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City of Palm Springs to use $2.9M from statewide lawsuit to address local impacts of opioid crisis

The City of Palm Springs is now one of the first cities in the state to receive funding from an opioid settlement agreement.  Several major opioid manufacturers, including Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Mckesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health California, will dole out yearly payments to California cities to,  “…resolve their liabilities in over 3,000 opioid crisis-related lawsuits nationwide.”

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SCE alerts customers to a new scam

SCE is urging customers to watch out for scammers who are impersonating representatives of the company.  In 2023, the company reported that scammers collectively stole $11,491 from customers in Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and Desert Hot Springs. Scammers posing as SCE representatives often use text, phone and email scams to send fake emergency

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California lawmakers introduce two children’s social media safety bills

This week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkely)  and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) introduced the Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) and the California Children’s Data Privacy Act (AB 1949).  According to the Attorney General’s Office, these new bills would address the harms of social media addiction and provide

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Palm Springs Police hosts SWAT equipment demonstration for Costa Rican law enforcement officials

The Palm Springs Police Department demonstrated how local law enforcement uses special weapons and tactics (SWAT) equipment and vehicles to visiting Costa Rican law enforcement officials. It’s important equipment local law enforcement use to de-escalate dangerous situations. “Things like barricaded suspects, potential hostage rescue situations, those things kind of develop out of nowhere. So we

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Several Palm Springs restaurants become Certified Autism Centers

FARM, Tac/Quila, Front Porch and Clandestino are now Certified Autism Centers (CAC).  The Palm Springs restaurants were awarded this designation after the owners, Liz and Mark Ostoich, and the majority of their employees received autism-awareness training from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES.)  “We had over 80 percent of the front

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Riverside County’s Mobile Crisis Response services now available 24/7

Coachella Valley residents can now access Riverside University Health System’s Mobile Crisis Response services all week long, 24 hours a day.  The county’s Mobile Crisis Response Team is composed of therapists, case managers, substance abuse counselors and peer support specialists who are trained to help individuals during mental health emergencies.  The county partnered with Sycamores,

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Riverside County health officials share the warning signs of the flu following the death of a local child

Riverside County health officials are sharing the warning signs of the influenza, or the flu, after announcing that a Coachella Valley child died from the virus earlier this month.  The county is urging you to take your child to a medical care facility if they are exhibiting the following flu-related symptoms:   · Fast breathing or

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