Month: August 2016

Firefighters continue to work days on end to contain fires like the Bogart blaze.Today is captain Lucas Spelman’s 19th day fighting fires in over 100 degree weather. “We continue to work through as fires pop up. We just don’t have a break,” said Spelman. Firefighters work as long as 21 days without a break, and

A local date farmer said it would be difficult for her small farm if California’s proposed farmworker overtime bill is signed into law. The bill would give farmworkers overtime pay after 8 hours of work during a day instead of 10 hours. This would be in line with other workers in the state. It is

Indio Police are mourning the loss of a fallen k9 police service dog Zeus. Indio police say that Zeus died on Saturday from an aggressive form of cancer. Zeus had worked alongside his handler, Officer Austin Studer, since September of 2012, and both were both members of the Desert Regional SWAT since October 2014. Indio

A semi-truck overturned on Interstate 10 in Desert Center Wednesday, spilling nearly 100 gallons of fuel into the roadway and halting eastbound traffic in the area. The tractor trailer went off the roadway for unknown reasons just before 7:30 a.m., overturning in a dirt shoulder on eastbound I-10 at state Route 177. The truck driver

Downtown Palm Springs is set for the grand opening of West Elm, a popular furniture retailer that launched in Brooklyn, NY in 2002. KESQ’s Bianca Rae is downtown on Wednesday to get a preview of the new store a day ahead of the opening. Shoppers will get their first chance to check out downtown Palm

After more than 14 years of wear and tear, the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians announced the Augustine Casino will be undergoing a full-scale remodel this fall. Officials said the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians felt it was time to upgrade their guests’ experience, and they’re saying the remodel will be a dramatic transformation. The

Un hombre perdi la vida ayer cuando su motocicleta se impact con un carro en la interseccin de Cook St. y Frank Sinatra en Palm Desert. Al filo de la 1:30 p.m. se suscit el percance en el que el motociclista muri en la escena. La interseccin fue cerrada al flujo vehicular por varias horas

El candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump realiza el mircoles un viaje relmpago a Mxico para encontrarse con el presidente de un pas al que ha hecho blanco de crticas y calificado como origen de violadores y criminales que llegan a Estados Unidos. El viaje, que aparece como una decisin poltica arriesgada a apenas 10 semanas

The FBI says a man suspected of six bank robberies in Southern California has been arrested. The San Bernardino Sun reports that Anaheim police arrested the man known as the “Baggy Eyes Bandit” after he attempted to rob a Citibank on Saturday afternoon. The 29-year-old Artur Stepanyan of Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with two

Thirty one Southern California Edison customers are without power in Cathedral City Wednesday morning. It started about 4:30 a.m. No word on a cause. SCE says estimated restoration time is 8:00 a.m.

The last of four suspects to be arrested in connection with the gang-related drive-by shooting of a man in Indio was tracked down in Mexico and brought back to the Coachella Valley today, according to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. Cesar Monzon, Jr., 26, is accused along with co-defendants Angel Lopez, 28, Andrew Marquie

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a smoke advisory for the Banning Pass and the Coachella Valley thanks to smoke being produced by the Bogart Fire. The advisory will remain in place through Wednesday morning. At 10 p.m. Tuesday, air quality was in the moderate range in the Coachella Valley. The South

A 30-year-old Indio woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died Sunday night. A neighbor, who asked not to be identified, says she heard the first round of gunshots around 8 p.m. “There was shooting. Then the people left, and then they came back and there was shooting at the house again,” said the neighbor. Neighbors

Comic Con Palm Springs drew thousands of visitors from all over the world to the city this past weekend, a time which otherwise might be slow. More than 12,000 people filled the Palm Springs convention center, some traveling all the way from London just for the event. Debora Alexander owns Peabody’s Cafe and said that

La hoguera comenz por razones desconocidas a las 12:25 p.m. cerca de la Avenida Winesap e International Park Road. Rpidamente se esparcio a 100 acres dentro de una hora. Un poco despus de las 4:30 p.m., el denominado Bogart Fire se habra esparcido a 500 acres y estaba contenido en un cinco porciento. Al filo

A gas leak at an Arco station on the corner of Date Palm and Gerald Ford Tuesday morning caused an evacuation of the AM-PM and roads to be temporarily closed. Cathedral City fire chief Paul Wilson said crews responded to the gas leak call just after 9:30 a.m. He said something broke in the compression

UPDATE (August 30th, 8:42 am): Police officers have arrested the resident who lived at the home where the fight took place. 44-year-old Shawn Ziegler was arrested on weapons and assault charges. He was booked at the county jail in Banning. The Palm Springs Police Department found an inactive THC honey oil lab while investigating an

Ayer a las 2:45 p.m. la polica acudi a una vivienda ubicada en la manzana 2700 de San Marino Road en Palm Springs despus de recibir el reporte de que el conductor de un Jeep haba perdido el control y se haba impactado con unas cajas de herramienta que estaban en el patio de la

El Servicio Geolgico de Estados Unidos report que hoy a las 7:25 a.m. se registr un movimiento telrico con epicentro 19 millas al este-noroeste de Big Bear y 31 al norte de Desert Hot Springs. La magnitud se situ en 2.2 grados sin que se hayan reportado personas lesionadas o daos materiales.

It was a story that brought national media attention to the city of Palm Springs for all the wrong reasons, and it’s a story that is not over yet. Friday is the one year anniversary of the FBI raid on city hall. It was a stunning scene, when the building was shut down for several