Update 2/12/24 – 4:30 p.m. Gene Autry Trail has been reopened, the city announced. Update 2/9/24 – 12 p.m.Palm Springs Police announce that Indian Canyon at the wash is now open, Vista Chino was opened on Thursday. Gene Autry Trail at the wash remained closed. Update 2/8/24 – 2:55 p.m. Vista Chino is back open.
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A Mexican citizen was arrested Monday morning after Border Patrol agents reported finding 154 pounds of meth in a vehicle during a traffic stop in the Coachella Valley. The incident happened at around 5:00 a.m. on Interstate 10 near Dillon Road. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Border Patrol agents were observing
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High school teams from Corona, Murrieta, Palm Desert, Riverside and Temecula will match wits and attempt their best legal maneuvering Thursday for a chance to win the title in the Riverside County Mock Trial Competition. The 42nd annual event got underway during the last week of January at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, the
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Federal investigators spent their first full day in the desert 75 miles northeast of Barstow and are picking up the pieces of a helicopter today that took off from Palm Springs and crashed killing six people, including an executive of a Nigerian bank, his wife and son, and the former chair of the Nigerian Exchange
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People around the Coachella Valley reported feeling minor shaking after a swarm of earthquakes centered in Imperial County near El Centro overnight. The shaking was centered south of the Salton Sea near the Mexican border. The largest quake was a Magnitude of 4.8 at 12:36 a.m., centered 2 miles northnorthwest of El Centro, according to
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For the third time in five years, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl champions. In an emotional overtime game, Patrick Mahomes connected with Mecole Hardman in the end zone for six points, securing victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The competition remained tight throughout the game. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid remarked last night,
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UPDATE 9:00 p.m. Feb. 11, 2024 A driver was killed overnight following a crash on Interstate 10 east of Coachella. The crash was reported around midnight on the Eastbound side near Chiraco Summit. CHP tells News Channel 3 the driver of a truck tractor swerved to avoid hitting an animal. His vehicle overturned and landed in
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid have made the Kansas City Chiefs a dynasty. They’re already thinking three-peat. First, they had to become the first back-to-back Super Bowl champions in 19 years. Mahomes made sure of it, leading another super comeback on the
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The 3rd annual Coachella Valley Invitational returned to the Empire Polo Fields in Indio. It’s a preseason exhibition tournament hosted to give players and coaches a chance to hit the pitch before the regular season. It’s also an opportunity for fan to have an up-close experience with some of their favorite players. “This is our
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A man whose family’s gender reveal photo shoot sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter in 2020 has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said Friday. The El Dorado Fire erupted on Sept. 5, 2020, when Refugio Jimenez Jr. and Angelina Jimenez and their young children staged a
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By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A woman in a trench coat armed with a long rifle – and accompanied by a young child – entered pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday afternoon and began firing, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. Two off-duty law enforcement officers – a Houston police officer
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Whether you are rooting for the San Francisco 49ers, the Kansas City Chiefs, or the Usher Concert for the halftime show, there is a place to celebrate on game day in the valley. Residents in La Quinta, we spoke to say get to any bar early if you want a seat. Some expressed their love
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By ADAM BEAM and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press The CEO of one of Nigeria ‘s largest banks was killed Friday along with his wife and son when a helicopter they were riding in crashed near Interstate 15 in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, was among the six people on
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Super Bowl 58 kicks off on Sunday in Las Vegas. One Palm Springs High School football alumni, Tayler Hawkins, will be in attendance. He was a part of the PSHS CIF Champion team in 2014, and went on to play at San Diego State University. After graduating, he was signed to the San Francisco 49ers.
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There are some concerns about ballots in Riverside County, some viewers have contacted our newsroom saying they’re difficult to read and consider them a “poor ballot design” ahead of the March primary. One of the biggest concerns of the ballots pertains to the fill-in bubble where voters would mark their choice. Many people say the border of
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Jose Larin Garcia, the man convicted of killing four people in Palm Springs, was sentenced to death Friday morning in Indio. Nearly a year ago to the day, Larin Garcia, 24, was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder. A jury recommended a death sentence. He was originally set to be sentenced in May
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Tour De Palm Springs starts on Saturday at 6:30 a.m. on Palm Canyon Drive. The charity bike ride hosts thousands of cyclists, walkers and spectators. “We are expecting between 6,000 and 7,000 cyclists, which is several thousand more than last year,” said Founder Tim Esser. “The majority of these cyclists are the 50 and 100-mile
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Thousands of cyclists are gearing up for the annual Tour de Palm Springs that kicks off Friday, February 9. The anticipation for this year’s event continues, but the event will go forward with some changes due to weather related closures. Joel Lozano owns the Bike Shop CV and is helping some cyclists with last minute
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News Channel 3 is helping you get ready to vote ahead of California’s March 5 Presidential Primary Election. This year’s electoral process will be lead by Riverside County Registrar of Voters Art Tinoco. Tinoco permanently took on the position last December, following the resignation of Rebecca Spencer. However, his time with the office spans more than 22
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Courts in Riverside County continue to be clogged with a tremendous backlog of cases, a year after hundreds of criminal cases were dismissed. News Channel 3’s John White sat down with Presiding Judge Hon. Judith Clark for a rare interview. “This is a growing convergence of issues, that sort of all came to a peak
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