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Friday is Hunger Action Day and FIND Food Bank is joining other Coachella Valley cities to help stop hunger. FIND Food Bank distributes over 20 million pounds of food annually to people across the Coachella Valley. Statistics from the food bank reveal that 99% of people that receive assistance from the food bank have an
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The Dinah officially kicked off its five-day music extravaganza event on Wednesday. This is the 31st year the event is being held. It is at the Margaritaville Hotel in Palm Springs. Mariah Hanson who is the founder of the event said that every year the event helps create a lot of buzz for emerging artists
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Los miembros de la mesa de CVUSD buscan que se amplíe el campus satélite de COD en Mecca.
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College of the Desert is trying to build support with community partners while facing a lawsuit from the City of Palm Springs over the school’s West Valley Campus expansion plans. The college is in the drafting phase of their ‘Strategic Master Plan’ that’ll be implemented for the next five years. Students and internal stakeholders also
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An Excessive Heat Warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. Sunday until 11 p.m. Tuesday as highs climb to near 110. Highs topped out at 100 yesterday for the first time in nearly 2 weeks and today we’ll be above that number. A ridge of high pressure will dominate the forecast through the weekend
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En los últimos veranos se han registrado temperaturas récord aquí en el valle de Coachella.
Continue ReadingUnder the blistering sun, on a 117 degree day, it can feel like your skin is burning as you toil without shade. It’s why farmworkers in the East Coachella Valley wear long sleeves, drenched in sweat they can never seem to replenish fast enough. “It start in the lips, don’t speak good,” said Vidal Mendoza Fonseca, a farmworker who
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On June 16, 2022, 9-year-old Kieran Jimenez was diagnosed with stage 2 Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (ALCL), a rare form of of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She has been seen by multiple doctors. First, for a very swollen lymph node, then for an abscess on her cheek. “Her lymph node was swollen, like back in March, and
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds announced the signings of three new players on Thursday. and the #CVFirebirds team continues to grow🔥 Learn more about the guys here ▶️ https://t.co/cGPmHmKiEj | #IgniteTheSeason pic.twitter.com/BQj0avghjp— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) September 22, 2022 David Cotton, Jimmy Schuldt, and Eddie Wittchow are the newest members of the team who will play
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An average high temperature for today’s date in Palm Springs is 100°. Looking at the equinox of years past, we’re actually being treated nicely this year. We’re pretty seasonable for the date, considering there’s more heat headed our way. The Autumnal Equinox will occur at 6:03 p.m. marking the transition from summer to fall in
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Wednesday night the La Quinta city council voted to nix the controversial Coral Mountain Resort project. You can read the full story here. Today we’re hearing reaction from the community to the council’s decision after a long battle over this project. Alena Callimanis is one of the original members of the La Quinta Residents for
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More people will soon be eligible to get a MPX (monkeypox) vaccine in Riverside County. News Channel 3 learned effective Friday, county public health officials are updating vaccine eligibility criteria to include “gay, same gender loving or bi-sexual men or any men, gender diverse or transgender people who have sex including chem sex with men
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Local nonprofit Ronnie’s House For Hope was surprised with a $10,000 grant. It’s all made possible by the Coachella Valley Spotlight grant: a partnership between News Channel 3 and H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation. It recognizes local nonprofits making a difference in the community. Catharine Reed and Mike Stutz from the Berger Foundation and Kent Kay with News Channel
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The city of Indio held its first-ever Emergency Preparedness Expo today at the Indio Emergency Operations Center, next to City Hall. “We’re doing this in celebration of National Preparedness Month, which occurs every September,” said Dennis Day, Emergency Operations Center Manager. Dennis Day, Emergency Operations Center Manager The event featured a mix of businesses from
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Larissa Chavez Chaidez is running for the east valley seat on the College of the Desert Board of Trustees. On Thursday, she filed a complaint with the State Assembly against her incumbent opponent, board chair Ruben Perez, of getting paid illegally for his State Assembly job while working his COD job. Perez holds two positions.
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On Wednesday night, the La Quinta city council unanimously nixed the controversial Coral Mountain Resort project. What has been nearly a two-year battle to get the La Quinta Surf Park approved finally came to an end. Public comments on the plan didn’t wrap up until midnight. Some spoke in favor of the development, but many
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It was a pleasantly cool start to our morning, with lows uniformly in the 60s. A ridge of high pressure is sliding into place over the Western US and that will start warm things up a bit as we hit the weekend. Highs today will still be just a bit below average. The Autumnal Equinox
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Local nonprofit Desert X was surprised with a $10,000 grant. It’s all made possible by the Coachella Valley Spotlight grant: a partnership between News Channel 3 and H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation. It recognizes local nonprofits making a difference in the community. Catharine Reed and Mike Stutz from the Berger Foundation and Kent Kay with News Channel 3
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Cathedral City’s new Fire Chief, Michael Contreras, says he is intent on applying his decades of experience serving at Orange County Fire to his new role when he starts in November. Contreras is coming into a city that officials say is growing rapidly. Cathedral City has ongoing construction of hundreds of new housing units and
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