Month: July 2019

As high pressure continues to move east, more seasonal temperatures below 110 are expected. Another area of high pressure is expected to build by the end of the weekend. This will mean another surge of monsoonal moisture. Dew points will continue to rise at that point and muggy conditions will be expected. Tuesday and Wednesday

As of Wednesday morning, Palm Springs held the lead in Lifestream’s Nine Cities Blood Challenge. The challenge is held annually across the Coachella Valley to help restock the blood bank amid lower donor participation in the summer months. Half of all cities in the valley have already held their drives, so Palm Springs’ victory is

The Nine Cities challenge is kicking off today at the KESQ News Channel 3 & CBS Local 2 studios in Thousand Palms. Each summer, the Coachella Valley experiences a population exodus, and along with it, a drop in potential blood donors. The local population drops by 30 percent in the summer months, and the remaining

Se ha producido un incendio en un edificio ubicado en el Oasis Resort en Palm Springs. El incendio fue reportado a las 12:10 p.m. Segn los informes, la estructura est ubicada en el bloque 4100 de East Palm Canyon Drive, ubicado cerca del complejo Parker. No hay informacin sobre cmo se desat el incendio. Ni

Laser Oasis in La Quinta will be closing its doors at the end of this month, owners announced earlier this month. Reached via email, owner Patrick Cavanaugh added “There is not much else to say. The rent is just too high (plus) the debt the owner incurred building the business does not make it possible

A wildfire in Mecca that has blackened 80 acres was completely contained Wednesday morning The non-injury blaze broke out for unknown reasons about 10:50 Friday morning near Lincoln Street and Avenue 66, according to the Riverside County Fire Department, initially prompting firefighters to request that power lines be deactivated in the area. Crews were able

A Palm Springs man was arrested Wednesday morning after leading law enforcement on a lengthy pursuit that spanned several desert cities and ended in Indian Wells. The suspect, who has not been identified, began to lead California Highway Patrol officers on a chase on Interstate 10 westbound in Coachella at around 9:30 a.m. this morning.

A Desert Hot Springs man who allegedly stabbed his sister in the face is due back in court Wednesday. Juan Angel Lopez, 38, is scheduled to appear this morning for a trial-readiness conference. He’s accused of attacking his sister on Dec. 7, 2017 at a transient camp in the Desert Hot Springs. After the two

The Beaumont Police Department arrested four people accused of running a funeral panhandling scam. According to a Facebook post by Beaumont PD, the group was asking for money from drivers over the weekend along the area of 1st Street and Beaumont Avenue. Beaumont PD wrote that when a member of the department’s Multiple Enforcement Team

A Palm Springs rental car company found quite the surprise when employees checked inside one of the company’s returned cars Tuesday. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, an unidentified rental car company on Civic Drive found a grenade inside a rental car and reported it to officers at around 12:30 p.m. The Riverside County

Martha’s Village and Kitchen will host its monthly federal food distribution program for community members in need. The USDA food distribution event will take place on Wednesday, July 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at 83791 Date Avenue in Indio. Fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, and other essential items will be provided at no

Construction is underway on a conversion project along Indian Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs. The well-known Indian Canyon one-way street, traffic traveling north, is converting to a two-way. “There’ll be two northbound lanes, a center turning lane, and a southbound lane,” said Marcus Fuller, assistant city manager/city engineer for Palm Springs. It’s a change

Nearly three years after the deaths of two Palm Springs Police officers in the line of duty, stories continue to emerge about their legacy and sacrifice in the community. Unit 48 was the last car Lesley Zerebny drove for PSPD before she and fellow officer Gil Vega gave their lives in service on Oct. 8,

A planned indoor playground for kids in Rancho Mirage is running into some hurdles as it prepares to set up shop. There’s a lot of playground equipment and toys at Kids Clubhouse, but no kids playing. “I feel like this is a 10,000 square foot play structure storage space. That’s how I feel,” Aileen Lin,

Hoy continuarán las fumigaciones vía helicóptero para erradicar mosquitos debido a que los virus transmitidos por medio de los insectos continúan siendo detectados en grandes cantidades en el Valle de Coachella, según comentaron las autoridades . La decisión se tomó despues de la noticia la semana pasada de que Robert Mears , de 74 años

New data given to News Channel 3 from the Coachella Valley Water District shows how many people have attempted to trespass and swim in Whitewater River at a popular bridge spot since the beginning of summer. The Coachella Valley Water District has hired a private security firm this summer to help enforce the “no trespassing”

A Bermuda Dunes man accused of raping a developmentally disabled woman failed to make a court appearance today at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, prompting a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest. Gabriel Ortiz, 25, is accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman, identified only as Jane Doe in court documents, in

Firefighters were working today toward full containment of an 80-acre wildfire that has been burning in Mecca since late last week. The non-injury blaze broke out for unknown reasons about 10:50 a.m. Friday near Lincoln Street on Avenue 66, according to the Riverside County Fire Department, initially prompting firefighters to request that power lines be

A brush fire that broke out near Lincoln Street and Avenue 66 in Mecca has burned 80 acres and is 98% contained. The blaze, which was reported at 10:49 a.m., has already engulfed one structure, a “small outbuilding” according to Cal Fire. The building had been abandoned and had reportedly burned several times over the