Month: September 2019

Fire crews continue to contain an eight acre brush fire in Thermal. As of Sunday morning the fire is 90% contained. CAL Fire tells News Channel 3 the blaze was reported just after 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon near Avenue 64 near Jackson street. Containment efforts have now been passed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Hundreds gathered at Rancho las Flores park in Coachella to celebrate Mexico’s Independence Day Saturday evening. The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce and the City of Coachella invited everyone in the community to attend Fiestas Patrias/El Grito, the annual event which features several musical performances, speakers, vendors and activities for families. “I think it’s

Ciylaia Dew is a busy mother of 3, now at home full-time, after serving as a Palm Springs Police officer, and after serving in the Marine Corps with her husband David, who is still on active duty, serving as a Gunnery Sergeant, and now completing a communications class at the base in 29 Palms. “We’ve

Riverside County now has seven vape related illnesses as numbers continue to skyrocket. This comes as Walmart says they will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its stores and Sam’s clubs. The company says it decided to act due to uncertainty surrounding how federal, state and local governments may start to regulate the products. More than

Local residents took part in a worldwide strike calling for more action to be taken by lawmakers in dealing with the climate crisis. The strikes were held three days before the 2019 United Nations Climate Summit in New York City where many world and business leaders will discuss plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in

Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs was surrounded by registered nurses participating in a one-day strike in solidarity with RNs at other Tenet facilities Friday. The picketers, who are members of the California Nurses Association, are demanding a fair contract, with terms that includes management expand nursing staff at hospitals statewide. They say the

A German shepherd dragged behind a pickup truck, suffering injuries to her feet and abdomen, is mostly healed and ready for adoption, according to the Riverside County Department of Animal Services. Agency spokesman John Welsh said that, as of this week, 8-month-old “Beauty” is gaining weight and has largely recovered from the July 29 incident

Coachella Valley vector control officials will be working on multiple fronts this weekend to eradicate growing mosquito infestations in the region that pose a potential risk to public health. Anti-mosquito spraying is set to commence Saturday in parts of Cathedral City and Palm Desert where the invasive, day-biting Aedes aegypti mosquito has gained a foothold.

Two U.S. citizens were taken into custody on suspicion of drug smuggling by El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents near Salton City on Thursday morning. At around 2:45 a.m., a truck occupied by two men approached Border Patrol’s Highway 86 immigration checkpoints. The vehicle, a Ford F-250, was waived along for secondary inspection after a

Riverside County’s unemployment rate edged lower last month, spurred by gains in most sectors of the regional economy, state officials reported Friday. The jobless rate in August, based on preliminary estimates, was 4.6%, compared to 4.8%t in July, according to the California Employment Development Department. Coachella had the highest unemployment rate countywide at 13%, followed

Nurses at two local hospitals were walking picket lines for a planned one-day strike Friday. According to the California Nurses Association, the 921 registered nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs and the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree were planning to hold a one-day strike on Sep. 20 in order to urge