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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
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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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Riverside County recently confirmed its first flu death of the season and there is growing concern that both the flu and coronavirus could create a new hospital surge. The county’s health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut that it is unusual to have a flu death this early in the year.
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A young woman, her father, and a third defendant charged with the murder of a 29-year-old man found fatally injured in a Cathedral City park last month entered not guilty pleas today. Rena Lizette Alaniz, 20, of Thousand Palms, was arraigned along with her father, Carlos Antonio Ruiz, 40, of La Quinta and Andres Moreno,
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were actively investigating a shooting at a Palm Desert Circle K Thursday afternoon. Sgt. Deanna Pecoraro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, said deputies were first called to the area of County Club and Washington Street at approximately 2:15 p.m. to respond to an unknown trouble call. Deputies found a
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A group of bighorn sheep made their way down the mountain onto a La Quinta roadway Thursday afternoon. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were called in to help. Deputies shut down street and traffic around that area as the sheep made their way back Residents and drivers along the area of Avenue 48 and Washington Street
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Southwest Airlines will be flying to Palm Springs International Airport in 2020. The airline announced that it intends to start year-round service to both Palm Springs and Miami international airports later this year. The new nonstop route(s) location will be announced in the coming weeks. “Our service to both of these airports will bring new,
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 397 new cases since Wednesday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 53,703. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 537,520 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 7,045 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. The
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With the pandemic, many local restaurants have been forced to adapt or close their doors. One local restaurant, Wallyโs Desert Turtle, is going above and beyond to make sure customers can have an enjoyable, cool, outdoor experience. Wallyโs Desert Turtle is a family-owned restaurant in Rancho Mirage located right off of highway 111. โWeโve been
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A body was found near a dumpster in the Desert Oasis Health lot area in Palm Springs Thursday morning, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Lt. Hutchinson with PSPD confirmed to News Channel 3 that a body was discovered upon officers’ arrival around 7:30 a.m. to the site on El Cielo Road. The body
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The Palm Springs Police Department investigated another shooting in the north end of the city Tuesday afternoon โ an area with ongoing rival gang activity. Police said a person was shot at near Gateway Drive and Eastgate N Road, in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood, though nobody was struck by gunfire. Police found dozens
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