Month: September 2018

It’s the 5th week of the high school football season and Desert Valley League play is underway with four games, featuring the eight teams in the new DVL. Below is the full game schedule for this week, including four Thursday night games. All games start at 7:00 p.m. unless changed. Thursday 9/13 Indio – 42

The first session of a free six-week crash course on becoming a “foodpreneur” begins today, kicking off a weekly course in Indio that will show locals the ropes on starting their own food business. “The Whole Kitchen Sink” is a hands-on class offering tips on kickstarting a food business, which will give prospective “foodpreneurs” a

Week 5 of the local high school football season has wrapped up. Teams at home had a good week, most of those teams won by blowouts. Check out the highlights and final scores below. Thursday 9/13 Indio – 42 at Cathedral City – 35 Murrieta Mesa – 48 at La Quinta – 7 Desert Hot

A man was shot dead and found in a car in the City of Perris Sunday. Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriffs Office are now searching for a Moreno Valley man who they say pulled the trigger. Deputies say Enrique Lazaro-Valenica is wanted for murder and they consider him armed and dangerous. The shooting happened

A local group of veterans made the trip from Pasadena City College to partake in a three day immersive program in the mountains designed to help veterans with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries. The veterans helped to clear fire debris and learned how to work with horses. The program is offered through the Living Free

On Sunday the City of Coachella celebrated “El Grito” at the Rancho Las Flores Park in Coachella. Thousands of locals attended the event. “It’s a special day for Mexico. There’s a lot of free stuff, food, music…and it’s just fun to be around here and enjoy everything that they have,” said Yolanda Villejas, a local

Charlie Reiter had a high school career that will be remembered for a long time here in the valley as he led Palm Desert to runner-up at the State Championship while also getting to play on the PGA Tour as a 17-year-old when he teed off at the Career Builder Challenge. Now this weekend he

Palm Springs grad Mary Lake is considered by many to be the best volleyball talent to ever play in the Coachella Valley and she continues to make a name for herself nationwide with #1 ranked BYU. The Cougars took on instate rival Utah last week and Lake made a play that reached ESPN. In 2014

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested three people suspected of drunk driving over the weekend. The arrests happened during a “saturation patrol” between Friday night and early Saturday morning. During that time, three suspects were arrested, nine citations were issued in connection with other vehicle code violations, and four vehicles were towed away in the

Tom Jaskulski was the founder and director of the Riverside County Sheriff’s dive team. He had extensive experience in the water, leading more than 100 dive missions, serving as a volunteer diving safety officer for the National Park Service and assisting in underwater research to monitor endangered fish species. That’s why the Jaskulski family was

Cocaine was found hidden at a middle school in Central California. It happened on Friday at Carl F. Smith Middle School in Terra Bella near Fresno. That’s where Tulare County sheriffs deputies say a 13-year-old is accused of bringing the drug to campus and hiding it on the playground inside of balloons. A group of

The College of the Desert volleyball team is one of the best in their program’s history and have a chance this season to accomplish feats not yet achieved. The Roadrunners are off to a 7-1 start under co-head coaches Rothe and Marion Champion (7th season) and are led by a local sophomore trio in Nicole

Three people are recovering after a rollover crash in Blythe. It happened on Interstate 10 near Mesa Drive on Friday at 11 p.m. Officials tell us three people were injured with one requiring extrication from the car. Two of the victims were airlifted to a nearby hospital while the other was taken by ambulance. The

A single-story home in Coachella is destroyed after a fire broke out early Saturday morning. The property now appears abandoned with remaining signs of smoke, charred palm trees and a hollowed out interior from fire damage. Riverside County Firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire at the 52000 block of Harrison St./Cesar Chavez around

A pedestrian has been hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle in Desert Hot Springs. The accident was reported at around 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Palm Drive and Hacienda Avenue. Road are now reopen. According to Doria Wilms, public information officer for the Desert Hot Springs Police Department, the pedestrian suffered non-life threatening

The longest married couple in the United States lives here in the valley, and they’re celebrating their 83rd wedding anniversary on Sunday. Ralph and Dorothy Kohler got married on September 16th, 1935. They were 16 and 17 years old at the time. This year, the couple celebrated their 99th and 100th birthdays this year. Reporter

Thanks to a “Lamar Advertising” and an anonymous donor, a billboard is up featuring the faces of some of our valley’s youngest victims of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer. The local non-profit Desi Strong Foundation isn’t disclosing the location. They want people to find it and take a selfie with it. The first five

Week 5 is in the books, now it’s your turn to help us find out what is “Play of the Week” Vote below from our top three nominees. Winners will be announced Monday at 6 on News Channel 3 and remember to watch the Best Local Sports Show with Blake and Cody every Friday at

Two local men are responding to Tropical Storm Florence’s wrath as it continues to destroy homes and knock down power for hundreds of thousands on the East Coast. A Desert Hot Springs man is in an emergency operations center in Virginia. He’s employed with American Red Cross and is helping shelter displaced families. Meanwhile, a