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Labor Day is on Monday and travelers all around the country are gearing up for the 3-day weekend. AAA’s summer forecast lasts until the end of this month, and estimates a decline in travel throughout the United States to drop more than 14 percent. Despite several businesses and activities being unavailable due to the pandemic,
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Holiday weekends typically bring in more business and now some restaurants in downtown Palm Springs have more space to accommodate. Restaurants along Palm Canyon Drive between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Baristo Road can now expand outdoor dining onto the street with an approved permit from the city. That stretch of road will be closed to
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A convicted felon who engaged in a several-hour standoff with Palm Springs police pleaded guilty to multiple charges today and was immediately sentenced to nearly three years in state prison. Bruce Lombardi of Palm Springs, 37, admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm — a felony — and a misdemeanor resisting arrest
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A 48-year-old man who severely beat his roommate with a metal baseball bat in Cathedral City before robbing him and stealing his car was sentenced today to 23 years to life in state prison. An Indio jury in June found Jason James Allen guilty of attempted murder, torture, aggravated mayhem and other felonies stemming from
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Deputies from the Victor Valley Station responded to an active shooter incident at a Lucerne Valley mobile home park on Friday morning. Jodi Miller, public information officer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told News Channel 3 that deputies originally responded to reports of shots fired at the Moss Mobile Manor located on the
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An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect for Southern California through Monday evening as another heat wave arrives for the holiday weekend. Palm Springs TIED the record for today’s date while Thermal BROKE the previous record from 2019. The combination of high heat, low humidity, and localized gusty winds is also why a Red Flag
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Along with trying to stay cool from the heat, local firefighters are on high alert this holiday weekend for elevated fire danger. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero continues our team coverage with more how they are staying prepared. At the Roy Wilson Fire Station in Thousand Palms and the other 93 Cal Fire stations across
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City officials announced today that Indio’s annual Tamale Festival will not be held this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The festival, originally scheduled for Dec. 8-9, typically attracts nearly 100,000 people to downtown Indio for a weekend of entertainment, food and games. “The Tamale Festival is an extremely important part of what makes Indio
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Update: All four suspects in the Banning Cemetery shooting are now in custody, according to Banning PD Police have arrested three suspects wanted in connection with a double homicide at a Banning cemetery over the weekend, Banning Police Chief Matthew Hamner told News Channel 3. Chief Hamner said there is still one other suspect wanted
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President Donald Trump is holding a news briefing coming up at 2 p.m. Watch live below: LIVE: President @realDonaldTrump holds a news conference https://t.co/0yvP0TbKFt— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 4, 2020
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 397 new cases since Thursday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 53,987. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 541,786 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 4,266 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. The
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An Excessive Heat Warning, which we’ve discussing all week, comes to fruition today at 10 a.m. and continues until Monday evening at 8. Highs will threaten existing records throughout the weekend. The culprit: High pressure over the Great Basin, generating record heat for much of the Desert Southwest through Tuesday before breaking down and moving
Continue Reading Part of Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs is closed to traffic for the foreseeable future as the city prepares to kick off its new outdoor dining pilot program. The closure is part of Palm Springs’ new โal frescoโ dining plan city council passed on August 20. Restaurants along the stretch of Palm Canyon
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UPDATE: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday night that the suspect has been taken into custody. There was no information on his arrest, but county jail records reveal that he was been booked into the John Benoit Detention Center on Thursday at approximately 7:49 p.m. ๐จ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐: ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐. ๐จ pic.twitter.com/g7eWrDTBWJ— Riverside County
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Several nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center make a number of claims against the hospital, which they allege is not doing enough to protect them from coronavirus. But the hospital maintains that is not true. The three nurses did not want to show their faces. “Management tends to retaliate against the people that do speak
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California ISO has issued a Flex Alert from Saturday to Monday between the hours of 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. This calls for voluntary electricity conservation due to high heat and high demand, according to the power grid operator. The Coachella Valley will be under an Excessive Heat Warning throughout Labor Day weekend, with record-breaking
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The Westfield Mall in Palm Desert is back open for business. It’s been closed for 2 months because of the pandemic. News Channel3โs Dani Romero has more on how shoppers are responding. “Yaya! we are so happy, its about time, so we are going to do a little bit of shopping, have some lunch,”said Judy
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An 80-year-old woman was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in a pool at a La Quinta home Thursday evening. Sergeant Deanna Pecoraro, public information officer for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, said the drowning was reported on the 78000 Block of Torino Drive in La Quinta. Pecoraro said deputies and Cal Fire arrived at
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A Coachella woman who helped a murder suspect avoid arrest pleaded guilty today to being an accessory after the fact and was immediately sentenced to 18 months in jail. Martha Perez Espinoza, 40, will also serve 18 months of mandatorysupervision upon her release as part of a plea she made with the court, notprosecutors, according
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Firefighters were working to contain a transformer fire at the Sentinel Energy Center in North Palm Springs Thursday evening. The Sentinel Energy Center is located on the 15000 Block Melissa Lane. The fire was reported at 5:46 p.m. The fire was upgraded to a second alarm fire. The Palm Springs Fire Department was called in
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