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President Donald Trump has become the first American president to be impeached twice, facing a strong bipartisan rebuke from the House exactly one week after a violent mob of his supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol. The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with 10 Republicans joining with Democrats to charge him with incitement of insurrection.
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Eisenhower Health continues to see an increase in patients amid the surging coronavirus pandemic. Now, new video shows us an inside look to the hospitals COVID-19 unit. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero takes us to the frontlines of one valley hospital where the situation is getting worse by the day. A growing number of coronavirus
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Congressman Raul Ruiz released a statement on the House’s vote to impeach President Donald Trump. “Donald Trump is an immediate threat to our Constitution and to our Democracy. The criminals who perpetrated the violent, deadly insurrection attack on January 6th were invited, inspired, directed, and encouraged by Donald Trump and his lies in an effort to unlawfully
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Youth soccer coach Paul Thompson coached players back in 2014 at the Hovely Soccer Park in Palm Desert. It’s a place where for years he coached, sometimes multiple teams in a single season. He impacted many lives including Mark Morocco. “Devastated, still crying, don’t know what to think,” said Morocco when talking about Thompson’s death.
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In Riverside County, people 65 years and older can start getting their coronavirus vaccine Thursday, along with adults of all ages if they work in education, law enforcement, food and agriculture, and emergency services. That group makes up Phase 1B in the county’s vaccine distribution framework. People in all tiers of Phase 1A can also
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New Cases Riverside County reported 2,773 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the total of cases up to 230,600. The Coachella Valley reported 427 cases (39,465 total). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County reached 200,000 cases last Tuesday, doubling the number of cases in less than a
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Police have arrested a suspect after a man was found dead with a gunshot wound in North Indio Tuesday night. Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Avenue 44 west of Market Street at approximately 9:45 p.m. Inside the car, police say they found an unidentified man dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Detectives
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. Click here for more information on vaccines in Riverside County The move puts seniors in line before emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already
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Riverside County has activated its Type III All-Hazard Incident Management Team (IMT.) This team will work seven days a week to help coordinate vaccination clinics which they are calling, Point-of-Dispensing (POD) sites. These sites plan to vaccinate thousands of residents each day. “Getting the vaccine out within the community as quickly as possible is critical
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The federal government announced Tuesday that states can now vaccinate people older than 65 and those in the ‘high risk’ category. News Channel 3 reached out to our local health officials to see how this will impact their vaccine rollout plan. Riverside County Public Health says people 75 and up could start getting vaccinated as
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On Jan 7, Esmeralda Reyes, 24, killed in a car crash last week along N. Gene Autry Drive in Palm Springs. Reyes had two young children and was 9-months pregnant with her third. Reyes’ grandmother, Emma Maldonado, is still in shock at the sudden and tragic loss. “We know that she’s in the sky. Even
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) – Pence rules out using 25th Amendment to remove Trump, urges Congress to focus on Biden transition and avoid impeachment. In a letter late Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said the mechanism should not be used “as a means of punishment or usurpation” and reserved for cases of medical or mental
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LifeStream Blood Bank announced today it is facing a “critical” shortage of donated blood, putting surgical patients at risk of having their procedures canceled. “The situation is extremely serious,” LifeStream CEO and President Dr. Rick Axelrod said. “We are very, very low on all blood types; surgeons can only do so much without an ample
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Hospitals throughout Riverside County are contending with bed shortages, and some have reached their limit, but others are continuing to open up space wherever they can find it amid the current coronavirus surge, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors today. “We have 3,322 patients in our hospitals, and we’re at 91%
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California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly will provide an update on the coronavirus in the state. You can watch the full update below: Ghaly says officials are reviewing new guidance from the federal government encouraging states to re-evaluate COVID-19 vaccination distribution priorities, and a decision could be made in the next 24
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New Cases Riverside County reported 11,552 new cases since Monday, bringing the total of cases up to 227,827. The Coachella Valley reported 1,951 cases (39,038 total). New City Cases Over the Past 24 Hours: Desert Hot Springs – 265 casesPalm Springs – 142 casesCathedral City 277 casesRancho Mirage – 41 casesPalm Desert – 145 casesIndian Wells –
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Riverside County Board of Supervisors discussed on Tuesday in their meeting the county’s vaccination efforts including options for a mass vaccination site right here in the Coachella Valley. News Channel 3 Dani Romero has more on where we are in our vaccine rollout and what’s next. The Department of Public Health in Riverside County has
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Some changes might be coming to vaccination rollout plans. U.S. health officials say they plan to release second doses of coronavirus vaccines that were being held back for booster shots. They say those vaccines will go to people 65 and older and people with pre-existing health conditions. News Channel 3 is asking if the Trump’s
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The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Palm Desert is now open for ticket sales. Call 1-800-535-6748 to reserve one. Each ticket is $100, with a limited number available. All proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help children fighting childhood cancer, including kids here in the Coachella Valley, like young Natalie Tanner
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Coronavirus testing is being offered at Northgate Community Church in Cathedral City this week. Testing will be available from Monday, January 11 to Friday, January 15, at Northgate Community Church in Cathedral City, 30-010 Date Palm Dr. The site is open from 7:00 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. Testing is open to anyone. Appointments are
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