Month: September 2015

An Indio man was killed in an overnight car crash. Just before midnight Friday, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reports 24-year-old George Salcido was in a car that crashed into another car at the intersection of Avenue 48 East of Jackson Street. Other passengers and the driver inside the car were able to get out before

A Coachella driver is dead after his car struck a telephone pole Saturday morning. Police found 81-year-old Carlos Contreras at the intersection of Grapefruit Boulevard and First Street around 7:00 Saturday morning. Police say Contreras’ car crashed into a telephone pole. No other car, was involved. He was taken to the hospital where he was

A suspect is in custody accused of pulling out a shotgun and pointing it at sheriff deputies responding to a call in Thermal. Riverside County Sheriff deputies got reports around 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning of shots being fired during a domestic dispute at Avenue 70 and Polk street. When deputies walked up to a house

Palm Desert & La Quinta will Battle for the Flag in our Game of the Week as the fourth week of the high school football season gets underway. Blake Arthur and Angelo Caruso will have all the night’s action and highlights on The Best Local Sports Show at 11 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3.

Voting has closed for our Play of the Week from the fourth week of the high school football season. We’ve narrowed down our top highlights to the these three and you voted for your favoirte. Watch KESQ News Channel 3 Monday nights to hear who pulled in the most votes each week during the high

The Indio Police Department arrested two gang members accused of shooting a 19-year-old man to death in the 83-800 block of Gemini Street Tuesday night. Julio Chavez Barraza was gunned down shortly after 9 p.m. near the Summerfield Apartments, located near Calhoun Street and Highway 111. Indio police released information Friday morning saying they arrested

Haggen Inc. is leaving California after a dramatic expansion gone wrong forced the grocery chain to file for bankruptcy protection this month. The Bellingham, Wash., company said Thursday it’s leaving the state as part of a larger exit of its Pacific Southwest holdings, including in Arizona and Nevada, Los Angeles Times reported. The move will

A recent water pipeline rupture on Fred Waring Drive has many worried about the quality of our infrastructure. After nearly a week of repairs that section of the road in Indian Wells is up and running. Both Coachella Valley Water District and the Indio Water Authority said leaks like the one this weekend are normal

A man in his 60s died in a head-on crash involving a school bus in Yucca Valley Friday morning. The crash happened at 7 a.m. as the school bus was heading eastbound on Yucca Trail and the driver tried to make a left turn onto La Contenta to get to La Contenta Middle School. That’s

A continuacin le tenemos los nombres de las personas arrestadas ayer durante el allanamiento en la ciudad de La Quinta. Se trata de Tammy Zanesco de 45 aos y Dennis Zanesco de 47. Hoy, enfrentan cargos por poner a menores de edad en peligro y posesin de metanfetaminas y parafernalia para la venta de drogas.

Palm Springs, Palm Desert, and Rancho Mirage allow people to apply for permits to be escorts. These escorts are still prohibited from doing anything sexual, which is probably why they are not very popular in the city of Palm Springs. “People are just trying to make money anyway they can, it’s hard times you know,”

Con un gesto serio y un trasfondo de gran pompa, el presidente Barack Obama lanz el viernes una nueva advertencia de sanciones por supuestos delitos cibernticos a China, aunque alcanz con el mandatario de ese pas, Xi Jinping, un acuerdo para no efectuar ni fomentar actividades relacionadas con el robo de informacin por internet. “(Esta

WASHINGTON (AP) – En medio de la turbulencia en el Congreso, el presidente de la Cmara de Representantes John Boehner anunci repentinamente a sus colegas republicanos el viernes que renunciar a finales de octubre, por lo que opt por mantenerse al margen ante la oposicin de los ultraconservadores que amenazan con generar una crisis institucional.

Aparatoso accidente de frente que involucr a un autobs escolar. Los hechos occurieron en Yucca Valley esta maana. Al llegar los guardianes de la ley encontraron a el pasajero de una camioneta sin vida. Sabemos que por lo menos 70 nios de escuela primaria estaban a bordo del autobs. Dos estudiantes fueron heridos por lo

En serios problemas se encuentra un adolescente de 13 aos que ayer a las 5:30 p.m. intent robarse dos bicicletas de la tienda Walmart de La Quinta, un empleados de la tienda intent detenerlo pero el joven lo golpe, se trata de un anciano de 84 aos de edad. Las autoridades no dieron a conocer

A teenager was facing robbery and assault charges Friday morning, accused of beating up an 84-year-old employee who tried to stop him from stealing two bicycles from the La Quinta Walmart off Highway 111. Authorities did not release the suspect’s name because he’s only 13. He is now in custody at the Riverside County Juvenile

Two men and one woman were arrested Thursday morning after the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force raided a home in La Quinta and found methamphetamine. The search warrant was served in the 45-100 block of Desert Hills Court at 7:30 a.m. Authorities said three people were arrested after discovering methamphetamine in the home, and three

La bandera del Vaticano ondea por primera vez en la sede de la Organizacin de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, luego de ser izada sin fanfarrias ni ceremonias especiales justo antes de que el papa Francisco llegue para pronunciar un discurso ante la Asamblea General de la ONU. Agentes de seguridad de la ONU

Update: Man arrested on suspicion of robbing licensed escort Palm Springs police are searching for two armed men who stole a woman’s purse at a hotel early Wednesday morning. Lt. Mike Kovaleff said the armed robbery occurred outside a hotel in the 100 block of South Cahuilla Road at 2:30 a.m. The victim, a licensed

Magdalena “Maggie” Zepeda has announced her resignation from Coachella City Council citing personal reasons, including her health, according to a statement released by the city late Thursday afternoon. “I am resigning my position on the City Council for personal reasons, one of which deals with health matters,” said Zepeda, who has served on the council