A 49-year-old Nevada man charged with possessing a loaded firearm when he arrived at a campaign rally for President-elect Donald Trump in the Coachella Valley called into the Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ meeting today, saying the accusations against him were spurious and that Sheriff Chad Bianco was unfit for office. “I was falsely
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Four entries out of hundreds of others are the winners of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s annual snow guessing contest. The contest runs until the first measurable inch of snow touches the tram’s Mountain Station, which happened to be Tuesday morning. There were four contestants who submitted the correct date: Alena Callimanis of La Quinta
Continue ReadingBy Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The House on Tuesday approved a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes. The bill, known as the “Laken Riley Act,” would require the detention of undocumented migrants charged with theft or burglary. The legislation is named after a Georgia student who was killed
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump made numerous false claims during a wide-ranging Tuesday news conference in Florida, many of them related to foreign affairs and international trade. Here is a fact check of some of these claims. Guns on January 6 Trump repeated his long-debunked claim that none of the
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The Board of Supervisors today approved a $1.4 million contract with an Alpine-based construction company for renovations to the Mecca Library. In a 4-0 vote without comment — and Supervisor Chuck Washington absent — the supervisors signed off on the Riverside County Office of Economic Development’s selection of LM Rasmussen Construction Inc. as the preferred
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As President Joe Biden plans to proclaim Chuckwalla lands a federally-protected national monument, some are opposed to the designation. News Channel Three spoke to Ben Burr, the Executive Director of the Blue Ribbon Coalition. The organization fights national monument designations across the country. “What we’ve found when presidents designate these really big national monuments is
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday intensified his push for American expansionism, refusing to rule out using military force to add Greenland to the United States and retake control of the Panama Canal. In a wide-ranging news conference at Mar-a-Lago — his second since winning the 2024 election — he
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 19, 1982 Birth place: South Bend, Indiana Birth name: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg Father: Joseph A. Buttigieg, an English professor Mother: Anne
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A Marine has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in Twentynine Palms, authorities announced. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Carlos Zamudio, 23, from Twentynine Palms, was arrested early Sunday morning at the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, after being accused of the murder of Savannah Encke, 21, of Twentynine Palms. According to the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress. The
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Sean Higgins, the suspected drunken driver accused in the deaths of former NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother last year, pleaded not guilty to all charges stemming from the fatal crash. The 44-year-old appeared at an arraignment hearing Tuesday in Salem County, New Jersey, where his attorneys entered
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump warned that if the hostages whom Hamas is still holding in Gaza are not released by his inauguration on January 20, “all hell will break out in the Middle East” – offering one more stark indication of how much the incoming president would
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — A New York appeals court judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing in the hush money case. Associate Justice Ellen Gesmer swiftly denied Trump’s request following a brief hearing on the matter Tuesday afternoon. Trump on Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, Jeff Winter and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Sebastian Zapeta-Calil repeatedly told detectives he had no memory of an attack that killed a woman who was set ablaze on the New York City subway train he was riding the morning of December 22, according to court documents. Then, investigators played surveillance video
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide over the course of the more than year-long civil war in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. This is the second genocide committed in Sudan in less than three decades, following the genocide in Darfur in the
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Carolina Garcia MEXICALI, B.C. (T3) – Mexicalenses se unieron en un evento en la zona centro para buscar y llevar tambien mascotas extraviadas, problema que se agudizo despues d ela pirotecnia de fiestas decembrinas. Esta perrita fue encontrada en la zona de Independencia y residencias apenas el viernes en la ciudad de Mexicali. Una familia que
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WFOR, CNN By Andy Rose, Josh du Lac and Carlos Suarez, CNN Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) — Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of incidents that
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Extreme wind conditions across Southern California will raise the fire danger level to the maximum today, with Red Flag Warnings in place for much of the area. In addition to the Red Flag Warnings, there are High Wind Warnings in place, too. In addition to those, a Winter Weather Advisory remains up today through 10
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — African governments have criticized a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that some leaders showed “ingratitude” for the deployment of his nation’s troops in the Sahel region in battling Islamist extremism. Macron told French ambassadors at a conference in Paris on Monday that Sahel nations
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem and Tareq Al Hilou, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates has been in discussions about the possibility of playing a role in postwar efforts to rebuild Gaza, but its conditions for doing so have yet to be met, a UAE official told CNN. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has touted the
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