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One day after a mass shooting rampage in a Texas elementary school, California Governor Gavin Newsom is promising strong action in protecting people from gun violence. On Wednesday, Newsom and other Democratic leaders announced “efforts to expedite legislation to protect communities.” Every day of inaction is another day kids die from guns.With @SenToniAtkins & @Rendon63rd,
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PETA is offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for shooting a puppy with an arrow in Desert Hot Springs. The four-month-old female Chihuahua puppy was found early Monday morning by a good samaritan on the 15500 block of Avenida Florencita, near Camino
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas had warned in online messages minutes before the attack that he had shot his grandmother and was going to shoot up a school, the governor said Wednesday. Salvador Ramos, 18, used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle in
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Local leaders are devastated by the news of the Texas shooting, and some even call for more gun control laws. U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz expressed his thoughts on the shooting. Like others, he is heartbroken over what happened. Governor Gavin Newsom continued this sentiment by calling for more gun control. Both the Riverside County District
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On Tuesday night, the Palm Springs Police Department held a community town hall meeting amid a rise in violence in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood. It’s often a hotspot for crime. Dozens of residents showed up and voiced their concerns. “Innocent people are having bullets in their house, you know my neighbors are scared,
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A vacation turned rescue mission. On May 13, Palm Springs firefighter Cody Ayotte was enjoying time with family in Oceanside when a dumpster fire caught his eye. “Adrenaline kicked in as soon as I saw that hand and I just wanted to get him out,” said Ayotte. A bystander filmed Ayotte as he found a homeless man stuck unconscious under
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“She was varsity her first year as a freshman, so right away she started contributing.” That was La Quinta track and field head coach Brian Ansley talking about senior sensation Alaysia Smoot. A do-it all athlete that fell in love with track and field. “It was my freshman year when I got involved and it was
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The June 7 primary election is two weeks away, voting by mail is already underway in Riverside County, and News Channel 3 is taking an in-depth look at the candidates in the newly drawn 25th congressional district race. Redistricting split the Coachella Valley into two newly drawn congressional districts. District 25’s new boundaries include areas
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Students in Palm Springs Unified School District who were selected to attend a free trip to Washington D.C. earlier this year are making a presentation to the school board Tuesday night. The program was coordinated by the African American Parent Advisory Council of PSUSD. 24 students flew to the nation’s capital last month. They were
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A Palm Springs business owner who had originally said the city was wrong to revoke her cannabis cultivation licenses has now dropped her appeal in the case. News Channel 3 spoke to Joy Meredith in November after allegations arose that she was illegally cultivating in a space she was not licensed to. At the time,
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The annual Homeless Point in Time Count in Riverside County shows a total of 3316 people, an increase of 15%, according to a presentation at the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. “Our challenge here is to remember that behind every single one of these numbers, There are real lives and people who still are relying
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A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for attempted murder stemming from a drive-by shooting that injured a woman in Cathedral City. Jose Angel Flores of Desert Hot Springs, who was behind the wheel of the car involved in the 2014 drive-by, was convicted on April 28 of four counts
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Due to an unusually early start to the fire season, CalFire has suspended outdoor residential burn permits in Riverside County until further notice. The dry conditions, ongoing drought and low rainfall levels have prompted officials to close hiking trails and ban open burning. Any outdoor burning of landscape debris, leaves or branches will no longer
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Across the Coachella Valley, thousands of seniors are saying their goodbyes to their high schools and venturing out to start the rest of their life. This year News Channel 3 is highlighting some students and their achievements. https://youtu.be/ctmnlDUqdT0 Isabella Francisco – Desert Learning Academy Isabella Francisco had more than just her studies to worry about.
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FIND Food Bank is hosting a resource fair Tuesday for members of the Coachella Valley to learn about what programs and resources are available for them. “Current gas and grocery prices are causing more people to seek out FIND for food assistance,” FIND Food Bank Director Lorena Marroquin said. “And we want the community to
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Thousands of Coachella Valley students are less than a week away from graduating from high school, but it’s an extra special occasion for one local student. In a few days, Esmeralda Vargas will be the first in her family to receive her high school diploma. “I feel excited and proud of myself,” Vargas told Telemundo
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Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Riverside County have been increasing steadily. They are still well below the January COVID surge, but up significantly in the month of May. Near the start of the month, on May 6, there were 34 hospitalizations in the county. As of Monday, hospitalizations have more than doubled with 80 confirmed
Continue Reading A Chihuahua puppy mix was shot through the neck with an arrow in Desert Hot Springs Monday, requiring emergency surgery that veterinarians believe will be successful in saving the pup’s life. The four-month-old female was found early Monday morning by a woman in the 15500 block of Avenida Florencita, near Camino Campanero, according to
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the teen boy struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday night in Indio. Ismael Fuentes, 13, of Indio was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened at the intersection of Avenue 48 and Oasis Street at around 8:22 p.m. Fuentes was a student at Colonel
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A lockdown at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms was lifted Monday afternoon. A spokesperson at the base tells News Channel 3 that someone reported that they heard shots, but no victims or shooter had been located. The reports came in anonymously just before 9 a.m. “We have received reports of shots
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