Just about every thunderstorm has a similar origin story. It all comes down to air density – hot air rises and cold air sinks. For various reasons, a parcel of air near the surface may become warmer than its surroundings. This causes the warm air to rise, creating what meteorologists call an updraft. The parcel
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds have officially announced forward Jacob Hayhurst has been signed to an AHL contract for the 2023-2024 upcoming season. 26-year-old Hayhurst has recorded six points in 24 games for the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds last season, as well as netting 22 points in 25 games with the ECHL’s Worcester Railers. Hayhurst also spent
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Mr. Rex, one of Cabazon’s monumental dinosaurs, stands tall in Cabazon paying tribute to the late actor of Pee-Wee Herman, Paul Reubens. Reubens died at the age of 70 years after a cancer diagnosis, his publicist announced Monday. The Cabazon Dinosaurs had their moment to shine in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) when Pee-Wee hitchhikes to
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Two men suspected in the 2018 fatal shooting of a jiu-jitsu instructor in Cathedral City pleaded not guilty to murder today. Â Â Ramon Diaz In addition to the murder charge, Troy Walter Edmund, 44, and Kipko Griffin, 48, additionally denied a special-circumstance allegation of lying in wait, according to court records. Edmund also pleaded not
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Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) has released their renovation and expansion plans for the booming airport within the next few months. The vending area in the main lobby will be replaced with a grab-and-go self-service shop called The Pink Door, inspired by mid-century modernism. Beverages can be found there or at Coachella Valley Coffee and
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A commercial complex warehouse has been set ablaze in Mecca with shipping containers burning late this morning around 11:40 a.m. The structure fire was located off of Lincoln Street and 64th Avenue in Mecca with two fire alerts sent out. Firefighters were on-scene and contained a rapidly burning pile of approximately 200 plastic shipping crates
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A massive housing development boom on the north side of Palm Desert is expected to bring up to 10,000 new residents. With more than 1,000 new homes already completed and nearly 5,000 total expected to be built in the near future, concerns are mounting over the lack of necessary services and amenities to support the
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Update 8/1/23 11:05 PM The La Quinta City Council voted 4-0 to delay the proposed apartment development. This comes after a meeting with several hours of public comment. The developer will work with the planning commission on a revised build plan. The biggest change that councilmembers requested was eliminating three-story buildings from the proposed plan.
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Several viewers have written in to News Channel 3 telling us about an increase in water boatmen bugs in their pools. The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District says water boatmen have become a seasonal issue here when we have monsoon-like conditions. The insects are not dangerous and are not a threat to your health. Officials say that
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A 24-year-old man who led police on a pursuit that ended in a fiery collision at a gas station in Indio pleaded guilty to felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to 180 days in county jail and nearly three years of formal probation.  Zeus Rico of Desert Hot Springs was charged with two felony
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A man suspected of starting a fire that burned over 100 acres in Banning has been officially charged with arson, among other counts. Ande Delgado Cox Jr., 45, was charged with one count of arson, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and a sentence-enhancing allegation of perpetrating arson in an area wherea state of
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Members of the California Senate recently passed a bill to limit police from pulling over drivers for certain minor safety infractions. SB 50 would prohibit police from pulling over someone for something like lighting, registration or license plates alone. The bill’s supporters say it would help to reduce racial profiling and free up law enforcement
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Authorities are calling for the public’s help in locating a 47-year-old woman missing in the Morongo Basin area since July 22. Fang Jin flew into Los Angeles from China on July 14. The Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Department said Jin took a train from LA to the Palm Springs area. She was then picked up by
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The First Alert Weather Team has tracked a significant improvement in the air quality outside today as compared to yesterday! We measure impacts to air quality using a tool called the Air Quality Index or AQI. A higher AQI value represents a higher level of that pollutant in the air. Some of the pollutants that
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The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved an $884,000 agreement with the California State Water Resources Control Board to supply daily water rations to residents of a dilapidated mobile home park in eastern Riverside County. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on the contract, which will be entirely funded by the
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Six people were arrested after a police officer reported hearing gunshots in a Palm Springs neighborhood overnight on Tuesday. Police were originally called to the area of Granada Ave and Tramview Rd. just after midnight to respond to multiple disturbance calls about a block party in the neighborhood. Officials with the Palm Springs Police Department
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News Channel 3 is pressing Southwest Airlines for answers, after passengers on a flight out of Palm Springs were forced to wait on the tarmac in extreme heat. On July 26, Indio resident Kelly Melcher was onboard Southwest flight 2176 bound for Chicago with a stop in Denver. Melcher said the flight was originally delayed
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About a hundred students are fitted to go back to school with the help of the Elk Lodge in Desert Hot Springs. Maria Jimenez helped the Elk Lodge secure three grants recently. One to help teachers with supplies, another for veterans, as well as a grant to help provide backpacks, books and shoes for students.
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We’re less than six months away from the 35th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival but you’ll be able to secure your tickets starting Tuesday. Tickets for the film festival go on sale Aug. 1. The film festival is scheduled to take place January 4-15, 2024 with its annual star-studded black-tie Film Awards kicking things
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Southern California tends to experience its worst air quality over the summer and also during wildfire season. During a morning workout in Palm Springs, coaches decided to run light walk-through drills instead of a full on field work with the Palm Springs High School football team due to air quality. Viewers are sending in images that show
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