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Police have arrested a suspect after a man was found dead with a gunshot wound in North Indio Tuesday night. Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Avenue 44 west of Market Street at approximately 9:45 p.m. Inside the car, police say they found an unidentified man dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Detectives
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. Click here for more information on vaccines in Riverside County The move puts seniors in line before emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already
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Riverside County has activated its Type III All-Hazard Incident Management Team (IMT.) This team will work seven days a week to help coordinate vaccination clinics which they are calling, Point-of-Dispensing (POD) sites. These sites plan to vaccinate thousands of residents each day. “Getting the vaccine out within the community as quickly as possible is critical
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The federal government announced Tuesday that states can now vaccinate people older than 65 and those in the ‘high risk’ category. News Channel 3 reached out to our local health officials to see how this will impact their vaccine rollout plan. Riverside County Public Health says people 75 and up could start getting vaccinated as
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On Jan 7, Esmeralda Reyes, 24, killed in a car crash last week along N. Gene Autry Drive in Palm Springs. Reyes had two young children and was 9-months pregnant with her third. Reyes’ grandmother, Emma Maldonado, is still in shock at the sudden and tragic loss. “We know that she’s in the sky. Even
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) – Pence rules out using 25th Amendment to remove Trump, urges Congress to focus on Biden transition and avoid impeachment. In a letter late Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pence said the mechanism should not be used “as a means of punishment or usurpation” and reserved for cases of medical or mental
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LifeStream Blood Bank announced today it is facing a “critical” shortage of donated blood, putting surgical patients at risk of having their procedures canceled. “The situation is extremely serious,” LifeStream CEO and President Dr. Rick Axelrod said. “We are very, very low on all blood types; surgeons can only do so much without an ample
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Hospitals throughout Riverside County are contending with bed shortages, and some have reached their limit, but others are continuing to open up space wherever they can find it amid the current coronavirus surge, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors today. “We have 3,322 patients in our hospitals, and we’re at 91%
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California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly will provide an update on the coronavirus in the state. You can watch the full update below: Ghaly says officials are reviewing new guidance from the federal government encouraging states to re-evaluate COVID-19 vaccination distribution priorities, and a decision could be made in the next 24
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New Cases Riverside County reported 11,552 new cases since Monday, bringing the total of cases up to 227,827. The Coachella Valley reported 1,951 cases (39,038 total). New City Cases Over the Past 24 Hours: Desert Hot Springs – 265 casesPalm Springs – 142 casesCathedral City 277 casesRancho Mirage – 41 casesPalm Desert – 145 casesIndian Wells –
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Riverside County Board of Supervisors discussed on Tuesday in their meeting the county’s vaccination efforts including options for a mass vaccination site right here in the Coachella Valley. News Channel 3 Dani Romero has more on where we are in our vaccine rollout and what’s next. The Department of Public Health in Riverside County has
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Some changes might be coming to vaccination rollout plans. U.S. health officials say they plan to release second doses of coronavirus vaccines that were being held back for booster shots. They say those vaccines will go to people 65 and older and people with pre-existing health conditions. News Channel 3 is asking if the Trump’s
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The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway in Palm Desert is now open for ticket sales. Call 1-800-535-6748 to reserve one. Each ticket is $100, with a limited number available. All proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help children fighting childhood cancer, including kids here in the Coachella Valley, like young Natalie Tanner
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Coronavirus testing is being offered at Northgate Community Church in Cathedral City this week. Testing will be available from Monday, January 11 to Friday, January 15, at Northgate Community Church in Cathedral City, 30-010 Date Palm Dr. The site is open from 7:00 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. Testing is open to anyone. Appointments are
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UPDATE 1/13/21 The Harburs were able to find a home for both dogs! Original Story 1/11/21 A Cathedral City family devastated by coronavirus is now speaking out after losing a loved one in a matter of weeks. “We as a family have been through the ringer already this year, so it was just a perfect
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Riverside County has held vaccine clinics at random sites across the county, including 2 recently at the Indio Fairgrounds. Vaccines were administered at the site on Sunday and Monday, while the location regularly holds COVID-19 testing from Tuesday through Saturday. Those who are qualified to receive the vaccine include doctors, nurses, paramedics, EMTs, laboratory workers,
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Riverside County is hosting a virtual conference on human trafficking this week. The free conference started on Monday and runs through Thursday. You can find more info HERE. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil sat down with one of the main speakers, Dr. Katariina Rosenblatt, a sex trafficking survivor and founder of the anti-trafficking non-profit There
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Eisenhower Health continues to see an increase in patients amid the surging coronavirus pandemic and is converting parts of the hospital to treat them. A large outdoor tent is now ready outside of the Emergency Department entrance. “We may see patients in hallways, temporarily in the Emergency Department,” Dr. Euthym Kontaxis, Director of Emergency Medicine
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Small businesses struggling from the COVID-19 shutdowns are getting another round of financial help with the latest spending bill passed by Congress. Of the $900 billion approved for COVID-19 relief, $284 billion is slated for the Paycheck Protection Program, with some changes. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the details and the impact
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The Palm Springs Police Department confirmed on Monday that a pregnant woman and her unborn baby were killed in a crash last week along Gene Autry Road. The crash occurred Thursday evening on N Gene Autry Trail & Salvia Road, just off the I-10 exit. On Monday, Sgt. Mike Casavan confirmed that a woman, 9-months
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