The Riverside County Registrar of Voters released details on the new election model for the upcoming November elections. According to the Registrar’s office, there will be 80 secure Ballot Drop-Offlocations across the county that will be available starting on Oct. 5. There will also be nearly 120 Voter Assistance Centers throughout RiversideCounty. Residents will be
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The old Kmart building on Palm Drive is undergoing a transformation, with Royal Emerald Pharmaceuticals moving to the site from their offices in San Diego. “A Thousand new jobs in the area. I think that is the key to this whole thing. That is our company helping change the foot print of Desert Hot Springs,”
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This morning, over 250 customers in Indio were without power. Power has now been restored. Details to that outage can be found here. Officials with IID said it was due to equipment failure in the energy structure and can be common when the system is under stress. We haven’t seen any blackouts take place in
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An inmate sentenced to death for strangling a 9-year-old girl in San Bernardino has died of unknown causes while awaiting trial for a second killing, officials said Wednesday. Dean E. Dunlap, 61, died July 29 at an outside hospital in San Bernardino County and autopsy results were pending, authorities said. Dunlap
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La policía seguía buscando sospechosos luego de una serie de robos por la mañana en Indio y Palm Desert hoy miércoles. El primero fue en Indio en una tienda de conveniencia Circle K ubicada en la esquina suroeste de Jefferson Street y Highway 111 a las 2:55 a.m., según un portavoz del Departamento de Policía
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported new cases since Tuesday. This brings the total amount of cases up to 48,700. The county is caught up on the backlog of cases caused by a glitch with the state’s CalREDIE system last month. The issue did not impact the county’s hospitalization and death count. Check out the
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It was the first day of school for Desert Sands Unified School District families. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil got an exclusive look at how one teacher welcomed her class back virtually from inside her home. “Good morning fifth graders! Can you guys hear me…can I get a thumbs up if you can hear me?”
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The Desert Sands Unified School District kicked off its first day of the new school year on Wednesday, August 19. Some students and parents were met with some technological issues as they attempted to log in. <!–[if lte IE 10]> Sorry, you are using an unsupported browser. This page will not display correctly. Please click
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An email that was sent out this week to nursing students notifying them that College of the Desert will not be offering advanced clinical classes: N2, N3, N4 this fall semester. A spokesperson for the college tells us during the Spring, they were able to make some sort of exemptions through the help of the
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Governor Gavin Newsom delivered an update at noon Wednesday on the state’s response to current issues affecting California, including the ongoing heat wave, coronavirus outbreak, and wildfires. Riverside County renews push to reopen Officials in Riverside County are appealing to the state to allow a three phase reopening plan to proceed. MORE: A look at
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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is featured in a new Netflix documentary series called “Connected: The hidden science of everything.” News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay interviewed the host and executive producer of the series to find out why our local zoo was chosen. “If there was a dating app for animals and then I
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An estimated 284 customers lost power for nearly two hours Wednesday morning in Indio, where the temperature is forecast to reach 115 degrees. The Imperial Irrigation District announced the outage via social mediaabout 9 a.m. but did not specify what portion of the city was affected. Theutility reported about 10:50 a.m. that power was fully
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Police were still looking for suspects following a rash of early morning robberies in Indio and Palm Desert Wednesday. The first was in Indio at a Circle K convenience store located on the southwest corner of Jefferson Street and Highway 111 at 2:55 a.m., according to an Indio Police Department spokesman. The suspect had a
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Cal Fire / Riverside County Fire Department crews were working to contain a fire burning in Coachella Tuesday night. According to Cal Fire, about half an acre to three-quarters of an acre of palm trees were burning on Calhoun Street between Avenue 48 and Avenue 50. By 9:20 p.m., the fire grew to two acres
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Executives with the California Independent System Operator — which controls roughly 80% of the state’s power grid through Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Diego Gas & Electric — said statewide rolling blackouts affecting up to 3.3 million California homes could begin as early as 4 p.m. today, however, outage warnings
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Riverside County’s Executive Officer, George Johnson sent a letter on August 12 to the state outlining a proposed reopening plan. “A commitment from the state will provide clarity to our residents that the sacrifices being asked of them will have a connected purpose to both achieve a more stable and sustainable spread of the disease
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UPDATE: 8/19/20 The suspect has been identified as Gutberto Antonio Rodriguez, a wanted kidnapping suspect who is armed and dangerous. If seen, do not approach, call 911. Armed kidnapping suspect last seen in Mecca taken into custody —————————— The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was searching for a wanted suspect who may have been armed in
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Congressman Raul Ruiz appeared in front of a post office in La Quinta Tuesday morning while speaking in support of a $25 billion relief package for the postal service Congress is expected to vote on the legislation Saturday during a special session in Washington. “I’m here today to because the recent attacks on the United
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Two women overcome by heat exhaustion while hiking a Palm Springs trail amid blistering temperatures today required a helicopter hoist rescue. A call came in about 1:40 p.m. that two hikers were experiencing heat- related medical issues on the Skyline Trail, about two miles from the closest roadway, according to Palm Springs Fire Department Capt.
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