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Saying “California will roar back from this pandemic,” Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that the state’s leader would be unveiling details of an economic recovery package this week. Late Monday morning, Newsom tweeted that “2 out of every 3 Californians will now benefit from a stimulus check of at least $600. And families with kids
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Riverside County is working with the state and city officials to open a COVID-19 testing site in Indio for immigrants seeking asylum. The new testing site will be located at 82025 Highway 111 near Monroe Street. Brooke Federico, public information officer for Riverside County, said the testing site is being stood up at the request
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A sprawling Palm Springs property owned by former “Three’s Company” star Suzanne Somers and her husband is poised to change hands. Nestled at the base of Mount San Jacinto, the Ridge Road home was listed for sale in January, and is now in escrow, Somers told the New York Post. The 74-year-old actress declined to
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The Nov. 3 general election posed challenges for the Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office and created confusion among some residents, but the process can be smoothed out in the future with policy changes, according to a report that the Board of Supervisors will review on Tuesday. Under a board directive issued in early December,
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The Power is on. The moment you've been waiting for….The Official 2021 Palm Springs Power Schedule! #palmsprings #palmspringspower #palmspringspowerbaseball pic.twitter.com/pteGhnr4VR— Palm Springs Power (@PSPowerBaseball) May 10, 2021 “I get goosebumps just thinking about baseball being back,” said Palm Springs Power’s manager Casey Dill. After missing the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Palm
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UPDATE: The man has been found safe and is back with family, police announced. ——————————— The Indio Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a 92-year-old man who went missing Sunday night. Kaiser Frank Norris was last seen at his home on the 46100 block of Willow Lane at about 9:30 p.m.
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 109 new coronavirus cases since Friday, bringing the total up to 299,173 cases. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Metrics Update Riverside County continued to inch closer to a move into the yellow tier but the move could still be few weeks away
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California will be sending out another round of stimulus checks in the coming weeks. The financial assistance is for families and individuals who qualify. It’s called the “Golden State Stimulus” payment and it’s essentially a one-time $600 or $1,200 payment per tax return. The stimulus aims to support low-income californians and help those facing a
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Indio Police had announced no immediate suspects in a weekend shooting that left a teenager hospitalized in serious condition. The violence was reported Sunday at 4:00 p.m. on Daisy Street and John Nobles Avenue. Police officers said they found a 15-year-old boy who’d been shot in the head. He was hospitalized in serious condition as
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Intermission is almost over at The McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert! The theatre said they will begin selling tickets this Thursday, May 13 at 6 p.m. The McCallum plans to raise the curtain once more on December 3. That’s more than 600 days since its last pre-pandemic performance. You can grab your tickets by phone
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It was a very special Mother’s Day for three momma wallabies and their baby wallabies called joeys. “It’s their first Mother’s Day so we’re really excited to have the yellow-footed rock wallaby mommas here,” animal care curator at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens Heather Down told News Channel 3. “We have one that’s still
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At least one person is dead after a rollover crash in Idyllwild involving an SUV. It happened just after 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the area of State Route 243 and the Forest Service Vista Grande Fire Station 51. A section of State Route 243 was closed while the crash was being investigated. It has since
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Selena Hernandez and her fiancé Joshua Manicat just became parents at JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio. The Palm Desert couple welcomed a new baby girl three weeks ahead of schedule – a Mother’s Day surprise. “It’s so surreal, like I can’t believe I just had this little tiny human inside me for 9 months,” Hernandez said. “It’s crazy; I never expected
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KESQ News Channel 3 wants to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day! Check out this shoutout to some of the mothers of our staff members.
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Indio-based organization Martha’s Village & Kitchen hosted a donation-based event Saturday dedicated to mothers and the people the organization serves. It started at 12 p.m. and lasted until 4 p.m. inside the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert. “Today we are having a celebration of mothers. It’s a way for folks to come on in and
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A local student is leaving her mark on the Coachella Valley before she heads off to college. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay shares her story. “It’s just awesome to know that these donation drives are fueling a whole entire valley,” Alyssa Torres told News Channel 3. For the past year, La Quinta High School senior
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An injured hiker was able to make it off a trail in Rancho Mirage Saturday without the help of a rescue helicopter, which had been initially deployed. The injury was reported at 1:51 p.m. on a trail west of Highway 111 behind Mollers Garden Center, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The hiker suffered
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The Desert Care Network was set to host a drive-thru vaccine clinic on Saturday. The event was set to run from 9 a.m. to noon at the Las Palmas Center at 555 Tachevah Drive, in Palm Springs. Staff said that no appointments were necessary.
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A new Palm Springs community has secured $21 million from the state to develop what officials say is the first affordable housing complex to be built in the city in more than a decade. The Monarch Apartment Homes is set to be built on a more than 3.5-acre lot on the north end of the
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Focused efforts are continuing to help undocumented workers and latinos access the coronavirus vaccines. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the new strategic vaccine effort now initiated in the East Valley. The push continues here in the Coachella Valley to get undocumented workers vaccinated. “We know that we have great disparities between the
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