Month: October 2015

A home in Palm Desert is 75% burned following a fire early Sunday morning. CALFire says the fire started around 5:30 a.m. at a single-story home on the 42000 block of Wisconsin Avenue, and quickly burned. The flames initially posed a threat to other structures, but CALFire got a handle on the fire and stopped

UPDATE 12:25 a.m. – Palm Springs Police say all lanes on Dinah Shore are now open. ___ Cathedral City police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run accident on the Dinah Shore Bridge. It happened around 9:00 p.m. Police say a male in his late 30s, early 40s on his bike was killed after he was hit

It’s Week 5 of the high school football season in the Coachella Valley. Check out the rundown of Friday night’s games and tune into the Best Local Sports Show with Blake Arthur and Angelo Caruso at 11 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3. Be sure to vote for our Play of the Week! Palm Desert

Six people are behind bars after San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department seized over 350 marijuana plants from the suspects homes. Sheriff deputies served two search warrants in the communities of Landers and Twentynine Palms. The locations were not related to each other. San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department reports the large amount of marijuana seized at each location

(Highlights will be added following The Best Local Sports Show on KESQ News Channel 3 at 11 p.m.) Week 5 of the high school football season provided plenty of great action in the Coachella Valley. The Best Local Sports Show has narrowed down the best highlights from Friday night to the following three, and now

(Highlights will be added following The Best Local Sports Show on KESQ News Channel 3 at 11 p.m.) Week 5 of the high school football season provided plenty of great action in the Coachella Valley. The Best Local Sports Show has narrowed down the best highlights from Friday night to the following three, and now

(Highlights will be added following The Best Local Sports Show on KESQ News Channel 3 at 11 p.m.) Week 5 of the high school football season provided plenty of great action in the Coachella Valley. The Best Local Sports Show has narrowed down the best highlights from Friday night to the following three, and now

(Highlights will be added following The Best Local Sports Show on KESQ News Channel 3 at 11 p.m.) Week 5 of the high school football season provided plenty of great action in the Coachella Valley. The Best Local Sports Show has narrowed down the best highlights from Friday night to the following three, and now

One local organization is marking the end of summer and the beginning of the Valley’s season, with a gala Oktoberfest Party October 3. Soldiers Organized Services or S.O.S. is an organization that provides no-cost transportation for active-duty military personnel, their families and loved ones. The event takes place Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. at

It’s Halloween Time at Disneyland! Join Samantha Cortese as she explores the fun and treats of the spookiest time at the park. Look throughout the park for all the special decorations and hidden details that have been added just for the Halloween celebration. Be sure to listen to the music of the Mariachi Divas. Learn

An Indio man is in jail for an alleged kidnapping dating back to July 2014 and for an assault with a deadly weapon investigation on September 18. The Coachella Valley Gang Task Force served a search warrant in the 49-100 block of Summer Street in Coachella Thursday morning. They recovered a handgun and arrested 30-year-old

Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District reported two more West Nile positive samples this week. One sample came from a trap outside of Desert Hot Springs near the corner of Bubbling Wells Road and 18th Avenue. The other sample came from a trap near Cook Street and Merle Drive in Palm Desert. Both samples

A 34-year-old Cathedral City man was arrested Thursday after he grabbed money from a cash register at a Food 4 Less grocery store in Indio. Sergeant Dan Marshall with the Indio Police Department said Nicholas Herrera was taken into custody shortly after running from the store, located at 82124 Highway 111. The robbery occurred just

One of the victims in the Oregon college shooting had a connection to a man who lives in the Coachella Valley. Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59, was a graduate of Mission Viejo High School in Orange County and one of her former classmates lives in the desert. Chuck Amendolareached out to CBS Local 2 and News

A string of smashed windows in Palm Springs Friday morning doesn’t have many businesses surprised. Vandals struck two businesses and a school along Palm Canyon and another business across town. First on the list the Verizon Wireless store at the corner of Gene Autry and Ramon Road. The store manager said it isn’t the first

Usted podra ser el prximo en recibir una nueva tarjeta de crdito o dbito con un cdico y no con una banda magntica. Las compaias creditcias se estn deshaciendo de las tarjetas antiguas porque los comercios estarn instalando nuevas terminales que podrn captar la informacin con eficacia del cdico pero no su informacin personal. Los

El amante de lo ajeno que entr a robar a un mercado en Indio finalmente est bajo custodia de las autoridades hoy. Segn el informe policial, Nicholas Herrera de 20 aos se acecr a un cajero de la tienda Food 4 Less en Indio y le demand dinero. Este orden de acciones sucedio a eso

About 86,000 vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to voters starting Monday for the consolidated general election on November 3. Officials with the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office said ballots should arrive in mailboxes by the end of next week. Completed ballots must be received at the Registrar of Voters Office or any polling place

A senseless act of violence has left a prized polo horse dead and the owners looking for answers. Early Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning someone apparently shot and killed Missy, a 7-year-old mare, at the Mesquite Ranch in Thermal. Ben Smith owns Seattle Polo and Equestrian Club. Once a year for the past six

Authorities are investigating after about five shots were fired near a deputy’s patrol car in Joshua Tree Thursday night. Officials with the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station said they weren’t able to determine if the gunfire was intended for them. The shots rang out around 11:45 p.m. when the deputies were parked on the northwest corner