Wednesday, April 22, 2020, is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This year’s theme is climate action. Because of the global coronavirus pandemic, it seems that air quality is improving as more people stay off the roads. Roya Bahreini is an associate professor of atmospheric science at the University of California, Riverside. She said this
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Palm Springs has formed a new task force comprised of the city’s business, tourism and hospitality leaders. The Palm Springs Business Transition and Re-Entry Task Force will help the city plan for the recovery process once California eases precautions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The task force is made up of representatives from tourism and
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LIVE NOW: Governor @GavinNewsom provides an update on California’s response to the #COVID19 outbreak. #StayHomeSaveLives https://t.co/ns36269i6s— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) April 22, 2020 In the first significant rollback of restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that hospitals in the Southland and across the state can resume scheduled surgical procedures
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During his daily briefing, Governor Gavin Newsom said there is no specific date for when the stay-at-home restrictions will be relaxed. “We have tried to make it crystal clear that there is no light switch and there is no date,” Newsom said. Gov. @GavinNewsom says there’s “no set date” for reopening bc it depends on
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As of April 22, Eisenhower Health has tested over 1,400 patients for coronavirus. In a KESQ exclusive, News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay brings us inside a lab here in the valley where some of those tests are getting analyzed. “What I’m doing is I’m setting up the COVID testing for these patients,” Roy Brown a
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36th Congressional District Representative Raul Ruiz was live on News Channel 3 in the Morning Wednesday ahead of a House vote on a $483 billion coronavirus aid package. The deal is backed by the White House and would replenish a small-business payroll fund and pump more money into hospitals and testing programs. President Donald Trump
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A procession made up of our local police and firefighters made its way through parts of Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage to show thanks to local first responders and health care workers. Police, fire, and ambulance lights and sirens filled the desert’s streets as residents lined up on the sidewalk celebrating the hard work by
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At Cimmaron Golf Resort in Cathedral City, it was a steady stream of phone calls coming in Tuesday with golfers booking tee times for Thursday, when the course opens once again for play. The movement comes after county health officials Monday announced courses in the county could reopen, only by following specific protocol aimed at
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Facebook group “RVs for MDs to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic” started on March 24th, 2020. It is a group of people across the country that are either RV owners or healthcare workers. RV owners are lending their RVs to healthcare workers on the front lines so they are able to self-isolate. Dan Bartlett is one
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Riverside County health officials provided the latest update on coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalizations, and recoveries over the last 24 hours. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for local coverage The total number of cases has jumped from 2,847 to 2,960. That’s an increase of 113 cases in the past 24 hours. The number of deaths went from 85 to
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The Desert Healthcare District & Foundation recently unveiled a new bilingual website. It’s designed to be a ‘one-stop shop’ for the community’s coronavirus questions and concerns. The site shows the best ways to protect yourself from the virus and features a video message from Dr. Conrado Barzarga, the District’s CEO. “We want to sure our
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La Quinta is offering emergency loans to the city’s small businesses in need of emergency relief due to the coronavirus pandemic. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for local updates The city announced that small business owners can start applying for the COVID-19 Small Business Emergency Economic Relief Program today. The deadline to submit applications is Thursday, April 30
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Elaine Bordessa Newbrough has owned a Reversible Golf and Resortwear apparel company in the Coachella Valley for eleven years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newbrough has started using her facility, along with many volunteers, to distribute masks throughout the Coachella Valley. She is distributing bags of masks to various doctor’s offices and hospice centers to
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Monday night, Palm Springs released a statement announcing that the city’s golf courses, public and private, will remain closed. Monday afternoon, Riverside County officials announced an amendment to a public health order that would allow for golf courses in the county to be opened with some restrictions. Despite the restrictions, this was just the news
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Mayor Nestande’s recent editorial asking Gov. Newsom to allow Californians to return to work, and interviews related to that editorial, reflect Ms. Nestande’s personal views and not those of the Palm Desert City Council as a whole or the official position of the City.— City of Palm Desert (@PalmDesertGov) April 21, 2020
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Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz joined News Channel 3’s Peter Daut for our daily “Coronavirus: Questions Answered” show at 6:30 p.m. on Fox and CBS today. Visit KESQ.com/Coronavirus for the latest local updates The Congressman answered a number of questions related to when things should start to reopen in the Coachella Valley. “I believe science
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Across the nation protests are growing, hundreds protesting in Salt Lake City, Washington D.C., Oregon, Denver including a rally set to be held here in our valley. Rob Garcia is spearheading the rally “Open Coachella Valley,” which plans to be on Sunday in front of Las Casuelas Terraza restaurant in Downtown Palm Springs. Garcia says
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Riverside County public health officials have passed a plan to reopen golf courses in the county effective April 20. Update: Palm Springs announces golf courses within the city will remain closed Some of the restrictions include: Play shall be limited to foursomes that will be required to observe social distancing (six feet separation between players
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