This week, Senate Republicans unveiled their roughly $1 trillion stimulus proposal, called the HEALS Act, which includes a $400 cut in “enhanced unemployment benefits” and will serve as an opening bid for bipartisan-negotiations with Democrats. Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz joined Peter Daut during our 6:30 pm newscast on CBS Local 2 and Fox 11
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Four men previously convicted in the murder of a retired Palm Springs art dealer will each represent themselves in their retrial. Kaushal Niroula, Daniel Garcia, Miguel Bustamante, and David Replogle made their first court appearance in June. All four are serving life sentences in the brutal murder of Clifford Lambert, 74, for financial gain. Clifford
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Tens of millions of Americans are out of work, some anxiously awaiting a decision on whether expanded unemployment payments will continue. Negotiations continued Tuesday night on Capitol Hill between Democrats and White House officials, as they tried to hammer out a phase four coronavirus bill. Democrats want to extend the payments as is, $600 per
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A tan solo una semanas del fallo de la Corte Suprema de mantener el programa de DACA vivo, la administración del Presidente Donald Trump anunció hoy que no aceptarán nuevas aplicaciones. Martínez es un joven de 16 años quien llegó a los Estados unidos a la edad 1 año de México y vive en el
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The Cathedral City Police Department confirmed that a single-vehicle rollover is a fatal incident. The crash was reported at around 4:58 p.m. in the area of Date Palm Drive and Varner Road, north of Varner Road. Police confirmed Date Palm was closed in both directions from I-10 to Varner for several hours. The coroner’s office
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the man found dead inside a burning vehicle in Thermal last week. Authorities were initially called to a vehicle fire call at around 1:40 a.m. on July 18 in the area of Avenue 57 and Pierce Street. A body was found inside the vehicle after the
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The woman who sued Cathedral City and its former police chief reached a $500,000 settlement, newly obtained court documents reveal. In April 2019, Cathedral City Police Department Dispatcher Loran Candelas sued the city, and its then police chief Travis Walker. Candelas accused Walker sexually assaulted her at the Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells in October
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A big rig rolled over on the westbound side of Interstate 10 east of Dillon Road in Coachella Tuesday afternoon. The driver told News Channel 3 he is okay, however, both lanes on the westbound side are blocked by the big rig on its side. Traffic is flowing as cars are getting around the accident
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Similar to Monday, temperatures climbed into the one-teens this afternoon. Palm Springs recorded a high of 115° — two degrees warmer than yesterday. An average high for the date is 108°. An Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect at 11:00 a.m. Thursday for temperatures that could climb to 120° through Saturday. Extreme heat can significantly
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Cases Changes Today There were 723 new cases reported since Monday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 35,910. Last four Tuesday case totals: June 29 – 17,296July 7 – 21,101July 14 – 26,481July 21 – 30,890 The doubling rate was at 26.7 days as of July 27. This is
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UPDATE – DHSPD Located Arthur Molina and say he is safe. ——————————– The Desert Hot Springs Police Departement is asking for the public’s help in finding Arthur Costa Molina, a 71-year-old with cognitive health issues who was last seen Monday morning. Molina is described as: Asian male adult5 feet, 5 inches tall135 pounds with a
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A motorist was injured today in a rollover crash that temporarily closed state Route 74 west of Mountain Center. The wreck happened about 11 a.m. on the eastbound side of the two-lane highway, just south of Old Control Road, within the San Bernardino National Forest, according to the California Highway Patrol. The agency said the
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Con el potencial de los incendios forestales, los terremotos y las inundaciones ademas de los riesgos que existen mientras vivimos una pandemia, ahora más que nunca todos necesitamos estar preparados.”Estamos en la línea de la falla de San Andreas y mucha gente piensa que no va a suceder, ¿qué tal Ridgecrest el fin de semana
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El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside confirmó el lunes que el sospechoso de un enfrentamiento que duró horas el viernes era buscado en relación con un homicidio.Rubén Esquivel, de 31 años, de Coachella fue arrestado el viernes por la noche despues que se atrinchero durante horas en una resdiencia en Thermal. Los hechos
Continue Reading With the potential of wildfires, earthquakes and flooding on top of living in a pandemic, now more than ever we all need to be prepared. Drop, cover and hold on! Do you know what to do in case of an emergency or natural disaster? “We sit on the San Andreas fault line and many people
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El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Palm Springs dice que los números de inscripción para Kindergarden están significativamente abajo este año debido al COVID-10, para las familias de PSUSD, el año escolar está a la vuelta de la esquina, comenzando oficialmente la próxima semana el 5 de agosto. “Hemos bajado alrededor del 50% en nuestra inscripción
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As fire season ramps up larger fires have become inevitable throughout California. Agencies have begun reconfiguring operations to mitigate the spread of COVID 19 amongst first responders and potential evacuees. Cal Fire started testing out what is known as the Mass Fever Screening System. It aims at detecting warmer temperatures among several crew members by
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Windi Eklund is a mother of three and a California charter school policy advocate whose children have attended charter schools for the past five years. “I”m very worried about the future of charter schools in California,” said Eklund. While her children are set to begin their studies this fall in their charter schools, she empathizes
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