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Disneyland is celebrating its 100th year anniversary with the opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, and two new nighttime shows. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway is opening its doors to the public. The immersive experience begins as soon as you walk into the “El Capitoon Theater” located in Toontown. Toontown has been under construction
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Update 01/26/23 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept confirmed that three teenagers were arrested. The incident started at around 3:00 p.m. when Gang Task Force Officers attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on an SUV occupied by four suspects near the 43000 block of Clinton Street in Indio. The vehicle failed to stop but then ended
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The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted the 12th Annual Palm Springs Police and Fire Appreciation Luncheon at the Palm Springs Convention Center Thursday. The lunch recognized the men and women who serve the City of Palm Springs and highlight department accomplishments and goals. The Police Officer of the Year Award will be presented by the Palm Springs
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A 73-year-old Coachella Valley resident has been reported missing. He was last heard from in Tucson, Arizona. William Mackin is a resident of the community of Snow Creek, near Cabazon. He is described as 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 208 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes. According to his partner, he has memory
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The issues along the U.S./Mexico Border have intensified, amid record encounters with migrants seeking asylum. Peter Daut takes an in-depth look at what this means for the Coachella Valley, and what’s being done in response to the migrant influx. Daut traveled to the California Border city of Calexico, which recently declared a state of emergency
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN An asteroid the size of a box truck made one of the closest passes of planet Earth ever recorded. The small near-Earth asteroid, called 2023 BU, zipped over the southern tip of South America at 7:27 p.m. ET Thursday about 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) above Earth’s surface. This distance was
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Palm Springs Unified School District will sponsor 24 students on an H.S.I. (Hispanic Serving Institutions) tour in Austin, Texas, and 24 students attending the H.B.C.U. (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)tour to Washington, D.C. Stephanie Cesena is an 11th-grader who wants to become a Psychiatrist. Her parents did not go to college, but her sister inspired
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There could soon be a break in the years-long battle between valley cannabis business owners and local leaders over hefty taxes they say are crippling small businesses. Cathedral City is tied with other west valley cities for the highest tax on retail cannabis businesses in the valley: a 10% tax tacked on top of the
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College of the Desert is now providing free home internet to active students to complete their coursework and stay connected with COD while at home, according to the school’s website. The internet service provider will coordinate a home visit where they will deliver and set up the modem needed to provide your household basic internet. Service
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To combat the ongoing scourge of fentanyl and attempt to prevent a rising death rate connected to the synthetic drug, federal and local authorities today initiated a “Death in Disguise” drug awareness campaign in Riverside. @RivCoDA is Live! https://t.co/GxVaq2lFnB— Riverside County DA’s Office (@RivCoDA) January 26, 2023 “It’s the number one cause of death (in
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Approximately 10 residences are sheltering in place after an exterior gas line rupture in Mecca. The rupture happened at around 2:00 p.m. on the 91000 block of Painted Canyon Court. Cal Fire officials said the residents are sheltering in place while SoCalGas crews make repairs. No injuries have been reported. Stay with News Channel 3
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The Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon will host two job recruitment fairs next month, seeking to fill 80 positions. The first event is scheduled for Feb. 7, followed by an additional fair on Feb. 28. Both events are slated from 10 a.m. to noon in the resort’s Marketplace food court. “Morongo’s continued
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A woman was behind bars at the John Benoit Detention Center today on suspicion of mailing methamphetamine and fentanyl to an inmate at the same correctional facility. The woman, a 35-year-old from Indio, was booked on suspicion of possession of narcotics, willful harm to a child and smuggling controlled substances into jail, according to inmate
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By ADRIAN SAINZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) — Five fired Memphis police officers were charged Thursday with second-degree murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop. A grand jury handed up indictments against Tadarrius
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A First Alert Weather Alert has been issued for the next round of gusty offshore winds ready to affect the Southland. Peak gusts occurred late Thursday morning. A Wind Advisory began at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday for the Coachella Valley as offshore winds strengthen across the High Desert. A High Wind Warning also took effect for
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The Indio Planning Commission unanimously approved a new affordable housing complex set to be on Avenue 44. Several residents were in attendance at Wednesday night’s meeting. Most of them were there for the proposed Avenue 44 Apartments. The 180-unit affordable housing complex would be built just off of Golf Center Parkway. It’s a place that
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Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz honored two Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies who were killed in the line of duty just 15 days apart from each other. “I ask everyone present on the house floor today to join me in a moment of silence for Calhoun and Cordero, for officers who have sacrificed themselves for our safety,” Ruiz
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A man fishing in the canal in North Shore drowned after he went after a cellphone that fell in the water, authorities said, The incident was reported on Tuesday just before 5:30 p.m. in the area of Costa Mesa Drive and Avenue 68. An investigation by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies revealed that the victim was
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The Cathedral City City Council voted to adopt an ordinance that establishes stricter regulations for sidewalk vendors who operate in the city. Once the new rules go into effect, vendors will be required to initially pay $192 to obtain a permit, and then pay $100 every year after in order to be able to operate
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A San Pedro man pleaded guilty today to his involvement in an armed robbery last year at a Palm Desert jewelry store and was immediately sentenced to eight years and four months of state prison. Rayjon Thorton, 26, pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon to one felony count each of robbery and being a convicted felon and
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