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Riverside County reported 107 new cases since Wednesday, bringing the total up to 293,707. The Coachella Valley reported 23 new cases (49,434 total). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County Metrics Update Riverside County moved into the red tier last Tuesday, meaning restrictions for several businesses have
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California is expanding its vaccine eligibility to anyone 50 and over starting in April and anyone 16 and over on April 15. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California expects to receive 2.5 million doses a week in the first half of April and more than 3 million a week
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Southwest Airlines announced today that it will begin year-round service from Palm Springs to Las Vegas beginning May 9. Southwest will at first offer passengers nonstop flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport on Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and Mondays. The route will be expanded to seven days a week in
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Governor Newsom share an update on California’s efforts to ramp up vaccinations, with a focus on hard-to-reach communities. One of the major updates from Thursday’s update was that the state is expanding its vaccine eligibility to anyone 50 and over starting in April and anyone 16 and over on April 15. “In just a few
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Perhaps one of the few positives to come out of the pandemic — our local hospitals say flu numbers have been down this season. “We’ve had very flu cases,” said Euthym Kontaxis, Medical Director, Tennity Emergency Department Eisenhower Health. “We have only had three flu patients this whole season,” said Christine Langenwalter, Chief Quality Officer,
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The return to in-person classes for students in the Coachella Valley Unified School District has remained up in the air as the district sought parental input on the major decision. The district made a survey available from March 16 to March 21, asking parents whether they would prefer to continue with distance learning or transition
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Stella Kim came to the United States from South Korea more than four decades ago. She’s the longtime owner of two Palm Desert restaurants, including Musashi on Highway 111. That’s where she said a group of women customers Monday night became disgruntled, then racist and hateful. “She picked on my English,” Kim said. “They were
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A teenaged bicyclist has been taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Indio Wednesday evening. The collision occurred on Avenue 46 and Jasmin Lane at around 6:14 p.m. Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department said the teenager sustained non-life threatening injuries. CAL FIRE later confirmed the teen suffered moderate injuries.
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The man found dead in the Coachella Valley canal in Thermal earlier this week has been identified as Erasmo Gonzales Barrios, 52, a resident of Coachella. Gonzales Barrio’s body was found in the canal near Airport Boulevard and Buchanan Road in Thermal on Monday at approximately 4:26 p.m. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s
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A probationer who embezzled more than $400,000 while employed at an addiction treatment center in Rancho Mirage pleaded guilty today to several felony charges and was immediately sentenced to more than six years in state prison. Kelly Michelle Barnes, 42, entered guilty pleas in four separate criminal cases at the Larson Justice Center in Indio
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A video shows how new cutting-edge, sustainable homes are now being built. They’re using a massive robotic, 3D printer to make Lego-like components. The revolutionary process allows a single home to be built in one month. “It is perfect for Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage because it is mid-century modern design that is so popular
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A Palm Springs mobile home park has been without gas for three weeks. Residents added they have little confidence the problem will actually be fixed. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the concerns. It’s been a long three weeks for Susan Rudisill and her husband. They have no hot water. ((sot susan rudisill
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The Desert Recreation District is looking to fill a variety of full time, part time, and seasonal positions at locations across the Coachella Valley. Public information and marketing officer Noelle Furon said that they are also looking for lifeguards, and for contractors to lead some of their classes. All lifeguards must have their certification before
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Update 6/1/21: 2021 White Party Palm Springs has been canceled following the death of founder Jeffrey Sanker. The festival is scheduled to return in 2022 with proposed dates of April 28 to May 1. Anyone who has purchased tickets for the October event will be carried over to the 2022 event. Anyone with any questions about their
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Various law enforcement agencies lined up along many of the valley’s overpasses as a procession for a fallen Border Patrol agent passed through Interstate 10 Wednesday afternoon. Alejandro Flores-Bañuelos First responders line up on Golf Club overpass First responders as the procession passes by on Airport Blvd Overpass The procession is for El Centro Sector
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated state Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who is known for pushing criminal justice reform, to be the next attorney general in the nation’s most populous state. Bonta, a Democrat, would replace Xavier Becerra, who was confirmed last week as President Joe Biden’s health and human services
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John Kennedy Elementary School in Indio is hosting their first drive-through book fair this weekend! “Families do not need to get out of their cars,” Adrienne Perez, the librarian at John Kennedy Elementary told News Channel 3. “They will drive all the way through to the very end where I will be to cash them
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Riverside County reported 164 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the total up to 293,600. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County Metrics Update Riverside County moved into the red tier last Tuesday, meaning restrictions for several businesses have been loosened. Full Details: Riverside County moves into Red
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A judge confirmed today that prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against an Indio man accused in the beating and shaking death of his 3-month-old son. Leonardo Daniel Alvarado Fernandez, 34, and Zue Urias, 27, were arrested 14 months ago, after police responded to a report that they had brought their dead infant, Marco,
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March’s ‘One Class at a Time’ winner is Heather Claborn from Amelia Earhart Elementary. It was her first year teaching first grade. Claborn never expected her first year as a teacher to be in a pandemic meeting with her class virtually but she made the most of it and is receiving the recognition she deserves.
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