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Jonny Cuevas Another Aztec is headed to the big leagues. Former Palm Desert standout Jonny Cuevas was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 12th round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday. 12 (371): @RaysBaseball select College of Southern Nevada (NV) P Jonny Cuevas. https://t.co/ddCNyr2CGL #MLBDraft— MLB Draft Tracker (@MLBDraftTracker) July 13, 2021 “It’s
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Two people were injured and two dogs were killed after a fire at a home in Twentynine Palms Monday morning. The fire happened at a home on the 5000 block of Cahuilla Avenue. San Bernardino County firefighters arrived on scene and found heavy fire showing from the home. Firefighters added that they encountered energized power
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Officers are investigating a rollover crash that left a dog injured Tuesday afternoon in Windy Point north of Palm Springs. The crash happened on Highway 111 and Overture Drive at around 2:15 p.m. Officer Jackie Quintero of the California Highway Patrol confirmed it was a single vehicle rollover. When officers arrived, the driver was nowhere
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Story by ADAM BEAM of the Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After initially telling schools they must send students home if they refuse to wear masks indoors, California public health officials abruptly changed course and said districts will be able to decide how to enforce the mask mandate. While California says fully vaccinated people
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Indio Police are searching a canal that runs through the Four Seasons at Terra Lago development in Indio after the discovery of a human body. Police tell News Channel 3 that earlier this morning, a fisherman saw a body in the Coachella Canal and called police. Indio Police is investigating and have asked for the
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The Palm Desert campus of Cal State San Bernardino was awarded $20,000 by a local nonprofit to deliver mental health treatment to children in the Coachella Valley affected by the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced today. The Palm Springs-based Anderson Children’s Foundation gifted the funds to expand CSUSB’s Neurofeedback Center, which will now be able
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You never know where you’ll be a year from now. That’s the phrase Robbie Wayne and his fiancé Mathew McLean have come to live by. This time last year, they were closing down the Desert Rose Playhouse, a small blackbox theater in Rancho Mirage – one of the first local production companies to shutter. They
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Residents came together at Civic Center Park to take part in a caravan showing support for Cuban protesters. On Sunday, Cubans took part in one of the largest displays of antigovernment sentiment in the tightly controlled country more than 30 years. Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades, along with a resurgence
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A documented gang member from Desert Hot Springs who’s accused of using social media to post photos of himself with guns and to market drugs for sale is facing an Aug. 31 trial date in federal court in Riverside. Robert Lorenzo Lee Ramos, 24, was indicted in April on one count each of possessing a
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The Diocese of San Bernardino is now weighing on the marriage of recently retired Monsignor Howard Lincoln. Lincoln, 75, formerly of Sacred Heath Church in Palm Desert, married his secretary Sandra Susini, 72, earlier this month, just a few days after his retirement. The Diocese released a statement saying they were aware of Lincoln’s willingness
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On Friday the state of California delivered a new plan requiring masks once again upon schools’ return. The guidance is stricter than what has come down from the federal government. Under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “masks should be worn indoors by all individuals (age 2 and older) who are not fully vaccinated.”
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Even though the extreme summer heat continues, you can still find outdoor construction workers laboring away while the sun beats down. Vincere Industries, a local construction company, has several construction projects across the valley. One of the company owners, Anthony Goebel, said keeping his workers safe and healthy while working in the scorching temperatures is
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom can’t put his Democratic Party affiliation on the ballot voters see when they decide whether to remove him. Newsom’s campaign missed a deadline to submit his affiliation to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber for the Sept. 14 recall election. Newsom’s campaign
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A motorcyclist was hospitalized in critical condition following a crash Sunday night in Desert Hot Springs. The two-vehicle crash happened at approximately 10:44 p.m. near the intersection of Dillon Road and Atlantic Avenue. The Desert Hot Springs Police Department said a vehicle traveling eastbound on Dillon Road made a left turn onto Atlantic Avenue when
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After being closed for 16 months, Michael Holmes’ Purple Room will reopen at the end of August. Holmes and a full season of internationally renowned performers will relaunch the famous and acclaimed venue beginning August 31 including two performances by Sam Harris on September 3 and 4. “Due to the extraordinary gifts of our friends, audience members, and performers, it
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A Border Patrol K-9 detection team alerted agents to a suspicious vehicle on Interstate 10 near Coachella over the weekend. The vehicle ended up having $440,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden inside several duffle bags. The incident began when Border patrol agents encountered a vehicle at the Dillion Road exit near Interstate 10 and Highway 86
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The California ISO issued a Flex Alert for Monday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The alert is part of efforts to conserve energy and help prevent wildfires. “With electric transmission lines from Oregon still unreliable due to the explosive Bootleg Fire and continued high temperatures across the West resulting in increased demand for electricity,
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Country music festival Stagecoach has released the lineup for the 2022 event. As News Channel 3 reported in June, Coachella and Stagecoach announced their plans to return next spring. Headliners for the three-day music festival include Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, and Luke Combs. The event is being held in Indio from April 29th-May 1st of
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The Sunline Transit Agency began its new service to and from San Bernardino Monday, which will run through Friday. The route will include stops at the SunLine Indio facility, the California State University San Bernardino – Palm Desert Campus, 2nd & Commerce in Beaumont, the California State University San Bernardino – Main Campus, and the
Continue ReadingIt’s no question that restaurant business owners are relieved they can welcome customers back after the state did away with much of its pandemic-era restrictions on June 15. But just as things got better, many already were anticipating the slow summer months– it’s a given owning a business in the desert and not having tourists
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