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Appointments for 16 Riverside County COVID vaccination sites are now available for residents 65 years and older. You can sign-up at https://www.rivcoph.org/COVID-19-Vaccine-with-Registration Seniors 65 years and older who need assistance are asked to dial 2-1-1 PLEASE NOTE: In order to increase access for our most vulnerable populations, appointments for the County’s vaccination clinics are for
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COVID vaccine appointments at the Palm Springs Convention Center clinic are all filled up for Monday. The county says they will continue to fill appointments for the rest of the week, however, appointments are not available for other days at this time. Sign-up for the Palm Springs clinic at: https://curative.com/sites/25163#9/33.8254/-116.5369 Seniors 65 years and older
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A new coronavirus vaccination site is officially opening Friday at the Palm Springs Convention Center. “Today we will be vaccinating 350 residents who are currently eligible. That includes residents who are 65 years of age or older or workers in education, food and agriculture or healthcare,” said Brooke Federico, public information officer, Riverside County. Riverside
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Even as vaccinations are underway, health officials are encouraging the public to continue to get tested for coronavirus, adding it could be months before the majority of the community has been vaccinated. In the meantime, they say it’s essential to keep prioritizing testing countywide. There are now several places people can easily get a free
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Riverside County officials said Thursday they’re optimistic about increasing the number of vaccinations being performed. “We’re going as quickly as we can,” said Jose Arballo, a spokesperson for Riverside County Public Health. The vaccination efforts are showing positive signs of acceleration, Arballo said, including an increasing supply of doses. “We usually get somewhere between 21,000
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The Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival would have opened Friday for its 75th anniversary. This year’s fair is canceled because of the pandemic and now there are questions about the long term future of the fair. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved $1.6 million in funding for the fairgrounds in November of
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and California Highway Patrol pursued a stolen balloon/party supplies van along Interstate 10 Wednesday evening. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero speaks to the woman who was shocked to see a strange man drive the van drive away just as she was loading up for a birthday party delivery. “Its an
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Riverside County and Palm Springs city officials are set to unveil a new coronavirus vaccination site Thursday at the Palm Springs Convention Center. https://youtu.be/EhMYKTJyVaI Details of the vaccination site below were provided in a news release sent to News Channel 3: “Riverside University Health System (RUHS)-Public Health is partnering with the City of Palm Springs
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Keep an eye on the bald eagles and egg hatching with the live nest camera below, courtesy of Friends of Big Bear Valley: Jackie, the female bald eagle nested up in Big Bear, laid another egg! This is her fifth egg overall and her second of the current batch. She laid the first egg of
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Traffic on the eastbound side of Interstate 10 is moving slow and backing up due to a multi-vehicle accident just past Washington. The California Highway Patrol reported that there was one vehicle blocking the middle lane There are few details on the crash at this time. CHP confirmed there were no injuries. Traffic began to
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A 38-year-old man remains in the hospital after being shot in Cathedral City Thursday morning. The shooting happened at around 7:10 a.m. in the area of 67800 block of Carroll Drive in the Cathedral City Cove area. Police said officers arrived at the scene minutes later and found a 38-year-old man suffering from two gunshot
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A felon accused in a hit-and-run crash that injured an Indio woman and her 5-year-old son pleaded not guilty today to one felony count of hit-and-run involving injury or death. Jesus Mario Noriega, 31, of Indio, is accused in the Feb. 4 crash reported in the area of Indio Boulevard and Fred Waring Drive in
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The Indio Police Department has arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash last week. Mark Bravo, 28, of Indio is accused of fleeing the scene of a crash into a pedestrian early Thursday morning near the intersection of Monroe Street and Avenue 42. The pedestrian died at the scene. He was
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The 67-year-old mother of an Islamic terrorist who killed more than a dozen people in an attack following a Christmas party at the Inland Regional Center was sentenced to six months home confinement and three years probation for destroying evidence connected to the massacre. Rafia Sultana Shareef, also known as Rafia Farook, pleaded guilty in
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A 24-year-old is behind bars after investigators said he killed his father Wednesday night in Idyllwild.D Deputies were called to investigate a report of a shooting on the 53000 block of Country Club Drive in Idyllwild Wednesday at an unspecified time. When they arrived, they found a 50-year-old dead with an apparent gunshot wound. According
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Riverside County reported 643 cases since Tuesday, bringing the total of cases up to 284,814. The Coachella Valley reported 116 cases (48,095 total) Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) VACCINE CLINICS OPENED FOR RESIDENTS 65 YEARS AND OLDER You can register at https://www.rivcoph.org/COVID-19-Vaccine. Seniors who need assistance can dial
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Governor Newsom spoke Wednesday in Fresno about the state’s efforts aimed at speeding up coronavirus vaccinations. While he spoke, protesters could be heard in the background chanting “Recall Gavin”. A campaign official for “Recall Gavin 2020” tells News Channel 3 they’ve collected 1.4 million of 1.5 million signatures needed by March 17th, to get the
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The city of Coachella Wednesday night unanimously passed a new “hero pay” ordinance, requiring an additional $4 per hour for workers in grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants and agriculture for at least the next 4 months. Coachella is the first city in the country to mandate hero pay for farm workers, city leaders said. “Wow, the
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and California Highway Patrol pursued a stolen balloon/party supplies van along Interstate 10 Wednesday evening. The owner of Funtastik Balloon Party Supplies told News Channel 3 that the van was stolen as she and two others were putting balloons inside the vehicle. The owner said the thief snuck in and
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UPDATE 2/11 Appointments are now available at local CVS Pharmacies. Click here to sign up: https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine ORIGINAL COVERAGE 2/10: Just one day after local Representative Raul Ruiz called out a major pharmacy chain for leaving Riverside County out of their vaccination plans. CVS Health is now making some changes. CVS Health announced earlier this month
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