75-year-old Eleanor Elster rests in her room at a Palm Springs convalescent home after a recent one month stay at ManorCare in Palm Desert where she says “somehow” about $1,800 cash, a checkbook, a watch and other items were taken from her. She says she made the claim to management at ManorCare when she left
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A Thermal man must stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, but not on a kidnapping count, a judge ruled today. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Russell Moore found that prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence to hold Elit Barroso Miranda, 36, to answer to three counts of lewd acts with a child
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The Rancho Mirage High School student-athlete we’ve been following since last year, Israel “Izzy” Ramirez is making incredible strides in his recovery after the five severe brain surgeries he had in 2019. We met with Izzy to see how his recovery is going in the new year. He told News Channel 3, he plans to
Continue ReadingWhat Are Clinical Trials, Why Do We Need Them and How Do I Enroll? Thursday, January 9 4 to 5 p.m. La Quinta Library Call 760-423-4855 for more information. Information about the lecture: Clinical trials are important for discovering new treatments for diseases, as well as new ways to detect, diagnose, and reduce the chance of developing
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A person died after a single-vehicle crash in Beaumont over the weekend. The driver’s identity has not been released. At 9:40 p.m.on January 4, Beaumont Police Department officers responded to a report of a traffic collision in the area of Brookside and Beaumont Avenue. Responding officers found that the driver, the sole occupant of the
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A man was arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing agricultural equipment near Mecca. At 7:11 p.m. Monday, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Thermal Station Agriculture Liason attempted a traffic stop on a green 1997 Dodge Ram near the intersection of Avenue 64 and Pierce Street in unincorporated Mecca. The vehicle failed to yield
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California law makers have introduced a stronger measure to outlaw stores selling all flavored tobacco products in the state. This goes further than the federal government’s plan to temporarily ban flavored e-cigarette products that could be lifted if companies can convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that the pods are safe. Rancho Mirage Mayor,
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Back here at home, a lot of uneasiness felt Tuesday as U.S.-Iran tensions have been rising. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil sat down with Fred Wolf, one valley man who survived and escaped the Iran-Iraq war with his family decades ago. He says Suleimani rose in popularity in Iran for his strategic success in battle
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Sunny and mild today with above average highs expected as we sit between two quick moving storm systems. The next system will drop in from the Pacific NW, but is fairly week, and will provided only a few clouds to the Valley, with a slight chance of snow and rain showers in the mountains of
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Just days after the Trump administration announced a partial ban on some e-cigarette pods, California lawmakers have introduced a much stronger measure, with the potential to impact several valley businesses. The new statewide proposal would outlaw store sales of all flavored tobacco products. This would reach far beyond the federal government’s plan, announced last Thursday,
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The Desert Empire League started on Tuesday for boys and girls basketball, as well as boys and girls soccer. There are 24 teams in total with 6 boys basketball, 6 girls basketball, 6 boys soccer and 6 girls soccer. All of them are competing locally for a league championship in what should be a very
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With much of the community in Twentynine Palms centered around the marine base there, it is not yet clear whether any marines are being deployed locally to respond to the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict. But people who live there say they expect to feel impacts either way. “Nobody wants to go to war, like nobody wants
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Indio,Calif. Beatriz Perez es una madre soltera que vive en la ciudad de Indio y hoy tiene mas preguntas que respuestas después que el pasado 19 de octubre del 2018 mataran a su hijo en su propio cuarto. De acuerdo con la investigación Victor Manuel Velasquez Perez se encontraba en su habitación junto a su
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Un hombre de Desert Hot Springs fue arrestado el lunes por la noche en La Quinta por no registrarse como delincuente sexual, así como por otros dos delitos menores. Según el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside, los agentes asignados al Equipo de Aplicación Especial de La Quinta (SET) arrestaron a Julio Hoyas, residente
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Rebecca Modrall was last seen on February 5, 2019. In the 11 months since she was last seen, her family has grown frustrated with the investigation, and they have recently put out a video online expressing these feelings. “I know someone knows something, I know someone knows what happened and I would appreciate if you
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A packed room at the Classic Club in Palm Desert Tuesday as Desert Classic Charities handed out charitable funds to valley groups raised at last year’s Desert Classic golf tournament. With News Channel 3’s John White serving as emcee, 29 local groups received grants totaling $900,000, along with nearly $150,000 from the Berger Foundation. The
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Just in time for your post-holiday shopping, Disneyland unveiled a discounted ticket offer today for Southern California residents. For roughly $67 a day, SoCal residents can buy a three-day, one-park-per-day pass. The three-day pass costs $199, or it can be paired with a DisneyMaxPass for a total of $244. A three-day park-hopper ticket is $254,
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One hundred percent is a theme when it comes to Madison Tremblay. “Hardest worker in the classroom, on the basketball court, and in the film room,” said Rancho Mirage girls basketball coach Rob Cullinan. “She’s a student of the game and I honestly can’t say enough good things about the kid.” That’s just how she
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