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A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. The best word for what’s happening in America right now is radicalization. President Trump and the right-wing media machine are leading far too many viewers and readers to become radicalized. And that’s making it much
Continue ReadingWhat started off as a meme-inspired parody cryptocurrency has now become the center of a series of tweets in a bitcoin sound-off from Elon Musk. The Tesla CEO tweeted some Bitcoin banter Sunday, including calling bitcoin BS. He shouted out Dogecoin in a tweet saying, “One Word: Doge.” The tweet sent shares of Dogecoin up
Continue ReadingTesla’s fortunes have made quite a journey since April 2018, when CEO Elon Musk posted a photo on Twitter of himself apparently asleep, lying on a Model 3, holding a ragged cardboard sign that read “Bankwupt!” “There are many chapters of bankruptcy and, as critics so rightly pointed out, Tesla has them *all*” Musk tweeted,
Continue ReadingDespite the pandemic, 2020 was a landmark year for the commercial space industry. SpaceX became the first company ever to send humans to space aboard a privately owned spacecraft. The US government continued to work closely with startups and space businesses to put humans back on the Moon. And, helped by governments declaring them “essential
Continue ReadingWalmart is attempting to solve one of the biggest pain-points of online shopping — the dreaded return — with a new service. The retailer announced Monday that it will pick up items shipped and sold by Walmart.com from customers’ homes through a new partnership with FedEx. Walmart said the “incredibly convenient” option is free and
Continue ReadingInvestors had hoped to celebrate the moment US lawmakers agreed on a new stimulus package to help America’s ailing economy. Instead, the emergence of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom has sent markets plunging, as anxiety about the pandemic again comes to the fore. What’s happening: Over the weekend, the
Continue ReadingApple has placed a second major supplier in Asia on probation after finding that the company delayed payments to workers — a breach that apparently spurred vandalism at a factory in India earlier this month. The Silicon Valley tech firm launched an investigation after local Indian media reported that workers vandalized an iPhone factory near
Continue ReadingA meeting President Donald Trump held to discuss overturning the election result alarmed some White House staffers — people who are used to Trump’s inflammatory and anti-democratic rhetoric. With only a month remaining until President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office, Trump has been ramping up his efforts to remain president, while also trying
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Every Christmas season for the last 16 years, Tom Carmody has dressed as Santa Claus and “ho, ho, ho-ed” his way into the hearts of countless children at malls and schools across the country. This year, however, he sits behind a computer screen in Westminster, Colorado, where he lives — in his glorious red and
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Music played in the kitchen, while out front, the restaurant owner folded pizza boxes Wishing he was folding a lot more, because business is way down, Jack Srebnik says state relief would help him keep the doors open at 3 restaurants he owns. “We’re trying to stay open for our employees, for our customers. This
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UPDATE: In our coverage of this story during News Channel 3 at 6:00 Tuesday night, we mentioned the unemployment rate in the Coachella Valley is 25%. That estimate comes from Joe Wallace, the CEO/Chief Innovation Officer for the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership. Wallace provided News Channel 3 with background on how the estimated rate was
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The review site Yelp is now offering a new feature that the company says are consumer alerts for a “Business Accused of Racist Behavior.” The company can post these alerts to any business’s page after Yelp receives complaints from customers who say they’ve experienced racism or a racist incident at a particular business. Willie Rhine,
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California voters are once again considering the issue of stem cell research. After approving spending $3 billion on the work in 2004, taxpayers are being asked for another $5.5 billion under Proposition 14. Some of the initial funding was used to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine which would get more money if the
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With a tight housing market, despite the pandemic, and steady increases in rental rates in many California cities in recent years, backers of Proposition 21 on the November ballot say the initiative is the answer. Rene Moya, the Campaign Director for “Yes on 21”, says it’s aimed at helping low income Californians and the homeless.
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A large crowd turned out Tuesday morning for a ribbon cutting for the new venture for Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals. The company moved its entire operations, including 12 employees, from San Diego. The company is slated to become the first federally licensed cannabis research, cultivation and manufacturing firm. They have plans to produce drugs using THC
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Signs of business activity were evident in Old Town La Quinta Monday morning. There was light traffic, with a few people walking the sidewalks. Outdoor diners were enjoying the lunch hour. Customers and business owners that spoke to News Channel 3 said they were looking forward to a possible easing of coronavirus restrictions. “I think
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The online retail giant Amazon is on a hiring spree once again. The company is looking to make a dent in the number of Americans out of work. Millions of people have lost jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Ardine Williams, the company’s Vice President of Workforce Development spoke with News Channel 3
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Morongo Valley resident David Steiger, as a truck driver years ago, once delivered shipments for Walmart. But more recently, he’s been frustrated with the corporate giant after buying a desktop computer at the store in Yucca Valley and then trying to return it, after finding out a nephew had an old PC that Steiger could
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The old Kmart building on Palm Drive is undergoing a transformation, with Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals moving to the site from their offices in San Diego. “A Thousand new jobs in the area. I think that is the key to this whole thing. That is our company helping change the foot print of Desert Hot Springs,”
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At the Palm Desert campus of Cal State San Bernardino, banners feature photos of students of color. Now, the California Faculty Association wants more students of color on the campus, and the 22 other campuses in the Cal State System. “We need a radical change to address a systemic ill that is structured into our
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