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Cases Changes Today There were reported 249 new cases since Tuesday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 36,159. 361,065 tests have been conducted so far, 1,494 new tests since yesterday. The doubling rate was at 27.7 days as of July 28. This is the total number of days it
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Murder and other charges were filed today against a 31-year-old convicted felon accused of gunning down a man earlier this year near Indio. Ruben Corria Esquivel Jr. of Coachella was arrested last Friday after an hours-long standoff near Mecca with sheriff’s deputies who were serving an arrest warrant following a five-month investigation into the killing
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San Bernardino County officially surpassed 30,000 total cases on Wednesday after the county reported 2,347 new coronavirus cases. Wednesday’s cases are the highest daily increase in the county since the pandemic started. Health officials write the spike in new cases today was caused by a backlog of cases over the past several days which caused
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FIND Food Bank needs extra helping hands. They’re seeking hundreds of more volunteers. “The National Guard is here and they’ve been fantastic but they’re not going to be here forever,” FIND Food Bank President and CEO, Debbie Espinosa told News Channel 3 on Wednesday. “We’re getting the information that they may be leaving us towards
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The Palm Springs Animal Shelter says more and more people are having to give up their pets due to the pandemic. “Over the past week or two we’ve seen a big uptick in owner surrenders,” said Catie Voglio, Marketing & Graphics Specialist, Palm Springs Animal Shelter. The shelter says this is largely because people are
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Firefighters were battling a tamarisk tree fire along the Union Pacific railroad tracks in Bermuda Dunes early Wednesday morning. The flames were reported at 4:04 a.m. between the railroad tracks and Country Club Drive near the Bermuda Dunes Airport approximately a mile east of Washington Street. The California Highway Patrol closed Country Club Drive between
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Cathedral City’s short term vacation rental policy is set to be discussed Wednesday morning in a special meeting. Cathedral City originally placed a temporary ban on all short term vacation rentals back when the pandemic began. That order, however, was rescinded on June 12th. Since that date, short term vacation rentals have been allowed to
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Tens of millions of Americans are out of work, some anxiously awaiting a decision on whether expanded unemployment payments will continue. Negotiations continued Tuesday night on Capitol Hill between Democrats and White House officials, as they tried to hammer out a phase four coronavirus bill. Democrats want to extend the payments as is, $600 per
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Valley school districts are about to begin the new school year like never before. Hear from all three local superintendents discuss the biggest challenges facing their district and how they plan to address those challenges. Visit KESQ.com/Education for more local school coverage
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This week, Senate Republicans unveiled their roughly $1 trillion stimulus proposal, called the HEALS Act, which includes a $400 cut in “enhanced unemployment benefits” and will serve as an opening bid for bipartisan-negotiations with Democrats. Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz joined Peter Daut during our 6:30 pm newscast on CBS Local 2 and Fox 11
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Four men previously convicted in the murder of a retired Palm Springs art dealer will each represent themselves in their retrial. Kaushal Niroula, Daniel Garcia, Miguel Bustamante, and David Replogle made their first court appearance in June. All four are serving life sentences in the brutal murder of Clifford Lambert, 74, for financial gain. Clifford
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The Cathedral City Police Department confirmed that a single-vehicle rollover is a fatal incident. The crash was reported at around 4:58 p.m. in the area of Date Palm Drive and Varner Road, north of Varner Road. Police confirmed Date Palm was closed in both directions from I-10 to Varner for several hours. The coroner’s office
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Windi Eklund is a mother of three and a California charter school policy advocate whose children have attended charter schools for the past five years. “I”m very worried about the future of charter schools in California,” said Eklund. While her children are set to begin their studies this fall in their charter schools, she empathizes
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As fire season ramps up larger fires have become inevitable throughout California. Agencies have begun reconfiguring operations to mitigate the spread of COVID 19 amongst first responders and potential evacuees. Cal Fire started testing out what is known as the Mass Fever Screening System. It aims at detecting warmer temperatures among several crew members by
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Similar to Monday, temperatures climbed into the one-teens this afternoon. Palm Springs recorded a high of 115° — two degrees warmer than yesterday. An average high for the date is 108°. An Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect at 11:00 a.m. Thursday for temperatures that could climb to 120° through Saturday. Extreme heat can significantly
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the man found dead inside a burning vehicle in Thermal last week. Authorities were initially called to a vehicle fire call at around 1:40 a.m. on July 18 in the area of Avenue 57 and Pierce Street. A body was found inside the vehicle after the
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The woman who sued Cathedral City and its former police chief reached a $500,000 settlement, newly obtained court documents reveal. In April 2019, Cathedral City Police Department Dispatcher Loran Candelas sued the city, and its then police chief Travis Walker. Candelas accused Walker sexually assaulted her at the Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells in October
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A big rig rolled over on the westbound side of Interstate 10 east of Dillon Road in Coachella Tuesday afternoon. The driver told News Channel 3 he is okay, however, both lanes on the westbound side are blocked by the big rig on its side. Traffic is flowing as cars are getting around the accident
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Cases Changes Today There were 723 new cases reported since Monday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 35,910. Last four Tuesday case totals: June 29 – 17,296July 7 – 21,101July 14 – 26,481July 21 – 30,890 The doubling rate was at 26.7 days as of July 27. This is
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UPDATE – DHSPD Located Arthur Molina and say he is safe. ——————————– The Desert Hot Springs Police Departement is asking for the public’s help in finding Arthur Costa Molina, a 71-year-old with cognitive health issues who was last seen Monday morning. Molina is described as: Asian male adult5 feet, 5 inches tall135 pounds with a
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