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Over the last 6 hours, as of 4:30 this morning, Palm Springs has picked up on one-tenth of an inch of rainfall. Continuous showers are expected through the day with the potential of moderate to heavy rainfall. By the late afternoon and evening, showers will begin to become less widespread. The heaviest rain will remain
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Jamie Foxx will be the next recipient of the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Spotlight Award, Actor, for his performance in Just Mercy. The announcement comes just a week before the festival’s annual Film Awards Gala. “In Just Mercy, Jamie Foxx gives a moving and truly remarkable performance as Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death for a murder,
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Rain is expected to arrive in the Coachella Valley early Thursday morning, causing many preparing for what’s expected to be a busy day on the roads to re-arrange their plans. Storm #2 of the week is making its move into the Coachella Valley NOW!Rain sticks with us throughout Thursday with 1"+ expected for the valley
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The year 2019 will forever be a year the Ramirez family will never forget. Beloved Rancho Mirage High School football player, Israel Ramirez suffered a sudden and very serious, non-football related brain injury in September, which led to numerous emergency surgeries. News Channel 3 got to catch up with Izzy on Christmas to see how
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After being impressed by their thoughtful nature at a previous event, a Sheriff’s Deputy surprised a couple of girls with Christmas gifts. According to the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station, it all started at a recent “Shop with a Cop” event. During “Shop with a Cop,” law enforcement personnel volunteer to spend the morning with a
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California Highway Patrol officers in the Inland Empire are out in strength for the agency’s annual Christmastime crackdown on drunken and drug-impaired drivers. The Christmas holiday “maximum enforcement period” got underway at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve continue until late Wednesday night. All available officers will deploy during the MEP to catch DUI suspects, speeders
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Cathedral City Police and volunteers served warm meals at the Cathedral City Senior Apartments this Christmas Eve. “Santa for Seniors” was held at 7 a.m. Officers and volunteers worked for two hours to prepare the meals. “We have a number of different senior communities here in Cathedral City that they’re low income or they live
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Several families received a big surprise from the California Highway Patrol — the department distributed hundreds of toys on Christmas Eve to families in need. “Heartwarming I’m so glad that I came. I missed it in the past. Just to see the faces on the kids and the love that they feel…it’s absolutely fabulous,” said
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A Desert Hot Springs man was arrested on Monday for allegedly installing a hidden camera in the bathroom of a Cathedral City supermarket, as well as several the bathrooms of several other unnamed area businesses, according to the Cathedral City Police Department. On Monday, CCPD officers responded to the Stater Bros. located at 69255 Ramon
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A Louisiana man is behind bars for allegedly robbing an elderly woman outside a Coachella Valley home last month. Authorities say a 77-year-old woman was robbed of her jewelry and personal items outside of a home during the early morning hours of November 16, 2019. The woman was returning home from a night of gambling
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A La Quinta man accused of robbing two Newport Beach banks and trying to rob two others was arrested Tuesday morning. Barry Allan Buydens, 56, was arrested in La Quinta at around 8:25 a.m. and booked on suspicion of robbery, attempted robbery and felony evading, according to the Newport Beach Police Department. Buydens is suspected
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San Bernandino County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a possible father-son murder. According to SBCSD, Monday at approximately 8:23 a.m., dispatch received a 911 call from Keith Putz, Sr., 72, reporting he had just killed his son, Keith Putz, Jr., 43. Medics and deputies were dispatched to the 5900 block of Kickapoo Trail in Johnson Valley.
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A Bermuda Dunes man remained behind bars as of Tuesday morning after being arrested over the weekend in La Quinta for felony drug possession with intent to sell, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. At 8:20 p.m. Saturday, RSO deputies assigned to the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) conducted a pedestrian check on
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CAL FIRE crews are battling a commercial structure fire on El Paseo in Palm Desert Tuesday morning. The fire was reported at on the 74000 block of El Paseo at 9:29 a.m. Nine fire engines are on scene. The building has two stories and the blaze is located on the second floor. By 10:30 a.m.,
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A local nonprofit will be giving away several hundred bicycles along with upwards of 1,000 toys today to an expected 1,500 kids in Mecca. The Galilee Center is slated to host its 10th annual toy and bike giveaway at the center’s headquarters, 66101 Hammond Road, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Seven hundred kids will
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Emmy-award winning writer, producer, and actor Lena Waithe will be honored by Variety at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Waithe will receive the Creative Impact in Producing Award on January 3 as part of Variety’s annual “10 Directors to Watch” brunch at the Parker Palm Springs. Waite’s most recent project was as a screenwriter
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A man wanted on various warrants in Southern California drove across a cemetery while escaping from police over the weekend. Prior to this incident, Gilbert Gonzalez, 31, of Twentynine Palms was already wanted on separate vehicle theft warrants out of Orange and San Bernardino Counties. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin
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A Desert Hot Springs mother, Estela Rojas, warns her neighbors about the home burglary that occurred on Sunday night. “It was just all torn upside down, I went into the other rooms they had ransacked everything,” said Rojas. Rojas replays the break-in of her home over and over again in her mind. “So many scenarios
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The family of a Canadian man last seen in Joshua Tree National Park say that officials are in contact with them after remains were found near the area where he was last seen a year-and-a-half ago. On Friday, park law enforcement rangers confirmed they found skeletal human remains in the 49 Palms Oasis area of
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif.- The Palm Springs Police Department continues investigate a number of burglaries that have happened in Deepwell Estates on Saturday, December 21. There were six burglaries reported between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. “Worried, I am terrified now,” said Rick Valencia, resident of Deepwell Estates. Rick Valencia has lived in the Deepwell Estates
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