Coronavirus

A small but empassioned group of protestors rallied outside the Desert Sands Unified district headquarters Tuesday night ahead of the board’s meeting. The group was fighting for, among other issues, an end to Covid-19 restrictions in the classroom, including masks. The board voted unanimously to send a letter to Governor Newsom and the state asking

As spikes in coronavirus are expanding around the country and numbers are starting to rise here in California, a valley health official with the Desert Healthcare District is warning that new restrictions may soon be necessary to prevent further shutdowns. Retired physician Les Zendle said the recent rise in Covid-19 transmission is caused by the

Sherry Silver from Indio thought her two Pfizer shots meant she’d be protected from Covid-19. She’d avoided the virus for a year and a half, until last month, she tested positive. “I was pretty sick,” Silver said, speaking exclusively to News Channel 3. “I didn’t have a temperature; I didn’t have body aches; I did have sinus congestion, a

Eisenhower Health reported an increase in patients hospitalized for coronavirus this week. It’s a concerning trend health officials say is being seen at other hospitals countywide.   According to a letter sent internally to staff, Eisenhower Health shares they had been seeing between one and four coronavirus patients in recent weeks. However, in the last few

Martin Massiello, Eisenhower Health’s president/CEO, an internal note to staff addressing a concerning increase in coronavirus patients at the hospital over the past couple of days. Massiello says the hospital had been hovering around one to four COVID patients over the past couple of weeks. That has changed dramatically in the last few days. The

You never know where you’ll be a year from now. That’s the phrase Robbie Wayne and his fiancé Mathew McLean have come to live by. This time last year, they were closing down the Desert Rose Playhouse, a small blackbox theater in Rancho Mirage – one of the first local production companies to shutter. They

Riverside County released its first weekly COVID-19 report on Wednesday, revealing it’s latest data since its last report on Friday. County health officials announced last week that they would be changing from daily to weekly updates as it will provide a more accurate picture of coronavirus in the community. Officials added that the daily updates

The highly contagious coronavirus delta variant continues to be a concern across the country and here at home in Riverside County.  Local health officials confirm there have been seven reported delta variant cases in Riverside County so far.  “It has been able to spread faster in people who are unvaccinated,” said Dr. Shubha Kerkar, Director