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Firefighters are battling a growing mulch fire burning near Thermal Monday afternoon. The fire is burning near 66th Avenue and Martinez Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Cal Fire reports the fire was first reported at approximately 4:32 p.m. As of 6:10 p.m., the fire has grown to 20 acres and is 0% contained.

Cal Fire crews are currently fighting a 75-acre brush fire near Thermal. The blaze has the potential to grow to 300 acres, according to Cal Fire. It is currently 40% contained. The fire was reported shortly after 1 p.m. The blaze is currently burning in medium to heavy fuel of six to eight feet. Several

Administrators at Shadow Hills High School in Indio are investigating a shooting threat against the school. SHHS Principal Gabriel P. Fajardo revealed in a letter to parents that Monday afternoon, school administrators received a report of a student who saw a photo of what appears to be a handgun and a caption that read, “Get

A worker who died at the Empire Polo Grounds in April while setting up for the Coachella Festival did not have his safety harness properly secured before the accident which led to his injury. 49-year-old San Diego resident Christopher Griffin died on April 6, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau. On Monday, the California

Classes are canceled this week at Madison Elementary School in Indio due to structural corrosion discovered this week in some buildings on the school campus. District administrators tell News Channel 3 that classes for all students at Madison Elementary will resume in La Quinta beginning October 21 at the Adams Early Childhood Education Center. Officials

Firefighters worked overnight as they continued to improve lines of cleared vegetation around a brush fire near Interstate 10 in Calimesa that has killed two people and charred 1,011 acres, Riverside County Fire Department officials said today. The Sandalwood Fire, which has destroyed 76 mobile homes, was 94 percent contained as of Monday morning. Mandatory

First responders continue to be on scene at Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park. According to Cal Fire officials, 1,011 acres have been burned and is 68% contained. Firefighters were hopeful about making progress as weather conditions improved. UPDATE: Cal Fire ha provided the following updates for evacuated residents and for residents returning to their homes:

On Saturday a fire safety event was held at the Lowe’s in La Quinta. With several fires burning in our region, devastating hundreds of people and their homes, it seems as if now is the perfect time to go over some fire safety reminders. Kids got hands on experience building a fire truck in a

A wind-driven brush fire that exploded has been burning at more than 7,500 acres in the San Fernando Valley since Friday, forcing the evacuation of roughly 100,000 people and closure of multiple freeways and schools, while causing at least one death. The blaze was reported just after 9 p.m. Thursday off the westbound Foothill (210)

A 350-acre wildfire just north of Moreno Valley was 85% contained as of Saturday morning, with no homes or other structures immediately threatened. The non-injury “Reche Fire” was reported at 12:55 p.m. Thursday on Reche Canyon Road, near Reche Vista Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Officials said the blaze started with a

A fire ignited by target shooting about four miles south of Banning has burned 75 acres and was 90% contained and evacuation was lifted Friday night. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1182777601019936769″,”author_name”:”CAL FIRE Riverside”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WolfFIRE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#WolfFIRE&#lt;/a&#gt; Update 10/11/2019 2:45 P.M.: &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/1aKSVziZjS”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/1aKSVziZjS&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— CAL FIRE Riverside (@CALFIRERRU) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1182777601019936769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;October 11, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The non-injury Wolf Fire was

Joslyn Center volunteers and The Auen Foundation teamed up to create their float for the Palm Desert’s 55th Annual Golf Cart Parade. The parade’s theme, “Let the Good Times Roll! ” Joslyn’s float expresses the Center’s message: “The Joslyn Center: The Good Times are Here! ” The float is designed as a mini replica of