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Recent rain and snowfall in California have dramatically changed conditions in many parts of the state. On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom eased drought emergency provisions that are no longer needed while maintaining others to support impacted communities statewide. The main change following Newsom’s announcement is the state will not require water agencies to be at
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Cesar Chavez’s grandson, Andres Chavez will be in the Coachella Valley on Wednesday to speak about the legacy of his grandfather and his Coachella roots. Andres Chavez is the Executive Director of the National Chavez Center. He will be at Desert Hot Springs High School where he is expected to speak to students ahead of
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Desert Hot Springs Mayor Pro Tem Roger Nuñez is facing criticism and repercussions after leaked emails showed him using a homophobic slur in an email to a College of the Desert board member. The August 2022 emails, which were obtained by News Channel 3 Tuesday and first reported by Uken Report, showed Nuñez using an
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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department released body camera footage Tuesday that shows the confrontation between officers and the suspect during a shooting at at The Covenant School, a private Christian grade school. This type of footage can provide police departments across the country with helpful information that can be used to prepare officers in the event of
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Cesar Chavez’s grandson will be the keynote speaker in a new event added by Coachella city officials to celebrate the legacy of the labor activist in advance of the holiday. The free “Coachella Chavez Day” event will be held Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Coachella Library Park, according to Coachella’s public
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Heavy rain that has recently drenched the entire state is affecting crop production across California. For some Coachella Valley farmers, however, the extra water was welcome. “Our farm has been affected by the rain but believe it or not, it’s been affected in a good way,” said Sam Cobb, the owner of Sam Cobb Date Farms.
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A 35-year-old man from Twentynine Palms who was involved in a two-car crash while under the influence of marijuana is sentenced to 10 years in state prison for gross vehicular manslaughter. Michael Anthony Wright was driving impaired from cannabis when his Audi sedan broadsided a Volkswagen driven by a 68-year-old woman from Yucca Valley at
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A new bill was approved on Monday by California lawmakers that would give regulators the power to punish oil companies for price gouging. What the bill will do is allow the California Energy Commission to decide when oil companies will be penalized for price gouging. The bill is expected to have the oil companies provide
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A former Banning police officer who molested a girl on several occasions and showed her pornographic material was sentenced today to three years’ felony probation. Christopher John Sayeski, 40, pleaded guilty in October to two counts each of oral copulation of a minor and furnishing explicit images to an underage victim, as well as one
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Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin has cleared Indio police officers for their roles in two separate officer-involved shootings dating back to April 2019. APRIL 10, 2019 SHOOTING The first officer-involved shooting occurred on April 10, 2019. The suspect, Anthony Santana, 21, was fatally shot at the Las Palmas Apartments near the intersection of Las
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Could a new music festival be coming to the Empire Polo Club in Indio? On Tuesday, Goldenvoice, the parent company of the Coachella music festival, released a teaser video for a new metal music festival, Power Trip. Are you ready for a Power Trip? https://t.co/9oGlfNjxW7 pic.twitter.com/ktC0ZWSi5i— Power Trip (@Powertriplive) March 28, 2023 The website for
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Police arrested a 17-year-old who is believed to have shot a homeless man overnight at a Palm Springs gas station. The incident was reported at around 12:38 a.m. on the 3600 block of E Ramon Road. Police said they received reports of shots fired and multiple people involved in a physical altercation at the gas
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Much loved singer and part-time desert resident Nancy Sinatra, whose father, the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra, helped put the Palm Springs destination on the map, will cruise her way to the Downtown Park as she headlines the City’s 85th Anniversary Classic Car Parade on Saturday, April 8 as part of the City of Palm Springs
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The search continues for 22-year-old Cajairah Fraise, a pregnant woman from Moreno Valley, who went missing in Beaumont over a month ago. Beaumont Police Department has classified her as a “critical missing” person and is asking the public, friends, family, and acquaintances for any helpful information. Police say she was 35 weeks pregnant when she
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A 19-year-old man suspected of shooting at two Coachella teenagers pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder. Salomon “Bookie” Cruz-Rodriguez Jr. is accused with 24-year-old David “Real Shooter” Rodriguez of attempted murder in connection with the parking lot shooting on Feb. 17, according to a declaration in support of arrest warrant filed by Riverside County
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Members at Cal State University San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus want to spread the word about school shooting prevention in light of the Nashville shooting that claimed the lives of multiple people today. “Zero Tolerance: A Different Approach to Preventing School Shootings” was scheduled before the mass shooting but representatives want to share what the
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By ADAM BEAM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation’s first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation’s most populous state last summer. The Democrats in charge of
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Jennifer Henderson and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said. Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former
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CASA Volunteers are court-appointed special advocates who help children going through the court system. In this month’s Neighborhood Heroes segment, News Channel 3’s Crystal Jimenez spoke with one volunteer about the impact someone in her position can make on a child going through a tough time. News Channel 3 wants to celebrate these neighborhood heroes. Tell us
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Indio police arrested five people, including three juveniles, Monday during an operation connected to a shooting investigation. Three other suspects remain outstanding. Monday at around 7:00 a.m., police served search warrants at several residences in Indio, Thermal, Coachella and La Quinta. The warrants were related to a shooting that occurred on January 18 in the
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