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Students hit the books at CVUSD
Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) is welcoming students back to the classroom on Thursday for the 2023-2024 school year. Despite Tropical Storm Hilary causing destruction to many Coachella roadways, school is proceeding on. District staff want their families to make sure they are planning their route ahead of time to arrive before the bell
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LIVE POST STORM UPDATES: Heavy traffic continues as drivers navigate closed roads, detours, congestion
CLICK HERE for local traffic updates: Indian Canyon could be closed for two months, Date Palm Drive to open to two lanes more roads reopen PSUSD to return to school Thursday Students in the Palm Springs Unified School District will return to classes on Thursday, officials confirmed. PSUSD officials advised parents to plan their routes
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Back to School: CVUSD revises safety procedures for new year
As students return to Coachella Valley Unified School District campuses for their first day of classes Thursday, they’re being met with notable changes in safety protocols. The revisions come after a series of concerning incidents last spring, in which reported threats of weapons resulted in multiple campus lockdowns. This academic year, CVUSD has reevaluated its
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Heating up this weekend
We’ll continue to see some elevated dew points through this afternoon with a bit of monsoon moisture slipping in from the East. Today highs will be near yesterday’s number of 107, with warmer numbers on the way into the weekend. Today also marks the first day back to class for students at C. V. U.
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Health Experts share the dangers of floodwater and mud leftover from Hilary
People all over the valley continue to clean-up in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary. The storm brought floodwaters and mud flows. Some people seeing that as a mess that had to be cleaned-up, others seeing it as a rare opportunity for recreation. We saw some people trying to make the best of the storm, bringing
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Plan ahead: Expect traffic as PSUSD returns to school after storm
With many roads in the Valley still closed, Palm Springs Unified is asking parents to plan ahead when bringing their kids back to school on Thursday. All PSUSD schools will be back in session, after Tropical Storm Hilary put it on pause for a few days. “I don’t know what to expect. I don’t know
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Student Athlete of the Week – Martin Torres
La Quinta High School Cross-Country “He came out freshman year in track and that’s where I met him. He had two races and the first race he went it was funny,” said La Quinta Cross Country head coach Candy Felix. Our Student Athlete of the Week segment returns tonight and our first senior to be
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News Channel 3 goes in-depth on fentanyl safety in local schools
Your back-to-school coverage continues with an in-depth look at how all three valley school districts are addressing the Fentanyl crisis. I-Team Reporter Karen Devine has been covering the crisis extensively and this time Devine is showing us how educators are taking a proactive approach. Palm Springs, Desert Sands, and Coachella Valley Unified School Districts have all added
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Desert Hot Springs hit hard by Tropical Storm Hilary
Jose Salazar is one of many Desert Hot Springs residents who have continued to feel the impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary. Salazar and his partner lost their mobile home in the flood that ravaged the city. “We ended up going back and forth through…the mud and rain to get our pets. We finally get our
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Commuter confusion: Pressing Caltrans for answers on when roads will reopen
Caltrans District 8 crews have been assessing roads and removing debris that covered Interstate 10 and a number of other streets across the Coachella Valley in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary. While some roads have been reopened, others remain closed after sustaining damage. However, the extent of the damage remains unknown in some areas
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Moist Thursday ahead of a drier and hotter weekend
Tomorrow we can expect to see some higher dew points. Higher relative to today at least. Dew points today are in the mid to low 50’s. The highest moisture levels tomorrow will be in the east valley closer to the Salton Sea. Dew points could surge into the 60’s and possibly even into the 70’s.
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News Channel 3 goes in-depth: CVUSD Superintendent Dr. Luis Valentino
Peter Daut asked Superintendent Dr. Luis Valentino a variety of questions about the upcoming school year, and some of the biggest challenges facing the Coachella Valley Unified School District. Dr. Luis Valentino said many changes involve safety and security. “We’ve added cameras, we’ve added buzzers indoors at the main office, and those sorts of things.
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Insider Blog: How much water flowed through our washes?
As we all continue our cleanup of the Coachella Valley in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary, I wanted to take a deeper look at exactly how much water flowed through the valley. I looked into how much water our washes saw from Hilary and how much water they can handle. Credit: Peter Daut The
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Tri-Palm community clean up continues
Residents at the Tri-Palms Estates and Country Club are still cleaning up the aftermath of Tropical Storm Hilary. Neighbors are removing the thick mud with shovels, brooms, buckets and wheelbarrows. Jimmy Taylor, a 30-year resident of Tri-Palm, is determined to cleanup his driveway although it is a hassle. “I’m going to be 79 and I
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A bump in humidity to end the week
Some monsoon flow is sliding back toward the Coachella Valley, with a small threat of mountain and high desert thunderstorms by tomorrow. The dew points will be the most notable part of that for us here on the Valley floor, as they will return to the 60s. Then heading into the weekend heat returns across
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