Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 241 new cases since Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 59,173. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) What’s Open In Riverside County? Restaurants indoors (max 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer)All retail indoors (max 50% capacity)Shopping centers
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an assault that left a woman hospitalized in a residential area of Coachella Tuesday afternoon. The incident was first reported at approximately 12:59 p.m. in the 52000 block of Las Palmas Street, east of Avenue 52 and Cesar Chavez Street. Sgt. Deonna Pecoraro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s
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California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly will host a video conference to provide an update on COVID-19 in California. The state releases updated statistics every Tuesday on which counties have satisfied the required metric to move into the next tier of California’s COVID-19 monitoring system. You can watch the livestream below starting
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A 45-year-old man accused of spray-painting racist and anti-LGBTQ graffiti and causing other property damage on a community center in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges. Charinda Godakanda of Palm Springs remains out of custody on $10,000 bail stemming from his arrest on July 7 outside the vandalized James O.
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Governor Gavin Newsom and health officials said Monday that California is showing signs of a potential new surge in coronavirus cases, adding that a surge could lead to a third shutdown. Even though hospitalizations statewide have fallen more than 20% and the positivity rate has been low over the past few weeks, officials said they’re
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A Cathedral City resident is sending aid to the Berry Creek community after the North Complex West Zone fire ripped through the town just a few miles from Paradise. The fire has been burning since last month scorching over 84 thousand acres of land with only 88 percent containment. News Channel’s Dani Romero has more
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The general election is weeks away and local candidates are revving up their efforts to appeal to voters. California’s 42nd district state assembly seat is up for grabs. Current Assemblyman Chad Mayes is running for reelection after having served 6 consecutive years in the state legislature. San Jacinto Mayor Andrew Kotyuk is running against Mayes,
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a body was found in the Whitewater River off of Highway 111 on Sunday. According to Sgt. Pecoraro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, deputies were first alerted to a call of a possible body in the water at approximately 5:12 p.m. The Palm Springs Fire Department
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The mat in front of her apartment door reads “home sweet home”, but for Karen Robinson the place where she has lived for three years has been anything but. Just outside her door, in the stairwell, a vomit stain is left behind weeks after someone got sick. The original spill was captured on her camera.
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A YouTube channel has been made by Judith Schliessmann, aka Gramma Books. Schliessmann has been a volunteer in schools from Indio to Palm Springs for 32 years. She said, “Many of the students are learning English and I have found that they learn faster with my humorous approach.” So her YouTube channel, Gramma Books, does just
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigated a possible assault that left a woman hospitalized in the unincorporated community of Oasis Monday morning. Sgt. Deanna Pecoraro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department, told News Channel 3 that deputies were called to the 91000 block of Avenue 81 for an assault investigation. The investigation began at
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UPDATE: 9/28/20: Authorities announced that deputies are asking for information regarding a Subaru seen near Hwy 18 and Delta Ave on Sep 20. Deputies believe Carlos Baltazar may have been picked up near his vehicle by someone driving a Subaru. Deputies are asking anyone who was in the area of Hwy 18 and Delta Ave
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 754 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 58,932. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) What’s Open In Riverside County? Restaurants indoors (max 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer)All retail indoors (max 50% capacity)Shopping centers
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of the seven Laotian nationals killed in a shootout at an illegal marijuana growing operation in Aguanga earlier this month. The male victims were identified as Khamphour Nanthavongdovane, 53, and Vikham Silimanotham, 64. The female victims were identified as Phone Chankhamany, 54, Khamtoune Silimanotham, 59, Souphanh
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OpenCALNOW, a group of elected leaders from Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties, held a news conference Monday morning in Riverside to advocate for the safe reopening of all businesses in all three counties. Riverside County District 5 Supervisor Jeff Hewitt, who recently proposed is own reopening plan which will be revisited on October 6,
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Governor Gavin Newsom is delivering an update at noon Monday on the state of California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing wildfires. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: 2 new California wildfires burn nearly 10,000 acres in a day and force evacuations Two new wildfires
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Riverside County is moving into the second week in the red “Substantial” tier of reopening. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay finds out what is currently keeping us from moving into the next tier and what that next tier would look like. “We’re going in the right direction,” Jose Arballo, the senior public information specialist at
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Update: 9/28/20 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a body was found in the Whitewater River off Highway 111 on Sunday. No foul play is suspected. Details: Body found in the Whitewater River Sunday evening ============== Original Article 9/27/20: A swift water rescue team was called out to an incident in Palm Springs Sunday
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Bars throughout Riverside County have been at a disadvantage during the pandemic as the state slowly releases guidelines to reopen. Last week, the county entered the state’s ‘Substantial’ red tier, after having spent more than a month in the ‘Widespread’ purple tier. The move allowed certain closures to free up with limitations, including allowing restaurants
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Churches and places of worship were able to open up their doors again for in-person services this weekend. Churches were asked to close indoor services back in July due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. Now that we’re in the red tier of reopening, Riverside churches and other places of worship can reopen indoors at
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