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Coachella Valley Unified School District is rolling out this new control access system. Their Community Engagement Manger, Lisette Santiago says, “The point is for us to protect our students and our staff, and make sure that everyone feels safe coming back to school.” The goal is to equip every school in the district with this
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More than 200 people were left stranded at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway following a storm. Greg Purdy, vice president of marketing and public affairs at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, told News Channel 3 that approximately 234 customers are stuck at the bottom and top of the tram. “Oh just awful, flooded and you know it’s
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Two Los Angeles residents were arrested Monday morning on accusations of stealing from an elementary school in Twentynine Palms. The burglary occurred at Oasis Elementary School over the weekend but it was reported to police Monday at 7:00 a.m. Morongo Unified School District employees told deputies that a school vehicle and approximately $5,590.00 worth of
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N Indian Canyon Drive is back open from Sunrise Parkway to Garnet Road. The road was shut down Monday night due to flooding. At this time, there were no other weather-related closures at any of the other major roadways along the Whitewater Wash. Monday afternoon, rain caused flooding at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is seeing growing demand for active shooter training from our local governments. “We intend to put this on for our contract partners, our community groups, and our schools and that is all being orchestrated right now,” said Captain Dean Agnoletto at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He noted the department
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Gas prices continue to fall across Riverside County. Prices have dropped for the last 35 consecutive days, and have reached the lowest they’ve been since March 7. There are a handful of spots around the Coachella Valley where drivers can fill up for under $5 per gallon. Use News Channel 3’s Gas Gauge to track
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Riverside County Public Health Officer Geoffrey Leung has proclaimed a Public Health Emergency due to the growing number of Monkeypox cases. Leung signed the proclamation on Monday. The County Board of Supervisors has seven days to ratify the action. Read the emergency proclamation hereDownload Riverside County joins a handful of counties and cities in California,
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The former Shadow Hills High School boys’ basketball coach was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenager. Ryan Leron Towner, 36, was arrested in June 2021. Authorities said the sexual assault took place between May and July 2018, however, it was reported later and the investigation began on April 23, 2021.
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By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe. The circumstances of the search were not immediately clear, though the Justice Department has been actively investigating the discovery
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La Quinta football rounds out our DEL football previews. The Blackhawks have struggled in league in recent years. In fact, LQ hasn’t won a league game since the 2018-19 season. This year the Blackhawks are looking to flip the script. Finishing with DEL 🏈 Previews with La Quinta 👀 The past in the past…Blackhawks want
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A man accused of stabbing his wife and another man in what authorities called a domestic violence confrontation at a Palm Desert hotel parking lot pleaded not guilty today to two counts of murder. The charges against Kenny Shun Yu Wu, 34, of Palm Desert, include a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, along with
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One man is dead and a woman is behind bars after a shooting in Coachella on Sunday. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department around 4:48 AM, deputies from the Thermal Station responded to a home in the 84-000 block of Fiesta Road in reference to a shooting. Deputies arrived and located a man with
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Actress/singer Olivia Newton-John, who fought a decades-long battle with breast cancer, has died at her Southern California ranch at age 73. Her husband, John Easterling, broke the news on Newton-John’s Facebook page. “Dame Olivia Newton-John passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,” he wrote. “We ask
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There is some concern that the recent outbreak of monkeypox within the U.S. may pose a potential issue for those in the service industry. The White House declared the virus a public health emergency on August 4. with over 7,000 confirmed cases in the U.S. Riverside County declared monkeypox a public health emergency as of
Continue Reading Riverside County announced nine more probable/confirmed Monkeypox cases Monday morning. According the Riverside County Health in a tweet by Jose Arballo, all are men between 20 and 60 who live in the Coachella Valley. The county also confirmed that this makes a total of 59 confirmed/probable Monkeypox cases in Riverside County, with 56 cases of
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Horizon Virtual Academy is a Desert Sands Unified School District online school program since 2001. “The academy was originally intended for students requiring non-traditional classroom settings. During the COVID pandemic, enrollment grew because families were seeking alternatives to having their children in a physical classroom,” said in an August 2021 issue of the La Quinta Gem.
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Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) has been busy getting ready for the upcoming school year with the completion of projects and program expansions. Five 250 kW batteries were installed at Palm Springs High School, Desert Hot Springs High School, Cathedral City High School, Rancho Mirage High School, and the district office. Julie Arthur, PSUSD’s
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A hiker was rescued from La Quinta trail Sunday morning. Cal Fire reported the hiker was injured off La Quinta cove trail, then hoisted to safety by a helicopter. You can read the full story here. News Channel 3’s Bianca Ventura is sharing safety tips for people looking to hit the trails throughout valley. One
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Firefighters were called to the La Quinta Cove Trail in La Quinta this morning after a hiker was injured, according to Cal Fire. A helicopter was requested to assist with the rescue operation, which started around 9:45 a.m. Riverside County Sheriff’s officials say the hiker became exhausted and could not continue the trail. The hiker
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Firefighters responded to a house fire in Desert Hot Springs this afternoon. The fire broke out just after 2:00 p.m. on Via Corto and Camino Idilio and was contained less than an hour later, according to Cal Fire. A car outside the home was also fully involved in fire. The captain of the Riverside County
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