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Today community leaders say it was a momentous day for the city of Indio. The groundbreaking ceremony of phase one of the Public Safety Complex happened at 8 am this morning.Public officials from a variety of public safety departments and community members in the Coachella Valley and Riverside county were supporting the city of Indio
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As children head into summer vacation, a lot of them don’t know where their next meal will be coming from. FIND Food Bank launched its Summer Feeding Program to help ensure that no kid goes hungry during break. FIND has 44 free community mobile markets, operating six days a week, sometimes twice a day, throughout
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College of the Desert will no longer require masks to be worn while on campus. School officials announced on Thursday that the mask mandate will be lifted on campus starting May 31. “All students, staff, and faculty are still strongly encouraged to wear masks when indoors on campus. The vaccine mandate remains in effect in
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California’s primary is set for June 7 and one of the most-watched races for Riverside County voters will be the showdown between incumbent Sheriff Chad Bianco and challenger Michael Lujan. Check Out: Vote-by-Mail ballots for June primary election on the way to voters Bianco has been with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for 28 years and
Continue ReadingCaravanserai Project Social Impact Startup Pitch Competition is an 8-month program that caters to early-stage social entrepreneurs. Today, May 26th, 2022, The Palm Springs-based Caravanserai announced a $2 million dollar grant awarded by the Employment Training Panel of California. They provide training, support, and micro-grants to BIPOC, women, LGBTQ startups, and early-stage entrepreneurs in the Inland Empire. The grant recipients
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Friday marks the groundbreaking ceremony kicking off construction for the City of Indio’s new Public Safety Campus. News Channel 3 spoke to city officials and the architect of the campus about the new developments that will be available to the city. The current headquarters for the City of Indio have been in use since the
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The DMV announced that they will have extended hours from June through September at 64 offices across California. Palm Springs, Palm Dessert, and Banning will be open during those hours. They are set to open at 7 a.m. every weekday except Wednesdays, when they will be open at 9 a.m. https://twitter.com/CA_DMV/status/1529885148086513666?s=20&t=JZjHR6C3ufpkemBF8-ZBwg The DMV said that
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In response to this week’s deadly rampage at an elementary school in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, police across the valley are stepping up patrols at schools and graduations. “I’m sure parents are on edge,” said PSPD Sgt. Mike Casavan. “I’m a parent, I’m definitely on edge. It’s something that I am
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An investigation is underway after an inmate at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio died Thursday morning. The inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 7:43 a.m., according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The department reports that custody staff and jail medical staff immediately responded and began to administer life-saving measures.
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The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians announced Thursday it was committing more than $9 million to support the California Indian Nations College. The educational effort aims to become the first stand-alone, fully accredited tribal college in California in decades, according to a statement issued by the tribe. Thursday’s announcement from the tribal chairman, Darrell Mike, said the primary mission is to build
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Five Republican state lawmakers pushed for gas tax relief for Californians on Wednesday. This initiative was led by Assemblyman James Gallagher, and also includes Assemblymembers Kevin Kiley, Laurie Davies, Kelly Seyarto, and Steven Choi. The group called for the gas tax relief as gas prices soar in California. Right now AAA’s website shows California’s gas
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The June 7th primary election is less than two weeks away and voting is already voting by mail is already underway in Riverside County. News Channel 3 is taking an in-depth look at the candidates in the newly drawn 41st Congressional District. Redistricting split the Coachella Valley into two newly drawn districts. District 41’s new
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The Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs police departments said they will conduct close patrols of local schools until the end of the school year. The announcements via social media follow the tragic mass shooting that took the lives of nineteen students and two teachers in a Texas community. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said
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Clean water is something many of us take for granted. While new luxury housing developments, surf wave parks, and lagoon resorts in the Coachella Valley quickly obtained approval for clean water, some of the Valley’s poorest communities still can’t get clean water from the faucet. Once or twice a day, Mecca resident Roberto Gomez said
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It’s been an ongoing battle for thousands of Coachella Valley residents across more than 100 mobile home parks to get safe drinking water. On Wednesday, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, visited the Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal. Ruiz and the EPA’s regional Administrator, Martha Guzman, met with residents to
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The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and staff are grieving the loss of its chairman, Jeff Levine. Levine died unexpectedly on Monday, the board announced. “Jeff was a champion of our business community, a devoted leader within the Chamber, and a friend of many across the Coachella Valley,” reads a post
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The state’s Department of Public Health is investigating the first suspected case of monkeypox in California. A Sacramento County resident is being investigated for a possible monkeypox infection after recently traveling abroad. Monkeypox is seeing an unprecedented outbreak with more than 200 cases reported in at least 22 countries. UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter
Continue ReadingCoachella Valley parents are among those nationwide now faced with explaining the tragedy of mass shootings to their children. There is support for adults, like parents and school employees, to help young individuals feel safer, by establishing a sense of security and engaging with them about their fears. Palm Springs Unified School District’s Superintendent Dr.
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College of the Desert’s largest graduation class will be celebrated during the 2022 commencement ceremony. The school will present more than 1,600 degrees and certificates. The ceremony will be held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for the first time since public gatherings were curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Commencement was held virtually in 2020
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A Palm Springs insurance agent who allegedly stole over $75,000 from one of his clients, a late prominent art dealer, and philanthropist who lived in Carlsbad, has been arrested, the California Department of Insurance said today. John Ryan, 64, who operated Calinsured, Greater Palm Springs Insurance, and PS Independent Insurance, was arrested in Palm
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