Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 754 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 58,932. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) What’s Open In Riverside County? Restaurants indoors (max 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer)All retail indoors (max 50% capacity)Shopping centers
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of the seven Laotian nationals killed in a shootout at an illegal marijuana growing operation in Aguanga earlier this month. The male victims were identified as Khamphour Nanthavongdovane, 53, and Vikham Silimanotham, 64. The female victims were identified as Phone Chankhamany, 54, Khamtoune Silimanotham, 59, Souphanh
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The general election is weeks away and local candidates are revving up their efforts to appeal to voters. California’s 42nd district state assembly seat is up for grabs. Current Assemblyman Chad Mayes is running for reelection after having served 6 consecutive years in the state legislature. San Jacinto Mayor Andrew Kotyuk is running against Mayes,
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OpenCALNOW, a group of elected leaders from Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties, held a news conference Monday morning in Riverside to advocate for the safe reopening of all businesses in all three counties. Riverside County District 5 Supervisor Jeff Hewitt, who recently proposed is own reopening plan which will be revisited on October 6,
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Riverside County is moving into the second week in the red “Substantial” tier of reopening. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay finds out what is currently keeping us from moving into the next tier and what that next tier would look like. “We’re going in the right direction,” Jose Arballo, the senior public information specialist at
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A Cathedral City resident is sending aid to the Berry Creek community after the North Complex West Zone fire ripped through the town just a few miles from Paradise. The fire has been burning since last month scorching over 84 thousand acres of land with only 88 percent containment. News Channel’s Dani Romero has more
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Governor Gavin Newsom is delivering an update at noon Monday on the state of California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing wildfires. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: 2 new California wildfires burn nearly 10,000 acres in a day and force evacuations Two new wildfires
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The mat in front of her apartment door reads “home sweet home”, but for Karen Robinson the place where she has lived for three years has been anything but. Just outside her door, in the stairwell, a vomit stain is left behind weeks after someone got sick. The original spill was captured on her camera.
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A Heat Advisory for Coastal areas through the Inland Empire is overlaid with a Red Flag Warning, as high continue at well above normal levels. High pressure over the Great Basin and Four Corners States will keep a very stable, warm weather pattern in place all week. As nearby wildfires continue to shrink, the smoke
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Update: 9/28/20 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a body was found in the Whitewater River off Highway 111 on Sunday. No foul play is suspected. Details: Body found in the Whitewater River Sunday evening ============== Original Article 9/27/20: A swift water rescue team was called out to an incident in Palm Springs Sunday
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams proved they’re difficult to contain once Jared Goff and Aaron Donald find their groove. If only that had happened much earlier than the second half against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Making the second of back-to-back visits to the East Coast, the travel-weary Rams fell just
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Bars throughout Riverside County have been at a disadvantage during the pandemic as the state slowly releases guidelines to reopen. Last week, the county entered the state’s ‘Substantial’ red tier, after having spent more than a month in the ‘Widespread’ purple tier. The move allowed certain closures to free up with limitations, including allowing restaurants
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Above average temperatures persist. There were only three days in September that were not above average. Offshore winds pick up on Monday, paired with low humidity and above average temperature, causing for a Red Flag Warning. Temperatures warm up even more as the week goes on.
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Churches and places of worship were able to open up their doors again for in-person services this weekend. Churches were asked to close indoor services back in July due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. Now that we’re in the red tier of reopening, Riverside churches and other places of worship can reopen indoors at
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The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force arrested a 21-year-old man in Desert Hot Springs, after conducting a search warrant at a residence on Paintbrush Trail. It happened at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Officers say they recovered an illegally manufactured AR-15 Rifle, ammunition, and suspected cocaine. The man arrested was booked at the Larry
Continue ReadingSeptember is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease past infancy for American children. It’s why KESQ is partnering with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Coachella Valley for the second year. According to St. Jude, treatments invented at its hospital have
Continue Reading Saturday, Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 103°. Sunday will remain very similar. The average temperature now sitting at 96° but the triple digits can be expected all through the coming week. A ridge of high pressure in the Pacific Northwest will eventually slide over Arizona. This will increase our temperatures this coming week.
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The majority of this month has brought above average temperatures to the desert. Today was no different. Seasonal average for Palm Springs is 97°, we hit 103°. The above average trend continues all week long with temperatures staying above 100°, warming even more as the week goes on. Because temperatures will be above average, humidity
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SALTON SEA, Calif. – On Saturday morning three valley high school students set out on the Salton Sea, kayaking from one side to the other in an effort to raise awareness on the environmental plight and public health issues brought on by California’s largest lake. Palm Desert High School senior Layton Jones, Desert Mirage High
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Alyssa Torres is making a difference in the town she grew up in. “I wanted this to be about giving back to my old school,” Torres told News Channel 3. The current senior at La Quinta High School coordinated a supply drive to help out her alma mater, Saul Martinez Elementary School in Mecca. “I
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