The Cathedral City councilmembers passed an ordinance that will ban cannabis billboards near areas where children might typically be around. The ordinance bans billboards depicting smoking, vaping, or any images that might be attractive to children such as cartoons within 1,000 feet of “sensitive areas.” “Sensitive areas” are places like schools, daycare centers, parks, youth
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Authorities believe there may Riverside County victims in the case of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter charged with sexually assaulting a child and possessing child pornography. Jacob Daniel Carothers, 38, of San Jacinto was arrested on July 1 by Newport Beach Police detectives after being accused of groping 12-year-old while she walking on Balboa Peninsula,
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The Riverside County Coroner’s office released the identity Thursday of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning in Desert Hot Springs. Christopher Jones, 43, of Palm Springs was riding in his bicycle in the area of Two Bunch Palms Trail when he was struck and killed by a vehicle at approximately 5:30 a.m.
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Riverside County surpassed its highest day-to-day case increase for the second day in a row, but this time by more than 500 cases. On Thursday, Riverside County reported 1,377 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours. The total number of cases is now 23,334. 272,981 tests have been conducted so far. Case notes as
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A wildfire burning in Anza first reported has grown to 5 acres in nearly 30 minutes. By 2:00 p.m. the fire has spread to 10 acres. The forward rate of spread was stopped at around 2:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire. The fire was in the area of Cary Rd and Tripp Flats Road in
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The Calexico-Mexico border has been shut down after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer shot and killed a man. Witnesses told our sister station KYMA that a man appeared to be selling gum when suddenly he pulled out some sort of sharp, pointed weapon and attacked a woman as she attempted to cross the
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The La Quinta Special Enforcement Team discovered an illegal marijuana grow operations at a home in the city Wednesday evening. The special enforcement team served a served a marijuana-related search warrant within the 51000 block of Avenida Obregon in La Quinta on Wednesday at approximately 5:41 p.m. According to the La Quinta Sheriff’s Station, the
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Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to update Californians at noon Thursday on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Watch it live on News Channel 3 and here when he begins to speak: The governor is expected to address “the state’s emergency preparedness actions to protect public health and safety in the upcoming fire season amid
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The story of Bobby’s Detroit Coney Island in La Quinta actually starts about 100 years ago in Detroit, Michigan, where the concept for the Coney Island dog was born. The popular hot dog spot has picked up fans since opening in 2011, but it’s taken a big hit from the pandemic, especially in light of
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(Note: The John H. Furbee Aquatics Center was closed Thursday afternoon for maintenance. City officials say the repairs are not COVID-related) For valley families, pool time is normally an essential part of staying cool in the scorching summer months. But many of our local public pools and water attractions have been shut down due to
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District continues planning for the upcoming 2020-2021 school year. The district’s back-to-school start date is on August 13. It still remains unclear what approach the school will take. District administrators are set to propose three potential models to the Board of Education on Thursday. They range from full distance learning
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Some Southern California Edison customers did not receive their paper bills for the month of June, meaning their next bill will now include two months worths of payments due. Sally Jeun, a spokesperson for SCE, told News Channel 3 that the company experienced a technical issue in the process of updating software used to collect
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Riverside County public health officials say 75 percent of people who test positive for coronavirus in the county are unwilling or unable to share information with county contact tracers about people they’ve had contact with outside their homes. “The way we get through this is with containing the disease and a key point of that
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Marco Trujillo, 36 of La Quinta, was arrested after deputies say he stole the Q from a La Quinta street sign and vandalized a nearby animal hospital and restaurant Tuesday night. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department writes that the incident first started when deputies were responding to an alarm call at the
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An 85-year-old man accused of hitting two pedestrians while driving drunk in Palm Springs, leaving one with fatal injuries, then fleeing the scene, will stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Palm Springs resident Leroy Silva is accused in a crash that left Connie Clark of Lemon Grove fatally injured on
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The next season of the hit ABC series, “The Bachelorette” may be filmed in the Coachella Valley. The next season of the Bachelorette is rumored to be filming exclusively at the La Quinta Resort & Club. Steve Carbone, aka Reality Steve, a blogger focused on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, first reported on June 26 that the show
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Police said a bicyclist was struck and killed in Desert Hot Springs Wednesday morning by a hit-and-run driver. Police and medics were called to Two Bunch Palms Trail and Cholla Drive at 5:40 a.m. They found a 43-year-old man on a bike who had been struck by a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the
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Riverside County reported a total of 856 new cases on Wednesday, the highest day-to-day increase in confirmed cases since the pandemic started. Today’s increase brought the total number of cases up to 21,957. Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari told the board of supervisors on Tuesday that the county’s positivity rate is at around 15.9%, nearly
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If you have been having issues at a local Bank of America, you’re not alone. Bank of America has closed some of its locations temporarily. Many residents have reached out to News Channel 3 about this concern along with the trouble of using the ATM machines. Danny Nelson is one Bank of America customer we
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