By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rain flooded roadways and much-needed snow piled up in the mountains on Thursday as the first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pummeled California. The storm focused its energy on the southern and eastern parts of the state after initially hitting the San Francisco Bay Area on
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With a storm expected to bring moderate to heavy rain throughout the Coachella Valley on Thursday, local police are warning drivers about the potential for flash floods. “If you get to an area that appears flooded, don’t take a chance. Try to avoid that area,” said Lieutenant Gustavo Araiza with the Palm Springs Police Department.
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This year marks the tenth annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival. The event takes place inside the Rancho Mirage Library and hosts some literature’s most influential voices. “From the point of view of an author, having an audience that is this engaged, asking such intelligent questions, really caring about the range of issues, both literary as
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A First Alert Weather Alert will be in place for Thursday and Friday as an atmospheric river approaches California, and crews around the Coachella Valley are making their final efforts to prevent major flooding during Thursday’s storm. Moderate to heavy rain is possible during this time with concerns of street and wash flooding. Rain is
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A suspect in custody after a burglary call turned into a standoff that led to a brief lockout in Palm Desert Wednesday afternoon. The incident started at around 1:41 p.m. when deputies were dispatched to the 43000 of Elkhorn Trail regarding a burglary in progress investigation. The suspect ended up barricaded inside a home in
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Update 1/31/24 The Riverside County Coroner’s Office positively identified the skeletal remains found in Joshua Tree National Park as that of Trammell Evans. The cause of death remains undetermined, as the Coroner Bureau’s investigation is ongoing, the agency announced on Thursday. Evans’ family shared a post on Facebook which stated that it appears Evans died
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Update 1/31/24 The Riverside County Coroner’s Office positively identified the skeletal remains found in Joshua Tree National Park as that of Trammell Evans. The cause of death remains undetermined, as the Coroner Bureau’s investigation is ongoing. Original Report 1/30/23 Since skeletal remains were discovered on January 25 in Joshua Tree National Park, the Riverside County
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SCE is urging customers to watch out for scammers who are impersonating representatives of the company. In 2023, the company reported that scammers collectively stole $11,491 from customers in Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and Desert Hot Springs. Scammers posing as SCE representatives often use text, phone and email scams to send fake emergency
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Roads around 4th Street in Desert Hot Springs were shut down as police negotiated with a suspect barricaded inside a home. The standoff started as a call of multiple people fighting in the street just before 6:00 p.m. on 4th Street just off of Palm Drive, city spokesperson Doria Wilms told News Channel 3 at
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Susan Stein, the creative producer and director of Fashion Week El Paseo, was honored Tuesday on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars. Stein received the 465th star on the Walk of the Stars in the category of civic pioneer. Under Stein’s leadership, organizers say that Fashion Week El Paseo has consistently grown. “The meaning of
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Local city and county officials are making sure the Coachella Valley is ready for a storm that is set to bring rain and possible flooding to the valley. A First Alert Weather Alert will be in place for Thursday and Friday as an atmospheric river approaches California. Moderate to heavy rain is possible during this
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Two adults and a child were displaced after a fire heavily damaged a home in Coachella. The fire was reported at around 4:30 p.m. on the 84000 block of Lingayan Avenue, east of Van Buren. Crews arrived minutes later and found the single-story house fully engulfed in flames, a Cal Fire spokesperson told News Channel
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A 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty today to her involvement in an armed robbery at a Palm Desert jewelry store more than one year ago and was immediately sentenced to 60 days in county jail and two years of formal probation. Â Â Tracy resident Karina Monique Ortega pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in
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Nine Southern California residents — including three from Riverside County — have been charged in federal indictments targeting an alleged drug pipeline in which suspected members of an organized crime ring imported hundreds of pounds of cocaine and other narcotics from Mexico through Los Angeles for export to Canada or distribution throughout the United States,
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And now we have two! Jackie the Bald Eagle laid her second egg of the 2024 season up at the Big Bear nest. According to the Friends of Big Bear Valley, Jackie laid her egg Monday at around 2:00 p.m. Jackie laid her first egg on Thursday. But this might not be it for Jackie
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The Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions Department will host a Fourth District Homeless Symposium on Thursday to facilitate a discussion on creating housing and addressing homelessness. The symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, 47470 Van Buren St., according to Supervisor V. Manuel Perez. It will
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Twenty-two high schools throughout Riverside County are participating in this year’s 42nd Annual County Mock Trial competition. “I learned a lot of interview skills and how to ask people questions in an appropriate manner that I carried over into my law practice as I was a practicing attorney,” said Riverside County Superior Court Judge Melissa
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Ms. Tammy Ashworth has been selected as the latest One Class at a Time award recipient. Ashworth has been teaching at Toro Canyon Middle School in Thermal for 20 years. News Channel 3 and attorney Walter Clark, with the Walter Clark Legal Group, surprised Ashworth during one of her art classes. She’s also taught English
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The Board of Supervisors today approved a 10-year, $15 million consulting contract sought by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for management of the flow of construction projects required by the agency. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized the sheriff’s department, in coordination with the Department of Facilities Management, to retain the services
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This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkely) and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced the Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) and the California Children’s Data Privacy Act (AB 1949). According to the Attorney General’s Office, these new bills would address the harms of social media addiction and provide
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