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Police are asking for the community’s help in finding a Virginia man whose vehicle was found abandoned in Desert Hot Springs on Tuesday. The vehicle of James Robert Cox, 61, was found abandoned on the side of Pierson Boulevard and Highway 62 at around 7:15 Police said the maroon Toyota Scion with Virginia plates appeared
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Riverside County officials proclaimed a local emergency in response to the Fairview Fire. GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE FAIRVIEW FIRE HERE The proclamation must go to the Board of Supervisors within seven days for ratification, which will take place during the regularly scheduled board meeting on Sept. 13. The emergency proclamation could help make
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Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage was named in Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers in 2022. It’s the second time the hospital has made the list. Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to compile its fourth annual list of America’s Best Employers by State. According to Forbes, the list is divided into 51 rankings
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We now know who will serve as the grand marshals for the annual Palm Springs Pride Parade. On Wednesday, Greater Palm Springs Pride announced that four individuals and one national organization would serve as the Grand Marshals for the annual Pride parade scheduled for November 6 in Palm Springs. PFLAG is the first and largest
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A 51-year-old woman suspected in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs was charged with murder today. Sheila Johnson of Desert Hot Springs was also charged with a felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations for fleeing the scene, being armed, causing great bodily harm and engaging
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Riverside County reported 22 new confirmed or probable monkeypox cases today, raising the overall number to 223. Last Wednesday, the number of cases in the county was 197, up from 158 the previous week. At least 19 of the 22 cases were reported in the Coachella Valley. Check Out: DAP Health holding monkeypox vaccine
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A juvenile suspected in a Coachella party shooting where a man died and a woman was injured was in custody today, officials said. Deputies from the Thermal sheriff’s station responded to a report of a loud party in the 53000 block of Calle Sanborn on Friday night, according to Sgt. Ed Baeza of the
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The PACT Act will ensure that veterans can receive high-quality health care screenings and services related to potential toxic exposures, the PACT Act ( expands access to VA health care services for veterans exposed during their military service. This lax was passed Senate on June 16th, 2022. This bill addresses health care, the presumption of
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Morning dew points and humidity values are HUGE today. We expect them to ease a little into the latter part of the day. We remain under an Excessive Heat Warning through tomorrow evening. A Smoke Advisory is also in effect for areas impacted by the Fairview fire near Hemet. Hurricane Kay is working its way
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The Riverside County Coroner’s office has released the identity of the 18-year-old killed in a shooting at a party over the weekend in Coachella. The shooting happened on Friday just before midnight on the 53000 block of Calle Sanborn in Coachella. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were originally called to respond to
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After recently receiving 1,000 vials from the Health and Human Services Administration, DAP Health will hold two upcoming invite-only monkeypox vaccination clinics. The first clinic will be held at its campus on September 10th. The other will be held in partnership with Riverside County at the Palm Springs Convention Center on September 17th. Those who
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The new Covid-19 booster shot is becoming available to residents throughout Riverside County, including in the Coachella Valley. “For the new bivalent vaccine that has just recently been approved, we have preordered some vaccine and in addition to the supply thats coming to Public Health, there’s also supply that has been ordered from a number
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Local leaders in the tourism industry are sharing ideas for the College of The Desert’s west valley campus to strengthen its culinary and hospitality training approach. The goal of “Visit Greater Palm Springs” is to build a strong pipeline of workers for the future. “We used to be closed by choice. Two days a year.
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended their smoke advisory until Wednesday, Sept. 7. due to the fire that is burning south of Hemet near Fairview Avenue and Bautista Road. As of this afternoon, the Riverside County Fire Department has been fighting the blaze that has burned over 4,000 acres and is 5%
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As of Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., the Fairview Fire burning near Hemet has burned 4,500 acres, destroying 7 structures and killing two civilians who were trying to escape the flames. GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE FIRE HERE “The fire just popped off so fast, you couldn’t even really we couldn’t save anything,” said Hemet
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Update 9:00 p.m. The Flex alert has expired. The alert went through the evening without forcing rotating outages to residents across the state. At 8 p.m., the grid operator ended its Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) 3 with no load sheds for the night. Consumer conservation played a big part in protecting electric grid reliability. Thank
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Authorities today identified a 21-year-old Riverside man who died after he lost control of and was ejected from his vehicle in Palm Springs. Officers responded to a report of a traffic crash at Garnet Avenue by Interstate 10 around 2:20 a.m. Monday, Officer Jason Montez with the California Highway Patrol told City News Service. They
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Riverside County reported four new confirmed or probable monkeypox cases today, raising the overall number to 201. Last week, the number of cases in the county was 171, up from 128 the previous week. Here in the Coachella Valley, we are reporting two new cases and one less case: Cathedral City has one new case.
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Palm Springs reported a significant increase in the viral load of monkeypox detected in the city’s wastewater. The City is working with GT Molecular to provide weekly wastewater samples to monitor monkeypox virus in the community. The latest data published on Monday covers the period of August 22 through August 29, and shows the number
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President Joe Biden joined other Democratic leaders in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign Assembly Bill 2183, otherwise known as California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act, into law. Among several changes, the bill would give agricultural workers additional ways to vote on whether they want to join or bargain with a union, including by
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