Month: January 2012

Celebrity guest speakers arrived in town on Monday ahead of the Clinton Foundation’s inaugural Health Matters: Activating Wellness in Every Generation Conference at the Renaissance Esmerelda Indian Wells Resort and Spa, which will kick off the Humana Challenge PGA Tour event. President Bill Clinton, his daughter Chelsea and Goldie Hawn are among the headliners scheduled

On Wednesday we reported on a local Palm Desert Non-profit Scars to Freedom. The organization helps treat military veteran’s scars. The story included a segment about the treatment of a soldier, Sgt. Ryan Frederick. We were told by the founder Guadalupe Ponte that the soldier Sgt. Ryan Frederick’s scars were “From shrapnel I?m sure, the

On April 14th we reported on Scars to Freedom a local non-profit organization in Palm Desert. It says its mission is to give scar treatment to veterans and currently military members. The organization’s founder Guadalupe Ponte told News Channel 3 the scars Sgt. Ryan Frederick was having treated were from scrapnel. As part of a

The executive director of the Palm Springs Board of Realtors has died. Samuel Schenkl, of Rancho Mirage, was found dead on a Florida beach last Friday morning. Officials say Schenkl had been undergoing treatment for cancer at Loma Linda Medical Center in California. Foul play is not suspected in his death. Schenkl had served as

Opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday morning in a mental competency trial for a Los Angeles area gang member. 21 year old, Anthony Magdaleno, is accused of murdering another man at a Desert Hot Springs supermarket. Witnesses say Magdaleno shot 45 year old, Tony Chen, in front of the Palm Drive Von’s store after

Supporters of the Occupy movement, which has spread across the country and the Coachella Valley, claimed responsibility for defacing the home page for the city Of Rancho Mirage’s website Tuesday morning. The message, posted by Anonymous, was first spotted by a Twitter follower of a local newspaper Monday night, and it was still there at

On Wednesday, websites around the nation will go dark with a simple statement showing their solidarity against a bill making its way through Washington called the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA). KESQ.com will stay live online to bring you the news coverage you expect from News Channel 3. However, we want to bring you the

Jack Lee Noftsger de 27 aos y residente de Palm Desert fue acusado de quebrantar algunas leyes mientras instalado con una tienda de campaa en el parque cvico en Palm Desert durante las protestas de los llamados indignados del movimiento “Occupy”. 4 acusados ms tambin dijeron ser inocente a principios de mes en la corte

El ex-presidente Bill Clinton y la fundacin que encabeza llegaron este martes al Valle de Coachella para impartir una conferencia bajo el lema “La salud importa” y as concientizar a la poblacin sobre la necesidad de que todas las generaciones tengan una vida activa. Kuna Noticias Telemundo 15, fue el nico medio en espaol que

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One of the five people charged in connection with camping in a Palm Desert park without a permit as part of an Occupy demonstration pleaded not guilty today to a misdemeanor count. Jack Lee Noftsger III, 27, of Palm Desert, pleaded not guilty to unlawful assembly, Deputy Public Defender Roger Tansey said. The hearing was

The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment. The agency this month is overhauling its approach on migrants caught illegally crossing the 1,954-mile border that the United States shares with Mexico. Years of enormous growth at the federal agency in terms of staff

The former wife of Iggy Pop drummer Alexander Kirst offered a $17,000 reward to find the driver of an SUV that fatally struck Kirst a year ago, a police lieutenant said today. Kirst, 47, was struck by a white 2000-2006 Chevrolet Tahoe or GMC Yukon while he crossed the street near Date Palm and Gerald

A Marine and Iraq war veteran suspected of stabbing four homeless men to death in Orange County was charged today with four counts of murder. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, of Yorba Linda, was arrested Friday night when witnesses chased him from the scene of the most recent fatal attack, which occurred behind a Carl’s Jr. at

Ayer lunes a las 6:55 a.m. la polica recibi el reporte del robo de un carro que estaba estacionado en la cuadra 12200 de Ocotillo Road en Desert Hot Springs. Cuatro horas ms tarde los agentes localizaron el vehculo en el rea de las calles Mission Lakes Blvd. y Vista del Valle. Los oficiales arrestaron

Un accidente de varios vehculos en la interseccin de Bob Hope y Gerald Ford en Rancho Mirage envi a dos personas al hospital en estado crtico la tarde del lunes y otros tres sufren heridas leves. El equipo de paramdicos del Departamento de Bomberos Condado de Riverside recibi la llamada de despacho alrededor de las

Strong gusty winds didn’t make it to the mountains and valleys in Riverside and San Bernardino counties today, forcing the National Weather Service to scrap a wind advisory. Click here to get up-to-the-minute conditions from News Channel 3 Still, wind gusts of 40 mph were expected to blow through the afternoon in the Palm Springs