“Thank God I’m still alive,” said Leonard McGensy while talking to News Channel 3’s Jeff Stahl in his temporary apartment located in downtown Cathedral City. It’s a new feeling for McGensy to have a roof over his head and not be living on the streets of Indio. An I-Team investigation is uncovering the successes and failures
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Festival promoter Goldenvoice has banned the Confederate flag and related imagery from this year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival. The rule was added to the festival’s code of conduct. “Stagecoach provides an inclusive environment and rejects divisive symbols. The Confederate flag and related imagery are prohibited on the festival grounds and in the The Resort –
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FirstBank is now the official bank of the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Acrisure Arena. Acrisure Arena, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, and FirstBank jointly announced a multi-year relationship that names FirstBank as the official bank partner for the Firebirds. The Firebirds will be the 32nd American Hockley League team and will make their highly anticipated debut in Fall 2022.
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The College of the Desert Foundation is awarding $20,000 in scholarships to students today in an effort to support students who were impacted by racism in March and February. “In February, the college held virtual events and during those virtual events, there were racial comments shared by community members,” said College of the Desert Public
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The Stagecoach Country Music Festival is here, and starting Thursday you can start seeing an increase in traffic and people coming into the Coachella Valley. The Stagecoach Country Music Festival will follow on April 29, 30, and May 1. If you’ve traveled around the area during the first two weekends of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,
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A 32-year-old Indio man accused of putting girls to work in the sex trade throughout the Coachella Valley pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony charges. Dewayne Deanthony Williams was arrested last week following an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. Williams is charged with three counts of inducing minors
Continue Reading In a video posted to social media, singer Brandi Carlile told fans she’ll be missing Stagecoach this year. She was scheduled to perform Friday night. “Hey, buddies. It finally happened. I have the COVID, so I won’t be able to come to Stagecoach,” Carlile said. She said she has a chest infection, but that she
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The 2022 NFL Draft is Thursday-Saturday this week in Las Vegas and a pair of former local stars are hoping to hear their name called. TAYLER HAWKINS – PALM SPRINGS HS “Excited to see what’s going to happen,” said Tayler Hawkins, former Palm Springs Indian star and NFL Draft hopeful. Just talked with @taylerhawkinsss, former
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The FBI in San Diego today warned parents and caregivers about an increase in “sextortion” incidents involving young children. According to the FBI, the agency has received more reports of adults posing as young girls coercing young boys through social media to produce sexual images and videos, and then extorting money
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DAP Health brought back its annual Dining Out for Life fundraiser on Thursday, where several businesses donate a portion of its sales to help fight the HIV epidemic. The fundraiser is usually put on every year, but because of the pandemic, it didn’t happen in the last two years. This year 68 businesses in Coachella
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Live Well Clinic in La Quinta is offering IV treatments for festivalgoers to hydrate before heading out and standing in the sun. Every year during festival season, Live Well Clinic caters its services to those attending the festival who need an IV bag. Each IV bag contains different ingredients such as minerals, vitamin c, all
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Corn season is in full swing in the east valley. Local farmers have been harvesting around 1,800 boxes of corn each night. Telemundo 15’s Marco Revuelta was able to visit one of the sites where they process it. One vendor shared that they plan on selling the grown vegetable at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. “I’m
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The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales hit the streets of El Paseo in Palm Desert on Wednesday, ahead of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. The draught horses were hitched to the Budweiser beer wagon and accompanied by the dalmatian “coach dog.” They made beer deliveries to the restaurants as they trotted down the path. “It’s a really good feeling whenever
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On Wednesday evening, the City of Palm Springs held a virtual community meeting for the new homeless navigation center. Palm Springs’ new Homeless Navigation Center is set to be located at 3589 McCarthy Road in the northern part of the city. The location of the center has been a source of controversy for residents of those
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Model Hailey Bieber opened up her recent health scare she had while out in Palm Springs, thanking the staff at Eisenhower Health for treating her. Bieber posted a Youtube video on Wednesday opening up about the ordeal. She revealed that on March 10, she was out in Palm Springs having breakfast with her husband, Justin
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Registered nurses (RNs) picketed outside of Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs Wednesday, to raise awareness of what they claim to be chronic under-staffing and high turnover rates at the hospital. The picket happened at different times across eight other Tenet hospitals in California also. One of them includes Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua
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Key indicators show Covid-19 is on the rise in the valley. The city of Palm Springs is reporting new wastewater data that shows steadily increasing levels of the virus. Last weekend, Palm Springs hot spot for live music and fun The Alibi temporarily shuttered its doors due to Covid-related staff shortages and increasing risks. The
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A 19-year-old was arrested by Border Patrol agents after being accused of attempting to smuggle nearly $355,000 worth of narcotics. The suspect arrived at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint in Borrego Springs at around 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday. According to the agency, the agent inspecting vehicles in the primary lanes referred the Jeep to secondary
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The Palm Springs Police Department will be hosting the DEA National Drug Takeback on Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The takeback will take place at the department headquarters which is located at 200 S. Civic Drive. The public can drop off potentially dangerous prescription medications at collection sites which will adhere
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Custom Vans shoes designed by a group of Indio High School students have made it to the top 50 of a nationwide contest. Public voting is now open so you can help our local students come out on top! You can vote up to once a day until May 5. You can vote at https://customculture.vans.com/
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