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A proposal to bring all Desert Sands Unified School District (DSUSD) students back onto its campus four days a week failed Tuesday night. The school board did vote to bring the district’s high school seniors back to campus four days a week. “It’s not completely hard but it’s manageable,” said Connor Tuck, a Palm Desert
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The stage is quiet. The tables are empty, and so is the bar at the Purple Room on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Having hosted stars in the past, the place has been closed for 13 months because of state restrictions ordered in response to Covid-19. “There are no answers right now. As I’ve
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are on scene of a marijuana grow operation following a refuse fire in Mecca Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported just after 2 p.m. on the 70-600 block of Grant Street. A Cal Fire spokesperson said that they requested assistance from the Sheriff’s Department to investigate the area of the fire.
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Palm Springs Police closed North Indian Canyon Drive and North Gene Autry Trail at their Whitewater Wash crossings to all traffic Wednesday morning due to blowing winds, sand, and dust. The high winds lowered visibility along the major traffic arteries in and out of the city. Vista Chino Road remained open to traffic. Stay with
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Felony charges were filed today against a Desert Hot Springs man accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed his passenger in Palm Springs. Joshua Lamar Woods, 30, is facing charges of DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and other felonycharges. He remains in custody at the Smith Correctional Facility on $125,000 bail. Read the
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A Palm Desert man accused of arranging to meet up with a 13-year-old girl over the internet for sexual purposes was in custody today on $250,000 bail. The man, a 30-year-old, was arrested Tuesday and booked into jail on suspicion of arranging with a minor for lewd purposes and for committing a felony while on
Continue Reading A proposal to bring all Desert Sands Unified School District (DSUSD) students back onto its campus four days a week failed Tuesday night. The proposal would not impact students who have elected to stay on distance learning. The school board did vote to bring the district’s high school seniors back to campus four days a
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Update: 4/23/21 Yessica Chavez Mercado, 24, was charged with kidnapping and attempted kidnapping, along with a misdemeanor count of presenting a false ID to a peace officer. She pleaded not guilty to these charges and scheduled a felony settlement conference for May 4 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Yessica Chavez Mercado Original Report:
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A statewide policy requiring some hospitality and service industry employers to bring back employees that were laid off for reasons related to the pandemic. The bill was signed into law by Governor Newsom on Friday, April 16. “The bill, or no bill, you know, we want to bring our experienced team members back,” said Rob
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As ex Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs, convicted by a jury of murdering George Floyd, his guilty on all counts verdict reverberated through the Coachella Valley. “I knew that if they didn’t end up with a conviction, a lot more protests would break out,” said Hina Malik,
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found of all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of
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The city of Indio will host an Earth Day Sustainability Collection event on Saturday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Indio Corporate Yard/Indio Water Authority at 83101 Avenue 45. April’s Sustainability Event will include:- Old tire collection- Used oil and oil filter collection- Electronic waste (e-waste) disposal- Paper shredding (four boxes free
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The Banning Police Department arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a special needs adult. Police say they were first notified of the sexual assault on Feb. 6, 2020. Police were called to West Ramsey Street for a “past sexual assault report.” Officers were told that the suspect, a 35-year-old man, had been sexually assaulting
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Some health experts believe we could start seeing children between 12 and 15 years old getting vaccinated within weeks from now. According to the UMass Medical School researchers, they began testing the Moderna vaccine on children 12 to 15 in February 2021. Right now, 3,000 adolescents are enrolled in this trial and researchers are waiting
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4/20 got off to an interesting start in Mecca Tuesday morning. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced the deputies located over 10,000 marijuana plants at an illegal cultivation site in the unincorporated community of Mecca. The marijuana was located following a search warrant served in the 70-100 block of Johnson Street in Mecca Tuesday at approximately
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 301 new coronavirus cases since Monday, bringing the total up to 297,620 cases The Coachella Valley reported 56 cases over the weekend (50,071 total) Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Metrics Update Riverside County moved further away from possibly being moved to the
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors held a meeting Tuesday morning updating the county on coronavirus infections, vaccination efforts and what the county’s public health department’s goal is right now. Riverside County director of public health Kim Saruwatari kicked off the meeting. She said coronavirus infections have slightly ticked up likely due to reopenings, holidays
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Members of the leadership team of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are meeting with President Joe Biden Tuesday. Dr. Raul Ruiz is the chair of the Caucus. Productive meeting today with @POTUS, @VP, and @HispanicCaucus! pic.twitter.com/473eFzjglH— Raul Ruiz (@RepRaulRuizMD) April 20, 2021 Rep. Pete Aguilar previewed the meeting on Twitter, saying, “We’ll talk about infrastructure, health care
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Riverside County’s top health officials are expected to share the latest update on the pandemic during Tuesday morning’s board of supervisors meeting. You can watch the meeting live below (Starts at 9:30 a.m.) Riverside County is near where it needs to be to move into the “yellow” tier of reopening. Jose Arballo Jr., the county’s
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The Warburton, an annual fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, kicks off on Tuesday. The two-day event will be held virtually this year. This would be the 11th annual Patrick Warburton Celebrity Golf Tournament. While there won’t be any golf this year due to the pandemic and current health precautions, there will be a
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