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A new parking plan was implemented at Acrisure Arena on Thursday, after facing major traffic and parking issues on opening night Wednesday. “We heard on the news that there was some challenges last night with parking and people missing the show so we made it a point to get here early,” said local resident Dave
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For the second time in a little under three years, Kathleen Kelly is the new mayor of Palm Desert. Kelly was sworn in as mayor during Thursday’s city council meeting. She previously served as mayor in 2021. Palm Desert rotates the position of mayor annually. Councilmembers Gina Nestande and Karina Quintanilla were actually next in
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Palm Springs has its first-ever Latina mayor! Grace Garner was sworn in to the position on Thursday. Garner born on the Twentynine Palms Marine base to two Marine parents, grew up in Palm Springs, and went to Palm Springs high school. She was first elected to the city council in 2019. She won reelection in
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After more than a year of pleading for justice, the family of Debra Nelson ultimately did not get the outcome they fought for. 22-year-old Damian Flores was sentenced to six years Thursday after being convicted in an Indio hit and run that killed pregnant 18-year-old Debra Nelson in March of 2021. “I just miss her so much,
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Officials at Acrisure Arena have released a parking plan for Thursday’s Doobie Brothers event. Wednesday’s opening night event at Acrisure Arena was marred with issues of parking and traffic along Varner Road. Some visitors tell News Channel 3 it took over an hour to park. Traffic into the arena area continued as long as an
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After about eight weeks of testimony, prosecutors in a local quadruple murder trial rested their case after calling their final witness to the stand this week. Jose Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Thursday, blood stain pattern interpreter Craig Ogino
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will stop making companies pay employees who can’t work because they caught the coronavirus while on the job. For the past two years, California workplace regulators have tried to slow the spread of the coronavirus by requiring infected workers to stay home while also guaranteeing them they
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Shoppers were temporarily evacuated from the Aldi supermarket in Palm Springs as firefighters investigated an issue at the store. Palm Springs Fire Department officials confirmed a water heater malfunctioned and caused some smoke at the store, which is on Ramon Road near Gene Autry Trail. There was no fire, according to officials, and no damage.
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The Palm Springs International Airport announced that it expects this holiday season to be the busiest in the airport’s history and encouraged travelers to plan ahead and arrive early to catch their flights. “We’re planning for a very busy holiday season this year,” said Executive Director of Aviation Harry Barret in a statement. “We recently
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California utility regulators are set to vote Thursday on changes to the state’s booming rooftop solar market that they say will more evenly spread the cost of energy and help reduce reliance on fossil fuels in the evening. California has long led the nation in adoption
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Opening night at Acrisure Arena was a moment thousands of people have been waiting for. Many attendees say they spent a lot of time waiting. They were in their cars, backed up on Cook Street and Varner Road, trying to access the parking lot. Fans from all over the region lined up to see comedians
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A group of PGA West residents banded together to bring some holiday cheer to the family of an Indio woman who recently lost her daughter. Alejandra Lomeli works as a food server at a restaurant at PGA West. Catherine Foss who is a member of a bunco group within the PGA West community said when
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As the holiday nears, The United States Postal Service wants to ensure people get their packages out on time so it’s delivered by the holidays. USPS Holiday Shipping Deadlines for Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48 States): December 17: USPS Retail Ground Service, First-Class Mail ServiceDecember 19: Priority Mail ServiceDecember 23: Priority Mail Express Service USPS Holiday
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The City of La Quinta announced Wednesday the developer of the TALUS La Quinta luxury resort project is retooling the development due to rising labor, materials and interest rate costs to keep the development “economically viable.” News Channel 3’s Jeff Stahl will have more on the delay tonight at 6:00 p.m. City Manager Jon McMillen
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Acrisure Arena hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday with the Doobie Brothers Wednesday morning. “This dream started five years ago and it’s very rewarding to finally share this building with the Valley community. Acrisure Arena represents Oak View Group’s sixth arena and I’d like to thank all of our partners for believing in our community,
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With temperatures dropping across the Coachella Valley, people experiencing homelessness often seek shelter from the elements. However, overnight centers for the unsheltered are hard to come by. Riverside County partners with local officials to set up warming centers across our desert cities, but nearly all of them close before dark. The only two overnight warming centers are
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The prosecution is set to rest its case in a quadruple murder retrial with its final witness on the stand Wednesday. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended earlier this year with a deadlocked jury. Blood stain pattern interpreter Craig Ogino continued his testimony about
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A former Coachella Valley Unified School District teacher who repeatedly sexually assaulted a young girl was convicted today of multiple felony charges. A Riverside jury deliberated four days before finding 43-year-old Luis Alfonso Martinez of La Quinta guilty of two counts each of lewd acts on a minor and oral copulation of a child under
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A Palm Springs resident accused of fatally shooting a man in Desert Hot Springs late last month pleaded not guilty to a murder charge today. Richard Douglas Taylor Jr., 31, was charged Tuesday. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on the felony count — which includes a sentence-enhancing
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At a meeting this week, College of the Desert Board members are planning to act on a resolution to “conduct comprehensive forensic audits” due to concerns over campus development projects throughout Coachella Valley as well as “vulnerable and inefficient” Technology (IT) systems. The resolution intends to address concerns regarding “the cost of developing campuses and
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