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Following a year-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Palm Springs Art Museum will welcome back art enthusiasts beginning April 1, it was announced today. The museum will initially open up on a Thursday through Sunday schedule at 25% of capacity and with other coronavirus-related health protocols. Riverside County moved back into the less-restrictive
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UPDATE 4/1/21 Ismael Gaspar pleaded guilty to all charges. He is scheduled to be sentences on May 13. More Details: Ride-hailing driver pleads guilty to sexually assaulting 13-year-old at a Palm Desert resort Original Story 3/17/21 Trial proceedings for a ride-hailing driver accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a Palm Desert resort were
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A woman killed when her SUV drifted off Highway 111 near Palm Springs and smashed into a fence was identified today as a Santa Monica resident. Martha Martinez, 61, was fatally injured at about 7 a.m. Tuesday south of Overture Drive when she lost control of her Ford Explorer for unknown reasons while driving in
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Riverside County reported 203 new cases since Tuesday. The county has a total of 292,606 coronavirus cases. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County moves to the Red Tier Riverside County into the red tier on Tuesday, meaning restrictions for several businesses have been loosened. The move
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Whether you’re looking for your first job or a fun way to spend the summer, this week’s Now Hiring employer is for you. Idyllwild Pines Camp and Conference Center is looking to bring on seasonal employees for this summer. Camp officials say they are looking to fill 20 to 30 positions, including camp staff and
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While many businesses struggled during the pandemic, Tamara Sullivan and Marisa Rivera from Palm Desert found the pandemic to be the perfect time to open their dream business, a SkinCeuticals SkinLab right in the heart of El Paseo. “Marisa and I are very driven,” Sullivan said. “We don’t like to take no for an answer.
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ANAHEIM (CNS) – Disneyland and California Adventure will reopen onApril 30 after being closed for nearly one year due to the coronaviruspandemic, Disney announced today. Reservations will be required and only state residents will be permitted to visit the parks in line with current state guidelines. The parks will operate at 15% of capacity, and
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At O’Caine’s Irish Pub in Rancho Mirage Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day came early. People were already starting to celebrate on the outdoor patio as the restaurant geared up for its biggest day of the year. The phone was ringing off the hook, with customers excited for indoor dining to make its comeback at 25 percent
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The Desert Sands Unified School Board voted to bring back middle and high school students under hybrid learning model on March 29. DSUSD’s younger students also return to classrooms on Monday. Those plans were put in place while the county was in the “purple” tier. On Tuesday, Riverside County officially moved to the “red” tier,
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The return in-person classes for students in the Coachella Valley Unified School District remains up in the air as the district seeks parental input on the major decision. The district has made the survey available from March 16 to March 21. It can be found in the parent portal section at CVUSD.us. CVUSD officials were
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Heat, humidity, wind, rain, and snow; the Coachella Valley experiences it all. Sometimes those weather conditions can impact your day and the First Alert Weather Team wants to make sure you’re informed ahead of, during, and through disruptive weather. The meteorologists at KESQ have established criteria for different weather events that would warrant a First
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People are still cleaning up after yesterday’s wind storm that knocked down trees and power lines across the Coachella Valley. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more how residents are dealing with the impacts from the storm. Those gusty winds are back. They blew through a La Quinta neighborhood Monday afternoon causing havoc in the
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Officials confirmed that there are two people died after a massive fireworks-caused explosion in Ontario Tuesday afternoon. Someone’s firework stack went off in Ontario shook our whole neighborhood pic.twitter.com/LmUrtgl0oK— pms♑️ (@Prudencepms) March 16, 2021 It scared me and shook the whole house 😅 pic.twitter.com/BwQM12750g— kawaii 🐾 (@supersupersteff) March 16, 2021 According to the city’s Twitter
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An El Centro Sector Border Patrol agent was struck and killed by a vehicle while tending to a crash on Highway 86 Monday afternoon. The agent was identified as Alejandro Flores-Bañuelos of the Indio Station. “It is with a profound sense of loss that we mourn the passing of one of our own, Border Patrol
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco released video and audio recorded around the time that a 60-year-old Indio man was gunned down by law enforcement personnel in La Quinta at the end of a chase after allegedly threatening his estranged wife. “When we have a critical incident, we want to share as much information as possible
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Riverside County reported 110 new cases since Monday. The county has a total of 292,403 coronavirus cases. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County moves to the Red Tier Riverside County into the red tier on Tuesday, meaning restrictions for several businesses have been loosened. Effective Wednesday
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A fast-moving trough of low pressure passed through the Valley late yesterday. This system brought damaging winds to the desert, snow to our mountain communities and even some light rain to parts of the Coachella Valley. The fresh snow is visible in Long Valley above the Mountain Station on Mt. San Jacinto: Now winds are
Continue Reading A woman was killed today when her SUV veered off Highway 111 near Palm Springs and smashed into a fence, authorities said. The single-vehicle crash was reported about 6:45 a.m. south of Overture Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. The woman was driving a Ford Explorer southbound on Highway 111 when she lost control
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It’s official: Riverside County is moving in to the state’s Red Tier. Tier assignments released by the California Department of Public Health show Riverside County meeting metrics to advance into the less restrictive tier late Tuesday morning. var divElement = document.getElementById(‘viz1615921236350’); var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName(‘object’)[0]; if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 800 ) { vizElement.style.minWidth=’700px’;vizElement.style.maxWidth=’920px’;vizElement.style.width=’100%’;vizElement.style.height=’527px’;} else if
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ALAMEDA COUNTY – Governor Newsom is live at an elementary school in Alameda County discussing school reopening. Today is also that day that California will announce several counties moving to the red tier, Riverside County expected to be in that group. WATCH LIVE HERE:
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