It sent shock-waves through the sports world on Tuesday. The Pac-12 and Big Ten postponed their fall sports season, which includes football. “It’s annoying because I sacrificed the rest of high school to come in, in January and I really did feel myself getting better and I knew that I could work my way up
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Uber and Lyft are threatening to shut down their operations in California as the debate heats up over how to classify their workers. A San Francisco judge ruled Monday Uber and Lyft are violating California law AB5 by continuing to classify drivers as independent contractors rather than employees with benefits like sick pay and overtime.
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The city of Palm Springs has unanimously approved allocating $3 out of $10 million in state funding it received to a low-income permanent housing project. Officials are currently considering whether to convert Ivy Palm Resort at 2000 N Palm Canyon Drive into apartments that could house individuals and families. “It’s not a shelter, it’s not
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced a recruit at the Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center in Riverside became ill and died on Tuesday morning. According to a news release by the Sheriff’s Department, the recruit became ill at around 7 a.m. prompting staff to call for an ambulance. The recruit lost consciousness upon the
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Riverside County is breaking ground on a new community health center in Palm Springs, District 4 Supervisor Manuel Perez announced on Wednesday. The 35,000-square-foot community health center will be built at the northwest corner of E. Tahquitz Canyon Way and N. Sunrise Way. Construction is expected to be completed by Summer 2021. Officials say the
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Homeowners gathered at the Mountain Gate community in Palm Springs. They’re frustrated that they can’t cool off in their 3 community pools, which have been locked since mid-March when the pandemic began. “What comes to heart is that my family is struggling so much right now. Distance learning is going on. We’re all locked at
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Case Changes Today There were 607 new coronavirus cases reported new coronavirus cases since Tuesday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 43,983. The county has been reporting lower than expected case increases since July 29 due to glitch with the state’s CalREDIE system. State health officer Dr. Mark Ghaly
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A probationer accused of shooting up his cousin’s Palm Springs mobile home after making an unsuccessful demand for money was arrested today and held without bail, police said. Alexander Jason Fisher, 28, was taken into custody at approximately 2 a.m. on suspicion of shooting at an inhabited building, burglary and other crimes, according to Palm
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A 12-year-old girl who ran away from a group home in Calimesa three months ago may have been spotted in another Coachella Valley community, authorities said today. Witnesses reported seeing a girl matching the description of Genevieve “Lexi” Brinson in recent days in Indio, according to Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Tijerina. She was previously
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is speaking at noon on Wednesday to provide an update on the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Governor Newsom addressed a data glitch that has backlogged hundreds of thousands of coronavirus and other records. Also Monday, Newsom would not confirm if the computer issue directly led to the abrupt resignation of Dr.
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In our News Channel 3 Neighborhood Heroes segment we’re highlighting the work of two local sisters who saw a need for more personal protective equipment (PPE) and are rising to the occasion to help out one of our local hospitals. “They go to work every day and they’re putting themselves at risk, at such a
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Firefighters contained a fire that broke out in an abandoned Desert Hot Springs building late Tuesday night. The flames were reported on Palm Drive near Pierson Boulevard at just after 11:30 p.m. Firefighters said smoke was coming from the second floor of the building, a News Channel 3 viewer identified as the Barbershop building. The
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Former Senator and Coachella Valley resident Barbara Boxer spoke one-on-one with News Channel 3’s Jake Ingrassia about Joe Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running pate. Boxer represented California in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 2017. She did not seek reelection in 2016 and was succeeded by Harris. “I think this ticket,
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The city of Palm Springs is looking at closing down major streets to give restaurants more outdoor space. The proposals are the latest efforts to help struggling businesses, said Palm Springs Mayor Geoff Kors. Businesses in the city are already expanding onto the sidewalk and into parking spaces to accommodate more customers outdoors. For some,
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“I still love it, missing it right now. I think once somebody tries it, they find that they do have a passion for it, and will really like it,” said Rick Sherwood. Rick Sherwood has been officiating high school sports in the Coachella Valley for over 40 years. Like Sherwood, most referees are from the
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A cell phone tower in Sky Valley just completed a technology upgrade to provide more reliable internet access to people living in the area, including 78 families with children enrolled in schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District. “The district’s goal is that every single student have access to distance learning,” said Will Carr,
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Dozens of people rallied in Sacramento Tuesday afternoon as they called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow salons and barbershops to open back up. The owner of Orabella Hair Studio in Oakland and members of California Aesthetic Alliance organized the Pro Beauty Rally. “This industry has been devastated by COVID,” CAA founder,
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Case Changes Today There were new 1,393 coronavirus cases reported new coronavirus cases since Monday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 43,376 The county has been reporting lower than expected case increases since July 29 due to glitch with the state’s CalREDIE system. State health officer Dr. Mark Ghaly
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The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens featured in a Netflix docuseries now streaming online, zoo officials said today. The zoo, located in Palm Desert, was included in the first episode of “Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything,” in which host Latif Nasser travels the world to discover how everyone is connected through science and nature.
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