First Alert Weather Team issued a First Alert Weather Alert Day through this evening due to the potential for more storms. Flash Flood Warnings encompassed the Valley early this morning due to heavy rains from those morning thunderstorms. *UPDATE* The Flash Flood Watch has been cancelled prior to its original 8:00 p.m. expiration. Activity is
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former U.S. Senator and Coachella Valley resident Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed Monday in Oakland, California, her son said. The assault happened in the Jack London Square neighborhood, according to a tweet on Boxer’s verified Twitter account. “The assailant pushed her in the back, stole her cell phone and jumped in
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A job fair will be held tomorrow at the Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella owned by the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians. The casino is looking to fill “dozens of jobs” in various departments, including food and beverage, table games, facilities, information technology and events staff, according to the tribe. Hiring managers will be
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As rain travels across the Coachella Valley several road closures are in effect. Shortly after 12:00 p.m., the California Highway Patrol shut down Highway 86 and Avenue 50 in the city of Coachella due to flooding. Riverside County Transportation tweeted Monday morning Box Canyon Road was closed off due to flooding and storm debris. In
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For the second week in a row, Riverside County reported a 50 percent increase in COVID patients admitted into the intensive care unit. The county reported 15 patients admitted into the ICU since Friday, bringing the total up to 47. That’s the most patients in the ICU since March 15, 2021. There was also a
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will be closed Monday because of mechanical issues caused by overnight rain and lightning. Officials told News Channel 3 about the closure but did not elaborate on the problems or the solution. Torrential rains pelted the Coachella Valley from 3:45 a.m. through the early morning hours. Rainfall totals in Palm
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The City of Desert Hot Springs hosted a community clean up event today The event was announced on Facebook and was open to anyone who wanted to participate. It was put on by Desert Hot Springs Mayor Scott Matas, along with Mayor Pro Tem Russell Betts and the Desert Hot Springs Community Cleanup Committee. The event
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https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1418907877373214720?s=20 Firefighters responded to a single story home on Fargo Street, near Jackson and Highway 111 around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Fire Officials said that they could see flames when they arrived. Firefighters were able to knock down the blaze just after 5 a.m. There is no word yet on if anyone was injured in the
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While athletes in this year’s Olympic Games have to deal with a competition like never before, they also deal with mental health challenges and substance abuse. News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke with Former Olympian Carrie Bates who now works at the Hazelden Betty Ford Center about those challenges.
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The fundraising efforts to completely restore the historic Plaza Theatre in downtown Palm Springs are ongoing, but this week a new idea got thrown into the mix: a decades-long lease to the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Since 2019, former Palm Springs councilman J.R. Roberts has been leading the charge to restore the Plaza back
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who mocked COVID-19 vaccinations died this week at a Los Angeles-area hospital after contracting the virus. Stephen Harmon was 34. Harmon died on Wednesday at Corona Regional Medical Center, about an hour’s drive east of Los Angeles. Stephen Harmon posted photos of himself in his hospital bed, wrote that
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TODEC, a local non-profit, held a vaccine clinic on Friday at their office on Sixth St. in Coachella. The clinic is offered each Friday and organizers say walk-ins are welcome from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Ismael Cruz with TODEC shared that it’s part of their efforts to vaccinate some of the most vulnerable in
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A Sept. 10 preliminary hearing date was confirmed today for a registered sex offender accused of throwing his 1-year-old daughter off a cliff in the mountains south of the Coachella Valley, and also attacking the child’s mother and a good Samaritan. Adam Slater, 50, of Palm Desert was arrested May 7, 2020, in connection with
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A felon accused of bludgeoning his cellmate to death at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Luke Hanchette, 42, of Hemet is charged with killing 48-year-old John Leo Hemmer of South Dakota, who was found dead Wednesday in a cell the two shared, according to the
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Riverside County reported 452 new cases over the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of COVID cases in the county to 305,195. The county reported 1 COVID death over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 4,658. The number of recoveries in Riverside County increased by 257, bringing the total up to
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During a court hearing Friday, a judge ordered the water at Coral Mountain Golf Course at Trilogy in La Quinta be turned on after owners shut off the water supply. MORE: Exclusive: Water shut off at La Quinta golf course after partial foreclosure During the hearing, Brendan Ozanne, an attorney who represents the golf course’s
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There is now a Wahlburgers in the area. The latest location of the Wahlberg brothers’ popular burger restaurant opened its doors inside the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon on Friday. “We are elated that Wahlburgers at Morongo is now open,” said Richard St. Jean, Morongo’s Chief Operating Officer. “They set a high bar
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A 27-year-old woman died in a head-on crash in Desert Hot Springs, police said today. The two-vehicle collision was reported just before 6 p.m. Thursday on North Indian Canyon Drive near Mission Lakes Boulevard, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was the passenger in a
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The Employment Development Department (EDD) announced a huge change to it’s two-step process, that unlocks payments for thousands of people who have gone some time without it. When applying to receive unemployment benefits, you must under-go a two-step process. The first step involves state officials determining whether or not a person is eligible for the
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An “escalating crisis” is unfolding at Coral Mountain Golf Course at Trilogy in La Quinta. News Channel 3 reported exclusively Wednesday the owners shut off the water supply as they demanded tens of thousands of dollars from homeowners to pay for it. Now the homeowner’s association is gearing up to take them to court. “Within
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