Month: November 2015

TRAFFIC ALERT: La Quinta Road Work Near City Hall Major road work continues this week in the City of La Quinta at Washington Street, Calle Tampico, and Avenida La Fonda that may cause delays near City Hall. The City is working on a recycling project that will rehabilitate the pavement on these roads. In order

A California court says an estranged couple must abide by an agreement they made to destroy five frozen embryos if they got a divorce. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo ruled tentatively Wednesday that the agreement trumps the woman’s desire to now keep the embryos. The woman, Mimi Lee, had argued that the embryos

A man who flew a drone into the path of a police helicopter during a Hollywood manhunt is giving up the device and can’t own another one for three years. Martin Sheldon, 57, pleaded no contest Wednesday to obstructing a police officer. In addition to forfeiting his $6,000 drone system, he must perform 30 days

Desert Hot Springs Police are planning a DUI/drivers license checkpoint this Friday night at an undisclosed location. The checkpoint will begin at 8:00 p.m. Friday night and continue until 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Police say checkpoints help reduce the number of people killed or injured in alcohol or drug related crashes.

Ex-model Janice Dickinson, one of dozens of women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has added his former attorney as a defendant in her defamation suit against the comedian. Lawyer Martin Singer was named in an amended complaint that Dickinson’s lawyers filed Monday. Singer, who was fired by Cosby last month, did not

The city of Indian Wells was ordered to pay nearly $5.8 million to the family of a Coachella Valley doctor killed while riding his bicycle on Fred Waring Drive three years ago. The collision happened at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012. The victim, 52-year-old neurosurgeon Gerald Weiss of Palm Desert, was struck from

Parents are up in arms about the potential closing of John Adams Elementary School in La Quinta at the end of the year. The district said the closing is part of a restructuring to include new curriculum and deal with declining enrollment. When Adams closes, students will be reassigned to either Benjamin Franklin Elementary or

Es aprehenido un individuo que se le acusa de robo y resistir el arresto. Jesus Lopez Heras de Mecca fue arrestado ayer por la maana. Guardianes de la ley respondan a una llamada de robo en Palm Springs cuando descubrieron al sujeto de 26 aos en el interior de la vivienda localizada en la cuadra

Charges have finally been filed in connection with a deadly tour bus crash that left eight people dead and several others injured back in February of 2013. Norberto Bravo Perez, 55, of San Ysidro was charged Nov. 3 with eight counts of felony vehicular manslaughter. If convicted as charged, he faces a maximum exposure of

The Desert Sands Unified School District is considering a plan to consolidate some schools and close John Adams Elementary School in La Quinta. Under the plan, the district would create a K-8 pathway on the campus of Harry S. Truman Elementary and La Quinta Middle School. There are three elementary schools close to each other

The Palm Springs Police Department arrested a burglary suspect early Tuesday morning after the man allegedly ransacked a home and led officers on a foot chase through several business complexes. According to officers, 26-year-old Jesus Alberto Lopez-Heras of Mecca, is facing felony burglary charges. Lt. Mike Kovaleff said officers responded to a home in the

Join KESQ News Channel 3 and Sunline Transit Agency for our 9th annual “Fill the Bus” Holiday Food Drive Wednesday, November 18th. Help local families in need by donating non-perishable foods, frozen meat and all the trimmings, toiletries, personal hygiene products and diapers. Donate between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Ralph’s Smoke Tree

Oficiales de la Patrulla de Carreteras de California del Sector Indio estarn ofreciendo una clase de manejo a adolescentes que se inician en la conduccin vehicular. La clase educacional es maana jueves a las 6:30 de la tarde y advertir a los jvenes de las situaciones en las que se pueden ver envueltos durante el

Americans love their dogs; all breeds, all sizes. Many people cannot imagine life without their four-legged friend. And, for the most part, they do add great enjoyment to the lives of their owners. But, as we have seen in our area over the past months, some dogs can also be very dangerous. CBS Local 2

Members of the band Eagles of Death Metal say they’re home safe after the Paris attacks and “are horrified and still trying to come to terms with what happened in France.” The U.S. band was set to perform at the Bataclan last week when the deadly attacks occurred. They said in a statement on Facebook

After the alleged beating of two LGBT activists in downtown Palm Springs our station has been taking a more in depth look at hate crimes and how they are prosecuted. According to a Department of Justice study there are 250,000 hate crimes every year in the United States. To put that in perspective, that’s 684

6:30 p.m. Update: Cathedral City Fire has put out the fire on a power pole located near the Food For Less shopping center on Date Palm and Dinah Shore. According to officers on scene, just before 6:00 p.m. a pole caught on fire for some unknown reason. Police shut down the intersection for about a

El martes la parte acusadora archiv cargos felonia contra un hombre de 28 aos por portar un arma de fuego y robarle a una mujer, edecan, cuando llegaba a un hotel de Palm Springs para reunirse con un cliente. Zachary Daniel Snider estaba programado para una audiencia en Indio el martes por la tarde por

Scott Matas es oficialmente el prximo alcalde de la ciudad de Desert Hot Springs. sto, despus de que Adam Sanchez no solicitara un recuento de los votos en la carrera que fue bastante reida. La fecha lmite para solicitar un recuento de los sufragios fue ayer a las cinco de la tarde. Su contrincante, Scott

‘The Alley’, located at 333 S. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, will be closing its doors soon. Owner Will Marek confirmed the store’s closing with News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 on Tuesday morning. The Alley is a family-owned business. Marek said his children were not interested in running the stores. The lease