All I-10 lanes are back open after an hours-long clean-up of 5,000 gallons of fuel that spilled when a fuel tanker rolled over in Banning early Tuesday morning. The highway was shut down multiple times throughout the day for clean-up. The eastbound side was fully shutdown at 12:40 p.m., two lanes were back open by
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Martha’s Village & Kitchen, has been helping in the east valley since 1990, and starting today they are helping in the west valley. Martha’s Village and Kitchen is slowly opening homeless services at the city’s new day-time drop-in access center. “Palm Springs is in need of resources for the homeless population and the city of
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The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has called for a special meeting at 4 p.m. to discuss an outage that will leave North Shore residents without power for up to four days. Watch live below: The outage was caused by a storm that struck the east valley Monday night. 33 power poles were destroyed
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A dump truck driver accused of causing a deadly 1,000-acre blaze in Calimesa by intentionally dropping flaming debris from his rig in the middle of a windstorm made his initial court appearance today. Antonio Ornelas Velazquez, 38, of Desert Hot Springs was charged earlier this year with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count
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Tune in as I deliver remarks on ending the war in Afghanistan. https://t.co/G1UGxVpd19— President Biden (@POTUS) August 31, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic
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The valley community continues to mourn Cpl. Hunter Lopez as the outpouring of support continues to grow for the U.S. Marine from Indio who was killed in last week’s bombing in Afghanistan. Monday, Lopez’s parents spoke out for the first time publicly since the deadly attack in Kabul, calling this one of the most challenging
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A homeless services center at the former Palm Springs Boxing Club will open on Tuesday, August 31, city officials confirmed. Martha’s Village will begin the introductory stages of wraparound services for homeless individuals at the City’s new daytime homeless drop-in access center on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 1 p.m. The center is at the former
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About 70 Augustine Casino employees were presented with a surprise pay raise to say thank you. “So the team members were literally in shock when we called them into a meeting and told them they were going to be getting these checks. I don’t think it quite registered initially but once it did, it was
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Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez was one of the 13 service members who died in the attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday. His remains, along with the 12 other service members, were returned to the U.S. Sunday morning to Dover Air Force Base. The tragic news of the fallen service members, with one of them
Continue ReadingAs COVID-19 cases continue to rise, some families are considering taking their kids out of the classroom and searching for schooling options from home. “We had very big concerns about what was going to happen with our kids since they’re so little. We’ve been very cautious with them,” said Priscilla Waggoner. Waggoner is a Bermuda
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The parents of United States Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez issued a statement on the death of their son. Lopez, 22, of Indio was among 13 U.S. service members who died during the attack on a Kabul airport on Thursday. Check Out: Tributes continue in memory of fallen Marine and Coachella Valley resident Hunter Lopez
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NEW CASES Over the past 24 hours, Riverside County reported 2,347 new coronavirus cases. This brings the total number of cases up to 334,846. The case rate per 100K increased after a small drop-off last week, going from 35.3 on Friday to 36 on Thursday. The case rate was at 16.9 at the start of
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The City of Indio honored Hunter Lopez, a local Marine who died during the Kabul airport attack, with a memorial set-up at city hall and a planned remembrance at a special city council meeting on Monday. U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio was among 13 U.S. service members who died during Thursday’s attack
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A Desert Hot Springs woman was taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly giving false information to authorities. On August 20, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department got a call by the suspect, identified as Angelica Marie Mendez, 23, who claimed a child was a victim of neglect and sexual assault. The incident occurred in Palm Desert
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Update 9/22/21 The Palm Springs Tramway’s closure has been extended an extra week. The tramway is now scheduled to reopen on October 11, 2021. Original Report 8/30/21: Labor Day will be the last day for people to ride the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for nearly a month while it is closed for annual maintenance, it
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People across Coachella Valley are continuing to mourn and honor Hunter Lopez. The 22-year-old Marine Corporal was killed in the suicide attack at the Kabul airport last week. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department set up a memorial outside of their Cook Street building in Palm Desert. Two flags, a candle, a gift box, and some
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Indio will be hosting a series of emergency preparedness events at various businesses across the city for National Preparedness Month, officials said today. Each Wednesday in September, Dennis Day, the city’s emergency operations center manager, will partner with Indio businesses to provide locals with emergency preparedness materials and strategies from 10 a.m. to noon. The
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Riverside County and state leaders are looking for public opinion in addressing issues plaguing the Salton Sea. Two public meetings will be held virtually this week to introduce the team members leading the Salton Sea Management Program, to hear from the experts studying the proposals to bring more water into the lake, and to learn
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With this extra monsoonal moisture, we will continue to feel humid conditions. Dew points will creep in the 50s. Increase for isolated storm chances for our mountains and deserts. We can expect storms to develop in the afternoon. We can expect to see more cloud coverage and having these storm chances to stick around until
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Of the 13 service members who died in the attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday, three of them were Marines from Southern California: 20-year-old Lance Corporal Dylan Merola from Rancho Cucamonga, 22-year-old lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui from Norco, and 22-year-old Corporal Hunter Lopez from the Coachella Valley. The remains of all 13 service members
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