A U.S. citizen was arrested after border patrol agents found $370,000 worth of cocaine in a vehicle at the Highway 86 checkpoint. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the arrest happened on Dec. 9. A black sedan approached the primary inspection area of the checkpoint. “Agents’ suspicions were raised during the inspection and the
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A Riverside County man who engaged in a years-long scheme to defraud the U.S. Veterans Administration, stealing over $100 million by falsifying records to make it appear veterans were attending educational programs that they weren’t, was sentenced today to a year in federal prison. Philip Abod, 57, of Calimesa was sentenced during a hearing at
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First responders in Cathedral City helped dozens of families in need get free gifts for the holidays. The Cathedral City Police Department hosted its “Shop with a Cop” event at Target, helping more than two dozen families get gifts. CCPD thanked Target and the Palm Springs Elks Lodge for making this year’s event happen. View
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A 21-year-old inmate from Moreno Valley died due to complications from an illness, authorities said today. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Corrections Central Investigations unit reported an in-custody death at 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to the sheriff’s department. Shaundale Booker was being held at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta when he was admitted to
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Spotty showers are possible in the mountains and for areas west of the valley today, but chances for rain will increase as the week goes on. Moderate rain and significant runoff could contribute to wash and road flooding, street closures and more as we approach busy travel days before the Christmas holiday. Locally, a few
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A local Priest at the Saint Cecilia Catholic Community Church explains the new development from Pope Francis formally approving priests to bless same-sex couples. He was clear to state that his church is an Ecumenical Catholic church, not Roman Catholic, that has been blessing and marrying same-sex couples since 2015. News Channel 3 reached out
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Santa Claus is giving his reindeer the day off so he can climb into a helicopter at the Palm Springs Air Museum for their annual hospital flyover. Santa will be taking off at noon to flyover several valley hospitals and wave to local healthcare workers and patients. The Palm Springs Air Museum has kept this
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Some shoppers were shaken up Sunday afternoon in Palm Desert, when they say they were being threatened by a man on the roof of a store. Around 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were called out to the busy shopping center, located off Highway 111 near Fred Waring Drive. Investigators
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The California Highway Patrol says it happened around 2 a.m. North of 64th Ave and Grapefruit Blvd those roads were temporarily shut down, they have since reopened. When Calfire arrived, crews saw a car on its side with glass and debris in the roadway. A person had to be extracted from the car it took Calfire several minutes
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Fifty active duty Marines and sailors received a special holiday meal this Saturday. They enjoyed music, food and gifts all throughout the morning. Leonard Abramowitz is fan favorite amongst active duty members and veterans. Even as a veteran himself, he is giving back and serving Marines from Twentynine Palms. On Saturday, he helped put on a holiday
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Santas were running wild through the streets of Palm Springs on Saturday. People came from far and wide to support Guide Dogs of the Desert in the annual Santa Paws 5K walk and run. People in the Santa spirit gathered to run, walk, or stroll 5k- or 3.1 miles through scenic Vista Las Palmas and
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Felony charges were filed today against two women and a man suspected of being involved in retail thefts in Riverside County, including a recent one at a La Quinta business, from which $2300 of merchandise was stolen. Khamyra Smith, 19, of Moreno Valley and 18-year-olds Derrick Yanders of Fontana and Chynae Welch of Eastvale were
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On Friday, News Channel 3 partnered with General Air Conditioning and Plumbing to send gifts to students with special needs at Cathedral City High School. Students wrote ‘letters to Santa’ on December 6th, hoping that their holiday wishes would come true. Mike Limon, who is the instructor of special education at CHHS, says “It really
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The Palm Springs Plaza Theater now has funding for its restoration project. During a council meeting, the Palm Springs city council voted to add funds to the Plaza Theater restoration project Thursday evening. During the meeting, the council clarified that the building is city-owned and the funds for the project are not going to the
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A La Quinta man was convicted today of attacking several people with rocks, including two sheriff’s deputies, one of whom shot him. Christopher Curci, 28, was found guilty of two felony counts each of assault with a deadly weapon to cause great bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, and burglary,
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Martha’s Village and Kitchen will operate an overnight Shelter for unhoused residents beginning Friday at the Palm Springs Access Center. The Palm Springs Access Center is located at 225 El Cielo Road, right across the street from the Palm Springs International Airport. City officials said the overnight shelter is part of efforts to assist unhoused
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A 27-year-old man convicted in connection with the 2020 fatal shooting of a father of four in Cathedral City was sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison. Jose Sanchez-Casas was found guilty Oct. 18 of one felony count each of murder and shooting at a dwelling, according to court records. He was also
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The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner announced today that the cause of death of actor Matthew Perry was “the acute effects of ketamine.” “Contributing factors in Mr. Perry’s death include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, used to treat opioid use disorder. The manner of death is accident,” the medical
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The Palm Desert City Council has maintained its stance to move forward with a single focus map to be used in redistricting as the City prepares to shift from its current two districts to five. A fourth public hearing on the matter was held Thursday night, where the City Council heard desired modifications to focus
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A local woman is trying everything she can to keep her beauty supply open that caters to people with textured hair. She says only a handful of beauty supplies carry the products that people of color in the valley need to have healthy and thriving hair. The Creative Images Insititute of Cosmetology defines textured hair
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