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Riverside County reported 137 new cases since Wednesday, bringing the total of cases up to 287,200. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County reschedules 600 vaccine appointments as Moderna shipments impacted by winter storm County officials said they did receive the Pfizer vaccine shipments. Full Details: Stalled
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After weeks of tense negotiations, California’s legislative leaders agreed Thursday on a $6.5 billion proposal aimed at getting students back in classrooms this spring following months of closures because of the pandemic. But the plan does not have the blessing of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said Thursday it “doesn’t go far
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The remains of a 73-year-old woman who went missing in July 2020 were found in Mountain Center, officials announced. On July 7, 2020 Rosario Garcia, 73, left her home in Hemet to possibly travel to a family member’s home in Hesperia. Garcia never arrived and police were notified. Garcia’s vehicle was found abandoned two days
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WATCH COMPLETE COVERAGE BELOW: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission
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A 21-year-old La Quinta man was arrested today on suspicion of killing a 20-year-old man whose body was found in the open desert of Desert Hot Springs. The man is accused of murdering David Joaquin Murrieta of DesertHot Springs, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Murrieta has been reported missing but his remains were
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway reopens Thursday morning with pandemic-related restrictions instituted on the rotating cars taking passengers from the desert to the San Jacinto Mountains. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tramway will initially be open ona Thursday-through-Monday schedule, with the first car set to head up at 8a.m. and the last car down at 6
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A major disparity in Riverside County is coming to light with who is getting access to Covid-19 vaccinations. Public health officials say the number of white people getting vaccinated in the county is nearly 4 times that of the Latinx population. “I can tell you that it’s not great right now,” said Dr. Kim Saruwatari, director
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The brand-new $250 million dollar arena in Palm Desert is scheduled to break ground in May 2021. Coachella Valley Arena, the temporary name for the state-of-the-art facility, will serve as the home of the AHL hockey team, starting in 2022. The arena will also be used for other entertainment, such as concerts and live sporting
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District board of education appointed a new interim Superintendent after failing to reach an agreement with their previous selection, On Wednesday, the board unanimously voted to name Juan Lopez as the district’s new interim superintendent. The agreement between Lopez and the district will be finalized during next week’s board meeting.
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Governor Gavin Newsom and other local officials visited a vaccination clinic in east Coachella Valley Wednesday morning. The governor praised the county’s efforts to vaccinate farmworkers in the east valley through mobile clinics. “What this county has done no other county in the state had done, you were first to advance the cause of rhetorical
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The Riverside County District Attorney’s office has ruled that a deadly deputy-involved shooting of an armed man firing into Eisenhower Health was justified. On March 4, 2019, Stephen Kaylor, 63, was reportedly shooting his gun at two buildings on the Eisenhower Health campus. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Department said that deputies arrived a few
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CEO of Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, Joe Wallace, shared with News Channel 3 his recent study on the economic impact our valley is facing from the coronavirus pandemic. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero talked with local economist, Joe Wallace, about the road to recovery. Opening a new restaurant has its own set of challenges but
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Approximately 700 gallons of diesel fuel were spilled at a Palm Springs gas station Wednesday afternoon. The Palm Springs Fire Department and Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting were called to the scene, which is located on the 100 block of Gene Autry. Fire officials said the fuel leak was mitigated and Riverside County Environmental Health is
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced a $9.6 billion spending deal aimed at aiding some of those hit hardest by the pandemic, with a new round of small business grants, $600 stimulus checks for low-income individuals and more housing assistance for farmworkers infected by the coronavirus. The plan “will help
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Riverside County reported 473 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the total of cases up to 287,063. The Coachella Valley reported 67 new cases (48,381 total). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) SIGN UP FOR COVID VACCINE CLINICS (RESIDENTS 65 YEARS AND OLDER ONLY) You can register at https://www.rivcoph.org/COVID-19-Vaccine. Seniors
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“Yes, residents should be concerned as we are concerned as well,” Sergeant Michael Casavan with the Palm Springs Police Department told News Channel 3 Wednesday morning after a pipe bomb was found near Araby trailhead on Tuesday evening. Read article: ‘Live and active’ pipe bomb found near Araby Trail in Palm Springs “We don’t have
Continue Reading Coachella Valley Unified School District continues the search for a new leader. On Wednesday evening, we could learn the district’s next steps as they’re holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. “Appointing a new interim superintendent” is on the agenda. The district has been without a superintendent since the sudden resignation of Dr. Maria Gandera
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Police are on the lookout for a suspect who robbed a US Bank in Banning Tuesday morning. The robbery was reported at approximately 9:11 a.m. at the US Bank on 300 South Highland Springs Avenue, right by Interstate 10. Police say the suspect entered the bank alone shortly after it opened, brandished a handgun, and
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Police in Palm Springs are working to find who’s responsible for planting a “live and active” pipe bomb near a hiking trailhead. The bomb was found in the area of Southridge Drive and Rim Road, near the entrance to the heavily trafficked Araby Trail. A Sheriff’s Dept. hazardous device team was called in and detonated
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The founder of the Joshua Tree Coffee Company was killed in a deputy-involved shooting Monday morning in Indian Wells. The shooting happened inside the gates of the Desert Horizons Country Club, located near Rancho Palmeras Drive and Highway 111. Full Details: Man killed in deputy-involved shooting at Indian Wells country club Royce Robertson, 33, of
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