A Coachella woman who helped a murder suspect avoid arrest pleaded guilty today to being an accessory after the fact and was immediately sentenced to 18 months in jail. Martha Perez Espinoza, 40, will also serve 18 months of mandatorysupervision upon her release as part of a plea she made with the court, notprosecutors, according
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Firefighters were working to contain a transformer fire at the Sentinel Energy Center in North Palm Springs Thursday evening. The Sentinel Energy Center is located on the 15000 Block Melissa Lane. The fire was reported at 5:46 p.m. The fire was upgraded to a second alarm fire. The Palm Springs Fire Department was called in
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Riverside County recently confirmed its first flu death of the season and there is growing concern that both the flu and coronavirus could create a new hospital surge. The county’s health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut that it is unusual to have a flu death this early in the year.
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A young woman, her father, and a third defendant charged with the murder of a 29-year-old man found fatally injured in a Cathedral City park last month entered not guilty pleas today. Rena Lizette Alaniz, 20, of Thousand Palms, was arraigned along with her father, Carlos Antonio Ruiz, 40, of La Quinta and Andres Moreno,
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were actively investigating a shooting at a Palm Desert Circle K Thursday afternoon. Sgt. Deanna Pecoraro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, said deputies were first called to the area of County Club and Washington Street at approximately 2:15 p.m. to respond to an unknown trouble call. Deputies found a
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A group of bighorn sheep made their way down the mountain onto a La Quinta roadway Thursday afternoon. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were called in to help. Deputies shut down street and traffic around that area as the sheep made their way back Residents and drivers along the area of Avenue 48 and Washington Street
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Southwest Airlines will be flying to Palm Springs International Airport in 2020. The airline announced that it intends to start year-round service to both Palm Springs and Miami international airports later this year. The new nonstop route(s) location will be announced in the coming weeks. “Our service to both of these airports will bring new,
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 397 new cases since Wednesday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 53,703. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 537,520 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 7,045 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. The
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With the pandemic, many local restaurants have been forced to adapt or close their doors. One local restaurant, Wally’s Desert Turtle, is going above and beyond to make sure customers can have an enjoyable, cool, outdoor experience. Wally’s Desert Turtle is a family-owned restaurant in Rancho Mirage located right off of highway 111. “We’ve been
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A body was found near a dumpster in the Desert Oasis Health lot area in Palm Springs Thursday morning, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Lt. Hutchinson with PSPD confirmed to News Channel 3 that a body was discovered upon officers’ arrival around 7:30 a.m. to the site on El Cielo Road. The body
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Coronavirus testing in the Coachella Valley could soon get a lot faster, thanks to a new initiative by the Desert Healthcare District. The district is buying 12 to 18 Abbott ID NOW machines, which can produce diagnostic results almost immediately, eliminating the need for swab tests to be sent to out for processing. “Everything will be
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The Palm Springs Police Department investigated another shooting in the north end of the city Tuesday afternoon – an area with ongoing rival gang activity. Police said a person was shot at near Gateway Drive and Eastgate N Road, in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood, though nobody was struck by gunfire. Police found dozens
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The new application is called “Covid Pulse”. It’s an interactive, map-based visual display, which tracks coronavirus case information at the national, state, and county level. The company behind it is Esri. Headquartered in Redlands, the company is a global player in GiS, or geographic information systems. “I feel like I can get the pulse of
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The city of Palm Desert is looking at closing a portion of El Paseo to traffic to expand outdoor dining. It’s all part of the city’s plan to help small business owners and employees. “We took about $2 million out of our economic reserve fund and gave forgiveable loans to our businesses and we put
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An usual amount of unemployment letters are showing up in mailboxes across California. Now, a Riverside County man is searching for answers after he received over hundred unemployment letters that were addressed to other people. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the concerns these letters are raising. “A week and half ago we
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Over the past several weeks the Coachella Valley has seen an increase in crime activity, particularly involving teenagers and young adults. The Palm Springs Police Department recently announced the arrests of three minors in connection to violence between two rival gangs. “Early this morning our SWAT team did serve a search warrant at the Desert
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An electronic scent detection canine has joined the DA’s Bureau of Investigation in Riverside County. Chewie now works with the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement/Internet Crimes Against Children (SAFE/ICAC) task force. The DA’s office wrote in a media release, “The newest member of the DA’s Bureau of Investigation loves to meet new people, chew on branches,
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An ex-con who was already awaiting trial on allegations he stole Palm Springs police Chief Bryan Reyes’ patrol vehicle from the body shop where he worked and subsequently posing as an officer must also stand trial on weapons charges, a judge ruled today. William Leon Menser, 29, of Indio was arrested on Jan. 4, 2018,
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Riverside County officials announced that the death of a man in his 80s marks the county’s first flu-related death of the 2020-21 influenza season. The man, identified as a resident of San Jacinto Valley, died last week at Riverside University Health System-Medical Center in Moreno Valley, according to county officials. Riverside County Public Health director
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Palm Springs firefighters are at a structure fire, the second in the past two hours, burning in a residential neighborhood. The structure fire was reported at a home on the 300 block of W Cortez Road, near W Racquet Club Road and Indian Canyon Drive. PSFD Captain Nathan Gunkel told News Channel 3 crew at
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