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Thousands of motorists ended an extended Presidents’ Day weekend Monday snarled in an hours-long traffic jam that backed up for miles along Interstate 10. Strong winds picked up along the I-10 corridor as a high wind warning went into effect for the Coachella Valley at 4 p.m., lasting through Tuesday at 10 a.m. As travelers
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Coachella Valley parents in need of diapers for their little ones stopped by the Palm Springs Convention Center Monday afternoon to pick up a free batch. The city of Palm Springs partnered with Indio-based FIND Food Bank to host the drive-thru event. Diapers were available for pickup from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a deadly deputy-involved shooting following a police pursuit in Indian Wells. Authorities confirmed the shooting happened inside the gates of the Desert Horizons Country Club, located near Rancho Palmeras Drive and Highway 111. Riverside County Sheriffs Deputies cordoned off an area near the entrance of the Desert Horizons
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As the distribution of vaccines starts to ramp up, several counties across Southern California are inching closer to the possibility of being able to reopen more schools for in-person learning. Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties all have different challenges and factors to consider, but they all have a similar goal: get kids
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A pair of young children are being praised as neighborhood heroes after raising more than $600 in less than a week to help those in need here in the Coachella Valley. The two young neighborhood heroes, Camia and Gage, wanted to help the valley’s homeless. Camia’s older sister, Porsha, told News Channel 3 that they
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will open to the public for the first time in 2021 starting on Thursday. Officials announced that the Tramway will operate Thursday through Monday with the first car going up at 8:00 a.m. The last car will be up at 4:20 p.m. and the last car comes down at 6:00
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District is currently without a superintendent after the Board of Education delayed approving the agreement with their interim replacement. On Feb. 4, the board unanimously voted Dr. Steve Kennedy to serve as CVUSD’s interim superintendent following the resignation of then-Superintendent Dr. Maria Gandera. The board was set to approve the
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Earlier this afternoon, the Wind Advisory was transitioned to a High Wind Warning, this does include the Coachella Valley. The First Alert Weather Team has called for a First Alert Weather Alert Day as a result. Winds on the valley floor have stayed consistent showing below 40 mph with peak winds impacting residents during the
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Over 1,800 Southern California Edison customers in Palm Desert were left without power Monday morning after a power pole fell. SCE reported an outage in the area of Gold Flower Street and Highway 74 shortly after 9 a.m. A spokesperson for Cal Fire said a power pole in the area that was under tension snapped.
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Right now, Riverside County is currently in Phase 1B Tier 1 of their vaccination rollout plan. Although Riverside County Public Health spokesperson, Jose Arballo said to News Channel 3 on Monday they plan to stay in this tier for a while they are currently looking ahead to how the next vaccination tier will look. Phase
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Update 6/10/21 A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting. There was no update on the victim’s condition, however, the suspect is facing attempted murder charges. Details: Man arrested in connection with shooting in front of Coachella taqueria Original Report 2/15/21 Police are searching for possible suspects after one man was shot overnight
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The official holiday to commemorate love had people out and about in the Coachella Valley despite windy conditions and a pandemic that continues to test the country’s ability to control it. “It’s actually been truthfully the best we’ve ever had,” said Gregory Goodman, co-owner of My Little Flower Shop in Palm Springs. Love was in
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Flowers are a Valentine’s Day tradition and for one local flower shop they saw a bloom in business this year. “This is a year like we’ve never done before,” Mark Weinstein owner of Rancho Mirage Florist told News Channel 3. The flower shop is celebrating 21 years of designing beautiful Valentine’s Day floral arrangements. “Everything
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Blue skies and calm winds made for a pleasant Saturday morning, but by later that afternoon whipping winds wreaked havoc across the Coachella Valley. A high wind warning went into effect for the desert starting at 10 a.m. and lasted until 10 p.m. By about 2:30 Palm Springs police issued a notice to notify drivers
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“It’s nice to know that people still care,” general surgeon and chief of surgery at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Dr. Peter Jamieson told News Channel 3 on Saturday morning. Members of the Southwest Church in Indian Wells assembled 1,600 goodie bags this weekend and dropped them off to show support for local
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A High Wind Warning has been issued for 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Saturday for all areas in yellow. This includes the Coachella Valley, parts of the High Desert, as well as San Bernardino and Riverside County mountains. Wind gusts will strengthen between 50-60 mph. The strongest gusts around the valley look to occur between
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Normally, you wouldn’t see cheerleaders at a cross country meet, but this meet between crosstown rivals Shadow Hills and Indio was different. It marked the first local high school sports competition in 11 months. “That’s one of the goosebump moments,” Shadow Hills Athletic Director Michael Walsh said of when he was finally able to tell
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Randy Economy, a campaign official for “Recall Gavin 2020,” announced Friday night that the petition has surpassed 1.5 million signatures. Economy said the petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom has a total of 1,509,000 signatures. The petition got a boost of over 100,000 signatures since we last reported on it on Wednesday. The petition needs
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We all know how precious those tiny little vials of COVID-19 vaccine are. Many are still waiting for their turn to get the shot. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero answers the question about what happens to leftover vaccine doses so they aren’t misused? At a time where there aren’t enough shots to meet the demand,
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In their family’s kitchen in Santa Monica, California, Malia and Kailani Yap have baked up a business built on a sweet idea – spreading kindness through cookies. “And we’re going to try to do that by making delicious cookies so that the people who get them are happy,” says Malia. 13-year-old Malia and her 12-year-old
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