Demand for testing has increased along with the holidays and our climbing case numbers. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was out at a new testing site in Coachella to see how testing is being made more easily available for people living in the east valley. “We’re actually doing the mouth swab, not the nasal swab
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A small plane crashed on the main runway at Palm Springs International Airport Friday afternoon, sending the pilot to the hospital with serious injuries. The FAA confirmed to News Channel 3’s Jake Ingrassia the pilot was practicing taking off and landing when she crashed. Firefighters rushed in to rescue the trapped woman from the fixed
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco released a video Friday afternoon criticizing Governor Gavin Newsom and said that the department won’t be “blackmailed” into enforcing the pending stay-at-home orders. Newsom announced the new regional stay-at-home orders on Thursday. The orders go into effect when the ICU bed capacity in a region falls below 15%. It isn’t
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A 17-year-old was arrested Friday morning in Cathedral City in connection with a shooting in La Quinta back in September. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the shooting happened on September 2020 at a residence within the 47000 block of Dune Palms Road. Authorities said that three juveniles standing outside the residence were shot
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Deportation proceedings were terminated after a judge found that a Los Angeles handyman had been unlawfully arrested based on his Latino appearance alone at a Greyhound station in the Coachella Valley by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, court papers obtained today show. The plain-clothed immigration agents who detained and handcuffed Edgar Solano as he
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Local businesses are preparing for the likelihood of another devastating shutdown. Riverside County spokesperson Brooke Federico confirms that the stay-at-home order will go into effect 24 hours after the Southern California region reaches 15 percent of remaining ICU beds. “It’s been very hard, you know, we have a pregnant lady who’s here who is struggling,
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A judge has dismissed charges against John Wessman, one of the developers accused in the bribery case involving former Palm Springs mayor Steve Pougnet. BREAKING: Judge has dismissed charges against John Wessman, one of the developers accused in the bribery case involving former #PalmSprings mayor Steve Pougnet. Denies motion to dismiss charges for Pougnet and
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On Friday, San Bernardino County officially surpassed 100,000 total coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic in March. According to data by John Hopkins, San Bernardino County is now the 10th county in the United States to pass 100,000 cases. This comes amid a surge in cases that has seen the county break several
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Case Changes Riverside County reported 1,148 new cases since Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 87,945. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Gov. Newsom announces regional stay-at-home order that could take effect in the next few days Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new regional stay-at-home
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Jesse Torres, 44, has been sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of 17-year-old Norma Lopez in 2010. “They say that time heals everything, but it doesn’t. We just had tolearn how to go on with our lives and live with the pain, even though it isn’t easy to do,” Lopez’s sister told the
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Attorneys for former Palm Springs Mayor, Steve Pougnet, and developers, John Wessman and Richard Meaney, are expected to argue for the dismissal of the corruption case that has been 5 years in the making. A hearing is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, Pougnet is accused of receiving money from
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The demand for COVID testing has increased along with the holidays and our climbing case numbers. Many test sites are open throughout the valley with results taking about 48 hours. But what if you need a rapid result test? There’s a new test site called Covid Clinic that opened on November 3rd in the parking
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new regional stay-at-home order that will be triggered when fewer than 15% of beds are available in ICUs for regional hospital networks. Watch Newsom’s full announcement below: Newsom said the order isn’t currently in place for any of the regions, but that could change within the next few days. ICU
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This California fire season has already been the largest in history with four million acres already burnt. And it’s showing no signs of stopping. Wildfires are currently ripping across Southern California and it’s only the beginning of a fairly strong Santa Ana wind event. “Well, it’s pretty critical. Now we have four significant fires that
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Riverside County Fire Department / Cal Fire firefighters were able to knock down a fire burning inside a Desert Hot Springs home Thursday evening. The fire was reported at approximately 6:51 p.m. in the 9600 block of Troon Court, in a residential area near the intersection of Indian Canyon Road and Mission Lakes Boulevard. The
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News Channel 3’s I-Team is uncovering the latest details in the investigation of a prominent Palm Springs doctor who was arrested on Wednesday at his office. Agents from the CA Department of Consumer Affairs were on site of the office of Dr. Derakhsh Fozouni on East Tachevah Drive until late Wednesday afternoon. Fozouni, an obstetrician-gynecologist,
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The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has certified the final election results revealing the official winners of our local races. Winners in most local races were pretty much already known since early November, but there have been some close races where candidates were separated by just a handful of votes. One of those races was
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As coronavirus hospitalization continue to hit record levels in Riverside County, Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage is facing a possible staffing shortage as the medical center braces for its annual holiday season surge of patients, its chief medical officer said today. “I think we are as prepared as we can be,” Dr. Alan Williamson told
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Palm Springs Mayor Geoff Kors struck an optimistic tone in his state of the city address. He said the decisions made by the city council, chief of police and fire helped make the most of a difficult situation this year. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the mayor’s thoughts on the year and
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