Despite a malware event that brought down the email and web services at College of the Desert (COD), classes will start as planned on Monday, August 31. According to Marion Champion with College of the Desert, students can access their classes and communicate with their instructors using Canvas, the College’s online learning management system. Students can
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Martha’s Village and Kitchen in Indio is in need of donations from the community. This weekend people have the opportunity to help “Stuff the Bus” full of essentials at the Westfield Mall. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was out at the “Stuff the Bus” event and tells us what items they’re still in need of
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Update Sunday 8:40 a.m.: Three people have been arrested. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, it’s uncertain as to whether or not there was an intended target in this shooting; however, several vehicles were struck by gunfire. Deputies tell News Channel 3 a handgun was found inside a vehicle within reach of an infant
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The cause of an overnight fire in Palm Springs is under investigation. Officials with CAL Fire say a one-story building was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene early Sunday morning. Someone driving by on Highway 111 just south of Off-Road Rentals reported the fire. Officials say light winds moved the fire
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Friday Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a new color-coded tier system that will determine how counties move forward in their reopening process. Categories begin with the top purple tier, indicating ‘widespread’ county risk level. The next level is red and ‘substantial,’ followed by orange and ‘moderate,’ and lastly yellow and ‘minimal.’ The
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INDIO, Calif. — One person has died following a shooting early Saturday morning in a residential area, Indio Police confirmed. It happened on Sundial Street near Solano Avenue in Indio. On Saturday morning investigators blocked off one portion of Sundial Street with crime scene tape as they investigated the scene. “At about 1:58 this morning
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New guidelines are in place for California counties to move toward reopening. They’re designed to make the process more gradual than it was back in May. Jack Srebnik, owner of The Slice Pizzeria in Rancho Mirage, said he was expecting news Friday about reopening indoor dining, but the restrictions in Riverside County weren’t lifted under
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif.- Cal Fire firefighters responded to a house fire call on the 13000 block of Caliente Drive in Desert Hot Springs at 9:56 P.M. Friday night. The fire was contained at 10:22 P.M. Southern California Edison and SoCal Gas were requested to the scene indicating possible outages in the area. A Cal
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Martha’s Village is in need of donations from the community. This weekend people will have the opportunity to help “Stuff the Bus” full of family essentials at the Westfield Mall. Representatives say they’ll have curbside drop off bins set up at Westfield Mall off of Highway 111 in Palm Desert from 8 a.m. until 1
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43. pic.twitter.com/aZ2JzDf5ai— Chadwick Boseman (@chadwickboseman) August 29, 2020 Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles
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Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage has been approved by the Riverside County and State Departments of Public Health to open for in-person instruction. After submitting a waiver to reopen, Palm Valley received approval on Thursday, making it the first local school to get the green light. Palm Valley School began it’s 2020-2021 school year
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 126 new cases since Thursday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 51,860. On Tuesday, Kim Saruwatari, the Director of the Riverside University Public Health System, announced that the county’s testing positivity rate is currently at 9.5%, just slightly above the state’s threshold of 8% but a
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Deputies arrested a Marine at the Twentynine Palms base earlier this week for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. An active-duty United States Marine was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms. According to a news release by the Morongo Basin Station, deputies were originally called to the
Continue ReadingWATCH LIVE: Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new color-coded system for further re-opening the state’s economy and schools. He did not announce new reopening but his adjust the criteria for reopening. The new rules announced Friday create a four-tier, color-coded system that counties will move through based on their number of cases and percentage of
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The CDC issued new guidelines this week on limiting workplace violence related to COVID-19 policies. The CDC is discouraging workers in retail, restaurants and other businesses from arguing with customers who refuse to wear masks. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the challenges local businesses are facing when enforcing facial coverings. Gina Gonzales,
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All registered voters in California will be getting a vote-by-mail ballot for this November’s election. President Trump has repeatedly claimed that sending ballots to everyone, even those who don’t request them, will lead to wide-spread fraud. But, millions of people were already voting by mail in California. “Riverside County is already at 75 percent vote-by-mail
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With Palm Springs’ stifling summer heat, visitors and residents alike have been flocking to cooler oases like ice cream shops, but the method of getting your sweet treat may look a little different under coronavirus restrictions. Morning anchor Angela Chen took a trip to Shop(pe) in uptown Palm Springs to see how the ice cream
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The Indio Police Department warned the community late Thursday night of a caller reportedly impersonating a police officer. In a statement posted to social media, the department said it had received multiple reports of a man calling residents and leaving voicemail messages. The caller said his name was “Sergeant Jeff Bottoms with the Indio Police
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Palm Springs City Council is responding to the overnight murder that took place inside Desert Highland Gateway Estates. This is now the fourth recent homicide in North Palm Springs. City leaders, alongside residents, are calling for an end to the violence. Grace Garner, the councilmember who represents District 1 (which includes Desert Highland Gateway Estates),
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