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The US Geological Survey reported a Magnitude 5.7 earthquake that shook residents in Salt Lake City, Utah early Wednesday morning. The quake was felt up and down the Wasatch front at 7:09 a.m. MDT., 6:09 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and shook Utah’s Salt Lake City area knocking out power in some areas, officials said. The
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Desert Care Network (Desert Regional Medical Center, JFK Memorial Hospital and Hi-Desert Medical Center) has changed its policy for visitors in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus One of the major changes is that DCN hospitals have implemented a no visitors policy to ensure the safety of patients and staff. Exceptions include: Labor
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The city of Palm Springs ordered residents to shelter in place beginning Wednesday morning, and closed all non-essential businesses. The order asks residents to stay home except for essential activities, like going to the grocery store or the doctor. It’s effective Wednesday, March 18 at 7 a.m. through at least April 2, when the city
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With the recent announcement from Riverside County Public Health that all restaurants must limit their capacity to no more than 10 people and move to carry-out orders, News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay spoke with some local restaurants to see what they are doing differently. One local restaurant we spoke with is Dringk Eatery and Bar
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The Palm Springs City Council has issued a shelter-in-place advisory and closed all “non-essential businesses” in the city to the public as part of efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus. The order advises all residents to shelter-in-place and limit activities to only those essential to their daily lives. Palm Springs Shelter-in-Place OrderDownload Palm Springs
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Riverside County public health officials have confirmed a new coronavirus case as of Monday, March 16th at Sun City Palm Desert. As of Tuesday morning, there were a total of 15 cases confirmed in Riverside County. In response, the community association canceled all group activities and urged people to utilize social distancing. “People are cooperating
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News Channel 3 partnered with Coachella Valley Health experts and Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz to answer your questions about the coronavirus and local actions to curb the crisis.
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Governor Gavin Newsom has advised all seniors over 65 to stay home when possible as a protective measure against the coronavirus. There are many options for seniors or those vulnerable when it comes to grocery shopping. Clark’s Nutrition in Rancho Mirage is opening an hour early at 8am Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week
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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert will be closing public operations starting today until at least April 1.The zoo had worked to remain open while adhering to the guidelines and recommendations from the CDC, CA Department of Public Health, and Riverside County Department of Public Health. However, the guidelines continue to change
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Millions of California students are staying home from school to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Here in the valley, our three local school districts are also closed for three weeks. Check out our coronavirus section for local coverage All three are still providing meals at off-site locations to help families during the closure. FOR DESERT
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The Diocese of San Bernardino County, which stretches through all of San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, has suspended all masses, closed all churches, church offices, and chapels, as well as postponed all weddings. There will be very rare exemptions for weddings to continue and even then they will still have to adhere to the rules
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Update: Tuesday March 17th. — Dr. Kaiser has reported there are now three deaths total in Riverside county, all from the Coachella Valley. There are also two new cases in Western Riverside County bringin the total to 16. Riverside County release some info on the deaths, saying that all were over the age of 70
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On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that authorizes local governments to halt evictions for renters and homeowners, slow foreclosures, and protect against utility shutoffs for Californians affected by COVID-19. A full version of the Executive Order can be found here. This Executive Order comes as Californians are experiencing substantial loss of hours
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The City of Palm Desert declared a local emergency on Tuesday and ordered the closure of city hall and other municipal facilities for at least two weeks. Police and fire protection as well as other public safety-related municipal services, including building inspections and code compliance, will continue to operate without interruption. People who need to
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Police and firefighters had cleared the scene of a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 10 in Indio Tuesday morning, and traffic was moving again. The California Highway Patrol said vehicles were blocking westbound traffic lanes just east of Jackson Street, but two lanes had been cleared of all wreckage by 6:36 a.m. The westbound fast lane
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Two people died following a crash involving two vehicles in Palm Springs Monday. The collision was reported shortly before 11:30 p.m. on East Vista Chino at North Indian Canyon Drive, according to the Palm Springs police department. Police shut down Indian Canyon, from Stevens to Via Escuela, and Vista Chino, from Palm Canyon to Via
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As concerns rise, the Desert AIDS Project has responded. The health center is converting one of their clinics into a coronavirus triage clinic, which opened to the public on Monday. Dr. Christopher Foltz, an infectious disease physician at Desert AIDS Project took News Channel 3 around their new transformed triage clinic that has nine
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Basic necessities have been flying off the shelves at grocery stores throughout the Coachella Valley. Ralph’s is one of the markets that has made changes to keep up with the demand. All of its stores have altered their hours of operation to close at 8 p.m. instead of midnight. “…that time will allow our associates
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Local fixed-route bus service will be provided free-of-charge starting Tuesday, the SunLine Transit Agency announced. “We’re so incredibly proud of the dedicated team at SunLine and the efforts made to quickly mobilize this response to recommendations by health officials. It reflects how we all truly care for our riders, each other and the community we
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Large, yellow tents went up Monday outside Desert Regional Medical Center in Palms Springs, hours after the hospital enacted a strict no-visitors policy. “I think it is a little unprecedented from what we’ve had in the past,” the hospital’s chief quality officer Christine Langenwalter said. There are now only a few exceptions that visitors can
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