Cathedral City, CALIF– An early morning completely destroyed a home in the Dream homes neighborhood in Cathedral City Monday morning. It happened just after midnight on Santa Barbara drive. Firefighters say the house was a total loss with houses on either side of the home showing signs of heat damage. “We did have fire on
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The average high temperature this time of year is 108°. This weekend has remained hot with Sunday being the hottest day. Through the coming week, temperatures will be relatively cooler, dropping below average. A weak trough will develop along the west coast cooling temperatures through Thursday. Winds this evening through Monday morning will be gusty.
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Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree is honoring the life of George Floyd with a memorial scholarship to help three students pay for their college education this fall. As the conversation around police brutality and racial inequality sparks up nationwide after the death of George Floyd, Copper Mountain College is honoring their students. “Our students of
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Cathedral City police are investigating a fatal crash after a car struck a pedestrian Saturday night. The crash happened around 8 p.m. in the area of Ramon road and Whispering Palms Trail. When police arrived on scene they found a man suffering from major injuries. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
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Authorities are investigating a hit and run crash in Thousand Palms that sent one woman to the hospital. The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on Varner and Manufacturing road. The California Highway Patrol says they initially received reports of a woman lying in the middle of the road at that intersection. The woman was
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Police said Saturday evening their search has ended for an inmate who escaped from the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio. The man was arrested Friday for stealing $140,000 from an armored car in Indio. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. spokeswoman said 35-year-old Angel Felipe Aleman escaped just before 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Residents
Continue Reading Today, Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 114°. The average for this time of year is 108°. Temperatures will warm up another degree or two by Sunday before reaching closer to average again by next week. Sixteen days in a row have been above average. Palm Springs International Airport recorded a record high temperature
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Last week governor Newsom said churches and places of worship can no longer have indoor services. Some local churches are now having to worship outdoors in triple-digit heat here in the valley or go back to online sermons only. News Channel 3 met with some local church leaders on how they’re continuing to adjust to
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As the conversation around police brutality and racial inequity continues nationwide. Palm Springs city council held their first online listening session on policing, racism, discrimination and related issues. Palm Springs city council opened the door for discussion by starting their virtual meeting quoting late civil rights congressman, John Lewis. Grace Garner quoted John Lewis “Our
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A man is behind bars after he reportedly stole a deposit bag from an armed car in Indio Friday afternoon. It happened around 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a McDonalds on Highway 111. That’s where police say they found 36-year-old Angel Felipe Aleman heading southbound. Aleman was later found outside a home on
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UPDATE: The Riverside County Sheriff’s department confirmed 1 person was found in the car after Firefighters extinguished the flames. The Sheriff’s Department is investigating this death as suspicious. Anybody with additional information is urged to call sheriff’s Central Homicide Investigator Mendoza at 951-955-277 Original Story – 7/18/20 Thermal, CALIF.- Riverside County Sheriff Deputies have blocked
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, died. He was 80. Lewis’ death was confirmed by a House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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El Departamento de Policía de Desert Hot Springs está investigando un doble tiroteo de principios de esta semana como homicidio después de que una de las víctimas sucumbió a sus heridas.El tiroteo ocurrió el martes alrededor de las 11:54 p.m. en el área de Santa Cruz Road y West Drive. Los oficiales llegaron a la
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The coronavirus pandemic has been brutal to many businesses, especially local hotels and inns. In a typical year, the summer months can be a financial drain, with the heat keeping visitors away and ongoing maintenance upkeep. The financial pain has only been amplified by the coronavirus effects, which is what one Palm Springs inn keeper
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El inicio de clases para todos los estudiantes del valle de Coachella será de manera virtual, pero esta decisión pone a muchas familias hispanas en un dilema ya que temen que no estén preparadas para apoyar el aprendizaje a distancia. Guadalupe Javier tiene 6 hijos en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Palm Springs. El dice
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500 local seniors received care packages Friday morning at the Indio Senior Center. The packages included food, water, face masks, hand sanitizers, and sunscreen. Organizers said the event is great for the senior community. “We miss them here at our Indio Senior Center for sure and some of them are stuck at home so to
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A 12-year-old girl who ran away from a group home in Calimesa more than two months ago may have been spotted in the Coachella Valley this week, authorities said today. Witnesses reported seeing a girl matching the description of Genevieve “Lexi” Brinson on Tuesday in a commercial area in the 72000 block of Varner Road,
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The Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside has reopened its doors. This comes a little over three months after more than 80 patients were forced to evacuate it when most of the staff failed to show up. Shortly after the evacuation, officials confirmed there were 34 known coronavirus cases found among the residents and
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