Month: April 2010

California’s unemployment rate hit a modern record of 12.6 percent in March, though it was up only a fraction over the previous month. The state Employment Development Department also reported Friday that non-farm payroll jobs increased by 4,200 during the month as the economy shows signs of life. It was the third consecutive month that

KESQ is giving away 1 Pair of VIP 2-Day tickets and wristbands to the Stagecoach Music Festival, AND one pair of passes to the exclusive Soap Nation Meet & Greet where you can meet stars from All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital! The Stagecoach Music Festival takes place Sunday April 25

Acting on a tip, early Friday morning, deputies from the Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District Team raided a building in North Shore, uncovering a cockfighting event that was about to happen. Deputies tell News Channel 3 this was part of an ongoing animal cruelty investigation targeting a building along the 100-000 block of Avenue

Jay Z will be the headliner tonight for the opening of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a three-day rock concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The rapper will perform on the Coachella Stage at 10:50 p.m. Click here to submit your Coachella Fest pictures to KESQ.com’s slideshow The Cribs 4:30 p.m.

A suspect led law enforcement on a pursuit today from Cathedral City to Indio, where he was taken into custody after crashing his vehicle, sheriff’s deputy said. The suspect, Armando Brachamonte, was arrested shortly before 4 p.m. on Jackson Street near Avenue 44, said Deputy Melissa Nieburger of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Brachamonte was

A volcanic eruption in Iceland Thursday grounded hundreds of thousands of air travelers all around the world. Airports in France, Amsterdam and the U.K. are closed, and people from all over the world who planned for months to attend Coachella Fest missed their flights. Planning for the festival takes days, months and sometimes a year.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman reiterated her plans to make California’s economy more competitive with other states during a visit today to a Palm Springs medical device manufacturing firm. Whitman, former chief executive officer of eBay, has proposed eliminating the “factory tax” and supports targeted tax cuts intended to create jobs and grow the state’s

With signs in hand, thousands of Tea Party Members spent Thursday at Palm Desert Civic Park with one message, lower taxes and smaller government. The Palm Desert Civic Center Ampitheater was filled with Tea Party members. Local Tea Party member, Tricia Bechtholdt from Rancho Mirage says, “My main concern is that I’m not being represented

All the votes have been counted in the Rancho Mirage City Council race. The election was Tuesday. Scott Hines takes the third available seat by 11 votes. Dana Hobart and Ron Meepos won the first 2 seats. Click here for complete election results Fourth place candidate Ira Laufer says he will consult with his staff

96.7 FM La Poderosa, working with the Mexican Consulate in Calexico, the Church of Our Lady of Soledad in Coachella and Palm Desert Adventist Church, is holding a donation drive to support the victims of the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Mexicali. The quake caused extensive damage to homes and crops. Entire families are sleeping out in

Former Los Angeles police Chief Daryl Gates, who was credited with modernizing the department but later forced out in the wake of the 1992 riots, died today from complications of bladder cancer at age 83. According to broadcast reports, Gates died at his home in Dana Point. The Los Angeles native joined the police department

A Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman confirms that Daryl Gates, who served as police chief during the deadly 1992 riots, has died. He was 73 years old.

Greg Louganis is an Olympic gold medal diver. He won back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m diving events (in 1984 and 1988). Louganis is also an actor, author and he trains dogs for agility competitions. He’s accomplished a lot in his life. But, there’s one thing he hasn’t accomplished. Louganis: “It’s on

Federal prosecutors have charged a Big Bear Lakes man with a felony offense of fraudulently using the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff seal on a business card that he used to falsely claim to be a general in the United States Army Reserves. Carmine Alexander “Bud” Cannarella, 64, was named in a criminal information

Ayer jueves el Coachella Valley Unified School District anunci el reporte de 47 posiciones para el prximo ao fiscal 2010-2011, con esta medida se pretende ahorrar $2.8 mdd. Entre los puestos afectados se encuentran custodios, jardineros, choferes de autobs y personal administrativo.

En Calexico despus de 10 das reabrieron la mayora de los negocios que estaban cerrados por el tembl de 7.2 grados del domingo de Pascua. Ms de 20 locales que resultaron seriamente daados an permanecen cerrados.

Ayer las autoridades arrestaron a un sujeto que organizaba pelas de gallos, las cuales son prohibidas. Se trata de Marco Antonio Garca dueo del rancho que servia de palenque el cual se ubica sobre la Ave 72 en North Shore, lugar donde los agentes encontraron pilas de esqueletos de gallos y gallinas quemados, adems de

Seismic activity continued to rumble near the Mexican border, rattling parts of Riverside County, with an early morning 4.8-magnitude earthquake the largest of dozens of aftershocks recorded today. The 4.8 temblor struck at 3:20 a.m., with an epicenter about 40 miles south of the point where the San Diego-Imperial county line ends at the U.S.-

Four students at Yucaipa’s 9th Grade Campus face charges of exploiting a minor after police uncovered “inappropriate” photos of eight female students online. Police received their first reports of the photos on Monday. They tell News Channel 3 nude photographs were being sent by the victims voluntarily to their friends. The photos were then circulated

Convicted felons, turned firefighters, trained for the next big blaze Wednesday in Corona. Cal Fire inmate firefighters are serving their sentences with the California Department of Corrections in low security camps in Riverside. The day started bright and early, as Cal Fire responded to a simulated wildfire. “The crew will unload and receive their tool