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The Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs police departments said they will conduct close patrols of local schools until the end of the school year. The announcements via social media follow the tragic mass shooting that took the lives of nineteen students and two teachers in a Texas community. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said
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Clean water is something many of us take for granted. While new luxury housing developments, surf wave parks, and lagoon resorts in the Coachella Valley quickly obtained approval for clean water, some of the Valley’s poorest communities still can’t get clean water from the faucet. Once or twice a day, Mecca resident Roberto Gomez said
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It’s been an ongoing battle for thousands of Coachella Valley residents across more than 100 mobile home parks to get safe drinking water. On Wednesday, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, visited the Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal. Ruiz and the EPA’s regional Administrator, Martha Guzman, met with residents to
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The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and staff are grieving the loss of its chairman, Jeff Levine. Levine died unexpectedly on Monday, the board announced. “Jeff was a champion of our business community, a devoted leader within the Chamber, and a friend of many across the Coachella Valley,” reads a post
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The state’s Department of Public Health is investigating the first suspected case of monkeypox in California. A Sacramento County resident is being investigated for a possible monkeypox infection after recently traveling abroad. Monkeypox is seeing an unprecedented outbreak with more than 200 cases reported in at least 22 countries. UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter
Continue ReadingCoachella Valley parents are among those nationwide now faced with explaining the tragedy of mass shootings to their children. There is support for adults, like parents and school employees, to help young individuals feel safer, by establishing a sense of security and engaging with them about their fears. Palm Springs Unified School District’s Superintendent Dr.
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College of the Desert’s largest graduation class will be celebrated during the 2022 commencement ceremony. The school will present more than 1,600 degrees and certificates. The ceremony will be held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for the first time since public gatherings were curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Commencement was held virtually in 2020
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A Palm Springs insurance agent who allegedly stole over $75,000 from one of his clients, a late prominent art dealer, and philanthropist who lived in Carlsbad, has been arrested, the California Department of Insurance said today. John Ryan, 64, who operated Calinsured, Greater Palm Springs Insurance, and PS Independent Insurance, was arrested in Palm
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ACACIA CORONADO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept the races at field day. Another was learning football plays from his grandfather. One girl sensed something was wrong and wanted to skip school. On Wednesday, stories began to emerge about the lives of the
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One day after a mass shooting rampage in a Texas elementary school, California Governor Gavin Newsom is promising strong action in protecting people from gun violence. On Wednesday, Newsom and other Democratic leaders announced “efforts to expedite legislation to protect communities.” Every day of inaction is another day kids die from guns.With @SenToniAtkins & @Rendon63rd,
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PETA is offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for shooting a puppy with an arrow in Desert Hot Springs. The four-month-old female Chihuahua puppy was found early Monday morning by a good samaritan on the 15500 block of Avenida Florencita, near Camino
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Local leaders are devastated by the news of the Texas shooting, and some even call for more gun control laws. U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz expressed his thoughts on the shooting. Like others, he is heartbroken over what happened. Governor Gavin Newsom continued this sentiment by calling for more gun control. Both the Riverside County District
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On Tuesday night, the Palm Springs Police Department held a community town hall meeting amid a rise in violence in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood. It’s often a hotspot for crime. Dozens of residents showed up and voiced their concerns. “Innocent people are having bullets in their house, you know my neighbors are scared,
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21 people, including 19 children and two adults were killed after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed. The shooter’s grandmother, who was previously reported as dead, is in remains in critical condition but is alive, ABC News reports. ABC News reports that the victims are
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A vacation turned rescue mission. On May 13, Palm Springs firefighter Cody Ayotte was enjoying time with family in Oceanside when a dumpster fire caught his eye. “Adrenaline kicked in as soon as I saw that hand and I just wanted to get him out,” said Ayotte. A bystander filmed Ayotte as he found a homeless man stuck unconscious under
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The June 7 primary election is two weeks away, voting by mail is already underway in Riverside County, and News Channel 3 is taking an in-depth look at the candidates in the newly drawn 25th congressional district race. Redistricting split the Coachella Valley into two newly drawn congressional districts. District 25’s new boundaries include areas
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Students in Palm Springs Unified School District who were selected to attend a free trip to Washington D.C. earlier this year are making a presentation to the school board Tuesday night. The program was coordinated by the African American Parent Advisory Council of PSUSD. 24 students flew to the nation’s capital last month. They were
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A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for attempted murder stemming from a drive-by shooting that injured a woman in Cathedral City. Jose Angel Flores of Desert Hot Springs, who was behind the wheel of the car involved in the 2014 drive-by, was convicted on April 28 of four counts
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Due to an unusually early start to the fire season, CalFire has suspended outdoor residential burn permits in Riverside County until further notice. The dry conditions, ongoing drought and low rainfall levels have prompted officials to close hiking trails and ban open burning. Any outdoor burning of landscape debris, leaves or branches will no longer
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Across the Coachella Valley, thousands of seniors are saying their goodbyes to their high schools and venturing out to start the rest of their life. This year News Channel 3 is highlighting some students and their achievements. https://youtu.be/ctmnlDUqdT0 Isabella Francisco – Desert Learning Academy Isabella Francisco had more than just her studies to worry about.
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