A new round of funding for Riverside County small businesses impacted by the public health orders implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic will come available Wednesday, with fewer limitations on eligibility to qualify for grants. The initial round of funding opened June 2 and ended on June 19, by order of the Board of
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Case Changes Over the Weekend Riverside County reported 693 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 55,766. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 575,906 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 11,561 tests conducted since Friday. Riverside County is
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A downtown Palm Springs restaurant owner is speaking out, saying the new Palm Canyon Drive closure is hurting his business. David Mariner, owner of The Village (previously known as Village Pub), took to Facebook Live earlier this week furious at the new two-block closure, which stretches from Tahquitz Canyon Way to Baristo Rd. As of
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 205 new cases since Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 55,073. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 564,345 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 5,056 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. Deaths and
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 133 new cases since Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases to 54,868. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 559,289 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 3,116 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. Deaths and
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The coronavirus pandemic has caused the cancellation of another large-scale event in Coachella Valley: The Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells La Quinta. The event had been scheduled for December 6. In a post on the city’s Facebook page, La Quinta officials announced: With the health and safety of our community being an utmost priority, and in
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Seven valley hotels and motels are currently participating in the statewide program called Project Roomkey. California launched the program back in April. It’s designed to offer housing to those facing homelessness and those most vulnerable to COVID-19. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil got a tour of the Rodeway Inn & Suites in Indio, one local
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News Channel 3 was there Wednesday as a Palm Springs Police officer and a code enforcement officer showed up at La Bonita’s Mexican Restaurant on Palm Canyon Drive. The officials issued a five thousand dollar fine to restaurant owner Alex Raei. Raei was serving customers indoors during the lunch hour today. He called his choice
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UPDATE: LA County revised their Halloween guidelines on Wednesday. Trick-or-treating is no longer banned but strongly discouraged. “My wife’s already started stocking up,” Miguel Perez told News Channel 3 inside Halloween City in Palm Springs. “She’s already got things up everywhere. We start early,” he added. Perez and his wife, Kaylie are already gearing up
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 163 new cases since Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 54,735. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 556,173 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 3,045 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. Deaths and
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As KESQ has previously reported, there’s a $33 million fund that exists locally to help Riverside County residents struggling to pay rent due to the pandemic. The fund was made possible by the county and multiple agencies working together, including local non-profit Lift to Rise. Over the last few months, they’ve been providing up to
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Case Changes Since Friday Riverside County reported 585 new cases since Friday. This brings the total number of cases to 54,572. The county did not release cases totals over the weekend or Monday due to the holiday. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 553,128 tests have
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Governor Gavin Newsom delivered an update at noon on the state of California’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. If you missed today’s update, you can watch the entire briefing below: Five counties moved from the purple tier to the red tier today. Those were Orange, Amador, Placer, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. Newsom said
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This Labor Day people were looking to get out of the house even if that meant traveling by car or plane to another city. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was out at several gas stations and The Palm Springs International Airport to see why people chose to travel during a pandemic. “We went to go
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Local hotels are open for business. Many are seeing a lot of business this Labor Day weekend. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay went to some of our local hotels to see how they’re operating in a pandemic. “We weren’t expecting this much of a turnout,” the director of front office at The Saguaro hotel in
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As the Labor Day holiday weekend kicks off, a valley hospital official is putting out an urgent warning about another possible surge in coronavirus spread. Hospitalizations spiked at Eisenhower Health after Memorial Day weekend in May. Virus-related hospitalizations at Eisenhower Health, and even countywide, were trending down Friday. There were only about 12 patients receiving
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