Indio’s Empire Polo Club will be operated year-round by the promoter of the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival and Stagecoach Music Festival in a new long-term agreement announced Wednesday morning. Goldenvoice said in a statement it has plans for expanding its use of the property along with the Empire Grand Oasis special event property in Thermal. The
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Roughly 28 million schoolchildren nationwide might soon be eligible to get vaccinated. On Tuesday, an FDA advisory committee officially endorsed Pfizer’s vaccine designed for kids ages 5-11. If the FDA and CDC accept the endorsement, the shots could be available for kids in this age group as early as next week. “We certainly know that
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Coachella Valley fans of ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” have seen familiar locations on the hit reality programs for years. On Tuesday, you can see a familiar face: News Channel 3 Sports Director Blake Arthur. In the second episode of the current series, bachelorette Michelle Young went out on a group date to play
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The Palm Springs Unified School District board of education unanimously approved new SRO contracts for Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs high schools. The Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs city councils for both cities approved new contracts with the district during meetings earlier this month. Both cities included new amendments in the contracts. Palm
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Riverside County supervisors voted today to submit a request to the federal government seeking funding to complete environmental studies associated with a 144-mile commuter rail project linking the Coachella Valley to San Bernardino, Orange and Los Angeles counties. “This has been an ongoing desire for decades — connecting the Coachella Valley to Los Angeles,” Board
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously, with one abstention, that the vaccine’s benefits in preventing COVID-19 in
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The California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced today that it has cited a Southern California grocery chain for failing to pay or delaying supplemental paid sick leave to 240 workers affected by COVID- 19 at 38 stores, including four stores in Riverside County. Bodega Latina, which does business as El Super, was cited $1,164,500 after an
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The city of San Diego is honoring a Palm Springs teacher who was named a 2022 California State Teacher of the Year. On Tuesday, the San Diego City Council voted to proclaim October 26 as “Nichi Aviña Day” in the city of San Diego. Nichi Aviña is a teacher at Cielo Vista Charter School in Palm
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An Arcadia woman pleaded guilty today to soliciting over $22.8 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex in the Coachella Valley, then spending part of the money on luxury cars, travel and designer clothing. Ruixue “Serena” Shi, 37, entered the plea to one federal count of wire fraud, which carries a sentence of
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The Board of Supervisors approved the use of a $30 million state grant for efforts to relocate hundreds of people from the hazard-plagued Oasis Mobile Home Park in Thermal, though the process of clearing the 60-acre space is already facing potential hurdles. “There’s nothing to stop the current owners and operators from allowing other
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Two Yucca Valley residents were rushed to the hospital after being involved in a head-on collision in Maine. The crash happened Monday afternoon in the coastal town of Searsport. According to the Maine Department of Public Safety, Ken Bailey, 74, and his passenger Deborah Bailey, 66, both from Yucca Valley, were traveling northbound along Route 1. At
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Update: 11/05/21: Police identified the woman as Dayana Hernandez, 38, of Desert Hot Springs Update 10/26/21: Palm Springs Police confirmed on Tuesday that they are now officially investigating this death as a homicide. Police are asking anyone who witnessed or has information related to this murder to contact Detective Ben Ryan at 760-323-8145. Anyone wishing
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Rain and gusty winds swept across the valley on Monday, impacting drivers. Several drivers were seen pulled over on the I-10 Monday afternoon, making adjustments to their cars or trailers. “You just have to slow down and stay alert on the road. Just too many things blowing. I had a mud flap I thought was
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One of two convicted felons accused of perpetrating an unemployment benefits scam that involved inmates at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe and netted over $500,000 in stolen funds pleaded not guilty today to 48 charges. Brandon Christopher Avery, 28, of San Bernardino was arrested last week following a months-long investigation by the Riverside County District
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The city of Palm Springs could vote to issue a formal request to the California Attorney General’s office in support of the ACLU’s calls to investigate the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Chad Bianco. In September, the ACLU along with two other organizations called for AG Rob Bonta to investigate the Sheriff’s Dept. over
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A 4.7 magnitude quake struck at 4:42 p.m. this afternoon North of Paso Robles near Pacific Coast Highway. No reports of injuries or damage, but the shaking was widespread.
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The Coachella Valley Arena and the NHL’s Seattle Kraken released a video teasing a major announcement regarding the new local American Hockey League team. The videos tease the announcement is coming on November 5 at 11 a.m. PT. The team name was not revealed yet, but there appear to be some hints as to the
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NEW CASES Riverside County reported 432 new coronavirus cases since Thursday. This brings the total number of cases in the county up to 362,435. Since last week, there have been 350 new cases in the Coachella Valley. Desert Hot Springs: +35 casesPalm Springs: +22 casesCathedral City: +42 casesRancho Mirage: +10 casesPalm Desert: +40 casesIndian Wells:
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As more people feel comfortable gathering in large groups, bakers and event planners are feeling the effects of a wedding season overload the next coming months. Large events and celebrations have made a comeback and that includes couples declaring their love for each other. While the pandemic took away the ability to socialize, gather, and
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The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert has nearly completed its multi-million dollar remodeling and it is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome back the community. People lined up to tour the renovations which included an expanded behavior health clinic, more group therapy and counseling rooms, a family room, and new technology. Among the guests
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