The building at the corner of Palm Drive and Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs was a Kmart until last October. This summer, a new company is moving in. It’s San Diego-based Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals. “It’s exciting. It always feels good to be able to come in and help communities in need,” said Justin
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Open again. Mathis Brothers furniture showroom in Indio has once again reopened its doors to customers. The showroom, like many businesses across the Coachella Valley, was closed after the statewide stay at home order. Earlier this month, the store was reopened for about a week.During that time, customers passed health screenings in order to enter.
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At Tiffany’s Sweet spot in La Quinta, the owner says business is down only slightly from last year. “I feel like the community has really rallied around our business. They are supporting us every way they can,” said Tiffany Thorpe. But, a couple of blocks away at Bobby’s Detroit Coney Island, business is off
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At Cimmaron Golf Resort in Cathedral City, it was a steady stream of phone calls coming in Tuesday with golfers booking tee times for Thursday, when the course opens once again for play. The movement comes after county health officials Monday announced courses in the county could reopen, only by following specific protocol aimed at
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Riverside County public health officials have passed a plan to reopen golf courses in the county effective April 20. Update: Palm Springs announces golf courses within the city will remain closed Some of the restrictions include: Play shall be limited to foursomes that will be required to observe social distancing (six feet separation between players
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At Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert a grounds keeper mowed the fairway while people walked and rode bikes on the cart paths. Read: Coachella Valley golf courses officially back open But, golf is not being played and the patio tables are empty. General Manager Derek White is ready for that to change. “As
Continue Reading Mathis Brothers has once again closed the showroom in Indio. Just one week ago, the store had reopened its doors, inviting customers to shop in person on the showroom floor. The store had implemented new health precautions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the safety measures involved temperature screenings and health-related questions. The problem:
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California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Saturday to expand child care access to essential workers and offered words of praise for California counties eliminating tax penalties for late payment for hardships related to coronavirus. A press release from the Governor’s office detailed the order for expanded child care access: “Today Governor Gavin Newsom
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Map credit: Johns Hopkins University By now you most likely recognize the interactive dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University used to geographically track coronavirus cases, deaths and recoveries. The company that created the software and runs the hardware to power the dashboard is Redlands-based Esri, whose representative tells us the dashboard is currently receiving three million
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Friday night’s FIND Food Bank Telethon raised more than a half a million dollars to help local families in need of food assistance, latest tallies show. This marked the tenth year the News Channel 3 station group and FIND Food Bank have teamed up to bring meals to children, seniors, and families throughout the greater
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At Goody’s Cafe in Thousand Palms the sign says “open”, but the dining room is empty. Thankfully, for the owners and employees, the drive through was seeing some customers during lunch hour Tuesday. “It hurts but I know something good will come out of this,” said co-owner George Haralambous. Haralambous and his family have
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In an internal memo to employees, Desert AIDS Project CEO David Brinkman called the cuts “gut-wrenching” but “necessary”. Employees received the memo Monday, with 60 people being laid off. That’s 40 percent of their workforce. No one from DAP would comment on camera Tuesday, but spokesman Steve Henke also said executives are taking “big cuts”
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The first trailers owned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency have already been delivered to the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Now, some of the units are on the way to Riverside County. “Every homeless Californian living on a boulevard of broken dreams is a casualty of institutional failures — a person who
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A billboard on the eastbound side of Interstate 10 in Palm Springs reads “#ThisIsDHS”. Below that appears the URL, “RediscoverDHS.com”. It’s all part of a campaign put together by Melissa Cronin, co-owner and lead consultant at Palm Springs Based Buzz Factory, the firm hired by the City of Desert Hot Springs. “I hope that people
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Abel Arreola, owner of A and L Landscaping and Maintenance and his employee John Zazueta used a gas-powered trimmer and mower while working at a client’s property in Palm Desert. But soon the sale of such equipment could be banned in the state. “It saddens me that we have to get to this point where
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Dutchess Sanchez is the owner of Thriftology, a store she runs alone in the Village Complex on San Pablo Avenue just off Highway 111. “This is what I’ve always wanted to do. I want to give a good example to my kids that they can do whatever they want,” said Sanchez. Sanchez opened the place
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At City Hall in La Quinta Monday, you could say they were breathing a collective “sigh of relief”. Major traffic ties up during last year’s triathlon for the most part were averted. “Once again i want to give a huge thank you to the community for helping us have a less of an impact from
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Sunday’s second annual Ironman Triathlon in La Quinta brought with it road closures, and as a result, some traffic backups in the valley. Some small business owners also tell News Channel 3 their businesses were hurt by the closures, because regular customers had a hard time getting to the businesses. But the triathletes and their
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Kenneth Churchill,the owner of West Coast Cannibus Club, with locations in Cathedral City and Palm Desert, talked about a roughly 11 percent increase in excise taxes he and other retailers will soon be paying to the state when buying cannibus to sell their customers. “The barrier to entry and the amount of obstacles we have
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