Memorial day is a week away, and you can expect this year’s services to look different. “This year is really challenging in that we can’t gather the way that we would like to remember those people that sacrificed their lives for our freedom,” said Fred Bell, vice chairman of the Palm Springs Air Museum. On
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Just days after her victory in a special election to fill 28th State Senate, Republican Melissa Melendez was sworn-in to office. Melendez was sworn-in Monday morning by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at the state capitol building in Sacramento. Senator-elect Melissa Melendez, with her husband Nico Melendez at her side, is sworn into office by Riverside
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Palm Springs High School’s class of 2020 picked up their caps and gowns on Monday. Check out our Salute to the Class of 2020 section for more on grads throughout the valley One student talked to News Channel 3 about what it means to graduate, despite these crazy circumstances. “It’s still a blessing to be
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Riverside University Health System – Public Health ha publicado nuevos datos de coronavirus. El condado no proporcionó actualizaciones este fin de semana por lo que estos números son del viernes 14 de mayo no en de las últimss 24horas como es típico en días laborables. Totales duran tres semanas:4 – 3.563 de mayo11 – 4.180
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The local community is coming together to help a gardener who had his truck stolen while working at a home in Desert Hot Springs Thursday morning. The theft was captured on a surveillance camera. It shows the gardener, identified as Jaime Franco, walking to the home with a tool in hand. Seconds after Franco entered
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Numerosos grupos locales de la agricultura y comunidad se están uniendo para destacar la importancia de la industria agrícola del valle y los trabajadores con la Celebración de la Cosecha de Primavera del Valle de Coachella. La celebración coincide con la Semana de Agricultura del Valle de Coachella, que tiene lugar del lunes 18 de
Continue Reading Numerous local agriculture and community groups are coming together to highlight the importance of the valley’s agricultural industry and farmworkers with the Coachella Valley Spring Harvest Celebration. The celebration coincides with Coachella Valley Agriculture Week which takes place Monday, May 18 through Friday, May 22, 2020. More than 100 different varieties of crops are grown
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Cooler this afternoon than yesterday with high temperatures in the 90s. The cool down brought to us buy a trough of low pressure moving in from the Pacific. This same system is responsible for the west wind that is strengthening through this evening. A Wind Advisory is in effect for the Coachella Valley from 4:00
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The coronavirus pandemic has financially impacted nearly everyone. including city governments. From police to firefighters, to libraries, museums, parks, landscaping and so much more the pandemic is taking a financial toll on services throughout the Coachella Valley. The Coachella Valley, which relies heavily on tourism, has been hit especially hard. Palm Springs is facing a
Continue Reading Riverside University Health System – Public Health has released new coronavirus data. The county did not provide updates this weekend so these numbers are from Friday, May 14 not in the past 24 as is typical on weekdays. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for local coverage Riverside County coronavirus cases grew by 334 since Friday, bringing the total
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Una persona bajo libertad condicional se encuentra en la cárcel hoy dia lunes, sin fianza, acusado de portar un arma y conducir imprudentemente mientras lideraba a la policía en una persecución. La policía dice que Keith Acedo, de 43 años, fue visto conduciendo un Ford Explorer blanco hacia el oeste en Ramon Road a las
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During Monday’s update, Gov. Newsom announced he would be relaxing some criteria for reopening. He said most of the state may be able to reopen more quickly. LIVE NOW: Governor @GavinNewsom provides an update on the state’s response to #COVID19. #YourActionsSaveLives https://t.co/EfWFwvVyZD— Governor Newsom (@CAgovernor) May 18, 2020 Newsom cited a trend of decreasing hospitalizations
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As we all enter another week of trying to isolate ourselves from others, many of us are finding clever new ways to reach out to friends and neighbors.
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Monday morning dozens of students and parents gathered outside the Beaumont Unified School District protesting for a graduation ceremony for seniors. Protestors chanted with signs in hand as they called for more than just a drive-up ceremony. “It’s really frustrating because as a senior we just want to walk. I don’t even care to shake
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Joshua Tree National Park has reopened to visitors for the first time since the April 1 closure. Even before the full closure to visitors, the park had restricted access then due to to concerns of the spreading coronavirus pandemic. Mixed reactions on Monday after an official full day of the reopening of Joshua Tree National
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Friends and fellow small business owners Ashley Busenius Coy and Christine Soto prepared merchandise for shipment at Windmill City Screen Printing in Cathedral City, owned by Busenius Coy and her husband Glen. The t-shirts, hats, bandanas, postcards, stickers and more all feature the slogan “The Sun Will Keep Shining”. “I just wanted to see my
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