The former boys’ basketball coach for a local high school is free on bond after he was charged with raping a teenage girl he coached. Ryan Leron Towner, 35, was arrested June 10 following a rape investigation launched by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department on April 23, 2021. The alleged crime occurred between August 2017
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Coachella Valley’s coronavirus data was updated for this week, showing a slight increase from the average number of cases reported over the past month. There were 370 new cases reported in the Coachella Valley since last Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases up to 51,481. City Case Total This Week for Valley Cities:
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies have identified the person killed following an assault with a deadly weapon in the city of Coachella Tuesday night. Investigators say that 46-year-old Jimmy Meza of Coachella died after the attack. Deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station were called to the intersection of Fifth Street and Vine Avenue at approximately 8:43
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s public health agency is recommending that people wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, as protection against the contagious delta variant. Wednesday’s announcement follows an about-face by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated people mask up in public indoor settings in areas
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The Indio police department is looking to hire 13 new police officers. Sergeant Edmund Gomez said that they have openings for both entry level and lateral police officers. He said “an entry level police officer is someone who hasn’t been to a police academy just yet. And a lateral officer or somebody who has either worked
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Following in the footsteps of the University of California, the California State University system announced today it will also require all students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to take part in any in-person classes or activities for the fall term. The CSU had previously announced plans to require vaccinations, but only after the
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The Desert Healthcare District is set to call on employers and schools require vaccines, masks, and other safety precautions amid rising cases in the valley. Desert Healthcare District CEO Conrado E. Bárzaga, MD presented the recommendations during Tuesday’s board meeting. “I believe we have a moral obligation, we have an ethical obligation, to raise our
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Riverside County board of supervisors decided to not reinstate a mask mandate after being updated on coronavirus case numbers county and state wide. “I’m not declaring at all that we should go towards mandating a mask. However, I just want us to be aware of what’s happening at this time,” said supervisor Manuel Perez. Just
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Stitches for Kids is a group formed from the Indio Senior Center that gets together and makes quilts to donate to children who are in need of a little comfort. “The idea was to make cuddle quilts for these children in crisis situations,” said Beth Irish, a member with Stitches for Kids. They were founded
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A man was found dead in a pool at a Palm Desert community Monday evening. The incident was first reported at approximately 6:41 p.m. on the 42000 block of Bodie Road inside the Portola Country Club. Deputies from the Palm Desert Sheriff station were called to a report of an unresponsive adult male in a
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Riverside County reported one of its largest day-to-day increases since mid-February. On Tuesday, the county reported 1,247 new cases over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of COVID cases in the county to 306,836. Dr. Geoffrey Leung, the county’s public health officer, said during Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting that the cases
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In a media phone call Tuesday CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that it was a difficult decision to recommend masks for vaccinated individuals in areas of high transmission. Walensky said the decision was made based on new science and data received in recent days regarding the delta variant. This data shows that in rare
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Update: 4:40 p.m. All evacuation warnings have been lifted for the Beaumont/Banning Pass area. Alert RivCO: As of today Monday, July 26. All evacuation warnings have been lifted for the Beaumont/Banning Pass area. Please use caution returning to your homes. For more information. Visit https://t.co/1GBuBlWtyh / Active events.— RivCoReady (@RivCoReady) July 26, 2021 Original Report:
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Riverside County health officials are sharing a COVID-19 update at the start of Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.Watch the meeting live in the player below. “When we talk about the masks and we talk about the vaccines, I want to make it very clear,” Supervisor Karen Spiegel said, “There is no mandate for masks and
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The Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) has confirmed that they are investigating two separate shootings that happened overnight Tuesday. The first shooting involved two homes on San Rafael Drive which happened just before 11 p.m. on Monday. No injuries were reported. Police said they received the call regarding shots fired. On scene police discovered two
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As things start to open up across the Coachella Valley Tuesday after yesterday’s rainstorm, many roads still remain closed. In Joshua Tree National Park, Lost Horse Road, Key View Road, and Geology Tour Road remain closed. North Indian Canyon Road heading towards Interstate-10 was opened by the Palm Springs Police Department. It was closed off
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Southern California Edison’s (SCE) website is showing outages across Coachella Valley. A majority of them are in the Palm Springs area. SCE said the outages happened because of the stormy weather. “Whether it’s winter storms or monsoonal summer thunderstorms, you’re gonna have some outages, whether it’s foreign objects that flying the lines, or actual lightning
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All state employees and all workers at hospitals and health care facilities across California will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination under a state policy announced today, and those who are unable or refuse to do so will have to be tested at least once a week. The vaccine-verification program for the state’s
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With the California recall election set for September, the Riverside County Registrar of Voters office is preparing for a busy next few months. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with the registrar of voters Rebecca Spencer on what voters can expect for this upcoming election and when you can expect to receive your ballots.
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New projections show that we could see another major wave of coronavirus cases in the months ahead. The Chief Medical Officer at Eisenhower Health, Dr. Alan Williamson, calls it “very disturbing” but tells News Channel 3 there is still a chance to change it. It’s an upward curve that’s concerning health officials. The estimates show
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