The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP) providedCoachella Valley small businesses with more than $1 million in personalprotective equipment (PPE). The program is called the “Million Mask Giveaway” and is made possible by the California Governor’sOffice of Emergency Services (CalOES). CVEP partnered with the nine cities of the Coachella Valley to assist in the distribution of
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California Highway Patrol officers K. Brunson and K. Simmons may have saved a 21-year-old man from fatally overdosing on opioids during a recent arrest in Banning, authorities said today. “Our officers’ roles changed from enforcement to guardians in the blink of an eye,” CHP Officer Matt Napier said. The man, a La Puente resident, was
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Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County reported 42 COVID-related deaths. It’s the highest amount of deaths reported by the county over a day span. The previous record was on August 2, when the county reported 31 deaths, county public health director Kim Saruwatari told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. Saruwatari added that 37
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College of the Desert Superintendent and President Dr. Joel Kinnamon will retire next spring, it was announced today. Kinnamon joined the college in 2012 and has worked within multiple community college systems for more than 30 years. In announcing his departure, Kinnamon cited his desire to focus on family concerns related to his parents. He
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The first shipments of the much-anticipated vaccine for COVID-19 could arrive in Riverside County on Friday (Dec. 18). Local health officials are working with area hospitals to vaccinate thousands of healthcare workers on the frontlines. The vaccine comes as Riverside County’s ICU bed availability has dropped to 0%. Local hospitals say they’ll be implementing their
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Governor Gavin Newsom is delivering an update at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday on the state of California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: Vaccinations administered in California The governor is expected to address the continued distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. On Monday,
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On Monday Riverside County’s Intensive Care Unit bed availability percentage plunged to 0.0%. The Riverside University Health System posted this chart to its website, while the entire Southern California region also reflected an alarming 2.7% ICU bed availability. Monday afternoon, county public health officials provided a briefing to update the public. “There are some hospitals
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Monday afternoon, California’s 55 electors affirmed Joe Biden’s five million-vote victory. The vote gave Biden the electorates needed to secure the presidency and was immediately broadcast across all the national networks. One of the 55 electors that made the momentous vote was Augustin Arreola, a 23-year-old first-generation American from Coachella. “I was in the room
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A group of 11 state senators from both sides of the aisle, including a Riverside County lawmaker, are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to move restaurants into the “essential” category and permit them to reopen statewide, despite the current public health lockdown. Watch: Protestors march in Palm Desert against closed businesses, stay-at-home order “We ask that
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The California Department of Public Health issued a new guidance on Monday, Dec. 14 stating that youth/prep sports will be on hold until at least the end of January. The guidance released which youth sports are permitted in what tier of reopening. Many of the low contact sports, like biking, golf, tennis and running are
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It was an event for which Governor Newsom has since apologized. He attended a dinner party, without wearing a mask, at French Laundry in Napa Valley. Widely reported, the moment provided a boost in interest to the ongoing recall effort. That’s according to the campaign’s Senior Advisor, Cathedral City resident, Randy Economy. “I think if
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Riverside County’s ICU bed availability percentage fell down to 0.0% on Monday. Todd Burke, spokesperson for Tenet Healthcare, told News Channel 3’s Madison Weil that this means John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital & Desert Regional Medical Center will start converting rooms to create additional ICU space. This comes as Eisenhower Health reported a new record
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Riverside County officials will be live at 4 p.m. for the weekly coronavirus update, covering the latest on the county’s numbers and vaccine plan. You can watch it live below: COVID-19 Public Health Update 121420 from RUHS Public Health on Vimeo. Riverside County reported 6,741 new cases, 13 deaths, 121 more hospitalizations, 14 ICUs, and
Continue Reading The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine could arrive in Riverside County as soon as Friday, December 18, county officials announced. County officials said on Friday that the vaccine could arrive as soon as Tuesday, Dec. 15, which was based on the dates of possible delivery. The Department of Public Health notified the county that
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential victory with California’s 55 votes. The voting milestone came late Monday when California electors affirmed Biden’s massive 5 million-vote win last month in the nation’s largest state. The Electoral College took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s
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Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage reached a grim milestone over the weekend. The hospital officially surpassed its previous high of COVID-19 patients set during the summer. As of Sunday, Dec. 13, there are over 90 patients with COVID-19 at Eisenhower Health. The previous peak was slight over 80 patients which was set back in July.
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A driver’s license and sobriety checkpoint in Coachella nabbed nine intoxicated drivers and triggered a high-speed chase, sheriff’s officials reported today. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies conducted the checkpoint between 8 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday in the area of Cesar Chavez and Fourth streets, according to Sgt. Mariano Matos III. A total of 363
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Here in Riverside County, Health officials are gearing up. Our first batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine doses are set to arrive Friday. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on how the county is preparing for the arrival of the vaccine shipment. The wait for the COVID-19 vaccine in Riverside County is almost over. “Its
Continue Reading Governor Newsom will tour a Los Angeles hospital where some the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine will be given. WATCH LIVE HERE at 12:15pm: Los Angeles County is receiving 83,000 doses of the 327,000 that Pfizer is distributing to California in this first round. Riverside County is expecting to get their first doses as
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A new coronavirus testing site in Palm Springs hopes to bring more testing opportunities to people living on the west side of the Coachella Valley. While over on the east side of the valley at the Indio fairgrounds site new changes are underway. “We’ve had a huge uptick in testing,” Jose Arballo, senior public information
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