The Palm Springs International Film Festival has canceled its 2021 event due to coronavirus concerns. The announcement was made in a letter to its board members and signed by Board Chair Harold Matzner, Managing Director Rhea Lewis-Woodson, and Artistic Director Lili Rodriguez. The action was set to be formalized in a board meeting. News Channel
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Police confirmed an overnight officer-involved shooting took place at an Agua Caliente Casino parking structure in Palm Springs early Wednesday morning. A KESQ News Channel 3 crew reported a heavy police presence was still on scene and the parking garage remained shut down as of 7:30 a.m. According to police, the officer-involved shooting took place
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Updated: The California Highway Patrol announced early Monday morning an abducted child was found, and an Amber Alert was deactivated. The CHP issued a late-night Amber Alert for a missing child out of Desert Hot Springs Sunday at 11:30 p.m. startling people around the Coachella Valley and beyond by triggering loud audio warnings on cell-phones.
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Internet outages were causing connection issues for students distance learning and parents working from home Wednesday morning. The outage appeared to be only affecting Spectrum customers. Spectrum said it was aware of an issue affecting services for customers in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado in a Tweet but made no specific mention of California outages. We
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A small quake measuring 3.1 in magnitude struck this morning at 8:09. Some residents felt the quake, but there are no reports of damage. The epicenter was located some 11 miles West of downtown Desert Hot Springs. Be alert for minor aftershocks.
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A body was found near a dumpster in the Desert Oasis Health lot area in Palm Springs Thursday morning, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Lt. Hutchinson with PSPD confirmed to News Channel 3 that a body was discovered upon officers’ arrival around 7:30 a.m. to the site on El Cielo Road. The body
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UPDATE: Police confirm an overnight homicide took place inside the Desert Highland Gateway Estates in North Palm Springs. According to Lieutenant Hutchinson with the Palm Springs Police Department, the victim was a 15-year-old boy and his body was discovered on the front lawn of a home. Police believe gunfire was exchanged between a car and
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A collision involving a big rig semi and another truck was blocking all four eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 in Banning Thursday morning. The crash was reported at 7:14 a.m. just west of 8th Street involving a gray Toyota Tundra and a semi police said jack-knifed and was leaking fuel. Caltrans crews hoped to reopen
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An estimated 284 customers lost power for nearly two hours Wednesday morning in Indio, where the temperature is forecast to reach 115 degrees. The Imperial Irrigation District announced the outage via social mediaabout 9 a.m. but did not specify what portion of the city was affected. Theutility reported about 10:50 a.m. that power was fully
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Police were still looking for suspects following a rash of early morning robberies in Indio and Palm Desert Wednesday. The first was in Indio at a Circle K convenience store located on the southwest corner of Jefferson Street and Highway 111 at 2:55 a.m., according to an Indio Police Department spokesman. The suspect had a
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The Imperial Irrigation District reported a power outage that cut service to 261 customers in Indio Tuesday morning. The utility blamed the outage on a traffic collision north of Highway 111 and south of Indio Boulevard, east of Jackson Street. IID said all service was restored by 7:00 a.m., but Indio Boulevard remained closed to
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Did you feel it? Several moderate quakes ranging from 4.4 to 5.1 in Magnitude struck this morning in Northern Baja, California. The first, a 4.4, was felt at 8:09 a.m. quickly followed by two larger quakes, a 5.2 at 8:30 a.m. and another 5.1 at 8:31 a.m. A fourth Magnitude 4.5 quake was reported at
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Firefighters contained a fire that broke out in an abandoned Desert Hot Springs building late Tuesday night. The flames were reported on Palm Drive near Pierson Boulevard at just after 11:30 p.m. Firefighters said smoke was coming from the second floor of the building, a News Channel 3 viewer identified as the Barbershop building. The
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A Cathedral City man was in custody early Monday morning accused of firing a shotgun from his home on the 68500 block of McCallum Way near Avenida Maravilla. Police arrested Manuel David Davila, 44, late Sunday night after a SWAT team surrounded a home and ordered him out. Officers had been called there due to
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Dr. Jacob Shefa is now back home with his wife Leesann and their son Evin after spending two months battling coronavirus at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. He also spent one month in rehab. “What I feel really is just the ocean of support that I had really at the pinnacle of the
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UPDATE: Palm Springs police released new details Friday morning on a shooting that occurred at approximately 1:15 a.m. on the city’s northside in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates. Police say they received several 911 calls after residents heard gunshots near Palm Vista and Granada Avenue. During that same time, Police said two apparent victims with
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Coachella Valley police were investigating two unrelated shootings early Thursday morning, one in Coachella, the other in Rancho Mirage. Neither were fatal. In a statement, the Riverside County Sheriffs Department said deputies found victims who were shot at while riding bicycles in the area of Calle Camacho and Avenue 52 at approximately 12:45 a.m. They
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Did you feel it? A minor 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Los Angeles area (1 mile north of Pacoima). The shaker registered an initial 4.5, but was revised downward to a 4.2 magnitude by USGS seismologists. Residents north of Los Angeles felt the shaking when the quake struck at 4:29 a.m. There were no
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Firefighters were battling a tamarisk tree fire along the Union Pacific railroad tracks in Bermuda Dunes early Wednesday morning. The flames were reported at 4:04 a.m. between the railroad tracks and Country Club Drive near the Bermuda Dunes Airport approximately a mile east of Washington Street. The California Highway Patrol closed Country Club Drive between
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A Sig Alert was issued and Interstate 10 traffic was backed up Monday morning in Cabazon after a big rig rolled, causing the trailer to break into three pieces and spilling ramen noodles on the roadway. A Sig Alert was issued and currently still remains in place as of 12:30 p.m. The freeway’s eastbound lanes
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