Coronavirus
Protestors march in Palm Desert against closed businesses, stay-at-home order
Protestors marched down El Paseo in Palm Desert Wednesday afternoon against the new stay-at-home order and temporary closure of businesses like restaurants and salons. The order closes most non-essential businesses, limits restaurants to take-out & delivery only, and caps capacity at 20 percent inside retail stores. “It damages everything in California, said Paul Morgan. “Our
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Palm Springs approves ordinance limiting food delivery services charges
The Palm Springs City Council recently approved an ordinance that limits the fees that food delivery services can charge residents and businesses. Food delivery service refers to things like Uber Eats, Postmates, and DoorDash. The new ordinance is part of an effort to prevent food delivery services from overcharging customers and businesses during the COVID-19
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Restaurant owner defying regional stay-at-home order issued by Governor Newsom and state health officials
Diego Rose puts the finishing touches on a sign welcoming customers to his restaurant in Beaumont, Marla’s Cocina and Cantina. The restaurant and the bar are open for business as usual. “The unintended consequences of all of this is probably going to be far worse than the safety gains made by all the decisions,” said
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Riverside County breaks record for most COVID-patients in ICU; 4,103 new cases since Tuesday
Case Changes Today Riverside County reported new 4,103 cases since Tuesday, bringing the total to 107,324 The Coachella Valley reported 482 new cases. The total number of cases in the valley is 2,403. The county reported nearly 11,000 cases on Tuesday, mostly due to a backlog according to officials According to a county spokesman, yesterday’s
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CVEP announces ‘Million Mask Giveaway,’ providing free PPE to valley businesses in need
The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP) announced it will be providing Coachella Valley small businesses with more than $1 million in personal protective equipment (PPE). The cost-free PPE will go to small businesses in need all throughout the Coachella Valley. The program, called CVEP’s “Million Mask Giveaway,” is made possible by the California Governor’s Office
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Riverside County surpasses 100K total cases; reports 10,000+ new cases Tuesday
Case Changes Riverside County set another record-high number of coronavirus cases, reporting nearly 11,000 cases on Tuesday. A county spokesman said the sharp rise, which is the largest single-day increase since the start of the pandemic, is due in part to a backlog of tests being processed. 10,949 new cases were added since Monday, bringing
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WATCH: Dr. Ghaly gives update on coronavirus in California
Dr. Ghaly, California Health and Human Services Secretary gives an update on the State’s response to the coronavirus, current case rates and hospitalizations and the upcoming vaccine. WATCH BELOW:
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Local nurse shares thoughts on possibly being one of first to get COVID-19 vaccine
California is expected to get 327,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine in the coming weeks. “The first round of vaccines will go to our frontline healthcare workers who have exposure to COVID positive individuals,” director of public health for Riverside County, Kim Saruwatari told News Channel 3. Linda Serrano is one of those excited to
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Riverside County Board of Supervisors provide COVID-19 status report
Millions of Californians are under a new regional stay-at-home order, including residents in Riverside County. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors held their regular meeting on Tuesday, December 8th at 9:30 a.m. The meeting comes as available ICU capacity in Southern California has now dropped to 10.9%. According to data released from Riverside County, there were
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The timeline of COVID-19 and what symptoms warrant a trip to the ER
With coronavirus cases surging, our local hospitals are reminding the public to seek proper medical care if you start feeling unwell. Doctors say COVID-19 can impact people differently. And with case numbers climbing again, it’s important to be familiar with some of the early and more mild symptoms. “The big one is lack of taste.
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County contact tracers identify potential business outbreaks and exposures
Millions of Californians are under a new regional stay-at-home order, including residents in Riverside County. Available ICU capacity in Southern California has now dropped to 10.9%. According to data released from Riverside County, there were 77 new coronavirus business outbreaks in November alone. The county defines an outbreak as 3 or more coronavirus cases in one
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Newsom announces new statewide cell phone app to track virus exposure
Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new statewide cell-phone-based system designed to notify residents when they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The app will be available for both Apple and Android users starting on Thursday. The CA Notify system was originally developed at UC San Diego and UC San Francisco, and it has been deployed on a
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Jury trials in Riverside County suspended until at least January 2021
All jury trials in Riverside County Superior Court will be postponed until at least the first week of 2021 as a precaution to reduce coronavirus exposure risks, court officials announced today. Presiding Judge John Vineyard made the decision based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s region-by-region stay-at-home order, which took effect at midnight. Learn more about what’s
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Riverside County reaches 700 COVID-related hospitalizations; Over 4,000 new cases since Friday
Case Changes Riverside County reported 4,327 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 92,272. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Stay-at-home Order in place in Southern California Region (Including Riverside County) The ICU bed availability % for the Southern California region fell below
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Statewide phone-based virus-exposure tracking system to be available across CA Thursday
Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a statewide cell-phone-based system designed to notify residents when they’ve been exposed to COVID-19. The CA Notify system was originally developed at UC San Diego and UCSan Francisco, and it has been deployed on a trial basis on seven UC campuses, with an estimated 250,000 people opting in to participate,
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Watch: Gov. Newsom addresses regional stay-at-home order now impacting Coachella Valley
Governor Gavin Newsom is speaking at 9:30 Monday morning about the implementation of a new regional stay-at-home order that began over the weekend. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: The stay-at-home order is impacting residents in the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley areas. It was triggered
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Stay-at-home order set to begin in Southern California, ICU availability falls to 10.3%
The entire region of Southern California is failing to meet the state’s requirements that would allow it to avert a full stay-at-home order. Under the state’s new stay-at-home order, if a region’s ICU capacity falls below 15% the order will become enacted within 24 hours. On Sunday afternoon, the available ICU capacity in the Southern
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Indio Fairgrounds site remains equipped to treat coronavirus patients
A building at the Indio Fairgrounds remains prepared to house coronavirus patients in the event that area hospitals run out of space. That’s the word from Riverside County Public Information Officer Brooke Federico. Federico says beds and all the necessary equipment to treat less seriously ill patients are still in place at the fairgrounds site,
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