Month: January 2010

KESQ.com News Services INDIO -Hip-hop artist Jay-Z, the British alternative band Muse and the indie pop group Vampire Weekend will be among the groups performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. The festival, set for April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club, will open with Them Crooked Vultures, Grizzly Bear and

LOS ANGELES -A tracking firm says the median home price in Southern California rose 4 percent last month from December 2008, its first year-on-year gain since the summer of 2007. San Diego-based MDA DataQuick reported Tuesday that the increase was the result of more high-priced homes in relatively expensive neighborhoods entering a market that had

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SAN JACINTO – Soboba Tribal leader Robert Salgado was hospitalized this weekend in intensive care for an undisclosed illness. “This is such a very private matter for our family. Everyone’s prayers and concern are very much appreciated,” Salgado’s sister, Rose Salgado, stated in a prepared release. Salgado has led the Soboba tribe, east of San

INDIO – Border Patrol agents working the Indio checkpoint on Highway 86 seized 135 pounds of marijuana, worth $110,000 on the street. The canine team alerted agents to the truck on the vehicle, where investigators found 132 vacuum sealed bags containing marijuana. The driver of the mini-van was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

LA QUINTA -A homicide investigation is underway in La Quinta after the discovery of a dead body near the Arnold Palmer Golf Course. The body was found just after5am Saturday,along Avenue 54between Madison and Jefferson. Police say a hispanic man in his early 20’s died . His identity has not been released. No word on

PALM SPRINGS – Off-screen drama took center stage at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival. “It was a record year, not just locally or nationally but world-wide,” says Darryl Macdonald, PS International Film Festival Director. There was enough surprise and controversy for the makings of a hit film. “It was wonderful in some many

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com INDIO -A suspected drunk driver is behind bars after plowing through the garage of an Indio home overnight. The suspect was allegedly speeding when he jumped the curb at the corner of Albion Drive and Almond Place about 12:30, this morning. Alex Rivera says the car went airborne, and smashed through

LA QUINTA – The practice round scheduled for Tuesday has beenclosed offby the Bob Hope Classic due to Monday’s rain. The rain flooded out the main parking area at Avenue 52 and Monroe, leaving organizers with no choice, but to close it off to the public. Crews are trying to preserve the space for Wednesday’s

COACHELLA – Hank Piecura got to Lynx Gentlemen’s Club early Saturday morning to find blood and broken glass. And he couldn’t believe what security video showed. “If I didn’t see it myself on surveillance tape I wouldn’t have believed it either,” says Piecura. A 150 pound goat smashed it’s way into his business. It gets

PALM SPRINGS – Vista Chino at the wash is impassible to vehicles, prompting the Palm Springs Police Department to close the road. Drivers need to find an alternate route, namely Ramon or Dinah Shore. Crews are also watching Date Palm and Vista Chino, where water is deep. Interstate 10, west of Jackson was the scene

PALM DESERT -Forecasters say the worst of a Southern California winter storm has passed after prompting evacuations in wildfire-scarred foothills and leaving more than 20,000 people without power. National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Boldt says the last of the rains had passed my mid afternoon Monday and that skies were expected to remain clear until

RIVERSIDE -The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell one-tenth of a cent today to $3.040, marking the fourth decline in six days. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is seven-tenths of a cent less than a week ago, but 13.5 cents more than a

CATHEDRAL CITY – Spring cleaning came early for Cathedral City residents when the city held its community service day. Some brought crates of old documents to be shredded; others gave up theirweary computers. “We just wanted to clean everything out,” says Janka Kovesdi, who donated computers and keyboards. “Start out new for the new year!”

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INDIO – Firefighters cleared the scene of a natural gas leak at the Indio Desert Palm Apartments after the gas company capped the leak. As a precaution, authorities are evacuating both buildings at the complex while the gas company makes the repairs to cap the leak. No injuries are reported.

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com LA QUINTA – Flanked by celebrities, officials with the Bob Hope Classic presented checks worth a combined $1.5 million to local charities, today. Baseball Hall of Fa mer Yogi Berra, actor William Devane, comedian Tom Dreesen, and La Quinta Mayor Don Adolph helped dispurse the checks to 37 organizations. Charities receiving

NEARINDIO – Several people are recovering in the hospital after a crash early Sunday morning north of Indio. The California Highway Patrol says it happened just after 12:45a.m. on Dillon Road near Sunny Rock Road. A vehicle rolled over and traveled about 100 feet off the roadway into the desert. The CHP says a witness

PALM SPRINGS – A young child died in a rollover crash on Interstate 10 early Sunday morning. According to the California Highway Patrol, five people from Lynwood, including three children, were riding in an SUV, headed eastbound on the freeway around 5:30 a.m. Just before the vehicle reached the Highway 62 junction, the rear right

INDIO – Indio Police are looking for a suspect on-the-run after getting shot by a homeowner during a burglary. It happenedSaturday night around 7:30 on the 48000 block of Andorra Street, just east of Jefferson Street. That’s where police say a burglar smashed a rear glass sliding door of a home. That’s when he ran