Month: July 2016

The California Highway Patrol reopened all lanes of Interstate 10 east of the Coachella Valley early Thursday morning. Caltrans had issued a Sig Alert for the freeway’s westbound lanes late Wednesday night just west of Box Canyon Road. between Cactus City and Chiriaco Summit. All westbound lanes were blocked and traffic was being diverted at

After multiple delays, California education officials are moving to comply with the nation’s first law requiring public schools to include prominent gay people and LGBT rights milestones in history classes. A curriculum outline scheduled to be reviewed by the State Board of Education on Thursday would introduce the concepts in second grade with discussions about

After approval in Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City, the City of Coachella is next to open their doors to the marijuana industry and it became official tonight with a unanimous city council vote. ” I think more than anything its an opportunity to really diversify our economy, to bring in more jobs, to be

The County Department of Animal Services announced Wednesday that it will start putting up for adoption nearly five dozen dogs that were brought to shelters after the July 4 holiday but went unclaimed. Dogs often flee from their yards when they hear fireworks noise, which often cause them to panic. In all, 156 runaway canines

UPDATE 7/13 11 P.M. – The Palm Springs city council unanimously voted Wednesday to continue a moratorium on permits for apartment buildings to be used as vacation rental properties. The moratorium will last 3 more months while staff and the vacation rental subcommittee get more time to study the issue. The council changed the language

San Diego lifeguards rescued a paraglider from the cliffs at Black’s Beach near Torrey Pines Wednesday. The paraglider crashed onto a sea bluff about a quarter-mile north of Torrey Pines Gliderport . He was unharmed. Lifeguards helped him get down to the beach safely. It was unknown what caused the paraglider to crash into the

Palm Springs police say a man who may have been working on his car was found dead. The body was found about 4:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of East Palm Canyon. Police believe the man may have accidentally driven his car over himself while working on it or may have been trying to

A Del Taco in Beaumont was evacuated Wednesday afternoon when someone apparently sprayed bear repellent in the restaurant, causing breathing problems and watery eyes for multiple people inside the restaurant. The restaurant is located in the 400 block of East 4th Street. Hazmat crews investigated the odor and told KESQ and CBS Local 2 that

Every fire season, thousands of California acres turn to ash. Thursday at 11 p.m. on KESQ, Karen Devine leads an I-Team Investigation detailing the overwhelming new challenge firefighters are facing this year and new strategies in place to protect our mountain communities. Find out what fire fighters learned from the Mountain Fire as we approach

UPDATE: 6:45 p.m. Gunnery Sergeant Hector Viramontes said he remembers the day about ten years ago when he came to Twentynine Palms for training as a marine, and met Master Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Formosa. “He saw that I was a young, motivated sergeant at the time, (and) he took me under his wing and thought,

In the wake of the recent high-profile shootings, churches, police and community leaders will join forces in Indio for a prayer vigil Thursday. The Multi-Faith Community Prayer Vigil will welcome people from across the valley at the Indio Performing Arts Center. Along with prayer, Mayor Glenn Miller said it’s a time to reach out to

There’s no shortage of gated communities here in the desert. Most of the time they’re guarded, have security cameras and 24-hour surveillance. But those luxuries can give residents a false sense of security. But even if the security at the front gate is tight, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways criminals can get into

The Coachella City Council is expected to adopt a mitigated negative declaration for a proposed medical cannabis cultivation facility, a necessary step for the city to secure a foothold in the legal cannabis industry. Approval of the declaration would mean the city has determined that construction of a cultivation facility would have no adverse or

Un nuevo tipo de CPR o primeros auxilios se convierte en una nueva alternativa para salvar vidas aqu en el Valle de Coachella. Se le conoce como Pit Crew CPR y el Departamento de Bomberos del Condado de Riverside dice que funciona mejor que la tcnica ya establecida. Trabaja de esta manera: Cada persona es

CBS Local 2’s Kris Long is attending the funeral services for the slain Dallas police officers who were killed last week during an ambush at a protest. Two officers with the Palm Springs Police Department are taking the trip to Dallas with our news crew. KESQ and CBS Local 2’s Laura Yanez spoke to the

We’re in the middle of a five-year drought, and as Cal Fire works to keep you safe this wildfire season, officials said there are ways for you to help them do their jobs even more efficiently. You can watch the full report on Tuesday at 5:30PM on CBS Local 2 CBS Local 2 Meteorologist Jeff

A November ballot measure will allow Los Angeles County voters to decide whether to tax marijuana businesses to help pay for housing and health service for the homeless. The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to approve the measure, which calls for a 10 percent tax on the gross receipts of businesses that grow

7/12/16 – Autopsy completed on missing Palm Springs man whose body was found weeks later in Cathedral City An autopsy on a 32-year-old Palm Springs man found dead last week behind a Cathedral City shopping complex found no obvious signs of trauma, the Cathedral City Police Department reported Tuesday. The results of toxicology tests are

There’s a new kind of CPR saving lives in the desert. It’s called “Pit Crew CPR,” and it employs the same technique used by NASCAR pit crews. The old way of CPR only had a 10 to 12 percent success rate for CAL Fire paramedics. The new Pit Crew method increased the success rate to

Contina el esfuerzo por recaudar la mayor cantidad de sangre posible por lo que Cathedral City ha anunciado eventos de recaudacin en nueve ciudades, el reto es llamado “Donando es igual a Viviendo” Si Usted est interesado en donar sangre sta semana puede acudir a cualquiera de las siguientes localidades. Hoy mircoles de 11am a