Update 5:35 p.m. The roadway is back open. Some traffic remains in place, but all lanes are back open. Original Report 3:48 p.m. Two lanes on the westbound side of Interstate 10 have been shut down due to asphalt and tar on the roadway, the California Highway Patrol announced. CHP has the #2 and #3
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Two court dates were confirmed today, including the start of trial, for a 23-year-old man suspected in a late-night shooting last year that injured two people in Palm Springs. Joel Ramirez Benitez of Palm Springs is accused of felony counts of attempted murder, assault with a gun and a sentence-enhancing allegation of causing great bodily
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A 28-year-old man accused of driving under the influence and crashing into the guard rail on Interstate 10, killing the female passenger in his vehicle, pleaded guilty today to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter. In addition to the guilty plea, Giovanny Michel Solis Rivero admitted a sentence-enhancing allegation of a serious felony involving great bodily injury
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Two people were arrested on suspicion of starting the Jack Fire in Beaumont over the weekend. The Jack Fire was first sparked at around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Jack Rabbit Trail and Highway 60. It burned 261 acres before it was fully contained on Tuesday. According to CAL FIRE, a vehicle
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Bobby Duke Middle School in Coachella was temporarily placed on a lockdown after an unfounded report of a student with a gun on campus. The report was first made at around 11:30 a.m. The school was placed on lockdown following the report. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the student was detained, a search was
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NOTE in the story published Tuesday on this case, CNS referenced the defendant as acquitted entirely for the death of the victim. That was not accurate, owing largely to the court clerk’s incomplete notations in the summary minutes available to the public. At 5:15 p.m. Monday, those minutes showed “acquitted” of murder, but did not
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Over the past few years, Palm Springs’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) has been seeing a drop. This year’s summer months are also seeing a steady decline. TOT, also known as “Bed Tax,” is a tax of 12% of the rent charged to transient guests in hotels/motels. This could be a problem for city funds as
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A woman struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Cathedral City over the weekend was identified as Christina Barrington, 60, police announced. The crash was first reported to police on Friday, Oct. 11 at around 12:45 a.m. in the area of East Palm Canyon Drive and Bankside Drive. Officers arrived and found Barrington down
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Animal Samaritans has started the long-awaited renovation of its Thousand Palms clinic. Construction is underway. A temporary location in Palm Desert is now open offering veterinary services while the remodel is underway. The $1.4 million renovations kick off phase one of its “Capital Campaign.” Once completed in 2025, the new 40,000-square-foot clinic will provide additional
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Four new inductees will be added to the Coachella Valley Media Hall of Fame, and among them are several members of our station. News Channel 3 evening anchor John White, News Channel 3 anchor and media professor Laurilie Jackson, and La Poderosa morning radio personality Adolfo Iñiguez Lomelí are among the 2025 inductees. Former KMIR
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The man suspected of possessing two loaded guns and a high-capacity magazine outside Donald Trump’s weekend rally near Coachella was out on bail today — and reportedly is threatening to sue Riverside County after being called a possible assassination threat to the former president. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Sunday that deputies might
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Two people suspected of vandalism causing over $10,000 of damage to public and private property in Coachella Valley were taken into custody today. Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to the intersection of Monterey Avenue and Verbenia Drive in September regarding a wall damaged by graffiti, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. The areas
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Deputies are searching the area after a pursuit ended in a rollover crash Monday night in Mecca. The incident started at around 9:10 p.m. Deputies were called out to the area of Hammond Road and Johnson Street in Mecca regarding a suspicious vehicle. Deputies arrived at the scene, found the vehicle, and attempted a traffic
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“Chaotic” – a word that some attendees at former President Trump’s Coachella rally described the event after its conclusion Saturday evening. Marti King attended the rally and opted to leave the event before the former president finished speaking to get ahead of the crowd, but even with this foresight, was met with some trouble while
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A 44-year-old found dead from apparent gunshot wounds over the weekend in Coachella was identified by the coroner’s office. Roman Gamboa Jr. of Coachella was found dead Saturday at around 3:20 a.m. on the 85400 block of Cairo Street. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were originally called to the 51800 block of
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A man who carried out a series of burglaries in Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty to felony charges. Javien Odell, 32, entered guilty pleas on Friday to felony charges of burglary, receiving stolen property and purchasing or receiving a stolen vehicle, according to case records, at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Odell was
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The National School Lunch Program serves nearly 30 million children daily. Palm Springs Unified School District is celebrating National School Lunch Week with the theme “School Lunch Pirates: Find Your Treasure.” School lunches are incredibly important to the success of students both in and out of the classroom, that’s why nutritional value is a top
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By Michelle Watson, Rashard Rose and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A man was arrested on state gun charges Saturday near Donald Trump’s rally in California, but the former president “was not in any danger,” the US Secret Service said in a joint statement with the FBI and the Department of Justice. The man, who authorities say
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco held a press conference at 3 p.m. regarding the arrest at the Trump rally Saturday night. The press conference was live-streamed on YouTube, Facebook, and Riverside County Sheriff’s website according to the department. It comes after a Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday near the site of former President Donald
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A Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday near the site of former President Donald Trump’s rally in the Coachella Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies assigned to security details at the rural rally site near Coachella said they contacted a driver in a black SUV at a checkpoint at Avenue 52 and
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