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The presidential race for the White House is too close to call just yet — many votes are still being counted in battleground states. According to the Associated Press, Former President Joe Biden is currently leading in electoral votes 238-213. Both candidates had major victories declared Tuesday evening: President Donald Trump took Florida, Ohio, Iowa,
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Proposition 22, which will again classify app-based transportation and delivery drivers as independent contractors, was approved by voters today after receiving the most campaign contributions in California history. The initiative written in response to last year’s passage of AB 5 wasleading 58.1%-41.9% with more than 10.8 million votes counted, according to figures released by the
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Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, took an early lead tonight in his quest for a fifth term representing much of Riverside County in the U.S. House of Representatives. Early election results for the 36th Congressional District show Ruiz collected 63.8% of the vote compared to 36.2% gathered by his Republican challenger, Erin Cruz of Palm
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Palm Springs City Councilwoman Mayor Pro Tem Christy Holstege jumped out to an early lead tonight in the race to represent District 4, gathering nearly 60% of the vote. Early vote totals show Holstege’s 59.6% surpassed totals of her two challengers — Mike McCulloch, a former Palm Springs councilman and small business owner, who notched
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Assemblyman Chad Mayes, I-Yucca Valley, took a sizable early lead tonight in the race to represent a chunk of the Inland Empire in the Assembly, gathering 63% of the vote compared to his Republican challenger’s 37%. Mayes is attempting his first reelection to the 42nd Assembly District, which include parts of both Riverside and San
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 487 new cases since Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 69,407. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Testing 849,870 tests have been conducted so far, this increased by 3,594 over the past 24 hours. Riverside County will need to
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It’s Election Day — Riverside County Voter Assistance Centers are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Voters can drop off their mail-in ballots or vote in-person at any one of 130 Voter Assistance Centers countywide. According to the Registrar, as long as a voter is in line by 8 p.m., they will be allowed
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One person was killed in a crash involving five vehicles near Desert Hot Springs Monday just after noon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Raul Silva-Chavez, 23, of Cathedral City. The statement did not mention if he was a driver or passenger, or which vehicle he
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Tensions are running high ahead of Election Day, as worry sparks over possible civil unrest and potential voter intimidation at the polls. As voters poured into Coachella Valley polling centers Monday, the second-to-last day of the 2020 election, President Trump called on his supporters again to keep a close eye on polling centers, adding to
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News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took a look at some of the valley’s key races. One of the biggest races is the 36th Congressional District. The winner will represent a district that encompasses most of Riverside County, including the Coachella Valley. Democratic incumbent Raul Ruiz is running against Republican Erin Cruz. Ruiz is a former
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No matter where you vote in the Coachella Valley, your ballot will end up more than 60 miles away inside an 18,000-square-foot warehouse in Riverside. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office processes roughly 80,000 ballots a day which, by the time the election is over, should total more than 1.2 million ballots. “We hope
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As the clock winds down voters throughout Riverside County are participating in the final push before election day. As of 11 a.m. on Monday more than 589,000 ballots were returned to the Registrar of Voters out of 1 million that were issued. “This time at the election in 2016 to compare our last presidential general
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A State Superior Court judge ruled against Governor Gavin Newsom in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of his executive orders. Judge Sarah Heckman ruled that Newsom’s executive No. N-67-20 was indeed unconstitutional. The order required that all California residents registered to vote in the Nov. elections receive vote-by-mail ballots. The order also required one voting
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Free coronavirus tests will be offered at the Palm Springs Convention Center tomorrow and Wednesday. The testing event, by appointment only, is being organized by the Riverside University Health System. Appointments for the Palm Springs testing event can be made for various time slots between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. by calling 800-945-6171 or online
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It’s been ten years since the death 20-year Augustine Garcia and 16-year old Yanize Mora, who were shot and killed in the Cathedral City neighborhood where they grew up. Now, Mora’s family continues to search for answers as the murder remains unsolved. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero spoke with the family about how they are
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival has canceled its 2021 event due to coronavirus concerns. The announcement was made in a letter to its board members and signed by Board Chair Harold Matzner, Managing Director Rhea Lewis-Woodson, and Artistic Director Lili Rodriguez. The action was set to be formalized in a board meeting. News Channel
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 870 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 68,920. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Testing 846,276 tests have been conducted so far, this increased by 18,979 over the past three days. Riverside County will need to
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UPDATE: A Riverside County Sheriffs Department detective confirmed a juvenile escapee has been taken back into custody. The detective told News Channel 3 that the juvenile was in the custody of a probation officer before escaping from the courthouse. Kevin Slusarski, public information specialist for the Riverside County Probation Department, confirmed that the juvenile, identified
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Many people have already voted for elections but many are going out to the polls tomorrow on election day. Tensions run high for voters across the states and Coachella Valley. Lori Puddester, voter in the Coachella Valley, said, “I’m nervous for there to just to be public rioting and civil unrest and that’s all I’ve
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This election, Riverside County does not have its traditional 600 polling places due to the pandemic. Instead, there are 130 ‘Voter Assistance Centers’ countywide where voters can cast their ballot in-person. Riverside County Voter Assistance Centers will be open Saturday October 31st through Election Day, November 3rd. “An individual is not assigned to a specific
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