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The three weekends for Splash House 2023 have been announced! This year marks the 10th anniversary of the popular poolside music festival. This year Splash House will be held on June 9-11, August 11-13, and August 18-20 at the Renaissance, Margaritaville, and Saguaro hotels in Palm Springs. After Hours will also make its return once
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Police are searching for a suspect who stole a U-Haul truck Thursday morning. At around 10:00 a.m., viewers called News Channel 3 to report a heavy police presence in Date Palm and Vista Chino in Cathedral City. Callers told us that deputies were surrounding a U-Haul truck. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept.
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Taste of Jalisco is kicking off its annual festival on Friday bringing food, rides, vendors, and music to Cathedral City for a celebration. The festival is happening from February 3 to February 5. Here is the lineup: Friday, February 3: Outlaw Mariachi and Nacho BustillosSaturday, February 4: Control with Special Guest ShoBoy and Dreaming of
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A breathtaking lineup of literary and political bellwethers spoke at day one of the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival on Wednesday, with topics ranging from food to history to literature. After a years-long pandemic break, the ninth iteration of the festival is welcoming back attendees with the theme “Brave New World: The Future is Now.” Organizers said the festival
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The social media app Snapchat is under investigation by federal agencies, over its potential role in the spread and sale of fentanyl-laced pills. The probe includes interviews with parents of children who have died from overdoses. News Channel 3’s Samantha Lomibao spoke with a local mother, Jennifer Loza. “Steven was an extremely bright light,” Loza
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From live performances to the 36th Annual Black History Parade and Town Fair, there are plenty of ways to celebrate this month. Find more details about the Black History Month events you can attend this month here. The Palm Springs Drill Team and Drum Squad are kicking off local Black History Month festivities with a performance
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A La Quinta woman is seeking answers after a neighboring housing development allegedly cut down several of her ficus trees without giving her notice. News Channel 3 spoke to Nancy Dunn and is receiving answers from the Vista Dunes Courtyard Homes. Nancy Dunn says she left her home for three short hours in December, when
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Some clinics in California that offered vaccines for mpox, formerly called monkeypox, are still waiting for state and federal reimbursement for services. This comes as the federal government ends the state of emergency for the virus. During the height of mpox, Riverside County worked with several partners to distribute thousands of vaccines for it. The spokesperson for the county’s
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The Palm Springs Police Department is putting more focus on curbing crime connected to people who are homeless. It’s all the first step of the agency’s plan “Operation Relentless Sun.” Officers set out on their information-sharing mission Wednesday morning, going from tent-to-tent. “We’re going to start enforcing those things,” one officer said. Starting first at a homeless encampment
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Palm View Elementary School in Coachella was placed on a brief lockdown Wednesday afternoon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, an employee saw a man jump the school’s fence while holding a knife. The employee called 911 and the school was placed on lockdown at 1:34 p.m. Authorities said the man left campus and
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The death of a man whose body was found under a bridge in Indio Boulevard has been officially ruled a homicide, police told News Channel 3 on Wednesday. Initially, police were investigating the incident as a suspicious death, but that was changed to a homicide investigation after the autopsy was complete, police said. The man
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A Palm Desert man who arranged over the internet to meet what he thought would be a 13-year-old girl for sex was sentenced to four years of state prison today. Marino Aaron Lopez, 31, faced six felony counts — two of oral copulation with a person 10 to 14 years old, and one each of
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For the past eight months, Palm Springs resident Merri Brook was a loyal customer of Stuart’s Fine Jewelry, and would often have repairs made to her pieces at the business. Recently, she said there was a problem locating her jewelry when she went back to pick it up. Brook said the owner of the shop
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to limit where people can carry concealed guns after multiple mass shootings left dozens dead across the state in January, calling for more restrictions in a state that already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws. He endorsed legislation Wednesday that would ban people from carrying concealed
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Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz has been appointed as a Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed Ruiz to the position on Tuesday. Ruiz issued the following statement: “I am honored to have been appointed by Democratic Leader Jeffries to serve as Ranking Member of the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president’s attorney said. Agents did take some handwritten notes and other materials relating to Biden’s time as vice president for review. The search, disclosed by Biden’s personal lawyer, was the latest discomfiting moment
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The second annual Coachella Valley Invitational soccer tournament begins today at the Empire Polo Club in Indio with D.C. United facing Charlotte FC at 11 a.m. Charlotte FC was 13-18-3 during its inaugural 2022 Major League Soccer season, finishing ninth in the 14-team Eastern Conference. D.C. United was last in the conference with a league-worst
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Over one thousand people are participating in this year’s 2023 Palm Desert Senior Games & International Sports Festival. This is the 20th year the event is being put on. It is part of a series of competitions happening in California. Athletes come from all over the United States to compete. The games started on January
Continue Reading The 9th Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival kicked off its first night by honoring its sponsors. The sold out 3-day event begins Wednesday. After a years long pause due to the pandemic, the city says they’re excited to welcome it back. The festival welcomed more than 600 people on Angel Night, a time to honor
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A multi-billion dollar mega-merger in the grocery business may have some big impacts on the Coachella Valley. “It’s a hot mess, John,” said Jo Ann Sherley, who has been in the grocery game for 38 years. Sherley has been through this before with other mergers but now with billions at stake on Wall Street, she’s
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