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A man accused of killing his wife and another man outside a Palm Desert hotel Friday morning has been charged. Kenny Wu, 34, is accused of stabbing his wife and another man during a domestic violence dispute. His charges include two counts of murder along with a sentence enhancement due to arming himself with a
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Living Free Animal Sanctuary is a nonprofit that gives animals second chances. It’s a no-kill animal sanctuary whose primary mission is to rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats whose time is up at public shelters. Ultimately, finding them their forever home. Once the rescues arrive, they undergo a full medical exam and receive treatment. They
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College of the Desert has restored their phone systems and website after a “computer network disruption” that prevented students and faculty from accessing their emails, phone lines and school servers since July 5. In their July 19 press release, College of the Desert said their internal and IT team have been working on restoring services
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Jeanne Villa of Palm Springs is organizing a fundraiser on behalf of the Ukrainian refugees who’ve recently immigrated to Poland. Villa will be in Poland for two on her mission to serve Ukrainian refugees. Villa said the funds will also be used to “assist me as a volunteer with airfare, accommodations, in-country transport, and food.”
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The one-teen heat wave continues and due to the extended timeframe for that heat, the National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas. In addition, this morning dew points and humidity have surged after drying out a bit overnight. The forecast has dew points falling through the
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has given Novavax approval for its two-dose vaccine series for adults. The vaccine is going to be available for those 18 years old and older. It is now the fourth coronavirus vaccine being made available in the United States. The CDC said the vaccine will be available
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The high-pressure ridge is taking shape right over the Desert Southwest and will remain through the week. As a result, high temperatures will hover 5-10° above average for this time of year. Palm Springs reached 115° this afternoon! It’s a slow process, but we are drying out. Dew point temperatures were predominantly in the 50s
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As temperatures continue to rise, so do our energy bills. Many of us are feeling those costs, ontop of the soaring inflation. Southern California Edison has raised energy rates twice so far this year. It rose nearly 3% in January and the another 7.7% in March. It totals a more than 10% increase in 2022.
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El programa CERT tiene como meta crear comunidades más seguras y estén preparadas cuando ocurren incidentes.
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The Dream is still alive in Palm Springs. A far-cry from becoming reality though, the $200 million Dream Hotel project has become an eyesore with work stalled since 2019. An underground parking structure has been completed so far. “We’ve had to deal with several ups and downs since we’ve started this project,” said developer Lauri
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An Indio father is raising concerns about homelessness in his community, after his young daughter stepped on a drug needle while attending the city’s Second Saturdays event on Miles Avenue and Smurr Street back on July 9. News Channel 3 obtained cellphone video from David Villareal that shows him holding a diaper and walking towards
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The Coachella Valley Volunteer In Medicine has had volunteers from the medical community and non-medical community in the Valley since 2010. Their focus has been in the east valley but as of today, they are opening a medical clinic in Palm Springs at the Medical Plaza of Tachevah Drive. They’ve had clinics that pop all
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The House passed legislation that would codify same-sex marriage as well as strengthen other marriage-equality protections. The Respect for Marriage Act passed with a 267-157 vote. 47 Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the measure. The vote comes amid concern the Supreme Court could take up marriages after they decided to overturn Roe v. Wade which protected a
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Dew Points and humidity values are gradually dropping today. The water vapor is not making as strong an incursion into SoCal, so it feels a bit better out there today. Breezy NW Winds are helping to push the humidity out of the region. Highs however, remain above average (109) and that is true through Friday.
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Las autoridades informan que el riesgo de contagio para los residentes sigue siendo bajo.
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