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Riverside County is working to open communications with the City of Palm Springs after Police Chief Bryan Reyes blasted a program that places homeless people who need to quarantine in a hotel in the city. In March, Reyes raised concerns after finding out about the program that places at-risk homeless people, some who are released

We’re getting a clearer picture of the damage done to the Coachella Valley’s economy, one year after the beginning of multiple shutdowns. Tonight Karen Devine goes indepth in her I-Team report “One Year in Lockdown” to show you how billions of dollars have been lost in tourism revenue, a shrinking workforce and the uncertainty of

A lot of Coachella Valley students are failing or barely getting by in their classes during these times of distance learning. And when it comes to D’s and F’s in school, there’s a very good chance your kid might be getting them.  Report cards are giving educators a concrete indicator of just how much learning

A clash between riverside county’s top elections official and the county district attorney over the security of ballots. In emails and letters uncovered by the I-Team, the Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer accuses District Attorney Mike Hestrin of voter suppression during the recent election. Spencer wrote in an email to the board of supervisors in

The state agency that pays out unemployment-insurance to millions of Californians has admitted that losses during the pandemic could climb into the tens of billion dollars. The i-team has heard from dozens of viewers outraged with how the unemployment department, or EDD, has left them hanging with confusing applications, jammed phone-lines and payments that never

The Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival would have opened Friday for its 75th anniversary. This year’s fair is canceled because of the pandemic and now there are questions about the long term future of the fair. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved $1.6 million in funding for the fairgrounds in November of

Since the 1960’s Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage has hosted Presidents, national and world leaders. News Channel 3’s Karen Devine spoke exclusively with Ambassador David Lane,  President of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands who says they’ve reached out to President-elect Joe Biden and are hopeful he and his administration will make use of the estate in the next

At Palm Springs International Airport, change is literally in the air. “It’s good for Palm Springs. It’s good for the airport. Because this is a wonderful airport. It’s absolutely beautiful,” said Cathy Conran-Smith, a traveler. Despite the pandemic, PSP is one of the few places in the nation where right now air-service is growing. It’s

News Channel 3’s I-Team is uncovering the latest details in the investigation of a prominent Palm Springs doctor who was arrested on Wednesday at his office. Agents from the CA Department of Consumer Affairs were on site of the office of Dr. Derakhsh Fozouni on East Tachevah Drive until late Wednesday afternoon. Fozouni, an obstetrician-gynecologist,

The death this year of George Floyd in Minnesota at the hands of police and other high profile cases are calling attention to police shootings all over the country and here at home. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department this week released video of a deadly deputy involved shooting that happened in July of 2019 outside

Short-term vacation rentals have been a growing cause of contention throughout the Coachella Valley, and the city of La Quinta is no exception. They give tourists a place to stay, create income for owners, and create related service jobs. Cities also enjoy their tax revenues. “It can’t just be a money grab,” said a resident

The city of Palm Springs will rehire more than a dozen positions that had been eliminated from its budget during the pandemic, including several police officers and firefighters. The city council agreed Thursday evening to fill 7 firefighter positions and 6 positions within the city’s police department. The police jobs include 2 police sergeant positions,

No matter where you vote in the Coachella Valley, your ballot will end up more than 60 miles away inside an 18,000-square-foot warehouse in Riverside. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office processes roughly 80,000 ballots a day which, by the time the election is over, should total more than 1.2 million ballots. “We hope