Neighborhood Heroes

Elizabeth Senso is a frontline worker working six days a week during the coronavirus pandemic. She works at Gelson’s grocery store in Rancho Mirage and has been there for over 10 years. “I just marked my 30 years in the grocery business in November,” said Senso. Samantha Wright is Senso’s friend and the one who

Mike Sullivan and his wife Judy spend their retirement making homemade wooden toys for children. They have been doing this since 2013. Every Christmas these toys are donated to kids in the Coachella Valley that would otherwise maybe not get a gift. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many parents are without jobs. These toys can

One Future Coachella Valley is an organization that helps Coachella Valley students succeed in college and higher education. Gent’s Alliance is an initiative within that program that was created in 2015 to serve young men in the Coachella Valley. Ernie Rios is the vice president of College of Success with One Future Coachella Valley. He

Mario’s Italian Café’s has seven locations and all of them have been giving back to the community since 1973. During the coronavirus pandemic, they have stepped up their help in the community. Mario’s Italian Café is primarily run by Mario and his sons Peter and Mathew and other family members. They have given back to the

Patrick Karst is a pianist in the Coachella Valley. He has been playing piano since he was four years old. He worked on cruise ships for many years. Now, a private contractor working at country clubs, country clubs, private parties, restaurants, churches, weddings, funerals, bat mitzvahs, quinceañeras, and directing music for artist Charo. Karst said, “Music

14-year old Faith Garza, living in the Coachella Valley, is taking initiative during the coronavirus pandemic to write thank you letters to frontline workers. Her mother Christina Garza said, “In this time she is writing thank you notes to front liners and other medical staff to let them know that we are thinking of them

A YouTube channel has been made by Judith Schliessmann, aka Gramma Books. Schliessmann has been a volunteer in schools from Indio to Palm Springs for 32 years. She said, “Many of the students are learning English and I have found that they learn faster with my humorous approach.” So her YouTube channel, Gramma Books, does just

Our neighborhood hero this week is an essential worker in Cathedral City. Griselda Govera is a breast cancer survivor working at the Food4Less grocery store. If you head to the back of the Food4Less grocery store in Cathedral City you’ll find Griselda Govera making a difference. 
”I like my job every day,” Govera told News

In our News Channel 3 Neighborhood Heroes segment we’re highlighting the work of two local sisters who saw a need for more personal protective equipment (PPE) and are rising to the occasion to help out one of our local hospitals. “They go to work every day and they’re putting themselves at risk, at such a

The Coral Mountain Foundation is celebrating a major milestone of serving more than 10,000 meals to east valley residents. The organization held a volunteer appreciation and meal preparation celebration on Wednesday. The foundation teamed up with the galilee center to provide valley residents with free meals three days a week. Organizers say they provide food

UPDATE 5/28/20: Ernie Ball Inc. is no longer taking requests at this time due to the overwhelming demand Original Story 5/26/20: Ernie Ball Inc., a Coachella-based manufacturer of premium guitar strings, bass strings, and guitar accessories, is offering up to five free face masks for Coachella Valley residents in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Residents

Growing Coachella Valley kicked off our valley’s agricultural week by providing daily resources to our local farmer workers.  On Thursday, the non-profit honored our essential workers by providing them lunch.  Farmworkers at Rancho Maria in Thermal line up to grab their free lunch.  “I am grateful for this its awesome that they provided us the

The Coachella-based Ernie Ball Guitar String Center made and donated 400 cloth face coverings to the clients and families of ACT for Multiple Sclerosis. The guitar string manufacturer has been making face coverings for the Coachella Valley since the start of April, allocating valuable resources to make hundreds of masks a day. “We decided why