Valley veterans held a fundraiser Thursday night for the family of local Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez who was killed in last week’s terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Veterans from the Palm Springs American Legion Post 519 said whenever a fellow brother or sister in uniform is lost to tragedy they always band together to help
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Two suspected gang members accused of committing multiple robberies during a three-month period in Coachella pleaded not guilty to various charges today and were scheduled to return to court Oct. 5 for a trial-readiness conference. Brian Emmanuel Jamand, 25, and Jorge Alberto Rojas, 29, of Coachella, are accused of multiple robberies in Coachella from August
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If you are not vaccinated, you should consider staying home over the Labor Day weekend, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). “First and foremost, if you are unvaccinated, we would recommend not traveling,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky at a White House COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday. Our local health officials are echoing that
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UPDATE 9/2/2021: SCE says McCall’s meter was replaced after a routine inspection determined it was not communicating. She was advised her usage was estimated and later validated during that period, a spokesman said. There are no widespread issues with meters that need to be replaced, he said, adding McCall’s is an isolated case. Regarding billing
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NEW CASES Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County reported 846 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 337,921. The case rate per 100K continued to decrease, going from 33.8 on Wednesday to 33.1 on Thursday. The case rate was at 16.9 at the start of August. The county’s positivity
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North Gene Autry Trail was shut down near the Palm Springs Air Museum Thursday morning following a major injury crash. The crash happened on N Gene Autry and Tamarisk Road at around 6:30 a.m. Viewers have called into the News Channel 3 newsroom to report heavy traffic in the area. Police said three people were
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Imperial Irrigation District says power was restored Wednesday night at 11:26 p.m. to another 143 North Shore customers. There are still 412 customers in the area without power after a pair of storms earlier this week knocked down 33 power poles. The storms initially turned the lights off on 1,400 customers. Strong winds also brought
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UPDATE 9:13 a.m. All streets have been opened back up. Detectives remained on the scene to continue investigating the shooting. ORIGINAL STORY: Police were investigating an early morning shooting that left one man injured early Thursday morning in Indio. A large police presence was seen at Oleander Avenue and Cactus Street and focusing their efforts
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The August winner of the One Class At A Time award is Breanna Sewell. She teaches third grade at Cabot Yerxa Elementary School in Desert Hot Springs. Mrs. Sewell nominated herself for the $500 prize to purchase more math manipulatives for her classroom. She said she had been provided with enough manipulatives for students to
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Reports of crimes against children in Riverside County are up tenfold since the beginning of the pandemic according to Wade Walsvick, Supervising Investigator for the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team/RCCET. The Child Exploitation Team is led by the District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation and is tasked with investigating CyberTips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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Update 9:15 pm Power has been restored to 105 customers, the Imperial Irrigation District announced Wednesday night. 555 customers in North Shore remain without power. Restoration Update – North Shore105 customers have been restored, 555 customers remain out. We appreciate your patience.— IID (@IIDatWork) September 2, 2021 Original Story: Imperial Irrigation District crews have been
Continue ReadingA U.S. Marine originally from the Coachella Valley is recovering from injuries sustained in the August 26th Kabul airport attack. Cpl. Salvador Lule, an Indio native, is currently being treated at Walter Reed Hospital on the East Coast, according to the office of Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz. Lule was stationed with his team in Kabul,
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NEW CASES Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County reported 1,202 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 337,075. The case rate per 100K fell today, going from 35 on Tuesday to 33.8 on Wednesday. The case rate was at 16.9 at the start of August. The county’s positivity rate
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Sunline Transit will return to normal bus operations next week for the first time since it scaled back service more than a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement from the transit company, weekday bus operations will return to their regular schedule beginning Tuesday, offering what the company calls “level 1”
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An 86-year-old man who killed a pedestrian and injured another while driving drunk in Palm Springs has been convicted of murder. Leroy Silva of Palm Springs was also convicted of DUI causing bodily injury, DUI causing bodily injury with a blood-alcohol level of more than 0.08%, two counts of hit-and-run resulting in death or injury
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Desert Arc has been serving the Coachella Valley for decades, and now you can join the team. The nonprofit is looking to fill a variety of full and part time positions at their Palm Desert, Indio, and Yucca Valley locations. Member of the Board of Directors, Brooke Beare, said that at the Indio Recycling Center
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Imperial Irrigation District says it’s “all-hands-on-deck” as the cleanup continues in the east valley after a massive storm cell overnight Monday knocked out the power. Powerful winds took down 33 power poles along a major transmission line, shutting off the lights for 1,400 customers initially. Tuesday, hundreds were still left in the dark when another
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Cory Cornelius is the new head basketball coach at Shadow Hills High School. Cornelius was officially approved as the new coach during Tuesday’s DSUSD board of education meeting, Cornelius comes from Banning high school where he was the head coach for the Broncos, earning CIF-SS championships in 2016 and 2020. Looking to add to the
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IID estimates some people may be without power for four days in the North Shore area after overnight storms knocked out 33 poles. Friend of mine lives on this street. He sent me this video. pic.twitter.com/w9YAKiWRgr— Iz Lo (@izlo42) August 31, 2021 As of 10:30 Tuesday morning, IID reported that 92 customers have been restored,
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Hospitalizations and ICU data Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County reported 3 additional COVID-related hospitalizations. The county now has a total of 664 hospitalizations. The last time Riverside County this many COVID-related hospitalizations was February 12, 2021. Riverside County now has the second most COVID-related hospitalizations in California, surpassing San Diego County (653). Only
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