In-Depth

You see it in nearly every Coachella Valley city. Stands with fruit or coconut water for sale…popping up on street corners.  These are the types of scenarios investigator Aron Wolfe monitors for potential human trafficking victims.  “These individuals have paid some type of exorbitant smuggling fee to come up through Mexico into the U.S,” Wolfe

New research on tourism in greater Palm Springs shows record-breaking numbers. It indicates a post-pandemic recovery is here, years before some experts expected it to happen. The report released Monday by Visit Greater Palm Springs shows the Valley’s tourism and hospitality industry is the strongest it’s ever been: Visitors spent a whopping $7.1 billion last

Free syringes, crack pipes, and other drug supplies are currently being handed out in Palm Springs, and they’ll also soon be available in vending machines. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took a closer look at the new harm reduction program, which is generating strong opinions. In a Palm Springs church parking lot on a recent

This is World Parkinson’s Day, recognized each year on the birthday of James Parkinson who first discovered the condition over 200 years ago.  April is also “Parkinson’s Awareness Month.”  Most patients are over the age of 65. Tonight, we’re going in-depth on another group diagnosed at a much younger age. Watch the special report tonight at 6:00

A major change is underway at the Palm Springs International Airport in response to what the city has described as a growing problem. Earlier this year, the city council swiftly and unanimously changed an ordinance to make it illegal for the homeless to take shelter there. And now, starting this week, the ordinance has gone

A multi-billion dollar mega-merger in the grocery business may have some big impacts on the Coachella Valley. “It’s a hot mess, John,” said Jo Ann Sherley, who has been in the grocery game for 38 years. Sherley has been through this before with other mergers but now with billions at stake on Wall Street, she’s

The issues along the U.S./Mexico Border have intensified, amid record encounters with migrants seeking asylum. Peter Daut takes an in-depth look at what this means for the Coachella Valley, and what’s being done in response to the migrant influx. Daut traveled to the California Border city of Calexico, which recently declared a state of emergency

Land lease negotiations, it’s a costly issue that thousands of homeowners across the greater Palm Springs area are going to face in coming years. In Karen Devine’s in-depth report “Pay to Stay,” she takes a look at the impact that the end of decades-long tribal land leases could have on many communities in the valley.