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At least one person was seriously injured in a rollover crash Saturday afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 111 near Windy Point in Palm Springs just before 2 in the afternoon. No word on the cause of the crash. We’ve reached out to the California Highway Patrol for more information. Stay with News Channel 3
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New water bill assistance is available for customers who are suffering financially because of the pandemic. The Help 2 Others COVID-19 Water Bill Assistance program provides grants to eligible residents who have fallen behind on their water bills. The grants are to help with past-due water bills issued between April 1, 2020 and December 31
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Two weeks. There are only two weeks until the first local high school football games in 16 months. This Friday marks the first day our local teams are allowed to practice in pads. Friday night football will certainly look different this season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. There will only be five weeks of
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Riverside County officials and local non-profits are sending a message to immigrants seeking asylum in Riverside County, making sure they know they’re welcome and taken care of. “I want to make sure that I greet these individuals and let them know that you’re safe with us,” said Supervisor Manuel Perez. Friday night dozens of migrants
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California to allow Major League Baseball, parks like Disneyland, live shows to resume at reduced capacity on April 1. Theme parks across the state will be allowed to reopen with 15% capacity for counties in the red tier. Theme parks will only be open to California residents, addresses will be checked when purchasing a ticket.
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UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Palm Springs ahead of her visit to the Twentynine Palm Springs Marine Base on Wednesday. Story: First Lady Jill Biden arrives in Palm Springs ahead of visit to Marine Base Original 03/05/21 First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is set to visit the Marine Corps Air Ground
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The third vaccine in the quest to end COVID-19 is making its way to Riverside County. “Our initial allocation would be about 16,400,” said Riverside County Department of Public Health spokesperson, Jose Arballo. The shipment is slated to arrive early next week, and shots could start to be injected within 1-2 days after that, according
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Indio Police announced murder charges will be filed against a Mecca man accused of shooting death at Yucca Park back in November. The case is related to the murder of Alfredo Diaz, 26, of Indio, who was found dead with a gunshot wound inside Yucca Park just before 3 a.m. on the morning of Nov.
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Valley families are preparing for some of their students to head back into the classroom later this month. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on how they plan to do so. For the past year, at the Miller house, its been a makeshift classroom. “Keep them sitting still, watching the screen and doing their
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EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — One of the 13 people killed when the SUV smuggling them into California hit a tractor-trailer was a 23-year-old woman who was fleeing violence in Guatemala for the hope of a better life, family members said. Yesenia Magali Melendrez Cardona had told her father she wanted to follow in his
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. – Organizers of the ‘Let Them Play’ announced a settlement has been reached in the lawsuit against the County of San Diego, The State Department of Health and Governor Gavin Newsom. The lawsuit was spearheaded by Scripps Ranch High School football coach Marlon Gardinera on behalf of his son. “Today, for
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A judge today denied bail for a 19-year-old man accused of gunning down the proprietor of a Cathedral City convenience store during a robbery. Charles Lamar Campbell of Beaumont and his alleged accomplice, 19-year- old Joel Ortiz-Hidalgo of Desert Hot Springs, were arrested Monday in connection with the Feb. 21. killing of of 61-year-old Cathedral
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Riverside County reported 160 new cases since Thursday. The county has a total of 290,904 coronavirus cases. The Coachella Valley reported 3 new cases (48,971 total cases). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County’s COVID Metrics The county’s metrics are updated every Tuesday. While the county remains
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Local Uber drivers say they’re frustrated and have been unable to work due to background check delays with the company. Uber says those delays have been caused by COVID-19’s impact on local courts. Ross Tubbs, a valley Uber driver, has been driving with the company for about a year. When he started the job in
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The Indio Police Department will be out on Friday, March 5, looking for violations made by drivers and pedestrians that are illegal or dangerous. The Indio Police Department says they will be conducting a traffic enforcement operation in an effort to educate drivers and pedestrians on traffic laws meant to keep them safe on the
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Police were investigating an attempted armed robbery in Palm Springs early Friday morning but reported no immediate arrests or suspect information. A clerk at a 7-Eleven store on the 2400 block of North Palm Canyon Drive says he was held up by a man with a pellet gun. Surveillance video, obtained by KESQ News Channel
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The pandemic has been abysmal for the business travel industry, including group meetings and conventions here in the valley. Thursday, frustrated tourism officials and business leaders from across California banded together to urge Gov. Newsom to issue guidelines for the safe re-opening of business meetings, events and conventions. “We’ve lost 241 conventions so far to
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A clash between riverside county’s top elections official and the county district attorney over the security of ballots. In emails and letters uncovered by the I-Team, the Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer accuses District Attorney Mike Hestrin of voter suppression during the recent election. Spencer wrote in an email to the board of supervisors in
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Some big changes are expected for California’s pandemic response. Governor Newsom’s administration said that a portion of vaccine doses will be dedicated to the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on which communities would be prioritized and how that will work. Juan Rodriguez is relieved to finally be getting his
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Deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station are asking for the public’s help in finding a puppy thief in Joshua Tree. Authorities said on Dec. 29, a 14-year-old was home alone in Joshua Tree when they saw an unknown man wearing a solid black hoodie, enter his property and grab their puppy. The teen ran
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