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Brenda Pree will be moving from Pittsburgh to Palm Springs to serve as the new city clerk. City manager Justin Clifton announced Pree’s hiring on Wednesday. Pree has served as Pittsburgh’s City Clerk since 2017. In that role, she manages 10 support staff providing administrative and operational services to a nine-member elected body. Her responsibilities
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a bill that will expand healthcare and benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Congress passed the bill, the PACT Act, last week. The Senate originally struck it down, but came back on Tuesday and overwhelmingly passed the bill. We’ve been bringing you coverage of a veteran’s fight
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Residents of the Oasis Mobile Home Park continue to demand faster action from government agencies to better their living conditions. Dozens of residents came together Tuesday night, pushing for a for a safe and urgent relocation. “It’s something that needs to be changed now and we need to see it so then we can finally
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The city of Palm Springs says a contractor who was paid millions of dollars to construct the Downtown Park has “abandoned” the project, which remains incomplete nearly a year after opening. With much fanfare last October, Palm Springs celebrated the grand opening of the new taxpayer-funded park – but 9 months later, city documents show the
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will remain closed until Monday as clean-up continues flowing a flash flood event that temporarily stranded hundreds of customers. Crews are working to continue cleaning up mud and debris from the roadway brought on by the flooding. The clean-up is expected to take a couple of days. “After completing a
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A firefighter and a resident were hurt after a Palm Springs house caught on fire Tuesday afternoon. The fire was first reported at around 4:30 p.m. on the 600 block of Via Corta. ALERT- Fire units are currently on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 600 block of Via Corta. One resident
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A Palm Springs police officer involved in a deadly shooting by an unlicensed bail agent will not face criminal charges, the District Attorney announced. David Spann, 33, was killed in his Palm Springs home in April 2021. He was allegedly shot by Fabian Herrera, who police said was posing as a bounty hunter. Herrera was
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The defense rested and closing arguments began today in the retrial of a 73-year-old former attorney who was previously convicted in the 2008 financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs retiree but was granted a new trial — along with three of his co-defendants. David K. Replogle is charged with first-degree murder, three counts of
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Update 8/9/22 The south entrance as well as Pinto Road and Cottonwood Canyon road were reopened Tuesday afternoon. The Cottonwood Visitor Center will reopen tomorrow, August 10, 2022, officials said. All facilities and roadways in the northern portion of the park remain open and available for visitor use. Original Report 8/8/22 Authorities closed a major
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A Thermal woman was arrested after being accused of setting a fire at a relative’s home in Landers Monday night. The incident first started at about 8:10 p.m. when deputies were called to Montara Road in Landers in reference to a female acting irate with family members. According to the Sheriff’s Dept., deputies learned that
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Voters in San Bernardino County will soon get to say whether they want the county to potentially secede from the state. The county’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to put a measure on the November ballot asking voters to decide whether officials should study options to obtain the county’s “fair share of state funding, up to
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Riverside County announced eleven more probable/confirmed Monkeypox cases Tuesday morning. According the Riverside County Health in a tweet by Jose Arballo, all are men between 20 and 70; 10 are from Coachella Valley and one from western Riverside County. The county also confirmed that this makes a total of 70 confirmed/probable Monkeypox cases in Riverside
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Coachella Valley Unified School District is rolling out this new control access system. Their Community Engagement Manger, Lisette Santiago says, “The point is for us to protect our students and our staff, and make sure that everyone feels safe coming back to school.” The goal is to equip every school in the district with this
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More than 200 people were left stranded at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway following a storm. Greg Purdy, vice president of marketing and public affairs at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, told News Channel 3 that approximately 234 customers are stuck at the bottom and top of the tram. “Oh just awful, flooded and you know it’s
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Two Los Angeles residents were arrested Monday morning on accusations of stealing from an elementary school in Twentynine Palms. The burglary occurred at Oasis Elementary School over the weekend but it was reported to police Monday at 7:00 a.m. Morongo Unified School District employees told deputies that a school vehicle and approximately $5,590.00 worth of
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N Indian Canyon Drive is back open from Sunrise Parkway to Garnet Road. The road was shut down Monday night due to flooding. At this time, there were no other weather-related closures at any of the other major roadways along the Whitewater Wash. Monday afternoon, rain caused flooding at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is seeing growing demand for active shooter training from our local governments. “We intend to put this on for our contract partners, our community groups, and our schools and that is all being orchestrated right now,” said Captain Dean Agnoletto at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He noted the department
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Gas prices continue to fall across Riverside County. Prices have dropped for the last 35 consecutive days, and have reached the lowest they’ve been since March 7. There are a handful of spots around the Coachella Valley where drivers can fill up for under $5 per gallon. Use News Channel 3’s Gas Gauge to track
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Riverside County Public Health Officer Geoffrey Leung has proclaimed a Public Health Emergency due to the growing number of Monkeypox cases. Leung signed the proclamation on Monday. The County Board of Supervisors has seven days to ratify the action. Read the emergency proclamation hereDownload Riverside County joins a handful of counties and cities in California,
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The former Shadow Hills High School boys’ basketball coach was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenager. Ryan Leron Towner, 36, was arrested in June 2021. Authorities said the sexual assault took place between May and July 2018, however, it was reported later and the investigation began on April 23, 2021.
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