For the past six months, we’ve been pressing San Bernardino County officials about their handling of a powerful blizzard earlier this year. Some residents in the county’s mountain communities were left stranded for several days. “We felt really abandoned by the county,” Ellah Ronen, a Crestline resident. After declining our invitations for interviews, a county
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The Coachella Valley will be dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary for a long time. Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District General Manager and Chief Engineer, Jason Uhley, showed News Channel 3’s John White why this storm created so much damage, especially along the Interstate 10 corridor. While rainfall totals in other
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News Channel 3 has reported on the need for more teachers in schools, but there’s another national shortage that health officials say is getting worse: The nursing industry has been short-staffed for years, and it’s not just hospitals getting hit hard. The nursing shortage is also taking a toll on schools, including in the Coachella
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Your back-to-school coverage continues with an in-depth look at how all three valley school districts are addressing the Fentanyl crisis. I-Team Reporter Karen Devine has been covering the crisis extensively and this time Devine is showing us how educators are taking a proactive approach. Palm Springs, Desert Sands, and Coachella Valley Unified School Districts have all added
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Campus crime is an unfortunate reality for Coachella Valley students heading back to school. State law requires districts to keep track of safety problems and their plans to solve them. It’s a topic that’s front of mind for Bianca Acuña, as she helps get her daughter prepared to head back to school. Acuña said she’s
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A massive housing development boom on the north side of Palm Desert is expected to bring up to 10,000 new residents. With more than 1,000 new homes already completed and nearly 5,000 total expected to be built in the near future, concerns are mounting over the lack of necessary services and amenities to support the
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A Coachella Valley effort to remove homeless people from the streets by offering them permanent housing is showing positive results but facing headwinds in its search for affordable homes to keep the program expanding. High housing costs are a part of California’s growing homeless population, and the Coachella Valley Association of Governments is now running into the same problem as so
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You see it in nearly every Coachella Valley city. Stands with fruit or coconut water for sale…popping up on street corners. These are the types of scenarios investigator Aron Wolfe monitors for potential human trafficking victims. “These individuals have paid some type of exorbitant smuggling fee to come up through Mexico into the U.S,” Wolfe
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Nearly everyone agrees that homelessness remains one of the Coachella Valley’s top issues. So News Channel 3 wanted to know what’s happening right now with the new homeless navigation center planned to open in north Palm Springs. When completed, the center is expected to provide 80 beds for the homeless, in addition to a variety
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Coachella Valley pet owners risk being turned away during emergencies when minutes matter most. A nationwide shortage of veterinarians has forced the valley’s only 24/7 emergency pet emergency hospital to close at certain times. Melissa Hull-White and her family loved their long-haired terrier Kobe for 13 years. But on April 15th, things took a turn
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New research on tourism in greater Palm Springs shows record-breaking numbers. It indicates a post-pandemic recovery is here, years before some experts expected it to happen. The report released Monday by Visit Greater Palm Springs shows the Valley’s tourism and hospitality industry is the strongest it’s ever been: Visitors spent a whopping $7.1 billion last
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Free syringes, crack pipes, and other drug supplies are currently being handed out in Palm Springs, and they’ll also soon be available in vending machines. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut took a closer look at the new harm reduction program, which is generating strong opinions. In a Palm Springs church parking lot on a recent
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Grabbing an E-Bike and hitting the trails is becoming a favorite pastime for many here in the Coachella Valley and beyond. While fun and convenient, the lithium-ion batteries that power some of them have been linked to explosions and deadly fires. We checked in with Cal Fire Riverside and confirmed no such incidents involving electric
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This is World Parkinson’s Day, recognized each year on the birthday of James Parkinson who first discovered the condition over 200 years ago. April is also “Parkinson’s Awareness Month.” Most patients are over the age of 65. Tonight, we’re going in-depth on another group diagnosed at a much younger age. Watch the special report tonight at 6:00
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Since October, more than 1,700 court cases have been dismissed in Riverside County. These dismissals include cases involving child sexual assault, attempted murder, DUIs, and domestic violence. This is due to a backlog caused by the pandemic. Riverside Superior Court officials cited a lack of available judicial resources and courtroom space as they reinstated defendants’
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A major change is underway at the Palm Springs International Airport in response to what the city has described as a growing problem. Earlier this year, the city council swiftly and unanimously changed an ordinance to make it illegal for the homeless to take shelter there. And now, starting this week, the ordinance has gone
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A News Channel 3 investigation has uncovered that district officials didn’t follow safety protocols in multiple incidents when weapons were reported at valley schools. In response to outraged parents, scared students and KESQ’s questions, the district says it made changes. But are they working? Repeated reports of weapons Three east valley schools and thousands of
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Friday marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. It’s made a big impact on millions of people worldwide, and even here in the Coachella Valley. News Channel 3’s Samantha Lomibao caught up with two local Ukrainian business owners who have been directly impacted by the war. Elena Vitkovskaya has owned Marmelad Beauty House for 3 years. Every day,
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A local woman still faces a new trial in the death of her husband’s son over 20 years after the child died. This Sunday in a special edition of News Channel 3 after the SuperBowl, John White goes in-depth on the case of Patricia Brown in a special report, “Back in Court.” Brown was freed
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It’s becoming harder than ever to find a place for people to call their own. Rising costs have made home ownership, or an apartment, too expensive for more people struggling to deal with higher costs for everything. An I-Team in-depth report shows how some local cities are doing more than others to increase the number
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