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California Careforce will be offering free health, dental, and vision care this weekend in Indio. The clinic will be held this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Riverside County Fairgrounds on 46517 Arabia St in Indio. Officials say they have a no questions asked policy, so anyone, regardless of insurance, residency, or immigration status can
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President Biden says the U.S. will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. Dozens of Ukrainian nationals and refugees are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Southern California. At the Tijuana checkpoint, they’re seen with suitcases, strollers and Ukrainian passports in hand. Fleeing their war-torn country, they seek safety in the United States. A trip to the
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UPDATE 3/28/22 Police have arrested one person in connection with the shooting. A photo was released of a second suspect seen during the shooting Photo shows suspect in deadly Cathedral City shooting (3/24/22) The victim was identified as Juan Gonzalez, 48. Details: Arrest made in deadly Cathedral City shooting; Police searching for second suspect Original
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A Riverside County lawmaker’s bill that proposes requiring specific urine screening to detect fentanyl in a patient’s system — with the goal of identifying the synthetic drug early for lifesaving treatment — was approved today in a state Senate committee, clearing its first legislative hurdle. “Hospitals need better tools for adequate testing to properly diagnose
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A motorcyclist was killed after crashing following a high-speed pursuit with deputies in Joshua Tree, authorities announced. The pursuit started Tuesday at approximately 1:35 a.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department saw a Yamaha motorcycle traveling at estimated speeds of over 100 MPH on SR-62 west of
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Nadia Popova, now a Palm Desert resident, was born and raised in Ukraine. “My hope is for them to find the strength. I know they won’t get their life back.” Popova grew up in a small and quiet town of Mykolaiv, Ukraine. “That town is a small, small little city. Today, it’s almost empty.” Her
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An investigation is underway into the cause of a garage fire at a home in Indio this morning that displaced three adults. The Riverside County Fire Department said it received a report of the blaze just after 7:00 a.m. in the 81200 block of Helen Avenue. Emergency responders arrived to find that a fire had
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Health experts are closely watching a new Covid variant that’s even more contagious than Omicron. BA.2, a subvariant of Omicron is 30 to 60 percent more transmissible – and wastewater data from Palm Springs shows its on the rise here in the valley. In the past two weeks, testing of the city’s wastewater showed about
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On Wednesday Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced a proposal that would put money in the pockets of Californians with cars and free public transit to help with the rising costs of gas prices. In total, this proposal would cost $11 billion dollars that would be funded by the state’s budget surplus. Registered car owners would
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The ‘Tourism Recovery Campaign’ was approved on Tuesday, allocating over a million dollars to Visit Greater Palms Springs. Kimberly Wright of the Riverside County office of Economic Development tells News Channel 3 that newly allocated pandemic relief funds will support the Coachella Valley in a number of ways. Wright shared, “It will help by one,
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A local family is remembering Marc Hernandez Jr., 29, of Desert Hot Springs who was killed in a crash last Friday. They say was a father, son and friend to many. “Even if you didn’t know him, you knew him.” Vera Gillespie recalls the heart wrenching moment when she received the worst phone call a
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News Channel 3 has learned of new allegations against former Cathedral City Police Chief Travis Walker. The sexual harassment claims are similar to those he faced here in the Coachella Valley in 2019. A long-time police dispatcher filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Santa Paula and its Police Chief Travis Walker. Walker served as the chief of police
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A well-known Palm Springs designer is finally taking her new building back from squatters, who kept her from going inside the property for several months. She says they cost her tens of thousands of dollars and threatened her. We discovered this type of situation is a big problem in the Coachella Valley, with many squatters
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La Quinta’s new skate park, named “X Park,” officially opened to the public on Wednesday. The park is located at the southeast corner of Dune Palms Road and Black Hawk Way, near La Quinta High School. The park features a concrete pump track, a modern street course with a variety of stairs, rails and ledges
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A La Quinta woman suspected of killing her 85-year-old mother pleaded not guilty today to murder and cruelty charges. Sally Martha Webster, 59, was arrested Friday in connection with the death of Rosemary Webster, according to Sgt. Ed Baeza of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sally Webster Deputies received a report of Rosemary Webster’s death
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who own cars could get up to $800 from the state to help offset record-high gas prices under a proposal announced Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Registered owners would get $400 per vehicle, capped at two vehicles. People who own electric vehicles or others that don’t use gasoline would
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Construction on the highly anticipated Mecca Regional Sports Park is scheduled to begin at the end of April, officials announced on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a $4.6 million construction contract with Calimesa-based Three Peaks Corporation to move the park project forward. Snapshot-116511Download The 6.67-acre park will include multipurpose fields
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Two men accused of shooting three people in downtown Palm Springs early Sunday morning are expected in court today to face a number of charges. The shooting was reported at around 1:50 a.m. on the 200 block of S Indian Canyon Drive. Callers told police dispatch that at least two people were struck by gunfire,
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Millions of uninsured Americans may find it harder to find a free COVID-19 test. Federal funding for free COVID testing has run out. Congress has yet to pass a new COVID-19 funding bill. The halt in accepting COVID testing claims for uninsured people started at midnight on Tuesday. There are not enough funds to cover COVID
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family says. Below is a statement from the family of @Madeleine: pic.twitter.com/C7Xt0EN5c9— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) March 23, 2022 Here in Coachella Valley, Albright had been scheduled to join the upcoming Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, which had been postponed by
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