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NEW CASES Since Friday, Riverside County has reported 1,900 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 340,700. Break down of cases by Cities: Desert Hot Springs – 79 new casesPalm Springs – 47 new casesCathedral City – 77 new casesRancho Mirage – 21 new casesPalm Desert – 72 new casesIndian
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UC Riverside Palm Desert is now offering a variety of classes for seniors. The Osher Lifelong Learning Program has transitioned from the Riverside campus to the Palm Desert center. Anyone 50 and older can sign up for fall courses, which offer a variety of subjects, including wine tasting and world cinema. “We have classes in the
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Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of a previously missing 60-year-old Cabazon man. The two suspects, Gilbert Garcia, 37, of Banning and Victor Diaz Sandoval, 51, of Cabazon were identified as suspects in the murder of Ruben Garcia, 60, of Cabazon, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced over the weekend. Garcia
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Things are looking different this year for Riverside County voters, as residents will now be assigned to specific polling places for the recall election. The polls to vote in person will be open from September 11-14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 14 will be the very last day to get votes in where
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Votes are being cast in the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom as local political parties are ramping up efforts to get those mail-in ballots returned and counted. Valley Republicans are offering ballot harvesting as an option to get your ballot returned by Sept. 14 – but valley Democrats say it’s not a method
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A GoFundMe page has been created to support the Lule family during Cpl. Lule’s recovery. Click here to visit that page A local Marine injured during the Kabul airport attack continues to recover from his injuries. Corporal Salvador Lule of Indio was stationed with his team in Kabul, Afghanistan during a series of bombings that
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The long holiday weekend comes to a close and many valley visitors are heading home. Caltrans had issued a traffic alert on westbound Interstate 10 from Palm Springs to Banning. Drivers were warned to expect delays due in part to holiday travel. On 11:30 am Monday, traffic was backed up to Indian Canyon Drive. We also had
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Three armed suspects who allegedly robbed a convenience store in San Diego County and shot a sheriff’s K-9 were apprehended in Riverside County, a San Diego County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said today. At 11:52 p.m. Sunday, a sheriff’s deputy saw a suspect running out of a 7-Eleven at 10205 Lake Jennings Park Road in Lakeside.
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https://youtu.be/HmqR2kirSSU A wreath laying ceremony was held in honor of fallen United States Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez. The event was held by The Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution today at 4:30 p.m. at the Indio City Hall. Lopez, 22, of Indio was among 13 U.S. service members killed in an airport attack in Kabul,
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One person was killed in a house fire in Cathedral City early Saturday morning. Police and fire crews were dispatched to 32600 block of Sky Blue Water Trail around 2:50 a.m. Officers arrived first at the scene and found a house fully engulfed in flames. One occupant of the home was outside and told authorities
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Three families are finally in their new homes, nearly a year after being displaced by a fire. Flames ripped through one trailer home at the Pueblo del Sol Mobile Home Park on Avenue 46 and Clinton Street on September 30, 2020. The fire then spread to two neighboring homes, completely destroying all three homes and
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Highway 74 has reopened in all directions near Vista Point after a deadly crash on Friday night. Details remain limited on the crash. We know that a big rig had overturned on the westbound side, causing the road closure. RIVCO: SR-74 WB at Big Horn Dr., in Mountain Center. Traffic incident blocking all lanes involving
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KESQ News Channel 3 is sharing in-depth coverage of the 9/11 anniversary and stories of people who have experienced life in America since 9/11 in vastly different ways. On Wednesday, reporter Jeff Stahl talks with Mary Arthen who knew a Palm Springs resident Barbara Keating, one of the 2,977 people who died on September 11,
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Sheriff deputies arrested one person after they lead authorities on a pursuit throughout several valley cities. The pursuit began shortly before 2 a.m. at the intersection of Portola Avenue and Hovley Lane after the driver failed to yield for a traffic stop on a suspected DUI. The pursuit went through several surrounding cities, including Cathedral
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Week 3 of the high school football season is here and a little early at that. We had four games already on Thursday, but it’s still a packed schedule of games. There are 6 games set to be played under the Friday night lights Watch the Best Local Sports tonight at 11 pm for full
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Update 9/3/21 11:00 PM The suspect wanted in connection with the fatal crash has turned himself in to police. The Cathedral City Police Department confirmed the suspect notified officers at approximately 4:45 p.m. The suspect, a 57-year-old resident of Cathedral City, admitted to being the driver of the vehicle at the time of the collision,
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Business in the valley is picking up ahead of the busy holiday weekend. With travelers flocking to downtown Palm Springs for the extended Labor Day weekend, businesses are hoping for an end-of-summer boost. “Typically it’s always busy during the holiday weekend, so we’ll see around this time with the restrictions,” said Cynthia Perez at Maracas. Coronavirus
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The suspect in a Mother’s Day shooting that left a 15-year-old boy in critical condition has turned himself in to police. Tasaun Thomas, 22, of Indio turned himself into the Indio Police Department on Thursday, the department confirmed. Thomas is a suspect in a shooting on Daisy Street and John Nobles Avenue in Indio on
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The community continues to remember fallen U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez — a Coachella Valley native killed in last week’s attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan. Fourth grade students at Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary in Indio wrote cards this week to the Lopez family — thanking the family for his service and sharing words of comfort. The
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NEW CASES Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County reported 879 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 338,800. The case rate per 100K continued to decrease, going from 33.1 on Thursday to 32.9 on Friday. The case rate was at 16.9 at the start of August. The county’s positivity
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