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A local student found a spent bullet casing while waiting for their bus to school. The student picked up the casing and turned it in to administrators when they got to the school, officials confirmed. The incident happened Monday at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal, Lissette Santiago, a spokesperson for the Coachella Valley Unified
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As tennis enthusiasts from around the world converge in Indian Wells, the entire Coachella Valley could benefit from their visits. News Channel 3 obtained the 2022 BNP Paribas Open Economic Impact Report. The figures calculated report that the “2022 BNP Paribas Open generated an estimated total gross economic impact on the Coachella Valley regional economy
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Residents in San Bernardino Mountain communities continue to grapple with the aftermath of recent winter storms that brought blizzard conditions to even low elevations. Sunday evening, Timothy Kiley, Assistance News Director at News Channel 3, was able to evacuate his Crestline home along with his family after spending ten days trapped inside. While he is
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Update 3/8/23: Police confirmed the person killed was a male juvenile. Their age was not disclosed. As of Wednesday evening, there have been no arrest made. There was no word on a possible description of a suspect or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jason Kupka at 760-329-2904 x354 or Detective Celia
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A 33-year-old Orange County man who hit an Indio police officer with his pickup and led law enforcement on a brief chase near the Coachella Music & Arts Festival was bound for state prison today to serve a four-year sentence. Michael Anthony Berber of Fountain Valley pleaded guilty in January to assault with a deadly
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A Desert Sands Unified School District employee and high school football coach remains behind bars after being suspected of driving under the influence and causing a deadly crash over the weekend. Cameron Curtis, 31, was arrested at a little after 6:00 p.m. on Saturday following a crash on Calliandra Street, east of Alamo Drive. The
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“Everyone in the tennis world turns their focus to Indian Wells and Miami in March,” said Tournament Director Tommy Haas. “And here we are. Players are starting to roll in and I’m getting a lot of texts about requests for practice courts.” The second largest tennis stadium in America is ready to host the world’s
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The City of Palm Springs reopened Indian Canyon Drive through the Whitewater wash Monday morning after briefly closing the roadway due to high winds, blowing sand, and low visibility. Alternate routes were: Highway 111Gene Autry TrailVista Chino via Date Palm Drive Weather will continue to impact the Coachella Valley. You can watch our latest forecast
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Interstate 10 traffic was being slowed Monday morning following a 3 vehicle wreck in the eastbound lanes near Haugen Lehmann Way in Whitewater, according to the California Highway Patrol. The eastbound freeway’s two middle lanes were shut down due to the collision reported at 6:29 a.m. At least four miles of backup was reported in
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BNP Paribas Open tournament officials announced Sunday night that Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the tournament. World No.1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the 2023 BNP Paribas Open. With his withdrawal, Nikoloz Basilashvili moves into the field.#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/wUcBn5upc7— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) March 6, 2023 Reports say Djokovic’s unvaccinated status remains the deciding factor. Novak
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California’s first Pride celebration brought out thousands of people to celebrate the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender community for LGBT Days in Cathedral City. Many smiling people had incredible energy in the crowd and the bed race competition. The Cathedral City Firefighters were fast, finishing with a whopping 17 seconds in the race, while some
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Firefighters were on-scene after a vehicle hit and killed a person near the intersection of Calliandra Street and Alamo Drive in Palm Desert just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening. The pedestrian was declared dead at the scene. TRAFFIC COLLISION W/FATALITY in Palm Desert – rpt @ 6:09p.m. Calliandra St. / Alamo Dr. Firefighters on-scene of
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There was a deadly crash Saturday on State Route 62 in Twentynine Palms. Investigators said it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on Twentynine Palms Highway and Fiesta Road. The driver was reportedly headed eastbound when his car veered off the road and rolled over; he was ejected from his car and died at the scene. The number
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Investigators with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a Riverside man was arrested after deputies reportedly caught him with fake bills and drugs. On Thursday before 10:00 p.m. in Cabazon, deputies were called out to a parking lot off Seminole Drive, nearby Morongo Trail. They were told a man was using counterfeit bills. Once spotting deputies, the
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A driver was reportedly recovering following a freeway crash just west of the Coachella Valley. Cal Fire said the crash happened Saturday around 3:00 a.m. on the westbound side of the I-10 near the Whitewater offramp. Emergency crews reportedly found a pickup truck under a semi truck. The driver in the truck reportedly had to be cut out
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The Indian Wells tennis garden kicked off the 2023 BNP Paribas open with a family day event, bringing out hundreds of people. Families with children of all ages were invited to the Garden for a fun afternoon of activities on and off the court! There was live music, trampolines, obstacle courses, arts and crafts, ice cream,
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Alianza Coachella Valley hopes to create safe spaces for students of all backgrounds, in and out of the classroom with Restorative Justice techniques. Alianza Coachella Valley hosted its first youth conference at the Indio College of the Desert campus. The theme of the day was Restorative Justice. The Alianza Represenatives says Restorative Justice can be
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Cathedral City is kicking off the 3 days of fun with the 7th Annual LGBT Days. It’s known as the first Pride celebration of the year in California! On Friday night, Cathedral City City Hall was lit in Pride colors as Mayor Rita Lamb put up the Pride flag. “Lots of fun, we have all
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Authorities were able to locate and rescue two 17-year-old hikers who were lost for several days on the Pacific Crest Trail near San Gorgonio Mountain following a snowstorm. The hikers, one a Cypress native and the other from Portland, Oregon, were dropped off near a trailhead in Whitewater on Sunday, Feb. 26 to hike a
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The driver suspected of causing a high-speed crash that killed three people during the holidays in Palm Desert was arrested Friday afternoon. The 24-year-old Palm Desert man was arrested Friday on the 67000 block of Dillon Road in an unincorporated area near Desert Hot Springs, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. announced. Authorities said he was
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