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The Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau has released the identity of a Beaumont man fatally struck in a hit-and-run collision in Banning over the weekend. 52-year-old Rene Rivoli died on Saturday at 5 p.m. after being struck by an unknown vehicle in front of the Margarita Motel at 1551 West Ramsey Street. The incident was reported
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an incident involving a stolen truck that was abandoned in a ditch at a derelict concrete mill near Desert Hot Springs on Monday morning. The incident was reported around 9:34 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The concrete mill is located on Annandale Avenue north of Blue Sky
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The 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) has announced it will present Jennifer Lopez with the Spotlight Award, Actress for Hustlers at its annual Film Awards Gala. The gala event will be held on Thursday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. It will once again be presented by American Express, sponsored
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Cal Fire officials reported an unoccupied building was on fire just before noon in the 42-000 block Washington Street. The fire was contained by 1:30 p.m. and crews remained on scene until 3:30 p.m. There were no reports of injuries. Residents in the area rushed to the scene. Cody Cross, from Palm Desert, was one
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – It’s just a matter of days until Thanksgiving. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay went around downtown Palm Springs to see how local hotels and restaurants are preparing for the holiday week. “We are so looking forward to Thanksgiving because everybody comes and enjoys the weekend with friends and family,” Owner of
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COACHELLA, Calif. – One person is recovering Sunday morning after their vehicle went off the freeway in Coachella. The incident happened around 10 p.m. Saturday night near Interstate 10 near Dillon road. The California Highway Patrol says one person suffered serious injuries. According to CHP the vehicle was left upside down about 60 feet off
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THERMAL, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol has confirmed to News Channel 3 that one person is dead after a car crashed into a tree overnight. The Coroner’s office identified the man who died as 24-year-old, Felipe Contreras of Thermal. The crash happened Friday night at 11 p.m. on the 8800 block of Avenue 61.
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THERMAL, Calif. – An early morning crash, Sunday in Thermal. This happening just before 12:30 a.m. involving two cars causing major injuries. The crash happened on Grapefruit boulevard near Pierce street. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash involved a grey sedan and red truck. The CHP says at least one person was taken
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting incident in Coachella. It happened just before 1:00 Saturday afternoon on Avenue 49 and Grapefruit Boulevard. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department tells News Channel 3 no one was injured. The department has not confirmed where the gunfire was directed. No arrests have been made in the
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PALM DESERT, Calif. – A new marathon race debuted Saturday in Palm Desert. The USA Women’s Marathon and Half Marathon brought a luxury experience to racers. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was there. Hundreds of women and men ran either 13 or 26 miles in the first USA Women’s Marathon and Half Marathon in Palm
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The City of Cathedral City, Fantasy Balloon Flights and Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa are celebrating the 6th Annual Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival and Food Truck Fiesta. On Friday morning, several hot air balloons will take off from a launch site located at D.R. Horton at Verano 67-840 Rio Vista Drive
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898 Southern California Edison customers were without power Saturday morning in Palm Desert. According to the SCE outage map, the outage was centered near Country Club Drive and Eastwood Lane in Palm Desert. SCE was analyzing the cause of the outage. As of 9:15 a.m., there was no estimated time for when power will be
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The Indio Police Department is investigating a double shooting Friday night near Golf Center Parkway and Intestate 10. According to Ben Guitron, IPD’s public information officer, the shooting was reported in the area of Avenue 44 and Apache Street at approximately 8:38 p.m. Guitron confirmed that both victims have been taken to the hospital. One
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UPDATE: The Cathedral City Police Department tells News Channel 3 they’ve arrested 30-year-old Keenon Hiler of Indio in connection to the fire. Officers arrested Hiler who identified himself as the person who started the blaze. Hiler is being held at the Indio jail on bail set at $110,000. A truck exploded in the parking lot
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32-year-old Cristina Canimo of Palm Desert is under arrest, accused of murdering a man in the Esplanade community in La Quinta and dumping his body in a trash can Thursday outside the elderly residential care facility Sunbrook Residential Care. Viewers told News Channel 3 Canimo was a caregiver at Sunbrook. She was taken into custody
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The work of a firefighter can mean long, labor-intensive hours. Multiple Cathedral City firefighters were sent to battle the Kincade Fire that broke out in Northern California’s Sonoma County on October 23rd. A 5-engine strike team headed up from Riverside County. “I think it was a total of 9 days,” said Cathedral City Firefighter Thomas
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Police say a negative Yelp review prompted a man to threaten someone with a gun near Indio High School Thursday afternoon. “The suspect threatened the victim due to the victim writing a negative Yelp Review of the suspect’s business,” reads an IPD news release. The Indio Police Department identified the suspect as 26-year-old Roy Becerra.
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A 19-year-old gang member accused of gunning down a man in Desert Hot Springs last weekend pleaded not guilty today to murder and robbery charges. Matthew James Gallegos of Desert Hot Springs also denied two special circumstance allegations — killing for the benefit of a criminal street gang and killing during the course of a
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Friday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department released more information about a fatal deputy-involved shooting in Morongo Valley earlier this week. 34-year-old Morongo Valley resident Jacob Cato died shortly after being shot by deputies at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. In Friday’s release, SBCSD stated that Cato fired rounds in the air while a Sheriff’s helicopter flew
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A motion to dismiss a potential new trial for Patricia Brown has been denied in Indio court Thursday. Brown was released from jail in April 2018. She was serving time after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old step-son, Deetrick Brown. Deetrick died in 2003, and Brown was convicted in August
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