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Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Morongo Basin Station, responded to a report of a suspicious package Friday morning. This took place in front of the Twentynine Palms Post Office. Deputies immediately evacuated the area and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Bomb Squad, were called in to assist. The suspicious device was
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An 18-year-old resident of La Quinta was arrested and booked Friday for Battery on a Peace Officer and Burglary. It happened at 2:34 a.m. at La Casita Restaurant in Yucca Valley. Deputies assigned to Yucca Valley responded to the report of a burglary and located him inside the restaurant destroying items. He resisted arrest and
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The Greek festival in Palm Desert took place this past weekend. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was there to learn more about what goes into putting on the festival. “Great food, great entertainment, and great Greek hospitality,” George Argyros, the organizer of the Greek festival told News Channel 3. Argyros says the Greek festival gets
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Riverside County Sheriff deputies ordered a man out of a Coachella home before arresting him. The suspect has been identified as 30 year old, Adolfo Diaz was arrested on probation violation. “I am terrified that I know that people who are dangerous live close to home when I have two children,” said woman. A woman
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One person is seriously injured after a van overturned on Highway 86 near Avenue 76 in Thermal. The crash was reported at 5:05 Saturday night. One person was laying on the ground when rescue crews arrived. Southbound lanes on the highway were closed down. The injured person is being airlifted to an area hospital. There
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One person is dead after crossing the street in Desert Hot Springs. We first brought this story to you as it was breaking on News Channel 3 live at 8 a.m. The incident happened at 4:40 Saturday morning. A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on Palm drive near Desert Dunes golf course.
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The mother of a San Jacinto teen is speaking out after she says her son was attacked by a stranger at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio. “It’s pretty tragic. You feel helpless. you want to find out how this happened, why this happened,” said Lora Wood, the mother of the
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Grand jury transcripts will soon be released in the ‘Scandal at City Hall’ trial that is now 5 years in the making. A judge Friday granted the unsealing of the transcripts in the corruption case against former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and developers John Wessman and Richard Meaney. Prosecutors said the grand jury transcript
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Live Eagle Cam Sad news to report. According to the San Bernardino National Forest Service, the chances of the Big Bear bald eagle nest’s eggs successfully hatching is diminishing each day. The eggs are several days past the point where they normally hatch. Jackie, the female of the Big Bear nesting pair of bald eagles,
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Police conducted a high-speed pursuit Friday night that went through several Coachella Valley cities. Viewers reported seeing multiple police units chase a vehicle in Desert Hot Springs, along Interstate 10, Cathedral City and Palm Springs. Some viewers called into the newsroom to report seeing between 8 and 20 police units chase the vehicle at a
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Clouds overhead this evening as a low pressure system nears the coast. This same system will bring rain and snow to Southern California as it travels eastward through Saturday. Rain chances do exist for the Coachella Valley but accumulation looks to be minimal with less than a tenth of an inch expected. Showers will be
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The Children’s Discovery Museum in Rancho Mirage has a brand new air conditioning system thanks to the generosity of the city and Timo’s Air Conditioning & Heating. Timo’s Air was called out to the museum to check out a failed air conditioning system. The cost to replace a 10-ton commercial rooftop unit was over $19,000,
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A public memorial service will be held Saturday for a local doctor fatally shot in his office in Rancho Mirage last week. The services will be held in the main sanctuary at Southwest Church in Indian Wells. The church is located at 44175 Washington Street, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Fred
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A judge overseeing the corruption case against former Mayor Steve Pougnet, Developers John Wessman and Richard Meaney ruled Friday to unseal the grand jury transcripts, citing a lack of reasonable probability that the release would cause prejudice to the defendants. The judge agreed to set the unsealing date for March 4, per the defense’s request,
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Things are continuing to progress nicely for the newest litter of African painted dogs at the Living Desert. On February 18, the Palm Desert zoo’s animal care and veterinary teams conducted well-baby exams on the 11 African wild dog puppies. All pups are healthy and “growing perfectly”. According to the Living Desert update, the pups
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal shooting along the Coachella-Indio border on Friday. The investigation began early Friday morning. The incident was originally an assault with a deadly weapon investigation, but the victim, a man, later succumbed to his injuries. No arrests have been made and the investigation has been taken over by
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Some of the biggest musical acts of the 1990s will take the stage tonight at the 74th Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. The local stop of the ”I Love the ’90s Tour” includes performances by Coolio, Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Color Me Badd and Young MC. Coolio is best remembered for his songs “Gangsta’s
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Palm Springs Councilmember Lisa Middleton has been named a California co-chair for Pete Buttigieg’s campaign. Pete for America made the announcement Friday morning. “I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to represent Pete Buttigieg as he makes his case to the state of California. I think Californians who meet him and get a chance to listen
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A weak area of low pressure will zoom through SoCal Saturday, bringing a chance of snow in the mountains and showers here in the Valley. The low will then move on, leaving sunshine for Sunday. A Winter Weather Advisory has been posted for the mountains of San Bernardino county above 6,000 feet, where as much
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President Donald Trump spoke out against the Palm Springs wind turbines during a “Keep America Great Again” rally speech in Colorado Springs on Thursday. President Trump was speaking about energy dependency and the use of wind turbines. “They want to use wind. Wind blow, wind please, please keep the birds away from those windmills, please.
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