UPDATE – 8/7/20: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Friday that Jade Kemerer and Venessa Vlasek have been found safe. DETAILS: Two of the six missing people last seen near Idyllwild area found safe Original Report – 8/6/20 On Wednesday, News Channel 3’s I-Team updated you on the six individuals that have gone missing
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State lawmakers are working to protect farmworkers during the ongoing pandemic. The “California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief package” has advanced out of the State Assembly and is now working its way through the State Senate. Lawmakers say it would protect the health and safety of agricultural workers and provide them with economic security. Local assemblyman Eduardo
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released new video of a deadly deputy-involved shooting. The incident happened on June 22 of this year at Palm Desert gun shop, Coachella Valley Guns & Tackle off Boardwalk Avenue and Cook Street in Palm Desert. Aaron Solorio Granados, 33, died in the shooting. Â The newly-released video includes surveillance
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Many working parents are facing a major concern as the new school year begins. Who will watch their kids and help them with online learning? “My biggest challenge feeling like I being a good enough mom and I being a good enough employee,” said Angel Meraz, mother of three children. Angel Meraz is feeling the
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SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement discovered an unfinished cross-border tunnel in a residential area in San Luis, Arizona, located about 25 miles from Yuma. “This appears to be the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history, and certainly the most sophisticated I’ve seen in my career,” said Carl E Landrum,
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Following recent crime in North Palm Springs, Palm Springs police served search warrants in five separate locations Thursday morning. Police say they were investigating in areas with known rival gang activity. One person, a man in his 20s, was arrested and several weapons were seized in Thursday’s search. Police also found gang paraphernalia and ammunition. Multiple
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A man is accused of using a dating app to chat with a 13-year-old girl on a and setting up a meeting with her at a park in Beaumont. Leonides Edgardo Guzman, 27, of Phelan was arrested on suspicion of various felonies, including sending harmful matter to a minor and contacting a minor for sex.
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An evacuation warning has been issued for the community of Morongo Valley and Whitewater area. The warning was sent out by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Thursday afternoon. Officials advise that those who require additional time to evacuate and those with pets and livestock should leave now. Fire personnel will host a community meeting
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Cases Changes Today There were new coronavirus cases reported 490 new coronavirus cases since Wednesday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 39,741. The Coachella Valley reported 189 cases and 7 deaths today. See below for more details. Riverside County public information officer Brooke Federico confirmed that technical difficulties in
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A local nurse is need of a lung transplant as he continues to fight for his life months after contracting coronavirus. Nurse Cesar Millan spent 85 days at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Ana battling coronavirus. He says he got the virus from one of his patients while working in Palm Springs. Millan
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New guidelines issued by state health officials now allow youth sports to return for some limited participation. Advisory-Letter-re-State-Guidelines-on-Youth-Sports_8.5.20-1Download Youth sports are now allowed to take place when the following two criteria are met: Physical distancing of at least six feet between participants.Stable cohort, such as a class or team when the participants remain the same, that
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UPDATE – 8/7/20: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Friday that Jade Kemerer and Venessa Vlasek have been found safe. DETAILS: Two of the six missing people last seen near Idyllwild area found safe Original Report – 8/5/20 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Wednesday night that over the past five months, six people
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A private valley religious school is gearing up to bring its students back into the classroom in a few weeks, defying state and county guidance. Desert Christian Academy in Bermuda Dunes plans to teach its hundreds of students in person starting Sept. 2. School leaders said being in the classroom is always a matter of
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District and Coachella Valley Teachers Association reached an agreement late Wednesday night on its virtual distance program. Negotiations between the two sides were heating up as the first day of school approached. The big disagreement between both sides was whether it should be mandatory for teachers to be in a
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Nurses with the California Nurses Association (CNA) held a to rally in Palm Springs Wednesday night demanding more personal protective equipment. The rally started at 6 p.m. on the corner of Tachevah and Indian Canyon drive near Desert Regional Medical Center. National Nurses United, a labor union of registered nurses with nearly185,000 members nationwide are
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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Yucca Valley. According to Cindy Bachman, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, the deputy-involved shooting happened along the 1400 block of Avalon Avenue. Bachman confirmed that a female suspect was injured and is expected to survive. The Sheriff’s Deparment released more information on
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Fire crews are working in shifts as they battle the “Apple Fire” burning in the mountains of the San Bernardino National Forest. Shifts ranging anywhere from 12 hours up to 16 hours, and their efforts are paying off. The fire is 30 percent contained, and covers nearly 28,000 acres. “Everybody is out there working toward
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