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Santa Clause will make an appearance in Rancho Mirage on Tuesday, December 1 to get a coronavirus test. Free testing will be offered at the city’s new drive-through testing station starting on Tuesday. The new site is in the parking lot at the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory at 71100 Hwy 111 in Rancho Mirage.

The streets of downtown Palm Springs and El Paseo were packed with shoppers. And whether they knew it or not, many people were contributing to Small Business Saturday. The day is dedicated to promoting shopping at small businesses. This year, however, was different than years passed. Many Coachella Valley businesses are relying on people shopping

CAL Fire officials said that firefighters were on the scene of a fire at the former Eagle Mountain Prison in Desert Center. Firefighters responded to the abandoned prison just after 8 Saturday morning. Fire officials say that one building was fully involved in flames. There is no word yet on the cause of the blaze.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a mobile home in Desert Hot Springs. Firefighters responded to Fifth street near Palm Drive just before midnight on Friday night. They say they found the single-wide mobile home fully involved with fire. The fire caused damage to two nearby mobile homes before

A total of 1,000 marines received Thanksgiving meals this holiday after the annual Adopt-a-Marine program was canceled due to the pandemic. Normally dozens of marines at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms are paired up to spend the day with families across the Coachella Valley. “With the COVID restrictions for this year–

It’s Black Friday — shoppers are used to seeing crowded stores and long lines, but due to the pandemic, expect some changes this year.  Many places are foregoing the overnight hours and instead offering extended daytime hours with limited capacity enforced.  The Gardens on El Paseo are opening at 8 a.m. on Black Friday (instead

The rise in COVID cases numbers are the last thing small business owners want to see heading into the holiday season. Holiday sales can make or break business during a typical year but in a pandemic the stakes are even higher.  News Channel 3’s Dani Romero reports on how businesses are trying to make it

The family of a 19-year-old woman have put up signs calling for witnesses to come forward around the area where she was struck and killed by a vehicle on Nov. 13 in Mecca. The incident occurred approximately 7 p.m. on the 97700 block of 70th Avenue, just east of Cleveland Street. Police said a man

Cal Fire crews rescued a hiker who suffered an injury while on the Bear Creek Oasis Trail in La Quinta. The report came in at approximately 10:51 a.m. There was no word on what kind of injury the hiker suffered but Cal Fire did confirm that they were about 6.5 miles from the trailhead. Firefighters

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department paid a special visit to a seven-year-old boy who is continuing his recovery from a random attack. On July 18, 2020, Gavin Ludwick, 7, suffered major injuries after being attacked while walking back home in Desert Hot Springs. Little Gavin had to be airlifted to Loma Linda University Children’s

A hiker was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon on a trail on the east end of Mecca, after being injured and unable to walk requiring firefighters to rescue him. The “hiker down” call was received about 1:20 p.m. in an area called Box Canyon, where the closest intersection is Box Canyon and Painted Canyon roads, according