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Governor Newsom announces statewide stay-at-home order

Governor Gavin Newsom makes a major announcement on California’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. https://t.co/VlQM38OkYK— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) March 20, 2020 Watch Gov. Newsom’s entire news conference above Governor Gavin Newsom announced a statewide stay-at-home order will go into effect tonight. READ NEWSOM’s ORDER HEREDownload California is now the first state in the United

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CVAG holds special meeting remotely, Dr. Kaiser not enacting a valley-wide “shelter in place” order at this time

CVAG’s Executive Committee held a special meeting via video chat Thursday morning. Many valley leaders spoke and were present online.  Dr. Cameron Kaiser gave a status update: there are 897 confirmed cases of coronavirus in California and 17 deaths so far. There are 16 cases in Riverside County and 3 deaths alone in the Coachella

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Riverside Superior Court closing 8 courthouses

Update – 5/14/2020: The closure has been extended to May 29. Original Report- 3/19/2020 The Riverside Superior Court will temporarily close 8 courthouses starting on March 20. Six courthouses will remain open, including the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The court closures will go into effect on Friday through April 3. COVID-Closures-031920Download If you have

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CVUSD soccer coach accused of inappropriately touching several students

A soccer coach with the Coachella Valley Unified School District was arrested on Thursday after being accused of inappropriately touching several students, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced. Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso, 24, of Salton City was arrested at his place of employment along Indio Boulevard. Troncoso was a CVUSD contract employee, coach of the

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Palm Springs Convention Center event changes

The following upcoming events at the Palm Springs Convention Center have either been postponed or canceled. Springs CUECANCELED Being held virtually from March 16 through March 22 Infrastructure Resources (Common Ground Alliance)CANCELED CA Association of School Business Officials (CASBO)CANCELED The Dinah POSTPONED Will now be held from Sept. 17 through Sept. 19 Association of Zoos

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New measures in place to protect homeless in Palm Springs amid coronavirus outbreak

New measures are being taken to protect the homeless in Palm Springs during the coronavirus outbreak.  Well in the Desert helps about 100 homeless individuals on any normal day. With circumstances far from normal, demand is already increasing. “It’s quite scary…I was at Walmart two nights ago. There’s nothing really there. So this coronavirus is

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