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PALM DESERT – A young valley girl is recovering after undergoing critical brain surgery. We first told you about Caitlyn Neely last month. She still has a long way to go, but so far, it’s looking like she’ll have a miraculous recovery. “She’s in intensive care recovering,” says Steve Granik, Caitlyn Neely’s grandfather. Earlier this

COACHELLA-Twelve peopleface charges today after a parole sweep this morning in Coachella. The sheriff’s gang task force, Coachella Police Department and state parole officers all participated in the operation. 45 officers and deputies in all.Anna-Marie Trimble and her son saw deputies arrest a parole violator just off Date and Araby. It’s not the first time

PALM DESERT – So far, so good for Leilani Vail. She has the supplies and plenty of shoeboxes. “Every box is a treasure for some little kid,” she says. Insideeach box are gifts that kids in disadvantaged countries will love. Leilani says those kids are in dire need of the basics, such as glue sticks,

PALM SPRINGS – Six people are behind bars, today, accused of storing stolen property taken in a rash of burglaries in Palm Springs and Cathedral City. Police tell News Channel 3 that their investigation was catapulted by a transient driving a stolen car. While in custody, he confessed to being involved in more than 50

INDIO -Giving undocumented immigrants a license is a big debate in many states with a large immigrant population. State legislators have voted against past legislation, yet some local businesses are making thousands of dollars a day by selling international drivers licenses (IDL). According to local police the I-D-Ls are not a state issued licenses and

BANNING -Fifty year-old Andre McDonald’s recovery from West Nile encephalitis-meningitis hasn’t been easy. After he was stricken with the life threatening form of the virus that attacks the brain and spinal cord, his stay at nursing homes were some of the most difficult times. “I would cry every day, I would cry everyday. They still

IDYLLWILD – Cornelia Meyer, her young son, her boyfriend Egbert Rimkus and his son disappeared in Death Valley in July 1996, lost for 13 years. Until Les Walker and follow rescuer Tom Mahood made an important find. “I couldn’t believe that we actually came upon the remains,” says Walker. For two months, the Riverside Mountain

LA QUINTA – Dr. Phillip Bretz is the lead researcher at the Desert Breast Institute in La Quinta. He calls this confusion over new mammogram guidelines “a debacle.” But he’s going one step further, developing a non-invasive way to detect breast cancer. We also asked one Palm Springs breast cancer survivor what would have happened

COACHELLA – Five Coachella men are behind bars accused of avoiding domestic violence warrants.

BERMUDA DUNES-NadiaGonzalezsays her brother, Raul Gonzalez is lucky to be alive. He was in the car and good friends with 17-year-old Lisel J. Wiedemann who was killed inSunday night’s car accident. Three other teens along with Raulwere injured inthe single-vehicle crash in Pinyon Pines. Nadia Gonzalez says, “It’s hard to come to grips that he

PALM SPRINGS – A new list highlights several children’s toys and shoes that have an illegal amounts of lead.

CATHEDRAL CITY – Most of the calls to the Cathedral City fire station are for medical assistance. And there’s a good chance these first responders could be exposed to an illness. So they have to be prepared for anything. “We carry masks. We carry gloves. Gowns. Other items. Eyeglasses to protect ourselves,” says Jeremy Keenan,