The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert (The Center) has announced that they will be moving the location of their community food bank. The Center released a statement saying that as of September 1st, it would be leasing Building 12 on 2901 E. Alejo Road from The City of Palm Springs, and would renovate the
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The intense heat Thursday canceled or delayed some outdoor high school sports throughout the desert cities. Palm Springs and Indio High School tennis were delayed. While a golf match between Palm Springs and Redlands High Schools was cancelled. Junior Varsity High School football was impacted at both Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs High Schools
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Things are moving fast in Lithium Valley, near the Salton Sea. If you drive along Highway 111 all the way down to the southern end of the Salton Sea, you’ll see your usual puffs of white steam, chugging up from the geothermal plants. But below those clouds, underneath these plants, some ground-breaking developments in the
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Sensei Tamara Canedo Lifschutz has operated her nonprofit called Seiden-Juku in La Quinta for the past four years. Her students are taught self-defense, anti-bullying, weapons, and diversity in the art of karate-do and para-karate. “I was born into the sport. My father was actually my Shihan, which is superior to Sensei. It was never a choice. The
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With temperatures soaring, Coachella Valley workers at outdoor chain restaurants face extreme heat as they serve customers. In fact, a News Channel 3 viewer contacted KESQ with concerns about workers at popular drive-thru chains. Dutch Brothers employees say while working in high temperatures — they wear cooling vests and take many breaks. At Chick-fil-A Megan
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Originally Published: 05 SEP 24 00:28 ETUpdated: 05 SEP 24 19:49 ETBy Holly Yan, Isabel Rosales, Mark Morales and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — The father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting that left four people dead, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Colin Gray,
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September is Sexual Health Awareness Month. According to DAP Health, there are over 12,000 people in Riverside County living with HIV. While living with HIV has become a manageable condition, it doesn’t mean the epidemic is over. While there are tools to end transmission, people are becoming HIV positive daily. And STI treatment and testing
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By AMY TAXIN, DEEPA BHARATH, CLAUDIA LAUER, ALEX VEIGA and ALANNA DURKIN RICHERUpdated 2:05 PM PDT, September 5, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges Thursday to avoid facing another criminal trial months after the president’s son was convicted in a separate gun case. President Joe Biden’s son entered the surprise plea hours after jury
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A Palm Springs man pleaded guilty to scheming to defraud the IRS out of more than $2.1 million and to fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million of COVID-19 economic relief loans, the Department of Justice announced. William Mandel Musgrow, 48, pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of wire fraud and one count of aiding and
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The California State Assembly approved legislation Wednesday that would establish a statewide clothing program paid for by clothing companies, known as the Responsible Textile Recovery Act. If signed by the governor, clothing companies would be required to create a nonprofit organization by 2026 that would set up hundreds of collection sites at thrift stores, begin
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The lineup for the 2025 Stagecoach country music festival was released on Thursday, featuring Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs as headliners. Byran will headline the event’s first night on Friday, April 25. Others on the bill that night include Brothers Osborne, Lana Del Rey, Carly Pearce, Whiskey Myers, Sierra Ferrell, and Indio Native/American
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Neighbors in Sun City Palm Desert are telling News Channel 3 an investigation is underway after they say a number of political sign were stolen. Neighbors are now calling for accountability after the string of alleged thefts left several dozen homeowners without their Harris-Walz signage. “Does that make a difference? Do you think that this is
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Administrators at James Workman Middle School are addressing safety concerns on campus following a recent string of fights involving students since the new school year began on August 7. Jamie Avena, whose sixth grade daughter is a student at the school, reached out to News Channel 3 after writing a letter to the superintendent at
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It’s been two weeks since Melissa Garcia-Wolensky, a Palm Desert mother, has seen her family. The 38-year old has been stuck recovering at a Texas hospital after she suffered from a major medical episode last month. Now, her family is raising money to pay for a medical plane to bring her home. Wolensky suffered from
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Pet adoptions from county shelters will be free on Saturday, the final Saturday of the monthlong international “Clear the Shelters” event, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services announced today. The campaign, during which homeless dogs and cats are being offered for adoption at reduced rates, is intended to encourage Riverside County residents to
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A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay for the funeral expenses of a 14-year-old boy killed in a crash over the weekend in Indio. Anthony Alvarado Lemus, 14, was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Sunday just before 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Indio Boulevard and Fargo Street. Lemus was the
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A brush fire that erupted today on the south end of Anza scorched 12 acres and threatened multiple properties before it was stopped. The non-injury Chapman Fire was reported at 12:52 p.m. in the area of Chapman and Ramsey roads, on the eastern boundary of the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, according to the Riverside County
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A death sentence was recommended today for a Jurupa Valley man who killed his estranged wife, while jurors recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole for the defendant’s nephew in the quarter-century-old slaying for which another man had been wrongfully convicted. A Riverside jury deliberated roughly two days before returning with recommendations in
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By Isabel Rosales, John Miller, Nick Valencia, Dakin Andone and Sharif Paget, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school will be booked Wednesday night, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at an evening news conference. Colt Gray will be charged with
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Firefighters contained a fire in the walls of Duke’s Mini Mart in Rancho Mirage. The fire was first reported just before 9:15 a.m. at the market, located near the intersection of Frank Sinatra Drive and Highway 111. A CAL FIRE spokesperson said the first responding units arrived at the scene with nothing showing initially, however,
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