An empty lot along Landau Boulevard in Cathedral City will soon become the “Veterans Village”. It’s affordable housing for veterans. The place will feature 60 one and two bedroom units, along with several amenities. Vets now living at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission are excited about the prospect of having a new home. “I can’t
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The violent shooting of Lady Gaga’s dogwalker and theft of her two French Bulldogs made headlines across the country. But thefts of these dogs isn’t an isolated celebrity crime. A growing number of French Bulldogs are being stolen across the country, including here in Riverside County and in San Bernardino County. There’s a reason why
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Riverside County public health officials are expected to provide a coronavirus update during the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning. You can watch the meeting live below (Starts at 9:30 a.m.) County public health director Kim Saruwatari typically provides the latest update on coronavirus in the county at the start of the meeting. Tuesday’s also
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California to allow Major League Baseball, parks like Disneyland, live shows to resume at reduced capacity on April 1. Theme parks across the state will be allowed to reopen with 15% capacity for counties in the red tier. Theme parks will only be open to California residents, addresses will be checked when purchasing a ticket.
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Governor Gavin Newsom is in San Joaquin County to talk about the state’s focus on addressing health inequities in the pandemic response. You can watch it in the player below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgxqRtRsdb8&t=2s Today the state is also updating its recommendations about the most effective use of masks and when to consider double masking. “With more vaccines online and
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Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, today introduced legislation seeking to limit and narrowly define the governor’s emergency powers. “It’s been a year since Gov. Newsom declared a state of emergency for California,” Melendez said. “Since that day, thousands of businesses have permanently closed their doors; millions of Californians have lost their jobs and are on
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It’s go time! High school sports are finally back, specifically football. Following Tuesday’s updated COVID-19 case-rates in Riverside County, outdoor local high school sports have been approved to play, ending a lengthy layoff that has sidelined local student-athletes. As we’ve been reporting, 14 was the magic number. The threshold was 14 coronavirus cases or less
Continue Reading California governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders have reached a deal that could put most kids back in classrooms by the end of March. Governor Newsom is planning to “provide an update on CA’s vaccination and school reopening efforts.” at 11: 00 a.m. Monday. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in
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Dave Deleon and his wife Alex say they’ve invested a significant amount of their retirement funds into their Cathedral City rental property and enjoy offering the place to visitors. “The house that you are in right now we’ve spent almost two hundred thousand dollars getting into this house.  That is a lot of cash.  I
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The original plan for a 148 acre plot of undeveloped land south Interstate 10 near near Whitewater was to build a 1.4 million square foot distribution center depicted in s rendering provided by the developer. “While the property is zoned for commercial uses, there are concerns relative to the proximity to the conservation area,” said
Continue ReadingThe movie Senior Moment, starring Jean Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Katrina Bowden and William Shatner is set for theatrical and home-streaming release on March 26th. Shot almost entirely on location in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, the film follows Shatner and Lloyd on a series of misadventures. Those hi-jinks ultimately lead Shatner’s character, Victor Martin,
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday cleared the way for 5.7 million people to get at least $600 in one-time payments, part of a state-sized coronavirus relief package aimed at helping those with low-to-moderate incomes weather the pandemic. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will sign the bill into law on Tuesday, one day
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California OKs all outdoor youth sports in counties with COVID-19 case rates at or below 14 per 100,000 people. Updated @CIFState Education-Based Athletics COVID-19 Tier Map pic.twitter.com/JSMLJsLs9t— CIF Southern Section (@CIFSS) February 19, 2021 This is a huge step in the right direction. It has been 15 months since we’ve had a football season here
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Governor Gavin Newsom and other local officials visited a vaccination clinic in east Coachella Valley Wednesday morning. The governor praised the county’s efforts to vaccinate farmworkers in the east valley through mobile clinics. “What this county has done no other county in the state had done, you were first to advance the cause of rhetorical
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Governor Gavin Newsom visited the Coachella Valley Wednesday morning but made his next stop at Loma Linda University Health. He held the Loma Linda site out as an example of university staff and students working together to get vaccinations into people’s arms quickly and efficiently. But the Loma Linda site, successful as it is, is
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced a $9.6 billion spending deal aimed at aiding some of those hit hardest by the pandemic, with a new round of small business grants, $600 stimulus checks for low-income individuals and more housing assistance for farmworkers infected by the coronavirus. The plan “will help
Continue Reading Gov. Gavin Newsom will join federal, state and local leaders at the opening of a community vaccination site at Cal State Los Angeles. Watch live at approx. 10:45 a.m. here: Last week, the Governor visited vaccination sites in Fresno, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Clara to highlight the state’s efforts to ramp up vaccinations,
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Randy Economy, a campaign official for “Recall Gavin 2020,” announced Friday night that the petition has surpassed 1.5 million signatures. Economy said the petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom has a total of 1,509,000 signatures. The petition got a boost of over 100,000 signatures since we last reported on it on Wednesday. The petition needs
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Friday morning in Cabazon, winds were steady after overnight rainfall in the area. Even at moderate strength the wind was causing issues for drivers in high profile vehicles. One driver said he was feeling it on the road. “In the winds its’s pretty gnarly, it does push you around a little bit. So make sure
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Governor Newsom spoke Wednesday in Fresno about the state’s efforts aimed at speeding up coronavirus vaccinations. While he spoke, protesters could be heard in the background chanting “Recall Gavin”. A campaign official for “Recall Gavin 2020” tells News Channel 3 they’ve collected 1.4 million of 1.5 million signatures needed by March 17th, to get the
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