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Update 8/12/21 – 8:20 p.m. U.S. regulators on Thursday said transplant recipients and others with weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge. The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration applies to millions of Americans who are especially vulnerable
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The mandate from the state that all health care workers get vaccinated by September 30th, including those working in nursing facilities, has some scrambling to meet the deadline. Some are concerned they’re going to lose a portion of their workforce, while others are ahead of the mandate, already implementing the new rules. I-team reporter Karen Devine masked
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A 61-year-old Yucca Valley man has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a child. Richard Harris was arrested on Wednesday and faces charges of oral copulation of a child under ten years old, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced on Thursday. The department reveled that deputies from the Morongo Basin Station were
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Cathedral City police officers were able to get a man armed with a gun inside a vehicle near a Circle K to peacefully surrender Thursday afternoon. CCPD Commander Julio Luna said the incident started at a little after 3 p.m. near the Circle K on Date Palm Drive near Converse Road in Cathedral City. Viewers
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Beaumont police officers are investigating the death of a person whose remains were found in a ravine Thursday afternoon. The Beaumont Police Department announced shortly after 1 p.m. that passerby’s reported finding what they believed was a dead person in the ravine near the wash area between Noble Creek Park and Brookside Avenue. Police later
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A job fair to fill positions in 14 companies at the Palm Springs International Airport will be held at the end of August, it was announced today. PSP will hold a job fair at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the airport announced. The fair will host
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AEG Presents, the parent company of Goldenvoice announced Thursday that it will be requiring proof of vaccination for entry into its owned and operated clubs, theatres, and festivals. According to a news release from AEG, ‘The decision comes on the heels of the dramatic surge in Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads throughout the
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43 students and 13 staff members of the Palm Springs Unified School District are infected with COVID-19. The Palm Springs Unified School District released the latest figures on its website. The district has added an active case tracker to its website “to provide our PSUSD families and staff with a summary of campus COVID-19 cases.”
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NEW CASES Over the past 24 hours, the county reported 867 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 318,681. Cases by month as of Aug. 12, 2021 Check out the cases by zip codeDownload The county is reporting a case rate of 27.5 per 100K resident, up from 26.3 on
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Calling all volunteers! FIND Food Bank is in need of people to lend a helping hand. The Army National Guard is only expected to stick around until September. National guardsmen filled food banks across the United States to step in where help was needed. Now that extra helping hand will come to an end next
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For 75% of the students at Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD), Thursday is going to be the first time they see the inside of a classroom after being forced into distanced learning for over a year. Students had to learn from behind a computer screen starting March of 2020. Schools at CVUSD are making
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Cathedral City is putting more Covid-19 protective measures into place amid a growing coronavirus surge. That includes the return of a mask mandate for people indoors and in public, and new vaccine requirements for some customers and city workers. City hall is heading back to being mostly virtual, and within three weeks, restaurants and bars
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The Mojave Desert Land Trust acquired 43 acres within the Sand to Snow National Monument, it was announced today. The trust acquired the land — near Highway 62 in Morongo Valley — in hopes of building a wildlife crossing over the road. The acquisition comes nearly two weeks after a bighorn sheep was killed while
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New hospital visitation rules went into effect on Wednesday for all hospitals across California. Visitors will now need to provide proof of vaccination or alternatively, a negative COVID-19 test from the prior 72 hours. The public health order was issued by the California Department of Public Health. “Now with the increased infectivity and the increased
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Imperial Irrigation District is warning Coachella Valley customers once again to be on the lookout for scammers, this time using spoofed numbers that connect to the district. IID Public Information Officer Robert Schettler detailed the scheme and said scammers have threatened to shut off customers’ power “unless you pay your power bill, like right now
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NEW CASES Over the past 24 hours, the county reported 1,409 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 317,814. Every Wednesday, the county releases data for the Coachella Valley. Since last Wednesday, the valley has reported 884 new cases (53,000 in total) and 1 death (997 in total). The death
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Update 09/08/21 An arrest has been made in the murder of Joseph Rajczi. Police connected a man who they say killed Rajczi in July and another Palm Springs woman in January. Full Details: Man arrested in connection with two separate Palm Springs murders Original Report – 08/11/21: The Riverside County coroner’s office has identified a
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlan Collins and John Bonifield, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce within the next 48 hours that it is authorizing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some people who are immunocompromised, according to a source familiar with the discussions. This would be a third shot of the current two-dose Pfizer
Continue Reading Some of the largest live entertainment companies and Southern California sports teams will require all U.S. office employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Among the organizations that will issue this new rule includes Goldenvoice, the parent company of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, and Live Nation Entertainment, which has a partnership
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Firefighters are working to contain a fire burning at a hotel in Palm Springs Wednesday afternoon. The fire happened at the Caliente Tropics Hotel on 411 E Palm Canyon Drive at approximately 11:52 a.m. According to the Palm Springs Fire Department, there was a possible explosion. Captain Nathan Gunkel confirmed there was damage to one
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