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News Channel 3 has learned of new allegations against former Cathedral City Police Chief Travis Walker. The sexual harassment claims are similar to those he faced here in the Coachella Valley in 2019. A long-time police dispatcher filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Santa Paula and its Police Chief Travis Walker. Walker served as the chief of police
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A well-known Palm Springs designer is finally taking her new building back from squatters, who kept her from going inside the property for several months. She says they cost her tens of thousands of dollars and threatened her. We discovered this type of situation is a big problem in the Coachella Valley, with many squatters
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La Quinta’s new skate park, named “X Park,” officially opened to the public on Wednesday. The park is located at the southeast corner of Dune Palms Road and Black Hawk Way, near La Quinta High School. The park features a concrete pump track, a modern street course with a variety of stairs, rails and ledges
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A La Quinta woman suspected of killing her 85-year-old mother pleaded not guilty today to murder and cruelty charges. Sally Martha Webster, 59, was arrested Friday in connection with the death of Rosemary Webster, according to Sgt. Ed Baeza of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sally Webster Deputies received a report of Rosemary Webster’s death
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who own cars could get up to $800 from the state to help offset record-high gas prices under a proposal announced Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Registered owners would get $400 per vehicle, capped at two vehicles. People who own electric vehicles or others that don’t use gasoline would
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Construction on the highly anticipated Mecca Regional Sports Park is scheduled to begin at the end of April, officials announced on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a $4.6 million construction contract with Calimesa-based Three Peaks Corporation to move the park project forward. Snapshot-116511Download The 6.67-acre park will include multipurpose fields
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Two men accused of shooting three people in downtown Palm Springs early Sunday morning are expected in court today to face a number of charges. The shooting was reported at around 1:50 a.m. on the 200 block of S Indian Canyon Drive. Callers told police dispatch that at least two people were struck by gunfire,
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Millions of uninsured Americans may find it harder to find a free COVID-19 test. Federal funding for free COVID testing has run out. Congress has yet to pass a new COVID-19 funding bill. The halt in accepting COVID testing claims for uninsured people started at midnight on Tuesday. There are not enough funds to cover COVID
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family says. Below is a statement from the family of @Madeleine: pic.twitter.com/C7Xt0EN5c9— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) March 23, 2022 Here in Coachella Valley, Albright had been scheduled to join the upcoming Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, which had been postponed by
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Authorities in Coachella are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a home. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station responded to the house fire on Coronado Street and Avenue 50. Viewer image of fire Cal Fire said the blaze ignited just after 2:00 in the morning. Residents were
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The La Quinta City Planning Commission will meet again in April to decide the fate of a controversial proposed surf park. The commission met Tuesday evening and heard seven hours of city presentations and public comments on the Coral Mountain Resort. The hearing ended well after midnight without a vote for or against the project. The resort
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Police in Desert Hot Springs were investigating a shooting on Tuesday night. Investigators were called to the scene on Cahuilla Ave. near Ocotillo Rd. and Palm Dr. around 8 p.m. Tuesday. They said that one man was shot in the torso and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police did not have information on
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Palm Desert Charter Middle School is the first middle school to compete in the WGI Color Guard World Championships. The team is set to make history on April 7-10 in Dayton, Ohio. The Palm Desert Charter Middle School Varsity Color Guard team is making history at the 2022 @WGIcolorguard World Championships next month! 👏🏽Find out
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SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife earned nearly $1.5 million in 2020 and paid about $480,000 in taxes, down from $1.7 million in income the couple reported in 2019 in his first year as governor, records released Tuesday showed. The couple’s joint federal tax return showed they paid a tax
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Tuesday that will make abortions cheaper for people on private insurance plans, the first of more than a dozen bills the state’s Democratic leaders plan to pass this year to prepare for a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego appeals court judge who is the daughter of Mexican immigrants was confirmed Tuesday as the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court. Justice Patricia Guerrero was approved by a 3-0 vote of the Commission on Judicial Appointments to fill the vacancy left by Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino
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As festival season approaches and more events make their way back to the Coachella Valley, short-term rentals are in high demand. With increased demand, comes fraud and phone scams. “I felt violated.” That was Malia Rivera’s reaction when she found her Indio home was listed on Craigslist for rent. “I felt just that, you know,
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The California 4th District Court of Appeals has reversed a judge’s decision to drop the charges against one of the developers indicted in the bribery case of an ex-Palm Springs mayor. On Dec. 4, a judge dismissed charges against real estate developer John Wessman. Wessman was originally indicted on nine counts of bribery of an
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