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Local, state, and national leaders are reacting to the graphic video depicting the fatal beating of a 29-year-old Black man by five Memphis police officers. The video is filled with violent moments showing the officers, who are also Black, chasing and pummeling Nichols and leaving him on the pavement propped against a squad car as
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A new ordinance is in place in Palm Springs aimed at stopping homeless people from using Palm Springs International Airport as a shelter. The city council passed the emergency ordinance unanimously during Thursday’s meeting. Council members, along with Palm Springs Police chief Andy Mills and PSP director Harry Barrett Jr. discussed the ordinance beforehand. “Over the past
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District superintendent is apologizing for a lack of transparency about an incident last week in which a student brought a loaded gun to school. Parents and teachers didn’t get the whole story until yesterday – 6 days after it happened. The incident happened on Friday, January 20, according to an
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis authorities released more than an hour of footage Friday of the violent beating of Tyre Nichols in which officers held the Black motorist down and struck him repeatedly as he screamed for his mother. You can watch all 4 clips of the incident released by the City of Memphis Here
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A 46-year-old man accused of gunning down a motel guest during an altercation in Riverside must stand trial for murder and other offenses, a judge ruled today. Robert Donald Intong of Desert Hot Springs was arrested in 2021 following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the slaying of 31-year-old Cole William Birchard. At the end
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The hit-and-run motorist who allegedly was involved in a crash in South Los Angeles that left two brothers dead and their mother and sister injured was in custody today, police said. The crash occurred at about 8 a.m. on Jan. 9 at Main Street and 111th Place, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is moving to further ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that typically face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced draft guidelines that would do away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have
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Disneyland is celebrating its 100th year anniversary with the opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, and two new nighttime shows. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway is opening its doors to the public. The immersive experience begins as soon as you walk into the “El Capitoon Theater” located in Toontown. Toontown has been under construction
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Update 01/26/23 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept confirmed that three teenagers were arrested. The incident started at around 3:00 p.m. when Gang Task Force Officers attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on an SUV occupied by four suspects near the 43000 block of Clinton Street in Indio. The vehicle failed to stop but then ended
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The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted the 12th Annual Palm Springs Police and Fire Appreciation Luncheon at the Palm Springs Convention Center Thursday. The lunch recognized the men and women who serve the City of Palm Springs and highlight department accomplishments and goals. The Police Officer of the Year Award will be presented by the Palm Springs
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A 73-year-old Coachella Valley resident has been reported missing. He was last heard from in Tucson, Arizona. William Mackin is a resident of the community of Snow Creek, near Cabazon. He is described as 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 208 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes. According to his partner, he has memory
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The issues along the U.S./Mexico Border have intensified, amid record encounters with migrants seeking asylum. Peter Daut takes an in-depth look at what this means for the Coachella Valley, and what’s being done in response to the migrant influx. Daut traveled to the California Border city of Calexico, which recently declared a state of emergency
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN An asteroid the size of a box truck made one of the closest passes of planet Earth ever recorded. The small near-Earth asteroid, called 2023 BU, zipped over the southern tip of South America at 7:27 p.m. ET Thursday about 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) above Earth’s surface. This distance was
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Palm Springs Unified School District will sponsor 24 students on an H.S.I. (Hispanic Serving Institutions) tour in Austin, Texas, and 24 students attending the H.B.C.U. (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)tour to Washington, D.C. Stephanie Cesena is an 11th-grader who wants to become a Psychiatrist. Her parents did not go to college, but her sister inspired
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There could soon be a break in the years-long battle between valley cannabis business owners and local leaders over hefty taxes they say are crippling small businesses. Cathedral City is tied with other west valley cities for the highest tax on retail cannabis businesses in the valley: a 10% tax tacked on top of the
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College of the Desert is now providing free home internet to active students to complete their coursework and stay connected with COD while at home, according to the school’s website. The internet service provider will coordinate a home visit where they will deliver and set up the modem needed to provide your household basic internet. Service
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To combat the ongoing scourge of fentanyl and attempt to prevent a rising death rate connected to the synthetic drug, federal and local authorities today initiated a “Death in Disguise” drug awareness campaign in Riverside. @RivCoDA is Live! https://t.co/GxVaq2lFnB— Riverside County DA’s Office (@RivCoDA) January 26, 2023 “It’s the number one cause of death (in
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Approximately 10 residences are sheltering in place after an exterior gas line rupture in Mecca. The rupture happened at around 2:00 p.m. on the 91000 block of Painted Canyon Court. Cal Fire officials said the residents are sheltering in place while SoCalGas crews make repairs. No injuries have been reported. Stay with News Channel 3
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The Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon will host two job recruitment fairs next month, seeking to fill 80 positions. The first event is scheduled for Feb. 7, followed by an additional fair on Feb. 28. Both events are slated from 10 a.m. to noon in the resort’s Marketplace food court. “Morongo’s continued
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A woman was behind bars at the John Benoit Detention Center today on suspicion of mailing methamphetamine and fentanyl to an inmate at the same correctional facility. The woman, a 35-year-old from Indio, was booked on suspicion of possession of narcotics, willful harm to a child and smuggling controlled substances into jail, according to inmate
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