The local student invited to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is back from our nation’s capital. Elizabeth Esteban, a Junior at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal, was invited to attend by Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz due to her community activism. Click here for more on Elizabeth’s story She caught the
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New technology is reinventing the way residents protect their homes. Over the past couple of years, an evolution of do-it-yourself security systems hit the market. One of the most popular categories is home surveillance cameras. Dale Jag, a Cathedral City resident, has built a fortress over the years. “I have about 32 (cameras) at the
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A second child who developed a fever while quarantined at March Air Reserve Base for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus was taken to Riverside University Medical Center for observation, but health officials today downplayed the likelihood of an infection. “The youth developed a fever, but there were no other symptoms,” Riverside County Department of
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The Palm Springs Fire Department ordered several businesses in the Vineyard area of downtown Palm Springs to evacuate as they conduct an investigation. Authorities have not released any information on the evacuation. Sammy G’s staff told News Channel 3 they smelled something like burning rubber. Power is out for 16 customers, SCE confirmed. An SCE
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A street-sweeper parked on a Thousand Palms street caught fire Thursday afternoon and CAL FIRE crews were able to contain the blaze within an hour. As the vehicle burned, a fuel tank appeared to ignite and explode, according to an eyewitness. “We felt the heat, but we also felt the pressure of the explosion…” said
Continue ReadingA teenager was shot and killed while on Facebook Live, near his home in New York on Tuesday and now police are looking for whoever is responsible. Around 6:45 pm, police responded to a 911 call about a male shot at Elton Street and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn, according to a statement from the
Continue ReadingEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally pay for a school choice scholarship that President Donald Trump awarded to a fourth-grader during his State of the Union address Tuesday. During his speech, the President called on Congress to act on his school choice tax credit proposal and pointed to the Philadelphia student, Janiyah Davis, and her
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CAL FIRE crews are fighting a commercial structure fire in Banning. The blaze has forced area businesses to evacuate but has not affected any schools in the area. The fire was reported shortly after 8:00 a.m. on the 100 block of West Lincoln Street. At the time of this publication, the fire appeared to be
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A fire broke out today in the Santa Ana River bottom near downtown Riverside, burning roughly four acres in less than an hour. but no homes or other structures were immediately threatened. A fire that broke out today in the Santa Ana River bottom near downtown Riverside blackened 68 acres within about three hours, threatening
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DENVER, CO (KCNC) — A Denver man whose dog ran away from home is warning people of several possible scams he encountered while trying to get her back. In December, Derek Guilin’s dog, Lou Seal, named lovingly after the San Francisco Giants mascot, ran out of the house
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More than 200 students from 26 area high schools will take on the roles of prosecutors and defense attorneys today in the first round of the 38th annual Riverside County Mock Trial Competition. The event will begin about 6 p.m. at courthouses in Indio, Murrieta and Riverside. A total of five rounds are planned this
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — People around the world are reacting to the coronavirus virus by wearing masks to protect themselves, retailers tell us those concerns have created a shortage of procedural mask that many people are wearing. At Kubat’s pharmacy, you can get a flu shot but right
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MARYVALE, AZ (KTVK) — There are concerns about how a Maryvale couple now facing child abuse charges was allowed to adopt multiple kids. Last week investigators found a child’s remains in the home of Maribel and Rafael Loera. According to court records, the couple had four children in
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UPDATE: As of Thursday morning, Fourth street near Cesar Chavez is still closed off as police continue their investigation. The investigation continued overnight in Coachella, where for hours police used heavy duty construction equipment to dig through a yard. One by one, police neatly stacked palettes of cement paving stones on 4th Street, between Palm
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A family of homebuilders whose construction efforts in the 1950s and ’60s doubled the size of Palm Springs and transformed the architectural look of the city will be honored posthumously on Valentine’s Day with a star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars, organizers announced today. The Alexander family — George and Mildred, their
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Traffic was flowing smoothly on the 10 freeway Wednesday morning. But, slow downs and possibly major backups could be happening over the next two to three years because of the $210 million “I-10 Tune Up” project announced at the CHP office in Beaumont. “With the reduced speed limit and people paying attention and not driving
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Residents in one Palm Springs neighborhood are voicing their concerns after they say drivers zoom through, without even heeding stop signs. The area of concerns is Mesquite Ave. near Nueva Vista Dr. just across the street from Demuth Park. “These people are blowing through these stop signs like there’s no tomorrow,” resident Paul Polubinskas said.
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A heavy law enforcement response forced the closure of a road in Coachella Wednesday. The activity was reported shortly before noon near 4th Street and Cesar Chavez Street. The activity has forced the closure of 4th Street between Palm Avenue and Cesar Chavez Street. As of 6 p.m., heavy machinery and construction vehicles appeared to
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A child who turned feverish while quarantined at March Air Reserve Base with nearly 200 others for possible novel coronavirus exposure is not infected with the virus that originated in China, county health officials confirmed today. According to the Riverside County Department of Public Health, laboratory tests on the unidentified child showed no signs of
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