The Palm Springs Police Department is putting renewed focus on active shooter training for its officers. Since late June, officers have been going through rigorous assessments to determine their strengths and weaknesses. “This particular assessment is probably the first one we’ve done in about 7 years,” said Lieutenant Gustavo Araiza of the Palm Springs Police
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The City of Palm Springs has sent a proposal to the College of the Desert offering to buy the land originally planned to become the West Valley Campus, so long as the college completes the project in its new property. “The residents of the Western Coachella Valley are frustrated. They want to see a campus
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On Thursday, News channel 3 along with the Sunline Transit Agency and alpha media partnered together to gather school supplies for the Boys and Girls Club of the Coachella Valley outside the Walmart in Palm Desert. One local man took who donated supplies says he won money in a card game with some friends and decided
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College of the Desert has restored their phone systems and website after a “computer network disruption” that prevented students and faculty from accessing their emails, phone lines and school servers since July 5. In their July 19 press release, College of the Desert said their internal and IT team have been working on restoring services
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College of the Desert’s phone systems and website are back up after two week interruption caused by a network disruption. The college’s online services, including email, phone, and internet access were down on July 4. COD officials told News Channel 3’s Jennifer Franco that a federal investigation is underway after administrators contacted the FBI. There was no update on
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College of the Desert continues to work to fix a “computer network disruption” that has affected online and phone access for more than a week. Since July 5, the computer outage has affected student and staff access to various College of the Desert online services, including email, phone, and internet access. COD officials told News
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Palm Desert City Hall has been shut down for the day after a contractor cut an electrical main line. If you need to reach city staff, you can do so by their direct email or by emailing info@cityofpalmdesert.org. For a staff directory, visit: http://cityofpalmdesert.org/our-city/staff-directory Get the News Channel 3 app here.
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The Palm Springs Unified School District board of education named two new principals and an assistant principal at three of its schools on Tuesday. Andrea Guaydacan will be the new Principal of Cabot Yerxa Elementary. She joins Palm Springs Unified with over 20 years of experience as a teacher, instructional coach, grant coordinator and assistant
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Veterans of foreign wars who didn’t graduate from high school can apply between now and Oct. 14 for graduation certificates issued through a Riverside County program that awards diplomas to former airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines who gave up school to serve their country. The county Office of Education is conducting its 16th “Operation Recognition”
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Update: Wednesday July 6, 2022 College of the Desert has confirmed to News Channel 3 that it is working to mitigate the impacts of what administrators describe as a “computer network disruption,” according to Public Information Officer Nicholas Robles. A federal investigation is now underway. COD administrators say they contacted the FBI as soon as
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Cal State San Bernardino was awarded a $2.3 million federal grant to help students, who are migrant/seasonal farm workers or the children of migrant/seasonal farm workers, stay in school during their first year of college and continue into their second year of higher education. The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) grant from the U.S. Department
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Two standout students were honored with streets named after them in Cathedral City. Sophia Gonzales of Cathedral City High School and Christopher Vega of Mt. San Jacinto High School were recognized for their academic excellence. Gonzales was nominated for the 2022 Golden Lion which is the most prestigious award a Cathedral City high school student can
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Two lifelong friends are the valedictorians at Desert Hot Springs High School! DHSHS’ co-valedictorians, April Martinez & Daisy Noyotl, were honored Tuesday morning when the city renamed the corner of Pierson and Cholla in their honor. The renamed street signs were unveiled in front of family and school staff. “It’s something surreal. I didn’t think
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The Palm Springs Unified School District is now enrolling students for its Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs for the 2022-23 school year. The federally-funded Head Start program provides an extensive school-year preschool program for children three and four years of age. Family income must meet the federal poverty level. Full-day classes are provided from 8
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A local 6th-grade student will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week in Maryland! Faith Zapata of Palm View Elementary School in Coachella will be competing against 233 other spellers from across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Department of Defense Schools in Europe. This year’s competition
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California, Los Angeles said Thursday it will reinstate an indoor mask policy as coronavirus cases surge in the nation’s most populous state, which now forecasts hospitalizations will nearly triple in the next month. UCLA’s 45,000 students and all faculty, staff and visitors will be required to wear masks
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The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians announced Thursday it was committing more than $9 million to support the California Indian Nations College. The educational effort aims to become the first stand-alone, fully accredited tribal college in California in decades, according to a statement issued by the tribe. Thursday’s announcement from the tribal chairman, Darrell Mike, said the primary mission is to build
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The Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs police departments said they will conduct close patrols of local schools until the end of the school year. The announcements via social media follow the tragic mass shooting that took the lives of nineteen students and two teachers in a Texas community. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said
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College of the Desert’s largest graduation class will be celebrated during the 2022 commencement ceremony. The school will present more than 1,600 degrees and certificates. The ceremony will be held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for the first time since public gatherings were curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Commencement was held virtually in 2020
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Students in Palm Springs Unified School District who were selected to attend a free trip to Washington D.C. earlier this year are making a presentation to the school board Tuesday night. The program was coordinated by the African American Parent Advisory Council of PSUSD. 24 students flew to the nation’s capital last month. They were
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