A Joshua Tree resident was arrested Tuesday evening following a hit-and-run crash in the city of Palm Springs. The crash happened at around 7:35 p.m. on the 400 block of E. Tahquitz Canyon Way. Police learned that a vehicle traveling southbound on Calle Encilia struck a pedestrian within the crosswalk, while turning eastbound onto E.
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Tonight is News Channel 3 Night at Acrisure Arena! We are giving our viewers 20% off Firebirds tickets at this link. Before the game, watch a live forecast from our Chief Meteorologist, Haley Clawson, right outside the arena. Want to be featured on TV? Swing by our booth for the opportunity! And, don’t miss out
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Trial began today for a Desert Hot Springs man suspected of fatally shooting his wife of three years in their home and endangering their children, who were all under 4 years old. James Daniel Fidler III, 34, is charged with one felony count each of murder and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, along with
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Initial plans are underway for a new bridge project on Avenue 50, a portion of which is prone to flooding and oftentimes shuts down during stormy weather. The City Council last week approved an agreement with Mark Thomas & Company to provide plan specifications and engineering services for the project, which will replace the existing
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Surveillance video captured a break in at the Sabatinos Pizza Pasta and Wings Tuesday morning. It was just one of what appeared to be several similar break ins of business around the area of Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road. The break in at the Sabatinos near Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road at the
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The Election Fair is the official launch of the club’s “Eye on the Election” series, and is the first of many events being held to promote excitement around the upcoming election season. Another goal of the series was to increase civic engagement. “Many of our students may be eligible to vote in their first election
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News Channel 3 and the H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation presented another Impact Grant in February to a local nonprofit working to improve lives and help those in need. A $25,000 charitable gift was awarded to Braille Institute Coachella Valley to benefit veterans, police officers and firefighters. “Braille Institute is an assistant in life.
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District announced the recipients of the prestigious BNP Paribas Scholarships. Four Coachella Valley High School students will each be awarded $20,000 scholarships from BNP Paribas to support their future endeavors. The students are Nevaeh Robles, Kamila Cortes Ramirez, Jose Arreola, and Miguel Gonzalez. CVUSD said the recipients were chosen based
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A man suspected with two women in a retail theft at a La Quinta cosmetic store, from which $2,300 of merchandise was stolen, pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge. Derrick Yanders of Fontana, 18, was charged with one felony count of grand theft over $950, as was Khamyra Smith, 19, of Moreno Valley
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Desert Regional Medical Center is pushed back Tuesday against a nursing union and its claims of serious health and safety concerns at the Palm Springs hospital managed by Tenet Healthcare. The California Nurses Association represents California nurses. It said Monday that Desert Regional Medical Center registered nurses had launched a new billboard campaign to raise public
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The City of Palm Desert is honoring public safety workers for their dedication during Tropical Storm Hilary. A mural is underway on the front wall of the corporation yard on 42nd Avenue, where city staff typically begin and end their days. The mural, approved two weeks ago, is scheduled for completion in May. Artist Trinity
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The Palm Springs Police Department is hosting a series of Neighborhood Town Hall Meetings this week. Around seventy residents and business owners came out to the Neighborhood Town Hall in what the Palm Springs police department calls the north district of Palm Springs. Residents, business owners, and community stakeholders came face to face with the progress
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Local singer and musician Abi Carter is heading to Hollywood after an emotional audition left the ‘American Idol’ judges and crew in awe. The Indio native was the show’s final audition of the night on Sunday night’s episode, and it ended with awestruck and applause. Carter was awarded one of three Platinum tickets that gives
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The City of Palm Desert is asking for public input on their Walk and Roll project which aims to improve active transportation access. The project, which is connected to the CV Link project, was born out of a 2022 study which “assessed and identified gaps and recommended prioritized bike and infrastructure improvements.” “CV Link came
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A former Riverside County Sheriff’s Correctional Deputy could face five years in prison after pleading guilty to extorting female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee agreed to a five-year prison sentence on Friday after pleading guilty to five counts of extortion, four counts of witness
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A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto must stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Scott Brandon Bales, 48, of Moreno Valley allegedly caused the 2022 collision that claimed
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Employees with The Desert Sun NewsGuild, which represents the reporters, photographers, and digital producers at The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, are set to go on strike against parent company Gannett. According to a press release issued today, a supermajority of journalists at The Desert voted to go on strike after failing to reach an
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A mass casualty incident drill will take place next Monday at Acrisure Arena and local hospitals, authorities announced today. “The goal of this multi-agency drill is to test emergency protocols/procedures and to practice the operational responses of personnel and agencies during an emergency event,” Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Jeff Cryder said in a
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes and other structures in 2017, federal prosecutors said Monday. The utility agreed to the settlement on Friday without admitting wrongdoing or fault
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A 23-year-old schizophrenic and chronic marijuana user who fatally shot a young man and woman as they watched a movie at a Corona theater was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Jimenez was declared sane at the conclusion of a bench trial in December, clearing the way for
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