Month: May 2019

North Indian Canyon drive has reopened at the wash in Palm Springs. The major thoroughfare connecting Palm Springs to Interstate 10 and Desert Hot Springs shut down at 11:41 a.m. Tuesday morning due to reduced visibility and blowing sand, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. The roadway reopened at 3:01 p.m. The road closure

The Palm Springs City Council voted not to reopen a long-time night club two months after shutting it down for violating security code. Councilmembers met to consider a new request by Zelda’s Nightclub management to operate in the Sun Center. Councilmembers Lisa Middleton, Geoff Kors, and Robert Moon voted to revoke the conditional use permit

Los funcionarios del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Coachella Valley respondieron a preguntas el miercoles acerca de un estudiante con necesidades especiales que fue dejado en un vehículo escolar el lunes. El estudiante, un niño de 4 años de edad, fue trasladado a un hospital local para ser revisado y fue “aprobado medicamente” despues de la

A family member of a Coachella couple who was fatally struck by an alleged street racer on May 17 has shared footage of the crash with News Channel 3. Jose Prieto, 75, and Sofia Prieto, 74, died from injuries sustained during Friday’s crash. The accident, which occurred near the intersection of Grapefruit Boulevard and Mitchel

Hasta el viernes, la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE. UU. Tenía más de 16,000 personas bajo custodia, muchas de las cuales se encuentran en instalaciones súper pobladas. Este es el resultado de un número record de detenciones de la Patrulla Fronteriza: 500,000 en lo que va del año. Ayer fuimos testigos de un grupo de migrantes

Officials at Coachella Valley Unified School District responded to questions Wednesday about a special needs student left in a school vehicle Monday. The student, a 4-year-old boy, was taken to a local hospital to be checked out and was “medically cleared” after the evaluation. In a written statement provided to News Channel 3, CVUSD’s Assistant

A security guard at Mountain View Middle School in Beaumont is hospitalized after being apparently struck by lightning Wednesday. School district spokesperson Francinni Zabata confirmed “The employee was conscious and taken to an area hospital to be treated.” The security guard was holding an umbrella after school was dismissed when he was struck. A second

A coyote puppy rescued after being found lost and starving in Thousand Palms last week has died. “Unfortunately, I received a call from the nonprofit organization that was caring for the pup. The coyote pup did not make a comeback. It died overnight after it was impounded last Friday,” wrote John Welsh, spokesman for the

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are cracking down on street racing in Coachella. On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Department sent out a release detailing the arrest of five alleged street racers in the city of Coachella in May. One of the alleged racers, 27-year-old Estavan Jesus Donato, was arrested on Friday for allegedly causing an accident which

Gene Autry Trail reopened to traffic Wednesday morning after being closed due to blowing sand and dust Tuesday afternoon. Only Indian Canyon Drive remained closed to all traffic through the Whitewater Wash in Palm Springs, according to Palm Springs Police. Incident Type: Roadway openAddress/Location: Gene Autry Tr through the WashToday’s Date: 05-22-2019Current Time: 06:07:26Preliminary Incident

Un niño fue hospitalizado el lunes despues de que lo dejaron en un autobús del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Coachella Valley por “un tiempo considerable”, según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside. El niño no sufrió ninguna lesión y recibió la autorización medica despues de ser evaluado en un

UPDATE: 5/22 3:00 P.M. – Indian Canyon Drive reopens at wash following sand closure *** North Indian Canyon Drive has closed at the wash in Palm Springs. The closure is due to reduced visibility and blowing sand, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. PSPD announced that the major thoroughfare connected Palm Springs to Interstate

Los oficiales del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside están tomando medidas mas agresivas contra las carreras clandestinas en Coachella. El miercoles, el Departamento del Sheriff envió un comunicado que detallaba el arresto de cinco presuntos sujetos que participaban en este delito en la ciudad de Coachella en mayo. Uno de los presuntos corredores, Estavan Jesus

Se reinicia incendio en Thermal , que habia sido contendio en su totalidad. Inician evacuaciones de por lo menos un parque de casas móbiles. Según Cal Fire, equipos de bomberos se encuentran actualmente en la escena del incendio que se informó por primera vez el 18 de mayo a las 10:53 p.m. cerca de la

UPDATE: 4-year-old special needs student left in CVUSD vehicle for hours, district responds *** A child was hospitalized Monday after being left in a Coachella Valley Unified School District vehicle for a “substantial length of time”, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department news release. The child did not suffer any injuries and was medically

The federal government highlighted the work of Sunline Transit Agency Tuesday, for its efforts to promote and provide education on green technology. Inside the Sunline Transit learning center, you’ll see examples of hydrogen energy already powering a majority of its buses. “It’s a culmination of what the agency has been doing as a first, one

If you haven’t made it around to some of the Desert X art installations, you may still have a chance. While the artistic treasure hunt was supposed to be over in April, some of the exhibits are still here and may be sticking around permanently. Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, and

A neighbor is sharing exclusive video with News Channel 3 of Saturday’s standoff between deputies and a man who barricaded himself inside his home in Rancho Mirage. Nathan Perkins has a front-facing security camera on his home that captured the entire incident. He watched law enforcement agencies work together through his security camera app after

It was a shocking scene off the 215 Freeway in Riverside last Thursday afternoon, when an F-16 jet crashed into a warehouse, moments after the pilot ejected. The impact of the crash was also felt at the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs, according to Laura Castillo, the agency’s Director of Nutrition. “It kind of

Amelia Earhart Elementary School was awarded the Coachella Valley Spotlight Grant in December of 2018. Since then, they’ve built a makerspace in the library, intended to enhance the teacher and student learning experience. With the $25,000 from the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation and additional funding from the district, the library was transformed. New