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Retired healthcare executive Dick Grundy talked about the moment he was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I didn’t think it would be cancer. I didn’t have a clue because of my age,” said Grundy. After his wife passed in last March, he made an appointment at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs where he learned

Desert Sands Unified School District sent out a message to families with children at James Monroe Elementary School explaining structural testing of the campus is underway. This comes following the district’s closure of Madison Elementary last week due to structural damage found on campus. The notice to parents and families explained further that the design

On Wednesday, the city of Palm Springs planning commission approved a surf park in Palm Springs. Plans are underway to update and upgrade the former Wet n Wild Palm Springs into The Palm Springs Surf Club. The Palm Springs Surf Club will be a place for surfers of all levels to play in the simulated

The Coachella Valley Unified School District announced its schools will remain closed on Wednesday due to concerns over air quality stemming from a mulch fire burning near Thermal. Statement from CVUSD Superintendent Dr. Maria G. Gandera: “As the District continues to work closely with the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) , BIA, and CalFire, we will

News Channel 3 anchor Karen Devine was honored Sunday with a Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television, Arts, and Sciences. The award is for Karen’s 25 years+ as a broadcast journalist, most of her time spent here in the Coachella Valley delivering the news and bringing you investigative reports. She was introduced

As students in the Coachella Valley Unified School District are kept home Wednesday from their fourth straight day of school due to an ongoing mulch fire in Thermal, teachers and school board members asked the Desert Healthcare District for assistance and resources. In the public comment portion of Tuesday night’s Desert Healthcare District board meeting,

The city of Coachella held it’s annual State of the City on Tuesday. Among the event highlights, they honored how city businesses have created positive economic impact in the community. The annual event was held at Spotlight 29 Casino. It’s just one way the city reviews economic activity from the previous year and introduces their

Officials from the Desert Sands Unified School District has notified parents and staff of James Monroe Elementary School that there is structural testing going on at the campus out of an “abundance of caution.” Earlier this month, structural concerns were discovered at another DSUSD school, Madison Elementary School in Indio. This prompted the district to

Licensed cannabis retailers, including Chansce Pittard, the manager at “Leaf El Paseo” say a primary focus right now is educating consumers. “Cannabis vaporization can be very helpful because it can help provide a fast acting result,” said Pittard. The CDC recently recommended all consumers stop vaping until researchers can pinpoint the cause of a growing

A teenager was arrested over the weekend at the In-N-Out in La Quinta for alleged public intoxication and resisting arrest. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, on Friday at around 10:11 p.m., La Quinta deputies responded to reports of a disturbance between a “large number of subjects” at the In-N-Out on 78611 Highway 111.

Palm Springs Unified School District has become the Valley’s first “Arts Equity District.” It means art will be accessible to students in all grade levels. One of the art programs PSUSD offers is the Boys Arts Mentoring program also known as BAM. Bam was started last year as a way to give sixth grade boys