Month: March 2016

La cmara baja votar en las prximas semanas si interpone ante la Corte Suprema un documento en contra de la accin ejecutiva anunciada en 2014 por el presidente Barack Obama para proteger de la deportacin a cinco millones de inmigrantes no autorizados. El presidente del Congreso, el republicano Paul Ryan, calific la votacin como “extraordinaria”

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning in an unincorporated area of Bermuda Dunes. Deputy Armando Munoz said deputies were called to the 40-100 block of Washington Street at about 4 a.m. after a Hispanic man apparently entered a business with a handgun and robbed the store.

The Palm Springs Police Department recently found an unoccupied car that was stolen in January, and officers said there was a substantial amount of methamphetamine left inside the vehicle. The investigation into the stolen car led officers to the suspect, 48-year-old Brian Todd White of Palm Springs. Officers said the Toyota Camry was stolen on

Tuesday at 5 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3, Anchor Karen Devine sat down with Larry Luckinbill, a member of Citizens for Sensible Development, and talked about why his group is not happy with the downtown Wessman project. Mostly, the group wants to hear and see the transparency promised by newly elected Mayor Robert Moon

Native and indigenous people are sometimes the most under represented groups in cinema. With such a focus on the lack of diversity in film during this years Academy Awards, one local film festival is looking to change that. The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum is presenting the 15th annual Native FilmFest which features more than 20

El Departamento de Polica de Palm Springs arrest a un hombre de 44 aos de edad ayer por la maana despus de que un testigo notific a las autoridades que acosaba e intentaba agarrar a una nia. Los uniformados llegaron a la manzana 1600 de San Lorenzo Road alrededor de las 7:30 a.m. y encontraron

In a dark room upstairs at the Ben Clark Training Center in Riverside, a large screen projected real-life situations police officers face in the line of duty. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department welcomed our news team. Cpl. Bill Cuddy gave us a set of weapons modified to simulate live rounds with lasers and we started

Homeowners in Palm Springs are reacting to arrests made at what they call a “problem house.” The Palm Springs Police Department arrested five people Monday during a probation compliance check at a home near Demuth Park. This isn’t the first time police have responded to the house. Palm Springs Police spokesman Lt. Mike Kovaleff said

After the San Bernardino terrorist attack, members of law enforcement discovered the terrorists attempted to modify their semiautomatic rifles to be fully automatic. In the days following the shooting, authorities discovered the perpetrators of the attack, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, had attempted to modify their rifles. With one of the rifles they attempted to

El Distrito Unificado Desert Sands le insta a estudiantes de una escuela al este del Valle de Coachella que dejen de portar calcomanias antigay en su identificacin escolar. Muestran un arco iris con una x. Quiz se percat de estas que portaban algunos alumnos de Shadow Hills High School en las ltimas dos semanas y

Record numbers of people are arming themselves after the San Bernardino terrorist attack. The Sheriff’s Department is now working on a huge backlog of people also applying for conceal and carry weapons permits. So, what are the gun laws in California and how hard is it to buy a firearm? The first obstacle is a

A suspected drug smuggler was arrested by Border Patrol at the Highway 86 checkpoint Tuesday morning after finding methamphetamine stashed in the seat cushions of his car. Agents said the 33-year-old man from the U.S. was stopped at about 10:30 a.m. as he approached the checkpoint in a Toyota Avalon. According to a release, a

The Desert Water Agency adopted a new ordinance to better enforce the water use restrictions during the California drought. “Everyone needs to make sacrifices to save water. If you are wasting water or disregarding restrictions, you may now see a fine instead of a warning letter,” said DWA Board President Jim Cioffi. “We need our

Desert Hot Springs police announced an early morning drug bust in the city Tuesday. Police said they arrested Manuel Cruz Villarreal, 46, early Tuesday morning after stopping his white 1992 Toyota Tercel. They said they found 25-grams of what they believed to be was heroin inside, also more than 13-pounds of marijuana. The traffic stop

A Coachella Valley Holocaust survivor and founder of the Rancho Mirage Tolerance Education Center has died, according to Melisse Banwer, executive director of the Tolerance Education Center. Earl Greif died in his sleep last week at the age of 90, Banwer told KESQ and CBS Local 2 Tuesday morning. Greif was a champion to the

El Departamento de Polica de Desert Hot Springs anunci el decomiso de droga que llevaron a cabo hoy a las 12:48 a.m. Tambin arrestaron a Manuel Cruz Villarreal de 46 aos despus de que le ordenaron detener el vehiculo que conduca en el rea de Beuna Vista Avenue y Cactus Drive en la misma ciudad.

KESQ and CBS Local 2 are investigating guns in the Coachella Valley in a special series airing on Monday and Tuesday. Our in-depth coverage will discuss: Monday KESQ: – How difficult it is to get a license for a gun Monday CBS Local 2: How to properly store your guns to keep your family safe

Major progress has been made in laying to foundation to finally have a plan in place for the $100 million project that would connect cities across the valley with a path for bikes, golf carts, and pedestrians. Every member of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, or CVAG, voted unanimously to receive and file a

Southern California authorities say two men fleeing from police in a stolen taco truck sideswiped a school bus full of children, took down the lights at an intersection and smashed into a propane truck. No one was seriously hurt in the chase Monday. San Bernardino police Lt. Rich Lawhead says the men fled after officers

State surveyors will travel up the Sierra Nevada to take their monthly measurements of the snowpack after a mainly dry and warm February. The Department of Water Resources will conduct the survey Tuesday in Echo Summit in the Central Sierra, which includes Lake Tahoe. Last month’s water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack measured 130