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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Experts say this year it’s especially important to shed light on the issue with studies showing an increase in domestic violence during the pandemic. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil sat down with the executive directors of three valley organizations dedicated to helping victims of abuse or assault. “I think
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After going virtual last year, the DAP Health Desert AIDS Walk will be back in person Saturday, October 30 at Ruth Hardy Park and following a route through downtown Palm Springs. The event includes a Health and Wellness Festival presented by Walgreens. The event is happening as the Coachella Valley experiences a rise in
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Police are searching for an armed suspect who robbed a bank in Palm Springs Friday afternoon. The robbery happened at the Citi Bank on 1675 E Palm Canyon Drive at around 2:39 p.m. “One male suspect entered the location and produced a handgun while demanding money from the teller,” according to Palm Springs police. The
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Face masks will no longer be required to be worn at large outdoor events in the city of Palm Springs. The Palm Springs City Council unanimously voted to lift the requirement during Thursday’s meeting. This will affect non-ticketed events like VillageFest. “The data is that, and we’ve had the public health officer, the former one
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be
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Police and medics were working to clear a car that rear-ended a truck and trailer along the westbound lanes of State Highway 62 Friday morning. The collision was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 7:08 a.m. A driver in a small sedan hit the back of a stalled truck and trailer in a canyon north of
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Get those candy buckets ready because this weekend children will be out in full force with their families trick or treating. After not being able to trick or treat last year because of coronavirus, families are excited to get back out there this year. This year, the vaccine has been made available which is why
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It was a busy night at Palm Springs city hall Thursday as the council looked to make progress on finding a spot for a new homeless navigation center. The council also announced they will lend support to the ACLU request for an investigation into Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. SHERIFF BIANCO INVESTIGATION City leaders want
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Members of the Cathedral City community were shocked to learn Thursday of College of the Desert’s plan to halt construction of the Roadrunner Motors project at a designated location in the city. Mayor Raymond Gregory released a statement expressing his disappointment in the decision, stating in part, “it is concerning to learn that College of
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A gang member who was wanted on a $1 million arrest warrant was taken into custody Thursday afternoon in Palm Desert. The man, identified as a 40-year-old from Coachella, was taken into custody by the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force in a residential area at the 49000 block of Highway 74 in Palm
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Palm Springs officials were joined by county and state leaders as they broke ground on the city’s first affordable housing complex in 12 years. The Monarch Apartments will be built on 3.4 acres of land off of Indian Canyon and San Rafael, land that was donated by the city to the developer, Community Housing Opportunities
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School Resource Officers (SROs) are expected to return to Palm Springs Unified School District campuses by next week. The SRO program at PSUSD was temporarily suspended as the district took a look at how to improve interactions between officers and students. PSUSD’s SROs, along with some district patrol officers and a few SROs from other
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Clinical tests to gauge the effectiveness of oral therapies intended to reduce the severity and length of coronavirus infections will be conducted at the Riverside University Health System’s Moreno Valley facilities, it was announced today. Staff at RUHS’ Comparative Effectiveness & Clinical Outcomes Research Center will join researchers from Louisiana State University and the Calgary,
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Some of our local streets are becoming more dangerous when it comes to walking and biking and nationally the number of pedestrian crashes is steadily on the rise. Vic Yepello, a local cyclist and pedestrian safety advocate, worries his daily commute to his Palm Springs bike repair shop is increasingly putting his life at risk.
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The Cathedral City Police Department held a ceremony Thursday morning paying tribute to Officer David Vasquez, one of the original CCPD officers. Vasquez was killed in the line of duty on October 28, 1988 at the age of 30. “We will never forget and always honor his memory for making the ultimate sacrifice. Rest In
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A Texas mother pleaded not guilty today to charges of kidnapping her daughter in Thousand Palms. Sara Lee Almodovar, 36, the biological mother of the child, is accused of forcibly removing the girl from her elementary school in August, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office charged Almodovar with
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An Iowa woman was pronounced dead after being struck by a vehicle while she was riding a bicycle in Joshua Tree. The crash happened Wednesday at approximately 2:20 p.m. in State Route 62, west of Rice Avenue. According to the California Highway Patrol, the driver involved in the collision, identified as an 80-year-old from Twentynine
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A hiker at Mt. San Jacinto State Park was transported to a nearby hospital after sustaining non-life-threatening injuries today. The Riverside County Fire Department received a report at 11:30 a.m. Thursday of a hiker down in the park, at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Emergency responders arrived on scene to find
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The Indio International Tamale Festival will return after a two-year hiatus. The city announced that the festival is set to be held on Saturday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 5 at 100 Civic Center Mall in downtown Indio. The Tamale Festival was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. The festival typically attracts nearly 100,000
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The first human case of hantavirus in Riverside County was recently confirmed by health officials. County officials said they believe the patient might have been exposed to deer mice droppings or urine that contained hantavirus while in the Whitewater area. The individual was briefly hospitalized and is recovering at home. Hantavirus is usually found in
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