The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has suspended jury trials in Riverside federal court for at least three weeks due to a surge of COVID-19 cases within the region, according to a court memo obtained today. The suspension of civil and criminal jury trials will remain in effect through at least
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Demand for testing has exploded in recent weeks, making it difficult for some to get a test in the Coachella Valley. On Monday, nearly all appointments were booked on curative.com – the county’s online testing portal. Riverside County released a statement addressing the increased demand: We anticipated an increase in demand for testing and ordered
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations, and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as adults. The CDC also maintained that, for people who catch COVID-19, testing is not required to emerge from five
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 1,818 new coronavirus cases since its last report on Monday. This brings the total number of cases in the county up to 406,421. The Coachella Valley has a total of 64,321 COVID-19 cases. The valley’s data gets updated every Monday. Local School Cases – DSUSD- 302 active cases, 87 staff
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Orange County Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, who ran for state Assembly as a Republican and had recently been vocal about her opposition to California’s vaccine mandates, has died a week after telling friends she was sick with COVID-19. Ernby’s death was reported Monday by the Orange County Register, which didn’t
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The 8th annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival has been postponed until 2023. The festival was set to kick off on January 25, with Angel Night featuring Four-Star Navy SEAL Admiral William H. McRaven and a Q&A with Megyn Kelly. The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival Board of Directors unanimously agreed to postpone the event as COVID-19
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It’s a new year, but the lines for coronavirus testing haven’t budged since the start of the holiday season. The U.S. is facing an unprecedented number of new cases, while hospitalizations slowly tick up. The highly contagious Omicron variant has spurred a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide, and in the Valley. At the Covid Clinic
Continue Reading Amid surging COVID-19 cases, thousands of Los Angeles County children resumed in-person classes today, but with tightened safety protocols, while Los Angeles Unified announced all of its students and employees must be tested before returning to campuses next week. To help accommodate the testing requirement, the LAUSD announced the start of the spring semester for
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 5,610 new coronavirus cases since its last report on Thursday. This brings the total number of cases in the county up to 404,603. Since last Monday, the Coachella Valley reported 1,579 new cases This is almost double last week’s reporting of 783 in a week. There have been a total
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal regulators on Monday decided they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds once enough time has
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After a busy week due to the holidays, people are back on the roads or in the skies to go back home. But the rush to return home has caused delays nationwide. Throughout the weekend, thousands of flights were canceled across the U.S. due to weather and Omicron-fueled staff shortages. “Airlines did not see this
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Desert Sands Unified School District hosted a COVID-19 testing clinic before starting classes again on Monday. This comes as pediatric COVID-19 cases are increasing in Riverside County. Long lines of people waited for the free testing clinic on Sunday at the DSUSD office in La Quinta. Some waited for more than an hour and a half
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The California Department of Health has announced it has added additional recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new quarantine and isolation guidelines. On Tuesday, the CDC announced it was shortening quarantine recommendations for those who tested positive from 10 to five days. The organization also shortened the time that close contacts need
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Newly released data shows just how prevalent the Omicron variant is in coronavirus found within Palm Springs’ wastewater samples. Check out the full report here Palm Springs councilmember Geoff Kors released the city’s latest wastewater report. It reveals that more than 70% of coronavirus variants in the city’s wastewater is Omicron variant. Kors said the
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 2,269 new coronavirus cases since Tuesday. This brings the total number of cases in the county up to 397,228. Between Dec. 1 & Dec. 29, Riverside County has reported 20,990 coronavirus cases. That’s up from October and November, but below the height of the Delta surge in August and September.
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Desert Sands Unified School District will be starting classes again on Monday, Jan. 3. This comes as pediatric COVID-19 cases are increasing in Riverside County. In an effort to be proactive, DSUSD will be hosting a free testing clinic on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, at the DSUSD office in La Quinta, from 10 a.m. to
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Riverside County health officials are reporting nearly 2,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. The county’s case rate and positivity rate have also climbed dramatically. “Over the course of December we’ve seen cases slowly going up,” said Dr. Jennifer Chevinsky, Deputy Public Health Officer for the county’s department of public health. The county says
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News channel 3 is taking an in-depth look at the past year, focusing on a variety of topics that made headlines in our valley. Much like 2020, the coronavirus pandemic dominated our coverage. Information changed rapidly but this year included the vaccine and the easing of certain restrictions,. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut shows you how
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 2,899 new coronavirus cases since Thursday, Dec. 24. This brings the total number of cases in the county up to 392,964. Between Dec. 1 & Dec. 27, Riverside County has reported 15,726 coronavirus cases. That’s up from October and November, but below the height of the Delta surge in August
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By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that people
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