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News Channel 3 partnered with Coachella Valley Health experts and Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz to answer your questions about the coronavirus and local actions to curb the crisis.

Millions of California students are staying home from school to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Here in the valley, our three local school districts are also closed for three weeks. Check out our coronavirus section for local coverage All three are still providing meals at off-site locations to help families during the closure.  FOR DESERT

The Diocese of San Bernardino County, which stretches through all of San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, has suspended all masses, closed all churches, church offices, and chapels, as well as postponed all weddings. There will be very rare exemptions for weddings to continue and even then they will still have to adhere to the rules

Update: Tuesday March 17th. — Dr. Kaiser has reported there are now three deaths total in Riverside county, all from the Coachella Valley. There are also two new cases in Western Riverside County bringin the total to 16. Riverside County release some info on the deaths, saying that all were over the age of 70

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that authorizes local governments to halt evictions for renters and homeowners, slow foreclosures, and protect against utility shutoffs for Californians affected by COVID-19. A full version of the Executive Order can be found here. This Executive Order comes as Californians are experiencing substantial loss of hours

The City of Palm Desert declared a local emergency on Tuesday and ordered the closure of city hall and other municipal facilities for at least two weeks. Police and fire protection as well as other public safety-related municipal services, including building inspections and code compliance, will continue to operate without interruption. People who need to

As concerns rise, the Desert AIDS Project has responded. The health center is converting one of their clinics into a coronavirus triage clinic, which opened to the public on Monday.    Dr. Christopher Foltz, an infectious disease physician at Desert AIDS Project took News Channel 3 around their new transformed triage clinic that has nine

Basic necessities have been flying off the shelves at grocery stores throughout the Coachella Valley. Ralph’s is one of the markets that has made changes to keep up with the demand. All of its stores have altered their hours of operation to close at 8 p.m. instead of midnight. “…that time will allow our associates

Local fixed-route bus service will be provided free-of-charge starting Tuesday, the SunLine Transit Agency announced. “We’re so incredibly proud of the dedicated team at SunLine and the efforts made to quickly mobilize this response to recommendations by health officials. It reflects how we all truly care for our riders, each other and the community we

Large, yellow tents went up Monday outside Desert Regional Medical Center in Palms Springs, hours after the hospital enacted a strict no-visitors policy. “I think it is a little unprecedented from what we’ve had in the past,” the hospital’s chief quality officer Christine Langenwalter said. There are now only a few exceptions that visitors can

Palm Springs City Manager David Ready issued an emergency order closing cannabis lounges and commercial gyms. Cannabis products may continue to be sold for pick-up or, if licensed to do so, for delivery, but the lounge areas are closed effective immediately. All commercial gyms will also close effective immediately. One-on-one training sessions within residences or

Beverly Francis lives in Indio and her sister, Pat Cadtellonas, lives in Cynthia, Kentucky. She reached out to News Channel 3 worried about her sister. Francis said, “Of all people, she was the one we were most concerned about.” Her family concerned because she has stage 4 lung cancer at nearly 76 years old. She

A 54-year-old old man with underlying health issues was announced as the second coronavirus patient in San Bernardino County. According to county health officials, the man came into contact with people who had recently traveled from Washington state. “This case does not change our level of readiness or response and it should not increase alarm