A First Alert Weather Alert is extended through Monday morning. While winds will weaken this morning, air quality will likely be impacted through Monday. An Air Quality Alert will remain in effect through 6 a.m. Monday morning. Blowing sand and dust will create low visibility on the roads. Time spent outdoors should be limited to
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Update 3/25/23 11:30 a.m.North Indian Canyon through the wash has re-opened. Update 3/24/23 11:30 a.m.Araby Trail at the wash has re-opened.Indian Canyon still has water running across the roadway and will most likely be closed all day Friday. Update: 3/23/23 11:30 a.m. Gene Autry Trail is now open at the wash. East Vista Chino also
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Officials with Joshua Tree National Park announced over the weekend that seasonal fire restrictions were lifted, effective immediately. The move meant visitors were allowed to have campfires in the park’s nine campgrounds in the designated fire pits. Park officials asked visitors to protect Joshua tree forests and to follow these rules: have a shovel on handadult supervisiondon’t
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While a Joshua Tree employee remains hopeful that a lapse in government funding will not occur, they are reviewing the National Park Services contingency plan. If you plan to visit a national park like Joshua Tree, you should expect services and facilities you usually use to be closed or unavailable. The park itself will be
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A teenager from Palm Desert is ready to “play non-stop” at Mission Hills Country Club this weekend in order to raise $20,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Max Margolis, 16, is captain of the Palm Desert High School golf team. He plans to play up to 100 holes of golf in Rancho Mirage on
Continue ReadingA hiker is dead after suffering a medical emergency on the San Jacinto Peak Trail near Pine Cove. The Riverside County Fire Department responded to the trail around 11:40 a.m. where they tried to reach the hiker. The Rescue 9 helicopter was unable to access the area where the hiker was located and the victim
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The Palm Springs Police Department announced two road closures early Saturday morning due to blowing sand and limited visibility. The closed roads included: N. Gene Autry between Salvia Road and E. Via EscuelaE. Vista Chino between Clubhouse View Drive and Cathedral City Limits Meantime, as previously reported, Indian Canyon remained closed at the wash following extensive damage
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‘Tis the season for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s annual tradition: the snow guessing contest! From October 1 until the first measurable inch of snow falls at the Tramway’s Mountain Station, you have a chance to guess the date of the first snowfall. The first ten entrants to guess correctly will receive 4 regular Tram
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The Palm Springs Unified School District shared a GoFundMe page for a teacher who unexpectedly died. Ana Castillo died on Sept. 28. She was a Head Start teacher on the way to earning her MA, according to the GoFundMe. “She loved the children and families she worked with. It was her passion and she woke
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New information obtained by News Channel 3 reveals new details about former Desert Health Care District Dr. Conrado Bárzaga’s contract and final pay, suggesting he was terminated without cause. The documents reveal he was paid a severance of 6-months salary, totaling nearly 150-thousand dollars, along with over 34-thousand dollars in vacation time among other things. The
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What a week in local high school football, highlighted by the annual Flag Game between La Quinta and Palm Desert. Didn’t see this coming. That’s the beauty of this rivalry, I guess. Palm Desert takes the Flag back with a 30-14 win over La Quinta. It’s the Aztecs first win under head coach Rudy Forti.
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Major things are about to happen for the Coachella Valley Firebirds! The team will play its first home game on October 13th at Acrisure Arena. Meanwhile, on Sunday at the arena, the Anaheim Ducks will take on the Arizona Coyotes for an NHL preseason game. Peter Daut spoke with the Firebirds Director of Broadcast and
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Boxer told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut when she heard the news Friday morning that 90-year-old Feinstein had died, she was stunned. “It’s hard for me to imagine politics without her in it. We came up to the Senate together in 1992. We made history together and worked together on so many things. It’s not
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A Wind Advisory goes into effect at 6 p.m. this evening in anticipation of powerful winds that could impact travel and air quality. Gusty winds increase in the wind prone areas this evening, with stronger winds more likely tomorrow afternoon and evening. This is all the result of a strong low pressure system dropping in
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department continues to search for a suspect that escaped during a pursuit in Mecca early Friday morning. According the the Sheriff Department they attempted to pull over a suspected DUI driver in the area of Highway 111 and Bay Drive in Mecca, just before 10:00 am. The vehicle failed to yield
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It’s a once in a lifetime performance for Shadow Hill High School’s choir. Students will be joining 80s rock band ‘Foreigner’ on stage at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino this weekend. Zoe Fitch Salas, a choir member at Shadow Hills said, “I mean, I have been bragging a little bit. It’s pretty cool. Like all my
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Senator Dianne Feinstein is well known in the desert for her Environmental protection laws and advocacy. Many organizations and political leaders shared their condolences and memories of her. “Senator Feinstein was a trailblazer in so many ways, says the Vice President of Conservation at the Living Desert, Dr. James Danoff-Burg. “Desert conservation is only one
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The City of Indio is laying out a schedule plan for the upcoming Power Trip Festival being held at the Empire Polo Grounds. The festival is being held next month from October 6, 7, and 8. The city has begun road closures of Avenue 50 between Monroe and Madison Avenue from Tuesday, September 26 through
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Originally Published: 29 SEP 23 08:56 ET Updated: 29 SEP 23 09:02 ET By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Clare Foran and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Washington (CNN) — Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the Senate made her the longest-serving female US senator in history, has died, according to a source familiar. She was
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California Governor Gavin Newsom was one of many political leaders who issued statements Friday morning shortly after the announcement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s death at the age of 90. Feinstein’s office said she died Thursday night at her home in Washington. Her cause was not released. The Senator had voted on Senate business earlier that day. Newsom’s statement
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