The City of Desert Hot Springs passed its budget adjustments for the 2024-2025 fiscal year Tuesday night, raising concerns from at least one council member over a potential budget shortfall. The city’s 2024-25 general fund budget includes a proposed revenue of $33,476,437 with proposed expenses of $33,439,739. “We have $36,698 as a surplus and somebody
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An Inland Empire lawmaker’s bills to ensure medical providers have tests to identify a person suffering fentanyl poisoning, as well as provide expanded access to drug therapy, were approved today by the California State Senate. Â Â Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh, R-Beaumont, introduced Senate Bills 1442 and 1468 in the current legislative session as part of
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors tentatively approved double-digit pay hikes for themselves and five other Riverside County elected officials Tuesday based on comparative surveys but several members of the public complained the raises were self-serving and without merit. Â Â “I don’t believe this board deserves any type of increase,” Rancho Mirage resident Brad Anderson
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has addressed recent speculation about a potential future gubernatorial run in California. Last week, Politco reported that Bianco, who was first elected sheriff in 2018 and then re-elected in 2022, is considering a bid for Governor in 2026. Bianco addressed the report in an interview with News Channel 3 today,
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden landed at the Palm Springs International Airport on Saturday morning. Her jet touched down at 10:41 a.m. local time, and News Channel Three was there to capture it. While she was on the tarmac, Biden was greeted by Palm Springs Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein, who shared a few words with the
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The first-ever State of the Fourth District took place Monday morning. Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and other officials spoke about the district’s accomplishments and future plans for changes. Economic growth and infrastructure development were key points. Perez noted the connection between infrastructure, housing, and employment opportunities.“[We want to] drill down the dollars at a state
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Former Assemblymember Brian Nestande has died at the age of 60. Nestande died in the 73000 block of Vermeer Way on Wednesday. According to the Riverside County coroner’s office, he was found at around 2:00 p.m. There was no word on the cause of death. He represented the Coachella Valley in the California State Assembly
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Get Election Results Here Ruiz holds big lead, Weeks looks to hold on to advance to November election Gonzalez leads, Acuña Jr. looks to hold on to head to November in State Assembly race Holstege, Wallis advance to November election Middleton, Ochoa heading to November election Calvert, Rollins moving on to November general election in
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is making a final push throughout the state to raise support for Proposition 1 ahead of next Tuesday’s Primary Election. Friday morning, Newsom toured the ABC Recovery Center in Indio, alongside Riverside County Fourth District Supervisor Manuel Perez and Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia. The addiction treatment facility would be able to access
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A total of 17 vote centers will open throughout Riverside County this weekend for the 2024 Presidential Primary Election, the county of Riverside announced. Â Â Seventeen vote centers will open this Saturday, and an additional 131 vote centers will open next Saturday, March 2 for a total of 148 operational vote centers throughout the county.
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California voters will have the final say on Proposition 1 during next month’s primary election. It’s the only statewide initiative on the March 5 ballot, and is the product of two bills signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last October. It proposes major changes to the way Californians can access mental health and substance abuse treatment.
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Friday morning, local Congressmen Raul Ruiz and Ken Calvert announced who they are supporting in the US Senate race. Ruiz said he is endorsing Congressman Adam Schiff. Schiff represents California’s 30th Congressional District, which covers West Hollywood to Pasadena and Echo Park to the Angeles National Forest. Rep. Raul Ruiz, who represents California’s 25th Congressional
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Faced with public doubts about its effectiveness, the Board of Supervisors today abandoned a proposal that would have directed the Riverside County Office of the Registrar of Voters to increase the manual tally of ballots after the polls close. “The intent of this was to restore trust in our elections. It wasn’t proposed as an
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News Channel 3’s John White is going in-depth on the primaries for U.S. Senate in California. New campaign finance data is out today, revealing how the candidates are prepared for the primaries and the general election, should they be one of the two top finishers in March. You can do your own research here: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/CA/2024/
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Joe Duffle, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1167, is responding to allegations he attacked Former College of the Desert President and current COD Board member Joel Kinnamon, Ed.D., at a political gathering over the weekend, telling News Channel 3 the accusations are “false and a gross misrepresentation of the facts.”
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The Palm Desert City Council unanimously approved the final map for the redistricting process as the city gets ready to shift from two council districts into five. On Thursday, councilmembers approved Map 109 Renumbered B, which came about after objections from the city’s objections from Northside residents last month. 06-Redistricting-pptDownload The city’s five council districts
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By TRÂN NGUYỄN and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers return to work on Wednesday for the start of an election-year legislative session dominated by decisions on artificial intelligence and the state’s struggling budget. The budget is a big issue every year in California, which is the nation’s most populous state
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Riverside County 4th District Supervisor Manuel Perez is speaking with News Channel 3 about a recent newspaper article that falsely claimed he decided to resign as supervisor due to illness. That editorial was published online in the Desert Review in Imperial County. The same article also endorsed State Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia to take Perez’s place
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The Indio City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning the Hamas terrorist attacks and anti-semitism, but it wasn’t without controversy. The resolution was pulled from the consent calendar by Councilmember Oscar Ortiz to allow for public comment. This led to 30 minutes of public comment with all of the speakers urging the council
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Palm Springs swore in its new mayor on Thursday. Jeffrey Bernstein is the city’s 25th mayor. The council rotates the position of mayor yearly. Ron DeHarte is the city’s new Mayor Pro Tem, meaning he will be mayor next December. Bernstein, was elected to the council last November and represents district two. He spoke with
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