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Due to extreme heat continuing through Thursday, South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended the Ozone Advisory through Thursday afternoon. SQAQMD said on top of the heat producing elevated levels of ground ozone (smog), “Wildfires, which produce chemicals that help to form ozone, may also contribute to increased ozone levels.” Due to extreme heat
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California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly is hosting a video news conference at noon on Tuesday to provide an update on the response to coronavirus cases. You can watch it live in the player below: Riverside County remains on the state monitoring list. Gov. Newsom hinted during a Monday news conference that
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The Imperial Irrigation District reported a power outage that cut service to 261 customers in Indio Tuesday morning. The utility blamed the outage on a traffic collision north of Highway 111 and south of Indio Boulevard, east of Jackson Street. IID said all service was restored by 7:00 a.m., but Indio Boulevard remained closed to
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Palm Springs Unified School District hosted a COVID-19 parent training session to educate parents and answer questions as the new school year begins. The session was held virtually and covered everything from how to talk to your student about COVID-19 to the best daily practices to keep them safe. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil spoke
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Executives with the California Independent System Operator — which controls roughly 80% of the state’s power grid through Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Diego Gas & Electric — said statewide rolling blackouts affecting up to 3.3 million California homes could begin as early as 4 p.m. today, however, outage warnings
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Tyson Miller has taken the mound hundreds of times in his baseball career but Monday was his first time doing so in the major leagues. Miller, a former Shadow Hills high school star, made his big league debut for the Chicago Cubs in the second game of the doubleheader against the rival St. Louis Cardinals.
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The national postal service crisis is fueling concerns for valley residents. Some who have told us they have been waiting weeks for their mail. Part-time Palm Springs resident, Sunny came by the post office to pick up her mail. “Well, I drove all the way from San Diego to check my mail because I
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Case Changes Over the Weekend There were 1,882 new coronavirus cases reported over the weekend across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 47,490. The county is caught up on the backlog of cases caused by a glitch with the state’s CalREDIE system last month. The issue did not impact the
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the man killed in a deputy-involved shooting nearly two weeks ago in Rancho Mirage. The man has been identified as Jeffery Monroy, 33, resident of Cathedral City. Monroy was the suspect in call reporting a suspicious person trying to get entry into a house in
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The DMV is closing all of their offices statewide at 3:00 p.m. each day through Wednesday. The department is making the move to conserve energy and protect the health and safety of customers and employees from the high heat impacts, according to a news release sent out early Monday afternoon. According to the release, customers
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El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized $946,472 worth of drugs in three smuggling attempts uncovered at the Highway 86 checkpoint near the Salton Sea over the weekend. The first bust happened on Friday afternoon. According to Border Patrol, agents found 54 wrapped packages hidden in an aftermarket compartment in the rear bumper of a
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Amid a severe need for blood donations, LifeStream Blood Bank will hold three mobile drives this week in the Coachella Valley, where donors will also be screened for COVID-19 antibodies. Drives are scheduled: Tuesday at Stater Bros. in Palm Springs, 1717 E. Vista Chino, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Tuesday at St. Francis of Assisi
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Our neighborhood hero this week is an essential worker in Cathedral City. Griselda Govera is a breast cancer survivor working at the Food4Less grocery store. If you head to the back of the Food4Less grocery store in Cathedral City you’ll find Griselda Govera making a difference. ”I like my job every day,” Govera told News
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California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered an update at noon Monday on the blistering heat wave and the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. As the West Coast continues to experience an historic heat wave and related energy shortages, Governor @GavinNewsom signed an emergency proclamation designed to free up energy capacity and reduce the need for
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Did you feel it? Several moderate quakes ranging from 4.4 to 5.1 in Magnitude struck this morning in Northern Baja, California. The first, a 4.4, was felt at 8:09 a.m. quickly followed by two larger quakes, a 5.2 at 8:30 a.m. and another 5.1 at 8:31 a.m. A fourth Magnitude 4.5 quake was reported at
Continue ReadingManagers of California’s power grid issued a statewide Flex Alert, calling for voluntary electricity conservation through Wednesday and warning of rolling blackouts amid record-breaking heat. The Flex Alerts are in effect from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. each day. The California Independent System Operator said consumers should be prepared for likely rolling outages during the
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As of Sunday the Apple Fire stretched into its seventh day of wreaking havoc on the San Bernardino National Forest. The fire was 90 percent contained. Officials were hopeful they stopped any forward progress of the blaze. A chance of thunderstorms loomed in elevated areas including the mountains and high desert. Wild weather pierced areas
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It’s your vote 2020. This weekend Representative Raul Ruiz was the moderator for a national panel on the topic of COVID-19’s impact on the Latin community. The panel featured Jill Biden, former second lady and wife of the democratic presidential presumptive nominee, Joe Biden. “This pandemic has been devastating and that’s especially true of black
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Shooting Investigation in Coachella Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting investigation on Meadows Lane, near Avenue 49 in Coachella around 5:30 am Sunday morning. When they arrived, officers say they learned that multiple shots had been fired in the area. The shots damaged a vehicle and a residence. No one was injured during the accident.
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Friday marks the first day of school for the Coachella Valley Unified School District. What is typically an exciting day for students, parents, and teachers looked a lot different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. CVUSD schools will continue to conduct distance learning until Riverside County is off the state’s monitoring list. Despite all
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