In-Depth Archives

Riverside County ‘actively pursuing’ funding to help pay for refugee aid amid uncertainty over Title 42

April 30, 2022 6:00 AM Jennifer Franco

The Biden administration is expected to delay plans to lift a policy known as Title 42, according to multiple reports. The CDC issued the rule in March 2020 citing the threat of COVID-19 to public health, and in doing so, halted nearly all asylum claims from being processed at the U.S. border with Mexico. A

In-Depth: Prescription to Save

April 23, 2022 1:00 PM Peter Daut

A first-of-its-kind online pharmacy says it is putting people ahead of profits to save members up to 99% on drug costs. Scriptco Pharmacy, which recently got licensed in California, takes the true wholesale cost of a drug, and passes it on to the consumer. And as News Channel 3’s Peter Daut discovered, the savings can

Shortage of rideshare drivers & high prices causing headaches during festival season

April 20, 2022 12:53 PM John White, Jesus Reyes

The Coachella Valley is the place to be in festival season, with tens of thousands of people coming here just for Coachella and Stagecoach alone. It can spike demand for everything from vacation rentals to hotels to rideshares. And people are paying the price. Friday night at the Nest, one of the valley’s hot spots

‘We’ll make some hard decisions in the next few weeks’ Palm Springs police targets rising gun violence

March 17, 2022 12:00 PM Jennifer Franco

The Palm Springs Police Department is considering a variety of solutions to address an ongoing rise in violent crime citywide. “The gun violence problems in the northern part of our city. That is priority number one. We cannot afford to have people driving through the neighborhood and getting shot,” said PSPD Chief Andy Mills. PSPD

In-depth look at issues with police staffing and recruiting in the Coachella Valley

February 28, 2022 3:24 PM John White

Coachella Valley police departments and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department are looking for new officers and deputies. Recruits and law enforcement officers thinking about changing departments may hold a lot of the cards in a tight market right now. A News Channel 3 I-Team Investigation looks into staffing in local agencies and how they are

Local businesses struggle to find workers, so what are they doing about it?

February 23, 2022 2:35 PM Peter Daut, Jesus Reyes

The ongoing worker shortage is having a big impact on our lives and affecting nearly every industry in the valley. So how did we get here and what are businesses now doing about it? News Channel 3’s Peter Daut goes in-depth on the issue, breaking down the numbers and speaking with business owners who say