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A federal jury in Riverside today ordered the city of Los Angeles and a former police officer to pay $17 million in damages to the family of a mentally disabled man who was fatally shot by the officer during an altercation inside a Costco store in Corona, according to a published report. The bulk of
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As the pandemic continues, more families in the valley are taking kids out of the classroom and choosing virtual learning options instead. “Our major concern was…we didn’t know what this virus was going to do in the flu months,” said Priscilla Waggoner. Waggoner is a Bermuda Dunes mother with a four and five-year-old at home.
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Desert Hot Springs High School Principal Dr. Caroline Cota is stepping down from the position. Cota made the announcement in a letter to DHSHS parents on Wednesday. “It is with mixed emotions that I share with you that I have accepted a promotional position in a different school district,” Cota wrote in her letter. “It
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Firefighters today worked to stop a single-story structure fire that broke out in Indio. The Riverside County Fire Department received a report of the blaze at 2:22 p.m. in the 45900 block of Sage Street. Six engines arrived on the scene to find an outbuilding on the property with smoke and fire showing out the
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The California Natural Resources Agency is hosting an online public meeting on Tuesday evening to introduce the Independent Review Panel on Water Importation. The Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP) is establishing an Independent Review Panel (Panel) to review concepts for water importation to the Salton Sea for its long-term restoration The Independent Review Panel will
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Fans of Grammy Award-winning superstar Pitbull will have to wait a little while longer to see him return to the Coachella Valley. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino announced that Pitbull’s Dec. 18, 2021 show has been rescheduled to February 12, 2022. Tickets previously purchased will be honored for the new date; those who are unable to attend
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School resource officers are anticipated to return to Palm Springs Unified School District campuses next week following the completion of a five-day training program, district officials said today. School resource officers — or SROs — have not been in place in the PSUSD since the school year began in August due to contract negotiations between
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All residents in Riverside County who are eligible for their COVID-19 booster shot can get it starting Tuesday, following federal and state approval. Jose Arballo, from the Riverside University Health System, said Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be offered free of charge at the Indio Family Care Center, which is one of four
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The family of Jon Sherwood, the 55-year-old man who was killed in a DUI crash last week, is trying to come to terms that he is no longer here, all while trying to figure out how to make a living. Jon Sherwood was killed in an accident in Desert Hot Springs last Thursday. A 23-year-old
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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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