The city of Palm Springs will be holding a Special City Council meeting this week to gather public input on the planned downtown arena project. Palm Springs City Communications Director Amy Blaisdell issued a news release Monday on the planned event. The meeting is slated for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention
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California Senator Kamala Harris has dropped out of the Presidential race, according to CBS News. Harris announced her campaign for the land’s highest office in January 2019. Harris served as California’s attorney general from 2011-2017 and became senator in 2018. Prior to that, she was the district attorney for the city and county of San
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A quick-moving area of low pressure will bring rain to the Coachella Valley, and snow to the higher elevations of SoCal overnight into Wednesday. The rain is likely to start after about midnight and linger into Wednesday afternoon, drying up after 4 p.m. Your morning commute is likely to be the wettest part of the
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Police and firefighters were on the scene of a head-on collision at the I-10 Highway 62 interchange Tuesday morning. The California Highway Patrol says the wreck happened at 6:52 a.m. Wreckage from a truck and a sedan were blocking the Interstate 10 eastbound to Highway 62 northbound lanes toward the high desert. The CHP said
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Palm Springs Police confirmed Tuesday morning that they were investigating a student who posted a non-specific threat against schools on social media Monday, but that the student stated he never intended to shoot anyone. In an update sent out at 9:30 a.m., PSPD announced that they, in conjunction with CCPD, arrested the juvenile connected to
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Antonio Banderas will be honored at the 31st Palm Springs International Film Festival with the International Star Award. Banderas joins past recipients including Helen Mirren, Saoirse Ronan, Gary Oldman, Nicole Kidman, and Javier Bardem. The actor will receive the honor for his performance in Pain and Glory, which premiered in Spain in March, and was
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be over, but now it’s officially #GivingTuesday: a day to give back to the community and consider donating to your favorite charity. FIND Food Bank distributes more than 12 million pounds of food annually to an average of 90,000 individuals, including thousands right here in the Coachella Valley. Donating
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Monday marked 4 years since the San Bernardino terror attack when 14 people were killed in a mass shooting. Since then, the community has shown its resilience and strength, building a memorial a few blocks from where the 14 lives were claimed. Five of those victims were alumni of California State University San Bernardino, where
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There was a heavy police presence in a neighborhood near Highway 111 and Deep Canyon in Palm Desert on Monday evening. Callers into the News Channel 3 newsroom reported hearing shots fired in that area at approximately 7:30 p.m. Deputies said they found no evidence of any shooting or a victim, but they did find
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Some showers will be possible by late Tuesday night. Temperatures will be closer to normal again heading into Tuesday. Then, an area of low pressure and cold front will drop temperatures and bring back rain to Southern California. Isolated showers will be possible by late Tuesday night. Widespread showers are expected to begin during the
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A Yucca Valley man died on Sunday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a lengthy barricade which ended after deputies utilized a robot to clear their entry into the suspect’s residence. 52-year-old David Rodrigue was pronounced dead a residence on the 58100 block of Pimlico Street which was at the center of the barricade.
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A 38-year-old Utah man has been found guilty of first-degree murder for fatally burning his mother in Indio last year. Israel Ramirez Guardado, who acted as his own attorney, offered his summation this afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The jury deliberated for about an hour before reaching their verdict. #GUARDADOTRIAL #Verdict has
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On December 2, 2015, 14 people lost their lives in a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. Monday, the community is coming together to remember the victims of the tragedy. At 3PM, a Day of Remembrance memorial ceremony will be held at the Cal State San Bernardino main campus. At 10
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Another storm is set to roll through the desert this week, which could heavily impact local storm drains. “Whenever you got a drain clogged and there’s no capacity left for the water to go, then you got the overflow and the flooding,” Terri Kasinga with Caltrans said. A similar example happened last week on Thanksgiving.
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