Riverside County proclaims local emergency, countywide curfew set from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Crews are busy boarding up windows on some businesses on El Paseo in Palm Desert. This comes ahead of an anticipated protest Monday night. UPDATE: Organizers have announced plans to relocate the event in Palm Desert. Read more here. A planned
Continue ReadingPresident Trump is designating ‘Antifa’ as a terrorist organization. Trump made that announcement today. Antifa is short for anti-fascists and described it as a broad militant movement whose political beliefs lean toward the left, but do not conform with the democratic party’s platform Trump’s move came after the violent protests erupted across the country over
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Yesterday was nice and seasonal in the upper 90s. Today, we’re starting to see temperatures slowly warm. Triple digit highs returned today with a light breeze and cloud cover to provide some relief. Wind gusts will strengthen this evening. Gusts in some areas of the valley floor reaching over 30 mph, with gusts up to
Continue ReadingThe United States is supplying Brazil with ventilators and the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine. Both nations confirm the U.S. plans to ship a thousand ventilators to help with Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak. It has already sent 2 million doses of hydroxychloriquine. Even though the World Health Organization is pausing it’s research of the drug. The U.S. and
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Some Cathedral City residents tell News Channel 3 they have been hearing a string of illegal fireworks go off during the night for weeks. “Like boom..boom… like an explosion or a gunshot,” said Formeloz. Steven Formeloz said he heard those sounds late Saturday night. “Sounds like its really close, it might be farther away cause
Continue ReadingAtlanta’s Mayor is accusing President Trump of making violent protests across the U.S. worse and is urging him to quote “just stop talking.” Trump has called people protesting the death of George Floyd and police brutality ‘thugs’. Trump also quoted a phrase with racist origins, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Mayor Keisha Lance
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Revivals stores are now reopen. “Isn’t that beautiful and it’s only 20 dollars!” Linda Stewart said as she held up a sparkly blue dress. This is the second day she has spent at Revivals in Palm Springs. On Monday, the day they reopened, she said she waited in line for an hour. News Channel 3
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A SpaceX spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts is has docked at the International Space Station. Watch the historic moments live in the player below: In a historic first for the U.S. space program, a spacecraft designed, built, owned and operated by a private company — SpaceX — blasted off Saturday with two NASA astronauts aboard
Continue Reading Palm Springs on Saturday reached a high temperature right at seasonal average at 97°. Today, the average is 98°. Temperatures will be a couple degrees warmer for the afternoon. As we continue through the week, there is an area of low pressure with much uncertainty where it will travel, based on each weather model. The
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For over 30 years, Dodgers team photographer Jon Soohoo has been behind Los Angeles’ most iconic sports moments. His portrait of Kobe Bryant was selected to grace the cover of ESPN’s recent tribute issue to honor the Laker legend.
Continue Reading Today was nice and seasonal with highs in the upper 90s, due to an area of low pressure to the north. As we head into tomorrow, high pressure starts building and temperatures will slowly start to warm back into the triple digits. A nice breeze was with us for most of the day with areas
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a curfew Saturday evening after the arrest of over 500 people were arrested during a violent protest over the death of George Floyd. Mayor Garcetti posting on Twitter that the curfew will place Saturday night beginning at 8 p.m. and ending at 5:30 Sunday morning in the Downtown Los
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A Joshua Tree man was in custody Saturday evening accused of evading San Bernardino County Sheriff Deputies and leading them on a 52 mile pursuit. Deputies arrested Raymond James Williams, 47, Friday evening while attempting a traffic stop on the 4500 Block of Avenida La Mirada in Joshua Tree on May 29th. Investigators say Williams
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Officials from the Palm Springs Air Museum announced on Friday that starting Monday June 1st, the museum will be reopening on a limited basis as an open-air museum. A spokesperson for the museum said that all hangar doors will remain open from 10:00- 5:00 P.M. adding that safety protocols have been added to ensure a
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A Find food bank drive in Indio was setup this morning to help local families put meals on the table. There was a line of cars outside Mathis Brothers Indio showroom. The drivers each waiting their turn to pick up boxes of fresh produce and dried food. “Very blessed this helps alot during these times
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UPDATE: Due to Riverside County enacting a curfew, this event has been postponed by organizers. a new date has not yet been set. Original post: A peaceful vigil for George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery will be held in Indio Monday, June 1. The vigil will be at Miles Park in Indio from 6 p.m. to
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Palm Springs on Friday reached a high temperature of 106°. The average temperature for this time of year is 97°. For Saturday, temperatures will be closer to seasonal. An area of low pressure to the north will keep us on the cool side for today before temperatures begin to warm up again next week. Winds
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Ernie Martinez was the head coach for 29 Palms football for 25 seasons. He won 155 games, 9 league titles and made the playoffs 19 times. He also had 19 wins over rival Yucca Valley. A local legend on the high desert and in the valley, he is retiring after 34 years at TPHS as
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Once again Palm Springs has taken a step towards cooling down though we’re still experiencing above-normal temperatures. Today the high at the airport was 106° — average is 97°. The breezy, and at times gusty, northwest wind will follow us into Saturday morning as a trough of low pressure moves along the west coast. The
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Fourteen cool centers are scheduled to open Monday in Riverside County. According to officials, there will be “modifications to accommodate coronavirus safety guidelines.” All visitors and staff will be asked to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. Within the Coachella Valley, cool centers will be available at the following locations: Coachella Senior Center (seniors
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