Year: 2020
Miembros del Comité Latino recuerdan al activista Mario Lazcano
La comunidad en Coachella sigue recordando el activista Mario Lazcano. Para José Garduño y Jesús Espinoza, el Señor Mario Lazcano fue un mentor. “El pueblo unido jamas sera vencidos. Esas eran las palabras del señor lazcano,” dijo Garduño. Ahora, esas palabras siempre vivirán en los corazones de Garduño y Espinoza. Los dos forman parte del
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Cathedral City’s Mary Pickford only valley movie theater to reopen
The silver screen made its return to the valley Friday, with the Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City the first and only movie theater to open its doors locally. “I’ve been eagerly awaiting the movies reopening because I just really enjoy movies,’ said Curt Watts, one of the theaters first customers back. The Pickford was closed for more than
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What’s a solstice?
2020’s summer solstice is on Saturday, June 20th at 2:44 Pacific time. This marks the official start of the summer season. Why? Let’s break it down: The reason the Earth has seasons is because of its tilt. Rather than being directly up and down, the Earth is tilted 23.5° away from 90°. As the planet
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Temperatures climb into the start of summer
A gradual warming trend is with us as temperatures exceed yesterday’s highs by 3°. The rest of the evening will be a slow cooling into the low 90s around 9:00 p.m. paired with clear skies. A ridge of high pressure building over the west coast is responsible for our rising temperatures as we close out
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Coronavirus cases continue to rise in Riverside County
New numbers released Friday June 19th show that coronavirus cases are still on the rise in Riverside County. There were 311 additional positive cases and 2 more deaths reported. The total number of cases in Riverside County is 12,778 and the total number of deaths is 410. There are 291 coronavirus patients in County hospitals
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Indio leads valley cities in number of unemployed, new data shows
The latest labor force data for Riverside County reveals the unemployment numbers for Coachella Valley cities and towns. Indio leads the Coachella Valley area with 8,100 people in the labor force who were without a job in May of this year. Desert Hot Springs has the highest unemployment rate, at 23.5% for that time period.
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Palm Springs community celebrates Juneteenth, supports black-owned businesses
Members of the Palm Springs community came together to celebrate Juneteenth this afternoon with a barbecue outside of the James O. Jesse Desert Highland Unity Center. The day commemorates the emancipation of the last remaining African American slaves in the United States, which came two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation
Continue ReadingPalm Desert woman recounts the fight of her life while infected with Coronavirus
A Palm Desert woman is speaking out over her experience of being infected with Coronavirus. On June 7 Kathy Martin announced to friends and family that she was admitted to Eisenhower Health, after coming down with ‘COVID pneumonia.’ Martin characterized the sickness as the “worst illness I have ever been through.” “It started off with
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Valley nail salons, tattoo shops, and other personal care businesses reopen
Many nail salons, tattoo shops and other personal care businesses in the valley are now open after the governor gave them the green light last week. “You have no idea,” said Debra Suttner, Owner of All About You Hair &Nail Salon in Palm Springs. “Its kinda of a mix emotion because you want to make
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The Summer Solstice will bring on the Heat
Highs will begin to warm up as we move through the weekend and into next week. High pressure aloft will arrive along with the Summer Solstice tomorrow. Today, highs will remain near seasonal norms before climbing. That ridge of high pressure will be a prominent and persistent feature of the forecast well into next week,
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OPEN 4 BIZ: El Morocco Inn and Spa welcomes guests back after 3 month shutdown
Hotels have been given the green light to reopen and starting Friday, June 18, spas will be allowed to reopen as well. These businesses are among the worst hit from the coronavirus pandemic. In this week’s Open 4 Biz, morning anchor Angela Chen checks out a cozy resort in Desert Hot Springs: El Morocco Inn
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With mandatory face masks ordered statewide, people find function & fashion
With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mandatory face mask order now in place statewide for most indoor settings and outdoors when social distancing isn’t possible, covering your face has become both a way to prevent virus transmission and make a fashion statement. “You don’t know where people are coming from; you don’t know who they’ve been exposed to,” said Mark Van
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I-Team: Riverside County failing to meet some state criteria for coronavirus
The California Department of Public Health’s website shows which counties meet the state’s threshold criteria for coronavirus and which do not. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for more local coverage A green check means a county meets the criteria for a certain category, which includes “elevated disease transmission,” “increasing hospitalization,” and “limited hospital capacity.” For example, San Bernardino
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Vigil & march honoring local activist to be held Friday in Coachella
Jose Mario Lazcano died last week at the age of 70 following a battle with cancer. Lazcano was a longtime activist for immigration rights. He helped thousands of hard-working people become U.S. citizens and legal residents over the years out of his own home in Coachella. Many remarked how Lazcano would help people no matter
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Planifican vigilia en honor a Mario Lazcano en Coachella
Tras la muerte del querido activista del Valle de Coachella, Mario Lazcano, el Comité Latino está organizando una vigilia y caminata. La vigilia se realizará el viernes en el parque Veterans en la Ciudad de Coachella de 6 a 8 de la noche. Miembros y líderes de la comunidad del Valle han expresado su tristeza
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Jóvenes locales celebran el triunfo de DACA
Con un voto de 5-4, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos falló en contra el President Donald Trump de poner fin a las protecciones legales de cerca de 650 mil jóvenes. La organización TODEC celebró con varios jóvenes del área que son protegidos por el Programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia
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Twentynine Palms man who threatened to injure Congressional staffers sentenced to federal prison
Robert Eric Stahlnecker, 48, of Twentynine Palms was found guilty of one count of making threats by interstate commerce and five counts of anonymous telecommunications harassment, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. A federal jury acquitted him of two additional counts of threatening federal employees. According to the DOJ, Stahlnecker made multiple abusive telephone
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Condado De Riverside lidera en el número de casos de Covid-19
Telemundo 15 y Channel 3 News analizó el número de contagios en el condado a comparación a otros condados por el país. La luz verde para la apertura de negocios y medidas estrictas de distanciamiento social dependen de tres categorías cuales son niveles de contagio, limitación en la capacidad hospitalaria y aumento en las hospitalizaciones.
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