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With less than two weeks until Election Day, the race for the Palm Springs District 4 city council seat is turning nasty. Former Palm Springs councilmember Mike McCulloch and newcomer Dian Torres are challenging incumbent Christy Holstege. They all say they’re experiencing below-the-belt attacks. Holstege is calling out social media comments accusing her of “pretending
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Jennifer and Scott Hanson are two siblings pursuing the same dream to one day be nurses in the Coachella Valley. “Hopefully, we’ll get the same hospital in the future,” Scott told News Channel 3. They both graduated from Palm Desert High School. Now, Jennifer is a junior and Scott is a freshman at Cal State
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Police confirmed an overnight officer-involved shooting took place at an Agua Caliente Casino parking structure in Palm Springs early Wednesday morning. A KESQ News Channel 3 crew reported a heavy police presence was still on scene and the parking garage remained shut down as of 7:30 a.m. According to police, the officer-involved shooting took place
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Your vote 20-20! The race to lead the city of La Quinta is heating up. We take a closer look at the two candidates running for mayor: incumbent Linda Evans and her challenger, Robert Sylk. News channel 3’s Dani Romero spoke with both candidates about the issues that matter most to them. La Quinta is
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A job fair is being held Monday to fill more than 300 jobs across three casinos owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in the Coachella Valley. The vacancies span the tribe’s two operating casinos in Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, along with the tribe’s latest tribal venture, which is set to open
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Two robbery suspects were injured early Wednesday morning following an officer-involved shooting inside the Agua Caliente Casino parking structure in Palm Springs. There were a total of 3 separate incidents that police said involved the same suspects. “The first call that we got about the suspects was about 12:45 in the
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Health clubs in Riverside County, for the third time since March are being ordered to stop indoor workouts under the purple tier. The tier is part of the state’s color-coded strategy for responding to Covid-19. “Having to furlough 120 staff members again, it really puts our business and our members and our team members in
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The Catholic community is responding the Pope’s endorsement on same-sex civil unions. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero spoke with Catholic leaders and the LGTBQ community on the impact this could have for the catholic teaching. A historic move from Pope Francis as he’s the first Pope to support civil unions for same sex couples. His
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran is responsible for emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple states aimed at intimidating the recipients into voting for President Donald Trump, U.S. officials said Wednesday night in calling out both Tehran and Russia for activities meant to interfere in the upcoming presidential election. The activities attributed to Iran mark a
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is asking for residents to avoid the area of Highway 111 and Town Center Way in Palm Desert following a crash. The four-vehicle crash happened just before 2:20 p.m. Photos provided courtesy of the sheriff’s station shows a vehicle on top of another vehicle. According to first responders, there were
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A murder charge was filed today against a convicted felon accused of fatally beating a woman in Indio. Edwardo Alvarez, 40, of Indio was arrested Saturday at a condominium complex in the 47-300 block of Monroe Street. According to Indio Police Department spokesman Ben Guitron, officers were sent to the Summer Breeze complex about 5:30
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 338 new cases since Tuesday. This brings the total number of cases to 65,056. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County moves back to the purple tier of reopening, closing several indoor businesses and services once again Riverside County was moved
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors have named Juan C. Perez as the Interim County Executive Officer. Perez will take over for George Johnson, who will be retiring after nearly 30 years with the county. Johnson’s last day will be December 16. Perez is currently the Assistant County Executive Officer & Transportation Land Management Agency Director,
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Riverside County is returning to the ‘purple,’ or most restrictive tier, county and state officials confirmed Tuesday. The move comes because the county continues to miss the mark on the adjusted case rate threshold set by the state. Right now, the county is at 9.1 new cases per day per 100,000 people. It needs to
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In La Quinta, three candidates are running to fill two seats on the city council. So what is the message they want voters to hear? News Channel 3’s Dani Romero spoke with each of the candidates and has a closer look at their top priorities. It’s two incumbents versus one newcomer for two spots on
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The city of Indian Wells has five running candidates and three spots to fill. The five candidates are incumbent Kimberly Muzik, Donna Griffith. Douglas Hanson, Greg Sanders, and Kathy Strong. Kimberly Muzik is currently on the council and has been living in the Coachella Valley for 33 years. She said, “When I came on board
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The Board of Supervisors wasted no time expressing their concerns about Riverside County going back to the purple tier, with some openly questioning the leadership of state officials. Full Details: Riverside County returning to ‘purple’ tier for a minimum of three weeks The announcement from public health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser prompted frustration and outrage
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Diners enjoyed their meals and drinks outside at Lulu California Bistro and outside is where they will remain at least for the next three weeks as Riverside County moves back to purple. Customer Lisa Redwine, also in the restaurant business, was disappointed at hearing the news. “I’m a little shocked right now, just hearing this
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State health officials released long-awaited guidance for the reopening of theme parks amid the coronavirus pandemic today, but the restrictions will likely translate to several more months of closures at major attractions such as Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood. Under the guidelines, major theme parks will only be permitted to reopen in counties that have
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College of the Desert officials announced that most of the classes offered during the upcoming 2021 Winter Intersession and Spring Semester will be conducted online. Officials said that at least 95% of all sections will be the completely online format. There will be certain courses, including some nursing sections with laboratory and clinical components that
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