The City of Cathedral City, Fantasy Balloon Flights and Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa are celebrating the 6th Annual Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival and Food Truck Fiesta. Friday morning, several hot air balloons took off from a launch site located at D.R. Horton at Verano 67-840 Rio Vista Drive Cathedral City.
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PALM DESERT, Calif – The famous El Paseo shopping district turned into a winter wonderland for the 12th annual “A Miracle on El Paseo,” on Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 from 5 to 9 p.m. The festive evening is hosted by The Shops on El Paseo, the Coachella Valley’s premier luxury shopping and dining destination, and benefits
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting incident in Coachella. It happened just before 1:00 Saturday afternoon on Avenue 49 and Grapefruit Boulevard. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department tells News Channel 3 no one was injured. The department has not confirmed where the gunfire was directed. No arrests have been made in the
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Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson will be in a position he’s never experienced in his career. He will be the host of a PGA TOUR tournament. Mickelson was named the host of The American Express on Saturday at a small gathering at the Madison Club in La Quinta. Lefty was previously the tournament ambassador but
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PALM DESERT, Calif. – A new marathon race debuted Saturday in Palm Desert. The USA Women’s Marathon and Half Marathon brought a luxury experience to racers. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was there. Hundreds of women and men ran either 13 or 26 miles in the first USA Women’s Marathon and Half Marathon in Palm
Continue Reading The City of Cathedral City, Fantasy Balloon Flights and Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa are celebrating the 6th Annual Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival and Food Truck Fiesta. On Friday morning, several hot air balloons will take off from a launch site located at D.R. Horton at Verano 67-840 Rio Vista Drive
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898 Southern California Edison customers were without power Saturday morning in Palm Desert. According to the SCE outage map, the outage was centered near Country Club Drive and Eastwood Lane in Palm Desert. SCE was analyzing the cause of the outage. As of 9:15 a.m., there was no estimated time for when power will be
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The Indio Police Department is investigating a double shooting Friday night near Golf Center Parkway and Intestate 10. According to Ben Guitron, IPD’s public information officer, the shooting was reported in the area of Avenue 44 and Apache Street at approximately 8:38 p.m. Guitron confirmed that both victims have been taken to the hospital. One
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UPDATE: The Cathedral City Police Department tells News Channel 3 they’ve arrested 30-year-old Keenon Hiler of Indio in connection to the fire. Officers arrested Hiler who identified himself as the person who started the blaze. Hiler is being held at the Indio jail on bail set at $110,000. A truck exploded in the parking lot
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32-year-old Cristina Canimo of Palm Desert is under arrest, accused of murdering a man in the Esplanade community in La Quinta and dumping his body in a trash can Thursday outside the elderly residential care facility Sunbrook Residential Care. Viewers told News Channel 3 Canimo was a caregiver at Sunbrook. She was taken into custody
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The work of a firefighter can mean long, labor-intensive hours. Multiple Cathedral City firefighters were sent to battle the Kincade Fire that broke out in Northern California’s Sonoma County on October 23rd. A 5-engine strike team headed up from Riverside County. “I think it was a total of 9 days,” said Cathedral City Firefighter Thomas
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Police say a negative Yelp review prompted a man to threaten someone with a gun near Indio High School Thursday afternoon. “The suspect threatened the victim due to the victim writing a negative Yelp Review of the suspect’s business,” reads an IPD news release. The Indio Police Department identified the suspect as 26-year-old Roy Becerra.
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A 19-year-old gang member accused of gunning down a man in Desert Hot Springs last weekend pleaded not guilty today to murder and robbery charges. Matthew James Gallegos of Desert Hot Springs also denied two special circumstance allegations — killing for the benefit of a criminal street gang and killing during the course of a
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Friday, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department released more information about a fatal deputy-involved shooting in Morongo Valley earlier this week. 34-year-old Morongo Valley resident Jacob Cato died shortly after being shot by deputies at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. In Friday’s release, SBCSD stated that Cato fired rounds in the air while a Sheriff’s helicopter flew
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JFK Memorial Hospital is proud to announce their designation as a Primary Stroke Center by Riverside County Emergency Medical Services. Local residents who are showing signs of a stroke, may now be transported by EMS to JFK for immediate care. “Research shows that patients receiving care in a primary stroke center have a higher index of
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A motion to dismiss a potential new trial for Patricia Brown has been denied in Indio court Thursday. Brown was released from jail in April 2018. She was serving time after being convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old step-son, Deetrick Brown. Deetrick died in 2003, and Brown was convicted in August
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Two juveniles were taken into custody on Thursday in connection with a shooting in Coachella, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. No one was injured in the incident At 11:54 a.m., deputies received a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in the area of 2nd street and Vine Avenue. A short time
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Annual Snow Guessing Contest officially ended on Wednesday, November 20th with one inch of measurable snow at the Tramway’s Mountain Station as of 2:00 p.m. The first ten contestants who submitted the correct date are: M. Bratton of Indio Richard Namey of Desert Hot SpringsDan Baumann
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UPDATE: Police arrested Cristina Noelle Canimo, 32, of Palm Desert early Friday morning at a north La Quinta home where a body was found a day earlier. Canimo was charged with Felony Murder with Malice, according to jail records. She was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio and held without bail. Canimo was scheduled
Continue Reading PALM DESERT, Calif – The famous El Paseo shopping district will turn into a winter wonderland for the 12th annual “A Miracle on El Paseo,” on Saturday, November 23rd, 2019 from 5 to 9 p.m. The festive evening is hosted by The Shops on El Paseo, the Coachella Valley’s premier luxury shopping and dining destination, and
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