Month: January 2010

PALM DESERT -Police have yet to announce any arrests following an armed robbery at a Palm Desert steak house. Two men robbed two people in the Chop House restaurant parking lot last night around 6pm. Police say both suspects were armed with semi-automatic handguns. They took cash and jewelry, and then ran off. “We know

RANCHO MIRAGE -Memorial services have been planned as follows for longtime City of Rancho Mirage Councilman Alan Seman. Lying in state will be Friday, January 15, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Rancho Mirage City Hall, 69-825 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA. Overflow parking is available at The Atrium, 69-930 Highway 111, with continuous shuttle

PALM SPRINGS -The City of Palm Springs crunched the numbers and discovered they face more than a $4 million budget deficit. Visitors come to sunny Palm Springs to escape on their vacations. But, even this city cannot escape the budget deficits that jeopardize important services. City council members must now put all options on the

WASHINGTON -Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is cutting short an extended trip to the Asia-Pacific to deal with the earthquake crisis in Haiti. Clinton told reporters in Hawaii on Wednesday that she would return to Washington to help oversee U.S. relief efforts instead of continuing on to Papua New Guinea, Australia and

MORENO VALLEY -A car that will be manufactured in Riverside County made heads turn in Detroit, this week. MVP-EV and CT&T of South Korea displayed the new line up of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NGV’s) in Detroit this week on ” Electric Avenue.” The MVP will be made at the company’s facility in Moreno Valley. The

PALM SPRINGS – Whether you are in the mood for an action flick, a documentary, or a coming-of-age tale, three films in this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival have one thing in common: local ties to the Coachella Valley. “You tend to know everybody, and it’s that one degree of separation,” says Kim Waltrip,

PALM DESERT -JustMonday nightKESQ brought you breaking news coverage on a 4.3 quake in the Banning area. We’re the only local station with our own seismograph”Seismo 3.” And we’re part of a new early earthquake warning system here in the desert. The “CREWS” quake system is already in place at local fire departments and it’s

LOS ANGELES -The country’s top product safety regulator is warning parents and caretakers to take cheap metal jewelry away from children out of concern they may be exposed to toxic heavy metals like lead and cadmium. InezTenenbaum, the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission writes in a blog, to be posted Wednesday evening, “Do

SAN FRANCISCO -Lawyers in a case seeking to overturn California’s gay marriage ban are presenting statements by a proponent of the measure saying gay rights activists would try to legalize sex with children if same-sex marriages were legal. The taped statements by Hak-Shing William Tam were presented Wednesday during the civil case being heard in

INDIO -Four men were at a gang party in Indio when they shot and killed a man who drove to their gang’s territory to buy drugs, a prosecutor said today. Attorneys gave opening statements today in the trial of Victor Garcia, 34, Roberto Rodriguez, 25, Juan Tagle, 24, and Armando Zabalza, 23. The men could

El Tri le gana a Brasil y es campeón Sub-20 El director técnico del Tri Sub-20 dice que el equipo le dará satisfacciones a México Hoy miércoles se disputarán las finales del Interdiga: Puebla vs Estudiantes y América vs Monterrey La directiva del América está conforme con el accionar de las Águilas, así es que

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com PALM DESERT -The College of the Desert Foundation has received notification of $1.5 million endowment from the Mary Jane Lane estate. The gift will endow the Dr. Richard S. Lane Scholarship Fund and provide money to College of the Desert students for the purchase of text books. “This extremely generous gift

PALM DESERT -A wind advisory is now in effect for the Coachella Valley until 4am Thursday. Gusts could reach 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service, with westerly winds 20 to 30 mph. A series of storms will bring more clouds along with cooling wind, and periods of rain. Snow can be expected at

BANNING – A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit Banning, Monday night at 6:36pm. It was preceded by two earthquakes measuring more than 3 in magnitude hit the Inland Empire, that afternoon. A 3.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Banning area at 3:24, and another measuring 3.2 hit at 3:33pm according to the USGS. The evening quake was

SACRAMENTO -The state’s public safety committee is set to vote on a historic bill on Tuesday that would legalize, regulate and even tax marijuana. Some legislators say that taxing what many people smoke would be a major moneymaker for California. “I think it’s a good idea to regulate it, you know, generate income for the

NORTH PALM SPRINGS – Authorities arrested 28 year old Steven Banister last month in Tennessee for allegedly killing 75 year old Edward Keeley of North Palm Springs. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department say Banister and his alleged accomplice Travis Cody robbed and murdered Keeley in his backyard last summer. Just a few months prior to

KESQ.com News Services RIVERSIDE -The first phase of the 2010 U.S. Census is under way as workers have begun verifying the addresses of households across the country. Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census workers will count every person in the United States and will gather information about every person living at each address including name,

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -A strong earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday afternoon, where a hospital collapsed and people were screaming for help. Other buildings also were damaged. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 14 miles (22 kilometers) west from the capital of Port-au-Prince, according to

PALM SPRINGS -To allow time for federal input, Riverside County supervisors postponed voting today on hiring a county-approved contractor to reconfigure a freeway interchange notorious for rush-hour backups. “We needed a continuance because we’re awaiting final approval from the federal government on the allocation of an additional $5 million in federal stimulus funds for the

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – A burglar known for kicking in doors in Desert Hot Springs has been caught, according to Desert Hot Springs police. Detectives say they received several calls around the city, reporting kicked in doors, household items taken, and one car stolen. At one of the locations, they found a footprint, which they