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Coachella Valley History Museum officials today began auctioning off VIP passes to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival. The Light the Date Grove Silent Auction will be held virtually starting Wednesday and running until March 31, with proceeds going toward the museum’s project to install landscape lighting at the
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Briana DeAztlan is a local woman tasked with making sure Tennis Paradise lives up to its name. One of four flower walls on site at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. A graduate of La Quinta high school and the esteemed Parsons School of Design in New York, she’s a successful business woman in charge of bringing
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Southern Caifornia native Taylor Fritz is feeling right at home. The 24-year-old American standout is advancing at this year’s BNP Paribas Open after a gutsy performance over Jaume Munar on Tuesday inside Stadium 2. Taylor Fritz moves on 6-4 2-6 7-6(2) huge ace on match point 💪🏼 🇺🇸 local ties! Fritz heatin up 🔥 #TennisParadise
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Republican State Senator Melissa Melendez will not be running for Congress. On Tuesday, News Channel 3 learned that Melendez missed the filing deadline to run in the newly drawn 41st congressional district. The new district includes most of the Coachella Valley and is currently held by longtime Republican Congressman Ken Calvert. The 41st district is shaping up to be
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One person is undergoing surgery at a local hospital after being shot. Witnesses told investigators they saw the victim at the parking lot of Best Buy in La Quinta, however, the location where the shooting occurred remains in question. The incident was first reported at 5:31 p.m. Sgt. Soto, public information officer for the Riverside
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When the news broke last month The Walt Disney Company was developing a master-planned residential community in Rancho Mirage, many were excited about the magic of Disney popping up right in our own backyard. But for others, it exacerbated existing concerns about affordable housing and where people who work at such luxury resorts can live.
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A house fire ignited Monday night in Cathedral City displacing a single mother and her younger five kids. Her two older kids already moved out. “I’m still in a lot of shock,” Elizabeth Barron told News Channel 3’s Marian Bouchot. Firefighters were called to the home fully engulfed in flames at the 67300 block of
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the United States. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the chamber by unanimous consent. The bill would still need to pass the House and be signed by President Joe Biden to become law. If the measure clears
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to request authorization this week for an additional COVID-19 booster dose for seniors, according to a person familiar with the matter. It would add a fourth dose to the regimen, which currently consists of a primary series of two shots, followed months later by a booster dose, in
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An 81-year-old woman was pronounced dead after a head-on crash Monday afternoon. The two-vehicle crash happened at approximately 3:29 p.m. in unincorporated County land on Thousand Palms Canyon Road, about 2 miles south of Dillon Road. According to the California Highway Patrol, Gail Bronson, 81, of Indio was driving a Toyota southbound on Thousand Palms
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A Riverside County lawmaker’s attempt to end the COVID-based state of emergency declared by Gov. Gavin Newsom two years ago was defeated today in a party-line state Senate committee vote. Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, endeavored on previous occasions to secure hearings regarding the governor’s ongoing use of emergency powers. She said Senate President Pro
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A Desert Hot Springs woman was facing several felony counts of fraud, accused of filing false documents to obtain then sell two properties in Palm Springs and a vehicle in Rancho Mirage. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest Monday of Nova-Stargate De Consuelo, 62, also known as Nadine Perez Jimenez who refers
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“Jurassic Wonders”, a free dinosaur exhibit was completed in Cathedral City and opened to the public on Tuesday. The exhibit is located on the corner of E. Palm Canyon Drive and West Buddy Rogers Avenue in Downtown Cathedral City. It features 11 metal dinosaurs that are equal in scale to their actual size when alive.
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An investigation was underway into a house fire that ignited in Cathedral City Monday night. Yosemy Estrada Firefighters were called to the home fully engulfed on the 67300 block of Mission Ct. at 7:23 p.m. All residents were able to evacuate and were accounted for, according to the Cathedral City Fire Department. Yosemy Estrada The
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Palm Springs police are considering deploying new technology in a neighborhood in the north part of town officials say is often riddled with gun violence. ShotSpotter is law enforcement tech PSPD is consulting with the Desert Highland Gateway Estates community about possibly implementing. It uses gunshot listening devices mounted on telephone poles, street signs and
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Tennis star, Naomi Osaka, was rattled during her match at BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night after a woman in the stands yelled “Naomi, you suck!” It happened in the second round, in which Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam Champion, eventually went on to lose 6-0, 6-4. Spectators reacted to the derogatory remark and Osaka
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Palm Springs, Desert Sands and Coachella Valley Unified School Districts lifted their mask mandate today. Coachella Valley Unified School District originally planned to keep the mask mandate up until March 24, but the district decided to follow California state guidelines. Read more on CVUSD’s decision to lift the mask mandate here. News Channel 3 talked
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Free dental, vision and medical care will be offered to underserved and underinsured individuals, veterans,seniors, and families in Riverside and surrounding Counties on March 25-27, 2022, at the Riverside CountyFairgrounds in Indio, CA. More than 150 volunteer healthcare professionals from throughout California areprojected to provide needed care for an anticipated 750 people per day. All
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The long-awaited expansion to College of the Desert’s Indio campus is one step closer to becoming a reality. School officials broke ground on the project Monday morning. College and community leaders turned the ceremonial first shovels of dirt for a three-story, instructional building, and pavilion. The 67,000 square-foot building will feature classrooms, a café, offices,
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