Month: April 2016

While the 2016 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival comes to a close on Sunday night, the desert is gearing up to welcome thousands of country music fans next weekend. Stagecoach will sound off April 29-May 1 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The big weekend will feature headliners Eric Church, Carrie Underwood and

Even on the last day of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, some people are still doing their best to cash in. After spending two days at the festival, Makayla Davis and Lexi Campbell decided to see if they could make some of their money back by selling their wristbands online for $200

The Indian Ridge Country Club held the Second Annual Rosie Casals and Jackie Cooper Team Tennis Pro-Am. Players of all ages formed teams and competed in matches throughout the day. The event supports the Love and Love Foundation, dedicated to providing instruction to young athletes. “We started that [Love and Love Foundation] because we felt

Police in Indian Wells arrested a Cathedral City man Saturday after responding to a hit and run crash. Guillermo Mariscal Jr., 29, was arrested after officers responded to a crash near Highway 111 and Club Drive. Officers said Marsical and his 8-year-old son fled the scene after hitting a curb while turning onto Club Drive.

A man was taken to the hospital overnight after being shot in Downtown Palm Springs. His condition remains unclear at this time. The shooting happened in a parking lot behind the Village Pub on Baristo Road between Palm Canyon Drive and Indian Canyon Boulevard. It was reported early Saturday morning, around 1:10 a.m. Palm Springs

A Palm Springs man is behind bars after he was reportedly seen stealing from a night deposit box at a Palm Desert bank. Police responded to the bank at the 72700 block of Highway 111. When they arrived they discovered 35-year-old Robert Kullrich. Officers chased Kullrich on foot for a short time and he was

Hundreds gathered at the Bermuda Dunes Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; not for a religious service, but community service. Karen Enos is the event chairperson for Coachella Valley’s 8th Annual Community Just Serve Day. She coordinated 400 volunteers from across the valley participating in a wide range of service activities. Enos worked closely

A local man who brought music opportunities to hundreds of thousands of Valley residents passed away this morning. Randy Hewitson, the owner of Musician’s Outlet in Palm Desert died this morning from complications of heat exhaustion and kidney failure. Hewitson ran the music store for more than 30 years but he was much more than

The life of an 100-year old Palm Desert woman is forever changed after an act of kindness by a famous motivational speaker and the good work of a community. Evelyn Heller was court ordered out of her home and was weeks away from homelessness. But last week author and philanthropist Tony Robbins heard about Heller’s

The death of a newborn baby, who apparently was fatally attacked by his family’s dog in their Mira Mesa home, was under investigation Friday. The parents of the 3-day-old boy told authorities they were watching television in bed with the child and their mixed breed American Staffordshire Terrier in their Flanders Drive residence about 8

For Luis Jimenez, he said it all started with a text. “I saw it a couple of hours later, and I saw him, and he seemed completely fine,” Jimenez said. “But then the next day, when he started hearing about his friends passing away, and other friends missing, his family was all ok. I felt

Earlier this month, Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies watched surveillance video of “smash and grab” burglaries taking place all throughout the Coachella Valley. After word got out about the burglaries, Liz Storby said she wanted to help businesses prevent something that could happen in a matter of seconds. “Immediately right away, I thought of security film,”

One Valley Casino is paying tribute to Prince in a very special way. Friday the Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage will be illuminated in Purple, in tribute to the rock legend, where later they will host a dance party in his honor. Earlier today a private tribute was placed on stage

Deputies have arrested a 26-year-old man from Yucca Valley and a 19-year-old man from Landers for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery on Wednesday morning. Anthony Sibley, 26, and Michael Riddle, 19, are accused of walking into the Flyers Gas Station at 56269 Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley, and robbing the clerk at

Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin issued the 2015 Year-End Report on Friday, highlighting some of the accomplishments the DA’s Office had during his first year in office. Officials said the report is the first of its kind to be issued by the DA’s Office since about 2009. Read District Attorney Mike Hestrin’s 2015 Year-End

4/22 Update: Whiskey Lives John Welsh with the Riverside County Department of Animal Services told KESQ and CBS Local 2 on Friday, that Whiskey, the dog that was awaiting possible euthanasia after biting a young girl in Desert Hot Springs on April 4, will not be put down. Instead, the terrier-poodle mix was transferred to

The lawsuit against Palm Springs Mayor Robert Moon has been dismissed after an arbitration hearing was held in Inglewood on Thursday. The hearing was held after one of the mayor’s former political consultants filed a lawsuit against him, which the mayor responded to with a counter-suit. KESQ and CBS Local 2 reached out to Mayor

Thousands of people will again flock to Indio Friday for the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — three days of entertainment amid heat, wind and traffic. LCD Soundsystem, Guns N’ Roses and Calvin Harris will continue their headlining duties on the Coachella Main Stage. Check out the Coachella Survival Guide!

A man who was arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance in Palm Springs on March 1, after someone saw him harassing a young girl and attempting to grab her, was arrested again Thursday morning for allegedly breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a woman and her husband, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Check

Sixty art students from the east valley got a special ticket for a private tour of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio Thursday. The Coachella Valley Unified School District partnered with the festival organizer Goldenvoice and Raices Cultura, a non-profit organization focused on local art and culture, to make it happen. The