A fiery Desert Hot Springs head-on collision resulted in at least one fatality late Tuesday night. Police and medics were called to the area of Little Morongo Road between Dillon Road and Two Bunch Palms on the city’s westside at 10:51 p.m. Officers say two vehicles collided there at approximately 10:46 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. One vehicle
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UPDATE 9:13 a.m. All streets have been opened back up. Detectives remained on the scene to continue investigating the shooting. ORIGINAL STORY: Police were investigating an early morning shooting that left one man injured early Thursday morning in Indio. A large police presence was seen at Oleander Avenue and Cactus Street and focusing their efforts
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The Palm Springs Fire Department says all lanes on the I-10 are now open after being closed due to a methane gas leak, which has been mitigated. CHP issued a Sigalert around 5:00 p.m for both east and westbound lanes on the highway due to the gas leak in the area near Garnet Avenue and
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One person is dead and three others suffered major injuries after a head-on crash in Indio tonight. Cal-fire says two cars were involved in the crash, which was reported at 8:55 p.m. on Dillon Road and north Fargo Canyon Road. Air ambulances were requested to the scene and 3 patients were airlifted to the hospital. Victims
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Two people are recovering tonight after a two vehicle rollover crash in Indio this afternoon. The crash was reported just after 1:30 p.m. in the area of Avenue 44 and Sola Street near the Wallace memorial Baptist Church. Cal-fire says two people were trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut out of the
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Desert Mirage high school students can now head to campus after a second lockdown was lifted Friday morning. Students on school buses say they were told to wait away from the school until the scene was secured just before 7 a.m. A representative from the Coachella Valley Unified School district told News Channel 3 that
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The Indio Police Dept. shared on social media that they have a few new officers assigned to their School Resource Officer unit this year. They are welcoming the following officers to the program for the 2021-2022 school year: Officer A. Plata – assigned to Amistad High School. Officer J. Romero – assigned to Shadow Hills
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Cal Fire has confirmed one person has been displaced by a house fire at a two-story residence this afternoon. The fire was reported at 12:42 p.m. on Platinum Way in La Quinta. Firefighters arrived on the scene of the single-family dwelling and were able to put out the attic fire. Crews stayed at the scene
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43 students and 13 staff members of the Palm Springs Unified School District are infected with COVID-19. The Palm Springs Unified School District released the latest figures on its website. The district has added an active case tracker to its website “to provide our PSUSD families and staff with a summary of campus COVID-19 cases.”
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Imperial Irrigation District is warning Coachella Valley customers once again to be on the lookout for scammers, this time using spoofed numbers that connect to the district. IID Public Information Officer Robert Schettler detailed the scheme and said scammers have threatened to shut off customers’ power “unless you pay your power bill, like right now
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CAL-FIRE officials said that a brush fire in Thermal is 95% contained. Tyler street was closed between Avenue 66 and Avenue 62, but it had reopened as of Monday morning. What’s being called the “Tyler Fire” started at 12:30 p.m Saturday afternoon on Tyler street and Avenue 66 in Thermal. The Palm Springs and Cathedral
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A fire broke out at 2:05 p.m. in Indio on King Street. CAL-FIRE says it destroyed an outbuilding behind a home on King street, but the home did not sustain any damage. Firefighters on scene also reported multiple palm trees went up in flames. Some power lines were threatened, but no outages were reported. The
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Palm Springs police are investigating an unattended death they responded to on Friday, July 30 around 8:17 p.m. Today, police announced they had ruled the death a homicide. An investigation remains underway.
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All workers in health-care facilities across California will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 under a revised order issued today by the state Department of Public Health. https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1423399851350319107 The state had previously announced that workers in health-care settings had the option of either being vaccinated or undergoing weekly COVID-19 testing. The new order
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Wednesday night Riverside county sheriff’s deputies with the Thermal station, along with investigators were conducting a death investigation. The first report of an adult male body near the 49600 Block of Cesar Chavez came in just before 8 pm. The sheriff’s department says at this time, no other information is available as it is still
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One person is dead after being hit by a car this morning. Police responded to the scene on Sunrise Way between E Vista Chino and Sandalwood Way around 5:30 a.m. Authorities say a man in a wheelchair was struck by a car and died at the scene. The man was later identified by the coroner’s
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Cal Fire confirmed one person died early Saturday morning when a vehicle hit a pole, resulting in a fire. The accident took place on Highway 111 near Monterey just before 1:30am. It was a solo traffic collision and the fire was put out shortly after crews arrived on scene. No word on if there were
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A woman is in critical condition following a hit and run crash in Indio Wednesday morning. Police said the crash happened on Avenue 48 near Jackson Street at around 2 a.m. The crash was between a Chevy Malibu and a silver 2002 Ford pick-up truck. The driver of the Malibu was taken to Desert Regional
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A car crashed into a home in Coachella near Avenue 52 and Las Palmas Street. It happened at 9:27 p.m. Authorities say the home was not occupied at the time. The driver of the vehicle was evaluated by paramedics at the scene but refused medical care. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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An investigation is underway in a Palm Desert area intersection following a shooting Thursday night. It happened around 10:45 p.m. in the area of Varner Road and Washington Street. KESQ Our crew at the scene says a man was found lying dead in the roadway. On July 15, 2021, at 10:36pm, Palm Desert Sheriff Station deputies
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