the 3400 block of Lime Street, according to Riverside police. Detective

A Thousand Palms woman is dead after authorities say the car she was driving swerved lanes, striking a guard rail on the I-10 and was then hit by two vehicles – a big rig and a car. It happened shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday, on the 1-10, west of SR-111 near Whitewater. The woman identified

It has been 10 months since Christ Lutheran Church in Desert Hot Springs was flooded causing major damage to the building. Now, the church has completely renovated and refurbished it’s interior like new. New hardwood floors replaced the original carpet and new furniture replaced the ones that were ruined by the floodwaters. The church suffered

An Indio man who allegedly robbed the Costco in La Quinta and threatened an employee with a knife pleaded not guilty to charges of robbery and a knife use allegation. Ralph Cervantes, 41, is accused of stealing merchandise at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday from the store. Read original story Cervantes allegedly brandished a knife at a

Authorities are asking for the public’s help after a San Diego woman who went missing over the Labor Day weekend. 37-year-old Julia Jacobson, a Normal Heights resident was last seen at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday at a 7-Eleven store in the 9600 block of Aero Drive in Serra Mesa. She was with her wheaten terrier,

Two workers had to be taken to the hospital Friday morning after a bee attack in Palm Springs It happened around 8:00 a.m. at Atlantic Aviation next to the Palm Springs airport. Lance Davis with Killer Bee Live Removal says the attack happened as the workers were cleaning up dry vegetation in the area. The

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) El huracán Katia se fortalecía el viernes conforme avanzaba hacia la costa del Golfo de Mexico. Los pronósticos es que toque tierra casi un día despues de que el país fuera sacudido por un sismo de magnitud 8,1 que dejó al menos 32 fallecidos y diversas vividas y negocios derruidos. El

A Cal Fire firefighter based out of Fire Station 33 in Palm Desert is now stuck in Hurricane Irma’s path of destruction on the islands of Turks and Caicos. Joshua Livingston has been vacationing on the island for his birthday. “You know, I’m anxious about the storm. I’ve never been through a hurricane.I have an

Police placed an alleged shoplifter into custody after he allegedly robbed the Costco in La Quinta. Our crew spoke with witnesses and they say the man had a shopping cart full of items outside the store. Employees believed he had stolen the items and called the police. That is when the man became agitated and