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Heavy rain that has recently drenched the entire state is affecting crop production across California. For some Coachella Valley farmers, however, the extra water was welcome. “Our farm has been affected by the rain but believe it or not, it’s been affected in a good way,” said Sam Cobb, the owner of Sam Cobb Date Farms.
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A 35-year-old man from Twentynine Palms who was involved in a two-car crash while under the influence of marijuana is sentenced to 10 years in state prison for gross vehicular manslaughter. Michael Anthony Wright was driving impaired from cannabis when his Audi sedan broadsided a Volkswagen driven by a 68-year-old woman from Yucca Valley at
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A new bill was approved on Monday by California lawmakers that would give regulators the power to punish oil companies for price gouging. What the bill will do is allow the California Energy Commission to decide when oil companies will be penalized for price gouging. The bill is expected to have the oil companies provide
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A former Banning police officer who molested a girl on several occasions and showed her pornographic material was sentenced today to three years’ felony probation. Christopher John Sayeski, 40, pleaded guilty in October to two counts each of oral copulation of a minor and furnishing explicit images to an underage victim, as well as one
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Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin has cleared Indio police officers for their roles in two separate officer-involved shootings dating back to April 2019. APRIL 10, 2019 SHOOTING The first officer-involved shooting occurred on April 10, 2019. The suspect, Anthony Santana, 21, was fatally shot at the Las Palmas Apartments near the intersection of Las
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Could a new music festival be coming to the Empire Polo Club in Indio? On Tuesday, Goldenvoice, the parent company of the Coachella music festival, released a teaser video for a new metal music festival, Power Trip. Are you ready for a Power Trip? https://t.co/9oGlfNjxW7 pic.twitter.com/ktC0ZWSi5i— Power Trip (@Powertriplive) March 28, 2023 The website for
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Police arrested a 17-year-old who is believed to have shot a homeless man overnight at a Palm Springs gas station. The incident was reported at around 12:38 a.m. on the 3600 block of E Ramon Road. Police said they received reports of shots fired and multiple people involved in a physical altercation at the gas
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Much loved singer and part-time desert resident Nancy Sinatra, whose father, the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra, helped put the Palm Springs destination on the map, will cruise her way to the Downtown Park as she headlines the City’s 85th Anniversary Classic Car Parade on Saturday, April 8 as part of the City of Palm Springs
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The search continues for 22-year-old Cajairah Fraise, a pregnant woman from Moreno Valley, who went missing in Beaumont over a month ago. Beaumont Police Department has classified her as a “critical missing” person and is asking the public, friends, family, and acquaintances for any helpful information. Police say she was 35 weeks pregnant when she
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A 19-year-old man suspected of shooting at two Coachella teenagers pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder. Salomon “Bookie” Cruz-Rodriguez Jr. is accused with 24-year-old David “Real Shooter” Rodriguez of attempted murder in connection with the parking lot shooting on Feb. 17, according to a declaration in support of arrest warrant filed by Riverside County
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Members at Cal State University San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus want to spread the word about school shooting prevention in light of the Nashville shooting that claimed the lives of multiple people today. “Zero Tolerance: A Different Approach to Preventing School Shootings” was scheduled before the mass shooting but representatives want to share what the
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation’s first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation’s most populous state last summer. The Democrats in charge of
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
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CASA Volunteers are court-appointed special advocates who help children going through the court system. In this month’s Neighborhood Heroes segment, News Channel 3’s Crystal Jimenez spoke with one volunteer about the impact someone in her position can make on a child going through a tough time. News Channel 3 wants to celebrate these neighborhood heroes. Tell us
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Indio police arrested five people, including three juveniles, Monday during an operation connected to a shooting investigation. Three other suspects remain outstanding. Monday at around 7:00 a.m., police served search warrants at several residences in Indio, Thermal, Coachella and La Quinta. The warrants were related to a shooting that occurred on January 18 in the
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A cargo train derailed in the Mojave National Preserve Monday morning, causing a brief fuel leak. According to the San Bernardino County Fire, a total of 55 cars derailed including two locomotives. The crash was first reported just before 10:30 a.m. near Kelbaker Road and Kelso Cima Road in Kelso. The train was all cargo,
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A 65-year-old man accused in the fatal stabbing of a woman in Palm Springs re-entered not guilty pleas to felony charges today. Miguel Hernandez Toscano is facing one felony count of murder and one misdemeanor court of willful cruelty to a child, according to court records. He also faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of using
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A man who sped away from Cathedral City police during a 2018 traffic stop, dragging an officer, was sentenced today to 13 years and 8 months in state prison. Steven Flores, 36, of Cathedral City, faced five felony counts, one each of attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon
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DAP Health says $1.4 million was raised this weekend at the 29th Annual Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards. The yearly fundraising gala took place Saturday night, benefitting the advocacy-based health organization that has been serving the Coachella Valley for nearly 40 years. Headline performer Darren Criss caught up with News Channel 3 on the star-studded blue
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Authorities and advocates across California are warning against scammers that are attempting to defraud farm workers out of their COVID-19 direct relief payments. Local organizations like TODEC and other farmworker organizations are providing $600 payments as a part of the federal government’s attempts to provide relief to those affected by the pandemic through the Farm
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