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Indio receives $4 million in grant funds for downtown flood prevention

Indio announced it will get more than $4.1 million for the City’s Civic Center Storm Drain Project. The California Natural Resources Agency is allocating the funding, which is provided under the Urban Flood Protection Grant Program for 26 projects statewide. The program utilizes both traditional and green infrastructure measures to prevent flooding and flood damage

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Riverside County reports 18 deaths, 12 fewer hospitalizations, & 260 recoveries since Wednesday

NEW CASES Riverside County has had issues reporting cases over the past two days. On Friday, the county reporting 7 new cases. Riverside University Health System spokesperson Jose Arballo Jr. said that the state did some reconciliation and the numbers were adjusted appropriately. There has been a total of 351,041 coronavirus cases in Riverside County

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Riverside County says labs ‘have promised’ more staff to fix slow COVID test turnaround

The Riverside Department of Public Health pointed to understaffed private laboratories as the reason behind an increase in delays to COVID-19 test results. Jose Arballo, the department’s senior public information officer, said “generally in the past, we were able to get test results back between 24-36 hours at the most. Now, we’re talking 2-3 days

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Police: ‘Still evaluating’ possible threats at DHS High School amid reports of a student with a knife and gang activity on campus

Police in Desert Hot Springs are investigating the possibility of additional threats on the campus of Desert Hot Springs High School, just a day after they were called there for reports of a student with a knife. That incident did not result in any reported injuries, but News Channel 3 has been contacted by many

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Task force arrests 13 men in La Quinta prostitution sting

A prostitution sting in La Quinta nabbed 13 men, authorities announced today. On Wednesday, members of the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team and Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force placed decoy advertisements on several popular classified advertisement websites often used for the solicitation of online prostitution, said Sgt. George Acevedo of the Riverside County Sheriffs

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CDC advisory panel backs Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for millions of older or vulnerable Americans

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stands on the verge of a major new phase: Government advisers on Thursday recommended booster doses of Pfizer’s vaccine for millions of Americans. This, despite concern among some experts that the extra shots will do little to slow the pandemic. The advisory panel

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