Heather Siani is a homeschooling Indio mother of three. She is also a charter school teacher at Mission Vista Academy. She says she is well aware of the anxiety that many parents are feeling right now as they make hard choices about the upcoming fall semester. “A lot of parents are concerned with the amount
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Cases Changes Today There were reported 249 new cases since Tuesday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 36,159. 361,065 tests have been conducted so far, 1,494 new tests since yesterday. The doubling rate was at 27.7 days as of July 28. This is the total number of days it
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San Bernardino County officially surpassed 30,000 total cases on Wednesday after the county reported 2,347 new coronavirus cases. Wednesday’s cases are the highest daily increase in the county since the pandemic started. Health officials write the spike in new cases today was caused by a backlog of cases over the past several days which caused
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The Palm Springs Animal Shelter says more and more people are having to give up their pets due to the pandemic. “Over the past week or two we’ve seen a big uptick in owner surrenders,” said Catie Voglio, Marketing & Graphics Specialist, Palm Springs Animal Shelter. The shelter says this is largely because people are
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Cathedral City’s short term vacation rental policy is set to be discussed Wednesday morning in a special meeting. Cathedral City originally placed a temporary ban on all short term vacation rentals back when the pandemic began. That order, however, was rescinded on June 12th. Since that date, short term vacation rentals have been allowed to
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Tens of millions of Americans are out of work, some anxiously awaiting a decision on whether expanded unemployment payments will continue. Negotiations continued Tuesday night on Capitol Hill between Democrats and White House officials, as they tried to hammer out a phase four coronavirus bill. Democrats want to extend the payments as is, $600 per
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Valley school districts are about to begin the new school year like never before. Hear from all three local superintendents discuss the biggest challenges facing their district and how they plan to address those challenges. Visit KESQ.com/Education for more local school coverage
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This week, Senate Republicans unveiled their roughly $1 trillion stimulus proposal, called the HEALS Act, which includes a $400 cut in “enhanced unemployment benefits” and will serve as an opening bid for bipartisan-negotiations with Democrats. Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz joined Peter Daut during our 6:30 pm newscast on CBS Local 2 and Fox 11
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Cases Changes Today There were 723 new cases reported since Monday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 35,910. Last four Tuesday case totals: June 29 – 17,296July 7 – 21,101July 14 – 26,481July 21 – 30,890 The doubling rate was at 26.7 days as of July 27. This is
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Palm Springs Unified School District says enrollment numbers for kindergarten are significantly down this year due to COVID-10. And for PSUSD families, the school year is just around the corner, officially beginning next week on August 5th. “We’re down about 50% in our kindergarten enrollment. And in our transitional kindergarten we were down about 60%,”
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California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly is hosting a video news conference at noon on Tuesday to provide an update on the response to coronavirus cases. You can watch it live in the player below: MORE: Riverside County reports 1,720 new cases & 34 deaths since Friday There were 1,720 new cases
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All three local school districts will soon begin the new school year with online learning. but State Senator Melissa Melendez, who represents the Coachella Valley, recently tweeted: There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID. Students should return to school, in person, and all school sports/activities should resume.Let’s
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The city of Palm Springs has issued a new supplementary order that requires restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries, and breweriesto close from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. According to the city, guests are allowed to stay until 11 p.m. Only staff needed to close, open or clean can be in these facilities between the hours of
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Cases Changes Today There were 1,720 new cases reported since Friday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 35,187. Last four Monday case totals: June 29 – 16,634July 6 – 20,555July 13 – 25,748July 20 – 29,983 The doubling rate was at 25 days as of July 24. This is
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A new antibody testing study shows the spread of coronavirus could be more expansive than is being reported – maybe by as much as 5 times what current testing is showing. The Riverside University Health System announced that the results of the COVID-19 antibody testing study have led to estimations that up to 175,000 Riverside
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Governor Gavin Newsom is delivering an update at noon Monday on the state of California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: On Friday, Governor Newsom’s office released what they called a “playbook” for businesses in the state that are reopening amid the
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The annual Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival has been canceled for 2021, the county announced on Friday. The date festival was set to be held in February. County officials hope the festival will return in 2022. For many, the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival is the one event they look forward
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All three of our local school districts will begin the upcoming school year with distance learning from home. What some might not know, however, is that all three districts have had an independent study or homeschool option in place well before the pandemic hit. Our local school districts have offered these ‘virtual learning’ options for
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The city of Palm Springs requires face coverings in most public settings. This weekend, visitors and residents took notice of enforcement efforts. Johanna Herrera, manager of Lush Couture, said on Saturday police circled the area three times using their loudspeaker to remind people to put on their masks. “It’s really loud,” said Herrera. “I can
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Riverside County Supervisor Karen Spiegel announced she tested positive for coronavirus. In a newsletter to District Two residents, Spiegel said she got sick even though she limited her time outside her home and restricted her exposure to the outside world. In April, Spiegel was one of two supervisors on the board who proposed ending county
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