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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif.- Cal Fire firefighters responded to a house fire call on the 13000 block of Caliente Drive in Desert Hot Springs at 9:56 P.M. Friday night. The fire was contained at 10:22 P.M. Southern California Edison and SoCal Gas were requested to the scene indicating possible outages in the area. A Cal
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Martha’s Village is in need of donations from the community. This weekend people will have the opportunity to help “Stuff the Bus” full of family essentials at the Westfield Mall. Representatives say they’ll have curbside drop off bins set up at Westfield Mall off of Highway 111 in Palm Desert from 8 a.m. until 1
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43. pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai— Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles
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Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage has been approved by the Riverside County and State Departments of Public Health to open for in-person instruction. After submitting a waiver to reopen, Palm Valley received approval on Thursday, making it the first local school to get the green light. Palm Valley School began it’s 2020-2021 school year
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 126 new cases since Thursday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 51,860. On Tuesday, Kim Saruwatari, the Director of the Riverside University Public Health System, announced that the county’s testing positivity rate is currently at 9.5%, just slightly above the state’s threshold of 8% but a
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Deputies arrested a Marine at the Twentynine Palms base earlier this week for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. An active-duty United States Marine was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms. According to a news release by the Morongo Basin Station, deputies were originally called to the
Continue ReadingWATCH LIVE: Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new color-coded system for further re-opening the state’s economy and schools. He did not announce new reopening but his adjust the criteria for reopening. The new rules announced Friday create a four-tier, color-coded system that counties will move through based on their number of cases and percentage of
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All registered voters in California will be getting a vote-by-mail ballot for this November’s election. President Trump has repeatedly claimed that sending ballots to everyone, even those who don’t request them, will lead to wide-spread fraud. But, millions of people were already voting by mail in California. “Riverside County is already at 75 percent vote-by-mail
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The Indio Police Department warned the community late Thursday night of a caller reportedly impersonating a police officer. In a statement posted to social media, the department said it had received multiple reports of a man calling residents and leaving voicemail messages. The caller said his name was “Sergeant Jeff Bottoms with the Indio Police
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Palm Springs City Council is responding to the overnight murder that took place inside Desert Highland Gateway Estates. This is now the fourth recent homicide in North Palm Springs. City leaders, alongside residents, are calling for an end to the violence. Grace Garner, the councilmember who represents District 1 (which includes Desert Highland Gateway Estates),
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A Palm Springs restaurant’s main chef is fighting for his life with coronavirus. Carlos Garcia, 50, works at Revel Public House downtown. His boss, Mindy Reed, said he’s hospitalized, intubated and in a medically induced coma. “He’s one of those guys that is in the trenches with you when it’s hard and is laughing with
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested two men accused of stealing over $1,000 worth of lemons from a ranch in Thermal. The theft happened on Wednesday at a ranch in the area of the Highway 86 Expressway and Lincoln Street. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the two suspects were seen loading lemons into the trunks
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As the pandemic continues, more and more families are facing homelessness. But that isn’t stopping our local school districts and non-profits from making sure kids can still go to school. There are many resources available to help kids with virtual learning — even in the hardest of situations. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil visited the
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UPDATE: Police confirm an overnight homicide took place inside the Desert Highland Gateway Estates in North Palm Springs. According to Lieutenant Hutchinson with the Palm Springs Police Department, the victim was a 15-year-old boy and his body was discovered on the front lawn of a home. Police believe gunfire was exchanged between a car and
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A big rig caught fire on Interstate 10 near Whitewater today, snarling traffic but causing no injuries. The big rig was reported to be fully engulfed about 2:30 p.m. about two miles west of the eastbound Whitewater Rest Area, according to the California Highway Patrol. A caller told the CHP that flames had spread to
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported new cases since Wednesday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 51,734. On Tuesday, Kim Saruwatari, the Director of the Riverside University Public Health System, announced that the county’s testing positivity rate is currently at 9.5%, just slightly above the state’s threshold of 8% but a big
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a deadly shooting that occurred early Thursday morning in Yucca Valley. Cindy Bachmann, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, told News Channel 3 the shooting was first reported at approximately 3:22 a.m. in the area of Sage Road, north of Twentynine Palms Highway. Deputies originally responded
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A 44-year-old man who was shot by a Palm Springs police officer last summer while allegedly attacking another officer must stand trial on several felony charges, a judge ruled today. Kevyn Matthew Weintraub of North Carolina was arrested after police were sent to the area of Camino Parocela and South Palm Canyon Drive on a
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The Mary Pickford Theater is taking the silver screen outdoors. Cathedral City city council approved the drive-in’s temporary use permit Wednesday night. “For us this really is a make or break,” said Ted Hane, general manager of the theater. “We need to be able to survive.” The Pickford has been closed for the majority of
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The California Department of Public Health released guidance Wednesday regarding the in-person supervision of cohorts of children or youth in educational and childcare settings. “We had actually setup our guidelines to be at least two supervisors per 10 children,” said Noelle Furon, Public Information Officer for Desert Recreation District. “Now the guidelines are 14 to
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