Sentencing was rescheduled today to Aug. 20 for an admitted gang member who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the drug-related robbery and killing of a Palm Desert man on Christmas Day 2016. Alejandro Zendejas, 27, of Indio was arrested along with 24-year-olds Anthony Garcia of Indio and Roger Rodriguez of La Quinta in the
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The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of their own. Deputy Anthony Redondo, 25, was killed in a car crash Saturday evening near the city of Imperial. According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident started at around 7:30 p.m. when Redondo was driving a marked patrol vehicle westbound on Aten
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The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) issued a conserve alert Sunday, asking residents to take the necessary steps to avoid putting stress on the energy grid. By conserving energy the IID said it can maintain reliable energy delivery service and most importantly avoid power outages. Residents are asked to conserve energy from 4pm-9pm daily by: Set
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With the days getting hotter it’s important to keep an eye out for the elderly as they’re at the highest risk to suffer from the heatwaves. “The elderly have a little more difficulty regulating temperature. Based on neurological issues and often times they’ll have coexisting medical problems that can lead them to have more sensitivity
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A big congratulations goes out to the winners of this year’s Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. The festival featured more than 300 films from around the world. Here’s the full list of winners from the festival: Greater Palm Springs CVB “Best of the Festival Award” ● Winner: Unforgivable (El Salvador), Directed by Marlén
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At least one person was injured in a rollover accident on Dillon Road Sunday afternoon. Fire crews responded to the scene after crash happened around mid-afternoon. Crews were seen loading one injured person onto a gurney. The pickup truck involved was left upside down along the side of the road. There is no information yet
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Some families spent their morning relieving themselves from the heat at the Splash Pad in La Quinta. As soon as the water would stop, the kids would run over to the button and turn the water right back on. They didn’t let the high temperatures get in the way. Today it was one Indio resident’s
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The 15th of June couldn’t come sooner for Californians who were tired of pandemic-related restrictions. Most were lifted mid-month and just in time for the Fourth of July. “We’re going to be up in the mountains, the San Bernardino mountains. We just bought a house up there,” Palm Springs resident, David Otto said. Visitors in
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One man is in jail in connection to a deadly shooting early Saturday morning in Cathedral City. It happened in the 31800 block of Neuma Drive just after 2:30 am. The man who died is identified as 27-year-old Rancho Mirage resident Isaac Valles. Investigators say the crime is related to a domestic dispute. Valles had
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UPDATE: By Friday morning the USPS corporate office provided a statement to News Channel 3 regarding the issue: The Postal Service values our customers and sincerely apologizes for temporary service disruptions experienced this week in Desert Hot Springs. The office experienced a higher than normal amount of parcels and it will ensure available mail and
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As summer temperatures set in, so does the need to beat the heat. The Westfield Mall in Palm Desert gave residents that very opportunity on Saturday as they hosted a “Hello Sunshine” event. It went from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. inside the mall “We are celebrating summer and celebrating indoors and being cool with
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The new Desert Hot Springs Library finally opened its doors to the community. There was a grand opening ceremony on the morning of June 26. Riverside County’s fourth direct supervisor, V. Manual Perez, said the library is a safe space for everyone. “I think the library allows us to not only read the word, or
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Ahead of the Fourth of July, just more than a week away, valley fire officials are warning about illegal fireworks, which have destroyed several homes locally. Back in April, flames tore apart a family’s house in the Dream Homes neighborhood of Cathedral City. “I was just coming down from the store and I heard a
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President Joe Biden signed into law a measure designating the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida as a national memorial. 49 people dead and 53 people wounded were killed in a shooting at the nightclub on June 12, 2016. It was the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history. Biden said in a statement
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The City of Palm Springs cut its ties with a homeless services agency Well In The Desert Thursday evening. The city council voted in agreement in part due to an ongoing discussion about the organization’s conditional-use permit for its main location on Calle Encilia. Councilmembers voted to revoke Well In The Desert’s permit to operate
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The father of 16-year-old Isaiah Benz is speaking out about his son’s tragic death over Father’s Day weekend. Kris Benz continues to grieve the loss of his only son who drowned on Sunday while swimming at Lake Havasu. “He loved his sports, he could dunk; 6’2– so he was tall and very athletic. I went
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In a ceremony on Friday morning, Assemblyman Chad Mayes named Dr. Patricia Cummings as ‘Woman of the Year’ for California’s 42nd Assembly District. Mayes explained each March, in conjunction with Women’s History Month, all 120 California legislators select someone from their district who has made a significant contribution to the community. This year’s ceremony was
Continue Reading A man was struck and killed in a hit and run crash early Friday morning in Palm Springs, police confirmed. Sgt. Kyle Stjerne of the Palm Springs Police Department said a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the area of East Palm Canyon Drive between Broadmoor street and Golf Club Drive just after 4
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San Bernardino National Forest is sending ground and air resources to respond to a vegetation fire off of Highway 74 in Pinyon Pines Friday afternoon. The fire burned approximately 3-acres with forward progress stopped at around 5:45 p.m., according to San Bernardino National Forest. The blaze is 20% contained. The fire in Pinyon Pines area
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More than a dozen Riverside County fire stations now have microchip scanners available to residents who find lost dogs and cats and want to determine whether the pets have microchip identification tags that reveal where they belong, it was announced today. “We’re getting so much great help from the public these days in getting lost
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