Coachella Valley

A student from eastern Coachella Valley won a full-ride scholarship to attend Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities in the entire country.

Elizabeth lives in a mobile home in Mecca, and her parents are two of hundreds of members of the indigenous tribe who migrated to the far eastern Coachella Valley for a better life. Elizabeth has just been accepted to Harvard. NBC4 News reports at 4 p.m. on April 16, 2021.

A July 15 arraignment date was set Monday for the security director of the Coachella Valley Unified School District, who was allegedly caught attempting to beckon the services of a prostitute.

Coachella Valley parents in need of diapers for their little ones can pick up a free batch at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Monday.

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon near Thermal, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Free coronavirus tests and flu shots will be available in Coachella over two days next week, it was announced Thursday.

Skeletal remains discovered in the Coachella Valley have been positively identified as those of two homicide victims who disappeared more than three years ago, sheriff’s officials said Friday.

A 25-year-old man accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage student over a social media app while employed as a substitute teaching assistant for the Coachella Valley Unified School District pleaded not guilty Thursday to felony and misdemeanor charges.

A mobile home park near Thermal that has been plagued with contaminated water is once again under an emergency order from the Environmental Protection Agency Saturday. Dangerous levels of arsenic were found running through the drinking water system at the Oasis Mobile Home Park, home to about 1,900 people, according to a news release from the EPA. The order, issued…

In the heart of the Coachella Valley, the beautiful Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa is a family-friendly destination with beautifully appointed guestrooms spread out campus-style. On site, they offer five restaurants, five retail outlets, 27 holes of championship golf, and a Spa....
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Amid a severe need for blood donations, LifeStream Blood Bank will hold four mobile drives next week in the Coachella Valley, where donors will also be screened for COVID-19 antibodies. The drives are scheduled on:— Aug. 5 at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 72690 Parkview Drive, Palm Desert, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.;— Aug. 6 at American…

Felony charges were filed Thursday against three people who are accused along with three previously charged suspects in the killings of a Coachella Valley couple who were reported missing three years ago. Aaron Fernando Bernal, 28, of Indio, and Coachella residents Adilene Ines Castaneda, 27, and Eric Rios, 31, were arrested Tuesday for the killings of Audrey Moran, 26, and…

Three more people are in custody in connection with the killings of a Coachella Valley couple who went missing more than three years ago, bringing the total to six suspects, authorities said Wednesday. Aaron Fernando Bernal, 28, of Indio was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of murder, and Eric Rios, 31, of Coachella was arrested that same day on…

Federal medical personnel will begin arriving at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage Wednesday to assist the Coachella Valley hospital, which is experiencing staffing woes due to an influx of COVID-19 patients. The roughly 20-person team, which includes doctors, physician assistants, critical care nurses and respiratory technicians — all active military members — will be available to start deploying to the…

With potentially deadly mosquito-borne viruses continuing to be detected in the Coachella Valley, vector control officials are planning to carry out further pesticide spray applications beginning tomorrow. Targeted mosquito eradication efforts are scheduled Thursday through Saturday from 2 a.m to 6 a.m. in Palm Desert and Indian Wells, near where mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis were previously...

Three men were arrested and remained jailed Sunday in connection with the disappearance of a couple who went missing in the Coachella Valley more than three years ago. Audrey Moran and Jonathon Reynoso disappeared on May 12, 2017 and the case later became a homicide investigation, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Moran left her Coachella home to pick…

Some Coachella Valley residents may smell the stench of rotting eggs in the air Sunday due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide wafting from the Salton Sea. The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued an odor advisory that continues through Sunday night after detecting hydrogen sulfide concentrations at 67 parts per billion Saturday morning immediately downwind from the Salton…

The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Friday announced mosquitoes in La Quinta had tested positive for a viral disease that can be transmitted to humans and initially cause flu-like symptoms, and in rare cases, death. There are no reported human cases of St. Louis Encephalitis in California, according to the district, but officials still warned people to guard…

Guitar string manufacturer Ernie Ball has announced its Coachella Valley factory would begin making face masks that will be given away for free to residents and organizations amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company recently reconfigured a portion of its Coachella factory to produce 400 two-ply cotton masks per day, and announced free masks would soon be available for all Coachella…

The coronavirus pandemic has brought uncertain times for small businesses across the Coachella Valley, but a few local breweries are testing out new tactics to meet the challenge. Some valley breweries have added delivery options to their menus in order to supply a homebound — and thirsty — local population of beer drinkers. “What I’m seeing is there has been…