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A deadly virus targeting domestic and wild rabbits that was detected in Palm Springs in May has now spread to San Bernardino, Orange and San Diego counties, state wildlife officials confirmed. Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2) is not related to the novel coronavirus and does not affect humans or domestic animals other than rabbits. “A dead

A man on death row for fatally stabbing a black transient in a racially motivated attack near a Palm Springs restaurant has died from what state officials said today appear to be complications of the coronavirus, which has infected about one-third of San Quentin prison inmates. David John Reed, 60, died Tuesday at an outside

“Hell show,” that’s how one doctor at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage describes what’s happening there right now with coronavirus. Dr. Rick Loftus wrote that he wakes up with nightmares every morning, that the situation with coronavirus is getting worse every day, and that people not taking the virus seriously is costing lives. His lengthy,

Kim Saruwatari explains contact tracing from RUHS Public Health on Vimeo. Riverside County health officials are putting the word out and asking people who have tested positive for coronavirus to provide critically needed information when they are contacted by contact tracers. Kim Saruwatari, director of Riverside County Public Health, told the Board of Supervisors on

On Tuesday morning Palm Springs police officers arrested a man accused of vandalizing the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center building at Desert Highland Park. The walls were filled with graffiti directed at the LGBT community as well as various races. “This center is the center of our community. For someone to come out

Riverside County supervisors today authorized the county’s Department of Housing, Homelessness Prevention & Workforce Solutions to utilize $15.8 million in federal grants for emergency shelter programs, while other federal funds are being distributed to prevent financially strapped renters from becoming homeless. “Some of the money will help shelter operators,” agency spokeswoman Heidi Marshall told the

The city of Indio now has twenty new solar recycling bins that are going up around town. These bins, or BigBelly as they are called, are fully solar powered and compact the trash. Compacting with solar powered technology helps to add more trash before it needs to be collected. They are able to be monitored

It can be very uncomfortable wearing a face-covering in the heat and it can even cause skin irritation. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay spoke to a local health expert on skin tips when wearing a mask in the heat all day. “It really is hot out and before we had to wear a mask it

A person of interest was cited by police after a fire that was ignited at a set of townhomes Monday night. The fire was reported in the area of Cielo Vista Road near 33rd Avenue at 9:30 p.m. There were no reports of any injuries. Firefighters say a palm tree caught on fire raining burning