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New and expecting parents around the Coachella Valley now have another place to go to get the resources and support they need. On Thursday morning, the non-profit About Families, along with the City of Indio, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open up the new space. About Families is an organization that offers help
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It’s a California tribe supporting education up and down the state including in the Coachella Valley. State Representative Greg Wallis presented students at La Quinta Middle School with a $5,000 Barona Education Grant Thursday. The money is intended to purchase educational materials including books and computers to help current and future students learn more. La Quinta Middle School administrators
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We are tracking a batch of active weather in the Coachella Valley to close the workweek. Today is significantly cooler thanks to the early arrival of the winds. We are monitoring wind gusts and air quality concerns as an Air Quality Alert is in place through Friday morning. By tomorrow, the trough of low pressure
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UPDATE: 5:30 – Palm Springs 9-1-1 service restored UPDATE: 4:30 – Cathedral City 9-1-1 service restored DESERT HOT SPRINGS, California (KESQ) – 911 lines are down in several Coachella Valley communities. The Desert Hot Springs Police Department announced that 911 phone lines are currently down in Desert Hot Springs. They made the announcement Thursday morning
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College of the Desert is partnering with the Coachella Valley Disaster Preparedness Network (CVDPN) for the Great ShakeOut today. This emergency response drill will take place at 10:17 AM, and it aims to help prepare the community for an earthquake. “People need to be personally prepared wherever they are,” said Carla Sullivan-Dilley of CVDPN. “We
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Winds have increased and we are seeing some blowing sand and dust as well. A Wind Advisory will be in effect from 4 a.m. until Noon Friday, so the First Alert Weather Team has issued a First Alert Weather Alert for much of the day tomorrow. A large area of low pressure is bringing both
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After years of delays, College of the Desert is finally breaking ground on Roadrunner Motors. The Roadrunner Motors facility will be comprised of a nearly 26,000-square-foot training center, which can accommodate 100 students at a time in a cohort style. And the facility will be a full service learning space where students learn all aspects
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The man arrested with two loaded guns near the Trump rally over the weekend in Coachella has filed a federal lawsuit against Riverside County, Sheriff Chad Bianco, and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. In the lawsuit, Vem Miller, a 49-year-old from Las Vegas, alleges Bianco “intentionally, maliciously and with a blatant disregard for the truth,
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The U.S. is facing an intravenous, or IV, bag supply shortage after Hurricane Helene caused disruptions at a manufacturing plant in North Carolina, according to the AP. Federal officials say flooding caused major impacts at the Baxter International plant, forcing workers to move critical supplies out of the building. Experts also say several batches of
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A man suspected of running over and killing a person at a gas station in Beaumont was later involved in a rollover collision nearly half an hour later in Cabazon. The incident started at around 10:50 p.m. at an Arco gas station on the 400 block of E. 1st Street. Beaumont police officers responded to
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This latest cooling trend has arrived! Temperatures today are in the mid-low 90s with a hint of humidity in the air. Winds should not be a major part of the weather story today, but that still may become elevated in some areas. A large trough of low pressure has moved into the Pacific Northwest and
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El evento “Fiesta Latina” será este viernes, 18 de octubre, de cinco a nueve de la noche, en la secundaria Desert Springs. En junio del año pasado empezó el Club de Mujeres Latinas con más de ochocientos miembros presentes. “De todas las nacionalidades y todos con ayudar a los estudiantes”, dijo Susan Cabeje, directora del
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It’s groundbreaking day! News Channel 3 and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are teaming up once again for the 6th annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. The builders, along with St. Jude, local elected officials, and News Channel 3 members were on the site Wednesday morning with their shovels. The house is being built by GHA
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