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We are still seeing fairly high dew points and humidity levels this morning, but we are expecting drier air in place by this afternoon. Northwesterly breezes will continue today as well, helping to dry out the atmosphere. Daytime highs remain well below normal. We hit 97 yesterday, and highs will be in similar ranges into
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Residents gathered in the northern part of Palm Springs Tuesday as the Desert Highland Gateway Estates Community Action Association held a community meeting. One of the hot topics, the long-awaited College of the Desert West Valley campus. The college’s Palm Springs campus has been in the works since 2004, however, there is still nothing to
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The Oswit Land Trust was awarded its first grant for the Prescott Preserve, formerly the Mesquite Golf Club, that the organization acquired back in July. The $163,850 grant, which was awarded a unanimous vote from Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, will allow Oswit Land Trust to hire a habitat restoration company, LSA, and its landscape architectural design
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Leaders in one valley community are hoping to make improvements to a road where a 9-year-old girl was hit by a car and killed after getting off her school bus last December. At a meeting Tuesday, the Desert Edge community council heard an update on funding county officials applied for to improve sidewalk safety in
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Clouds over the mountains will drift east through the evening, with a clearing of skies taking place into the night. Temperatures will cool into the mid-80s around 9:00 p.m. creating a mild night in the desert. Dew point temperatures will gradually drop through the middle of the week, Thursday offering more relief from the humidity
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Un programa especial brinda apoyo económico para las reparaciones mecánicas.
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Update 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 All remaining evacuation warnings have been lifted, Cal Fire announced. The fire is 69% contained. Full containment is expected to happen by Saturday. Update 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 All remaining evacuation orders have been reduced to warnings. All previously issued evacuation warnings have been lifted, Cal Fire announced.
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The city of La Quinta is trying to clear up confusion about a series of articles, postcards, and surveys being circulated through social media and mailed to residents about the proposed surf park development. None of these items are from the city or have been paid for with city funds. The materials are from the developer
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a proclamation declaring a local emergency in response to the Fairview Fire. On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen signed the emergency proclamation, which you can read here. The emergency proclamation can help make the county eligible for potential federal and state assistance and
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Iris Williams remembers her favorite moment singing in front of Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She sang a song called He was beautiful. Williams is from Wales and says she sang her way into a beautiful life. “Well, you know, growing up, I had problems because I was the only
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North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs remained closed Tuesday morning because of flooding on the roadway from rain over the weekend. The City of Palm Springs said it will re-evaluate sometime today whether or not it can be opened. Clean-up crews need to make sure there are no rocks or flooding on the roadway
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It will take a day or so, but dew points and humidity values will gradually shrink as the remnants of Hurricane Kay move out. We’ll see drier air in place by later today, but likely won’t feel a big difference until tomorrow. Dew points will steadily fall from their current values in the mid-sixties down
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Tensions are running high between the City of Palm Springs and College of the Desert over the development of a long-awaited West Valley campus. The city announced its lawsuit against COD on Monday, claiming it failed to release requested public documents about the plans for the campus. The city is also accusing the school for
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People are ignoring the barricades off of North Indian Canyon Drive signaling a closed road. The road is still seeing the aftermath of rain on Friday and over the weekend brought in by Tropical Storm Kay. The City of Palm Springs shared on Twitter that N. Indian Canyon Drive will remain closed for the rest
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Drivers in Riverside County are now paying $5.26 on average for a gallon of regular unleaded – that is up 9 cents from a week ago, according to AAA. “It’s about what drivers in Riverside County were paying this time a month ago,” said Doug Shupe, a spokesman from the Auto Club of Southern California.
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The Fairview Fire has forced many people to evacuate their homes, including the principal of LA Quinta High School, who had to leave his home in Anza. “Never in my 15 years of living up there, we’ve never been evacuated. So that was unusual,” said Dr. Rudy Wilson. Even though wildfires often spark near his home, this is
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With evacuation orders being downgraded for areas affected by the Fairview Fire in Hemet, residents who left began returning home. For some, it marks the start of a long cleanup to come – as dark storm clouds bringing the threat of rain and mudslides hang overhead. Bill and Michelle Nealeigh were back at their home
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