Help is on its way for hundreds of thousands of people in our state still out of work. Many people receiving unemployment benefits will soon see an extra $300 a week. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on how the extra assistance will help those trying to get by. Another wave of help is
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It’s ‘Spirit Week’ at Rancho Mirage Elementary School. As News Channel 3’s Madison Weil reports, teachers and kids are getting extra creative this year to show their school spirit virtually. Students and teachers from a 5th grade class at the school let News Channel 3 join in on their virtual classes via Zoom for the
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California lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would extend protections from evictions, providing some more relief for those struggling to pay rent due to the pandemic. If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the bill, the bill would ban evictions through January. The California legislature approved the bill on Monday — it passed the Senate with a
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Dozens of Desert Hot Springs residents were out of their homes Monday night after an electrical fire knocked out power at a mobile home park. Sparks were seen flying at Mountain View Mobile Home Park after 4 p.m. Monday as a fire erupted in breaker panels behind the clubhouse and pool. According to CALFIRE, the
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California hair salons and barbershops can resume indoor operations Monday, Aug. 31 under a new four-tier system unveiled Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Customers and business owners said they are happy to be back in business. Hair salons like Salon 119 in Palm Springs are back to the swing of things. “I feel crazy, I
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were searching for suspects who led them on a high-speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle Monday evening. The pursuit started at 5:27 p.m. when deputies spotted a vehicle reported stolen in the along the 79000 Block of Corte Del Vista in La Quinta. Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle but the
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The campus at Palm Desert High School is relatively quiet while students continue to learn from home. But, in some classes, disruptions are happening according to an online letter Principal Dennis Zink emailed to parents Sunday. He wrote about “Zoom intrusions”, or instances when people are accessing the school’s online classes who aren’t students at
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Cathedral City Police arrested four juveniles Monday afternoon accused of robbing a store and leading officers on a pursuit. The robbery happened at approximately 2 p.m. at a business on the 31700 block of Date Palm Drive. According to police, four masked suspects entered the business and forcefully took display cases with numerous cellular phones
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Two convicted felons charged with murder in the shooting death of a man near Indio last fall remain behind bars today and are scheduled to return to court on Sept. 8. Indio residents Ricardo Pescador, 46, and Gerardo Rivera, 28, are accused in the slaying of 48-year-old Allen Hood of Indio, whose body was found
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For the first time since the pandemic began, one of the valley’s great historical, Sunnylands Center & Gardens in Rancho Mirage, will be once again open to the public. Sunnylands will open its garden and walking trails starting on Wednesday, September 16. The gardens will open free of charge on Wednesday through Sunday from 7:30
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Another type of business hurting right now because of the pandemic are yoga studios. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay met with the owner of a yoga and a pilates studio who shares how they’re moving operations outdoors in order to survive. “We in the fitness industry and at least the boutique fitness industry feel like
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Case Changes Since Friday Riverside County reported 1,049 new cases since Friday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 52,909. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 522,708 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 15,992 tests conducted over the weekend. The county
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The Beaumont Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 16-year-old with mental health issues. Joseph Wyatt Allen Morris was last seen on Saturday at approximately 10:00 p.m. in the 1300 block of Smoketree Lane in Beaumont. According to police, Morris is not familiar with the area. Morris is 6 feet
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A vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant causing water to shoot out of the hydrant and the parking lot at Stater Bros. to flood. The accident happened near Varner Road and Washington Street in Palm Desert shortly before 12:30 p.m. Water gushed out of the hydrant for about 30 minutes. A CHP officer told News
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The Desert Hot Springs Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person injured Monday morning. The shooting was reported before 10:30 a.m. in the 11500 Block of Palm Drive, DHSPD Chief Jim Henson confirmed. Henson said officers found the victim with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim was transported to the hospital for
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COACHELLA, Calif – The Coachella Valley’s eastern end has experienced a recent spike in crime over the past several days. Beginning on Thursday, August 27 a Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force and the Riverside County Sheriff SWAT team served a search warrant at an apartment complex on Avenue 50 near Jackson Street in
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A unique first day of school for students attending College of the Desert (COD). Fall semester classes began today online and a malware attack from last week still shuts down the college’s website and email server causing a headache for some students today. “I’m in school but it doesn’t feel like it really,” Mariana Villarroel,
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A 16-year-old was hospitalized early Monday morning after an overnight shooting in Coachella. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the area of Avenida de Plata near Avenue 50 at 10:30 p.m. Sunday to reports of a shooting. They said they found evidence of a shooting there, but no victims or any suspects. Deputies later
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Throughout California hair salons and barbershops have been gearing up to offer indoor services once again. “I have a lot of clients that have been loyal for years and they text me, they reached out to me on social media and said, ‘When are you going to reopen? I’m a shaggy dog and I need
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Two men were killed early Sunday morning in a collision on North Indian Canyon Drive just north of 18th Avenue. The Riverside County Coroners Office identified the two as Raul Martin, 24, and Emiaj Lane, 22, both of Desert Hot Springs. The head-on collision reportedly occurred at 1:08 a.m. Sunday and the Coroners office said
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