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Always plenty of gridiron glory to choose from during the high school football season in the Coachella Valley. Our Best Local Sports Show tradition: the Play of the Week. Pick your favorite, vote as many times as you want through 11:59PM Sunday. We’ll announce the winner on Monday on KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS

School’s across the nation are trying out the policy, and now three elementary schools in the Coachella Valley Unified School District are joining the trend; Mountain Vista, Oasis, and Cesar Chavez. “It’s more like a homework restructuring policy. There’s schools around the nation who have been sort of piloting this program and some have implemented

The clock is ticking towards Election Day. And while local party leaders like Joy Miedecke with the East Valley Republican Women Federated are helping hundreds prepare to head to the polls, she said they’ve had many come in to check on their status or update their information. “We look on our computer, and we can

The father of the former “Power Ranger” actor accused of murdering his roommate says the district attorney’s office is guilty of several wrongdoings in his son’s case. “This district attorney has the obligation to do the right thing,” said Bob Naranjo. Naranjo’s son, former “Power Ranger” actor Ricardo Medina, remains locked up eight months after

September is National Preparedness Month and officials with the Riverside County Emergency Management Department were out educating community members. They set up a booth in Desert Hot Springs at the K-Mart parking lot Friday. Those that showed up got various pamphlets and essential items for their earthquake kits. This included, flashlights, gloves, and emergency blankets.

Brandini Toffee is gearing up for the October-December holiday rush and needs at least 50 temporary employees to maintain their well-known reputation for quality products and excellent customer service. The company has had significant growth in recent years and it takes a great team to keep the system running smoothly, especially during the winter holiday

Las autoridades policiacas de la ciudad de Palm Desert investigan un accidente que occuri esta maana. Un vehculo qued llantas haca arriba en la interseccin de las calles Monterey y Country Club Drive al filo de las 2:30 de la madrugada. Un SUV color blanco y un auto color gris estuvieron envueltos en este accidente.

As buzz and excitement builds in anticipation of the upcoming Desert Trip weekends, fans have an opportunity to purchase 6 guitars autographed by the rock and roll legends performing at this historic concert event, while supporting Desert Cancer Foundation. The guitars were purchased and donated for auction by Ken Hanna, owner of Indian Springs Golf

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 checkpoint in Salton City arrested a 21-year-old woman suspected of smuggling methamphetamine on Thursday. Agents said the woman pulled up to the checkpoint at about 4:45 p.m. in a Nissan Sentra. A canine alerted agents to her car for secondary inspection. Authorities said they

UPDATE: 5:48 p.m. Canndescent CEO Adrian Sedlan has been in the marijuana industry for the last year and a half. “It’s truly the best business experience I’ve ever had,” Sedlan said. Thursday, his team planted a new seed in Desert Hot Springs, opening up the city’s first marijuana cultivation site. The facility, also the first

A thief broke into the children’s center of the YMCA in Indio over the weekend, and he apparently made off with fake money that he took from a toy cash register. We’re pretty sure he was unaware of the fake register, as it was pretty dark. Indio police are searching for the suspect after security

Annette Borrero and her daughter, Arianna, have been waiting for a children’s clinic to come to the Valley. “We travel to Loma Linda because since she was born she’s had a heart murmur, so sometimes we go to Palms Springs. Palm Springs doesn’t have a specialist, so they make us drive all the way out

The 21 st Valleywide Employment Expo was held Thursday with thousands of job seekers attending the event at the Riverside County Fairgrounds in Indio. NewsChannel 3 and CBS Local 2 are sponsors of this event. According to staff with the Riverside County Economic Development Agency, over 2,000 people showed up to the event and over

An officer with the Indio Police Department was recently arrested for allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman. View charges filed by DA’s Office According to jail records, 34-year-old Sergio Ramirez was arrested by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department on August 31 on charges of rape by force, sex penetration by force and oral copulation by force.

The San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department has arrested a man accused of murder after a man was stabbed and died at a Yucca Valley home on Wednesday. Authorities have now identified the suspect as 40-year-old Carlos Herrera. He was arrested on Thursday, September 15th at 1:24 a.m. Deputies booked him into the Morongo Basin Jail

County health officials said Thursday that a patient with active tuberculosis was treated recently at a Thermal medical clinic and that officials are reaching out to other patients and clinic staff who may have been exposed to the illness. Officials say that the patient was treated at Borrego Health Centro Medico Coachella clinic in Thermal

A Dunkin’ Donuts will soon open up in the east valley and owners are looking to hire. The popular shop will open at 42225 Jackson Street, Building J, Indio CA 92203. They’ll be holding a job fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m . on Friday, September 16 at 44333 Golf Center Parkway in Indio.

Agentes del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de San Bernardino investigan el homicidio de un hombre perpetrado ayer mircoles por la maana. A las 7:37 am una mujer llam al nmero de emergencia 911 reportando que su novio haba sido apualado y necesitaba atencin mdica, cuando los agentes llegaron a la vivienda ubicada en la

Firefighters said three dogs were killed in an early morning house fire in Desert Hot Springs on Thursday. And the fire actually reignited several hours after Cal Fire doused the flames. Fire officials said they were called back to the home in the 12000 block of Cuando Way at 10:40 a.m. after the fire sparked

Ambassador David J. Lane, a senior diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, has been named President of The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the Board of Trustees announced Thursday. He succeeds Geoffrey Cowan, who served for six years as the inaugural president of Sunnylands. “Ambassador Lane