People across the valley have been helping the Cathedral City families impacted by tropical storm Hilary. Volunteers have helped with shoveling and passing food and water. Valley resident Margaret Gutierrez has been on site every day since the flood. “I think it’s really important for people to understand that this was a small part of
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Riverside County completed its flood control road project in Palm Springs ahead of schedule, just days before Tropical Storm Hilary brought record amounts of rain to the Valley. Traces of mud and debris were left behind, but for gallery owner, Tom Ross, it’s nothing close to the damage he saw in 2017 when water rushed
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Five days after Tropical Storm Hilary, knee-deep mud still covers the Mendiola family’s kitchen and living room. “Unfortunately we’re still kind of shock at the moment, we’re just trying to pick up the pieces, and taking day by day,” said Arcie Mendiola, a Cathedral City resident. The Mendiola family lives in the same Cathedral City
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The damage left from Tropical Storm Hilary is currently estimated more than $126 million throughout all of Riverside County, officials said. The storm heavily impacted the Coachella Valley. Rainfall rates approached a 50-year storm for the Coachella Valley floor areas and in excess to a 1,000 year event in some mountain canyon areas. Damage estimates
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FIND Food Bank is the desert’s regional food bank, serving over 1500,00 people suffering from food insecurities each month. With the recent tropical storm, FIND Food Bank has became a great support for our valley residents who have been directly impacted by the tragedy. Today, August 25th they will be having a emergency mobile market
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Congressman Raul Ruiz took a valley-wide aerial tour to assess the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary. California Highway Patrol conducted the tour over heavily-affected areas like the I-10 and Bob Hope, Desert Hot Springs, Indio, Coachella, Mecca, Desert Shores, and Salton City. Congressman Ruiz said the damage was, “…worse than he anticipated.” “Clearly, our infrastructure
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The aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary continues to grip the region as a vital Palm Springs artery could remain closed for months. Officials said Indian Canyon Drive, which has extensive damage due to extreme flooding underneath several feet of mud, could take until late October to repair and reopen. The severity of the situation has
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Palm Springs Unified School District resumed classes Thursday morning after tropical storm Hilary put them on hold for a few days. Many valley roads are still closed after the storm, so many parents had to plan their routes to school ahead of time. The major road closures at Indian Canyon Drive, Gene Autry Trail, and Date
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CLICK HERE for local traffic updates: Indian Canyon could be closed for two months, Date Palm Drive to open to two lanes more roads reopen PSUSD to return to school Thursday Students in the Palm Springs Unified School District will return to classes on Thursday, officials confirmed. PSUSD officials advised parents to plan their routes
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People all over the valley continue to clean-up in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary. The storm brought floodwaters and mud flows. Some people seeing that as a mess that had to be cleaned-up, others seeing it as a rare opportunity for recreation. We saw some people trying to make the best of the storm, bringing
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With many roads in the Valley still closed, Palm Springs Unified is asking parents to plan ahead when bringing their kids back to school on Thursday. All PSUSD schools will be back in session, after Tropical Storm Hilary put it on pause for a few days. “I don’t know what to expect. I don’t know
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Jose Salazar is one of many Desert Hot Springs residents who have continued to feel the impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary. Salazar and his partner lost their mobile home in the flood that ravaged the city. “We ended up going back and forth through…the mud and rain to get our pets. We finally get our
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Due to Tropical Storm Hilary, schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District are closed through Wednesday. Since school is closed, so are extracurricular activities, such as football. In fact, Rancho Mirage has decided to cancel their home game Friday against Aliso Niguel. “We can’t practice until Thursday,” said Rattlers head football coach LD Matthews. “We
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Lianne Cooper of Rancho Mirage was on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Palm Springs on Sunday evening when the plane experienced a hard landing in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary. “It was a pretty hard jolt,” recounted Cooper. She said the energy inside the plane turned tense when it became obvious to
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The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM) has set up an Indiegogo page to help Cathedral City residents recover from Tropical Storm Hilary. Cathedral City was the site of many rescues, including at the Cathedral Canyon Mobile Home Park. First responders also rescued 58 residents rescued from neighborhoods in the area of Date Palm Drive near
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As the Coachella Valley continues to clean up after Tropical Storm Hilary, many roads remain closed and some, including key arteries over the Whitewater Wash in Palm Springs, are expected to remain closed for several days. N Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail are still covered in sand and mud. Palm Springs officials say
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Local Congressmen Ken Calvert and Raul Ruiz each sent letters to President Joe Biden requesting federal disaster assistance for Tropical Storm Hilary’s aftermath Get Storm Updates Here Calvert along with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Reps. Valadao, Steel, Obernolte, Garcia, Kiley, and Kim, led a letter asking President Joe Biden to quickly approve a
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What’s left of Hilary is moving northeast at 32 MPH and will pass over the Northern Rockies this evening. The worst impacts of this storm were felt yesterday afternoon into the night. We remain under a First Alert Weather Alert for the flooding impacts. Many roads and businesses are closed today as we begin the
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The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services is helping with response and recovery due to Tropical Storm Hilary. GET LIVE STORM UPDATES News Channel 3’s Angela Chen spoke with the state’s Office of Emergency Services about how they are helping and what their areas of focus are right now around the valley. Be the first to know
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A group of mayors throughout the Coachella Valley spoke with News Channel 3’s Peter Daut about the impact of Tropical Storm Hilary on their cities. Get Storm Updates Here Palm Springs, Indio, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Desert Hot Springs, Coachella, Indian Wells, and Cathedral City have all declared local emergencies from the storm. In addition,
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