With many senior centers closed and social activities canceled, the pandemic has left many of our local seniors feeling isolated. One local group of seniors meets three times a week for an outdoor, socially-distant workout class. “This all started because all of my friends…we’re all single. We’re all old. We all live alone,” said Diane
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Dr. Jacob Shefa is now back home with his wife Leesann and their son Evin after spending two months battling coronavirus at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. He also spent one month in rehab. “What I feel really is just the ocean of support that I had really at the pinnacle of the
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Cases Changes Today There were new coronavirus cases reported 1,120 new coronavirus cases since Friday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 38,131. Riverside County public information officer Brooke Federico confirmed that technical difficulties in the reporting of cases since Wednesday. The county has been reporting lower than expected case
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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. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: In Riverside County, new data is expected Monday afternoon to update local numbers of coronavirus cases. Riverside County officials confirmed that
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Last week we covered the story of the two sisters, Janet Santibanez who was battling COVID-19 and Maribel, a nurse at Loma Linda Medical Center that ended up taking care of her sister. Mother fights coronavirus while her sister treats her at Loma Linda ICU Thanks to plasma donated from recovered coronavirus patients she is
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Imagine working for years to open your own tea shop. One week after you finally make your dreams come true and open your doors, an unprecedented worldwide pandemic shuts the economy down. It’s what happened to Jodie and Josh Smith, the owners of Cali Rosina Tea & Chocolate in La Quinta. The brother-sister duo opened
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Officials with the Riverside County Probation Department say the department is prepared to supervise the 330 inmates set for early release into the county. 330 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmates were granted early release as part of the state’s plan to slow the spread of COVID-19 in state prisons. According to Kevin Slusarski,
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Riverside County officials confirmed that the county has reported lower than expected case totals over the past couple of days due to a technical issue with the state’s system. Brooke Federico, public information officer for the county, told News Channel 3 that officials first noticed an issue on Wednesday when the new case numbers came
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Cases Changes Today There were new coronavirus cases reported 382 new coronavirus cases since Thursday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 37,011. Riverside County public information officer Brooke Federico confirmed that technical difficulties in the reporting of cases since Wednesday. The county has been reporting lower than expected case
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California health officials reported the state’s first coronavirus death of a child on Friday, saying the victim was a teenager and had other health conditions. The death occurred in the Central Valley but officials at the state Department of Public Health released no other details, citing privacy rules. The Central Valley is the state’s major
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Palm Springs Unified School District teachers will have the option to teach from home or from inside their empty classrooms as the upcoming school year begins for students next week with distance learning from home. The district reached an agreement with its teachers’ association — voted on and passed unanimously by the district board Friday
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Palm Springs Unified School District is set to begin the upcoming school year next Wednesday with distance learning from home. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil spoke with teachers and educators about the best practices for home learning. They all agreed on three simple tips: Set up a quiet, organized and consistent space for school work
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As we deal with another heatwave that’s expected to stick around until the weekend, there are some health risks you should watch out for while social distancing. “oh, this heat is,” Sandra Hughs, from Indio. “Its just really muggy, sticky and hot.” “You’re probably seeing it,” said Darcey Deetz. “My sweat.” It’s definitely a day
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Cases Changes Today There were 470 new coronavirus cases reported since Wednesday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 36,629. 364,864 tests have been conducted so far, 3,799 new tests since yesterday. The doubling rate was at 27.7 days as of July 28. This is the total number of days
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Palm Desert is offering a limited number of drive-up COVID-19 testing appointments in August and September. The city partnered with he Desert Recreation District and Borrego Community Health Foundation to help set up testing closer to the city. Appointments are available between 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on August 6and August 20 and on September
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The coronavirus testing site located in the Indio fairgrounds shut down early on Thursday and plans to close at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday “due to extremely hot weather.” Riverside County’s Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser made the announcement via social media this morning, just about a half-hour ahead of the 10 a.m. closure
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UPDATE – 2/26/21 The city of Palm Springs has lifted its curfew, allowing restaurants, bars, wineries, and breweries to remain open until 2 a.m. Latest Story: Palm Springs restaurants, bars, wineries, & breweries can stay open until 2 a.m. Original Story – 7/29/20 The city of Palm Springs is extending its new late-night restaurant closure
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Heather Siani is a homeschooling Indio mother of three. She is also a charter school teacher at Mission Vista Academy. She says she is well aware of the anxiety that many parents are feeling right now as they make hard choices about the upcoming fall semester. “A lot of parents are concerned with the amount
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Cases Changes Today There were reported 249 new cases since Tuesday across Riverside County. This brings the total amount of cases up to 36,159. 361,065 tests have been conducted so far, 1,494 new tests since yesterday. The doubling rate was at 27.7 days as of July 28. This is the total number of days it
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San Bernardino County officially surpassed 30,000 total cases on Wednesday after the county reported 2,347 new coronavirus cases. Wednesday’s cases are the highest daily increase in the county since the pandemic started. Health officials write the spike in new cases today was caused by a backlog of cases over the past several days which caused
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