Month: January 2017

Mecca man was arrested following an investigation into a past sexual assault. 26-year old Erick Ceja Galvez was arrested following a Riverside County Sheriff’s investigation that began on October. Officers obtained a search warrant and upon contacting Galvez, found that he was in possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. He will be

UPDATE: 6:15 p.m. Bill Schlanger said has worked as an entrepreneur for most of his life. “I had my first business when I was 16,” Schlanger said. “I was going to high school and college at the same time, and I was actually selling equipment to the University of California at Riverside.” Throughout his career,

PSPD reopened N. Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs at around 5:40 p.m. Thursday. Meanwhile Araby Drive at the Wash remains closed. —————————————————————– Crews continue their work to reopen a few roads in the Coachella Valley following this past weekend’s storm. N. Indian Canyon Drive and Araby Drive are still closed at the wash as

Palm Springs police have reopened most of the roads that were closed due to rain and flooding damage over the weekend, but crews are still working to reopen N. Indiany Canyon Drive and Araby Drive at the wash. Officers said they reopened N. Gene Autry Trail at the wash, Cathedral Canyon Drive at the wash,

The 31st annual Southwest Arts Festival kicked off in Indio Thursday morning. The festival will be held over the course of four days in 2017. You can see the talented artists put their work on display through January 29. More information

A woman who allegedly robbed a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Cathedral City while toting a rifle and a teddy bear was charged Thursday with robbery and several firearm allegations. Ruth Isaura Ibarra, 32, of Cathedral City, was arrested just up the block from the crime scene, less than a week after police say she made

KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2’s Lauren Coronado met with local authorities to talk about Sanctuary Cities and law enforcement’s stance on federal immigration law within the Coachella Valley. Immigration activists are raising concerns over the crackdown being proposed by President Trump’s administration — and that includes building the border wall. There are

Authorities said a person of interest they were searching for in connection to a Banning homicide that occurred on January 16 has turned himself over to police. Ronald Dean Ricks was identified by authorities as a person of interest after 32-year-old Banning resident Michael Gordon was shot to death in the street within the 1200

Palm Springs City Council met Wednesday evening to discuss plans for the new downtown city park. After years of drawbacks, construction of the park has hit another roadblock. One resident says he’s ready to see the city break ground. “Get started and get the park done,” Michael Johnson said. For about two years, the city

Actors who live in the Palm Springs area and worked with the late Mary Tyler Moore are mourning the loss of an entertainment icon. Moore passed away Wednesday at the age of 80 from cardiopulmonary arrest after she had contracted pneumonia. Wesley Eure, who you may remember as Will from the 1970s television show “Land

While the President aims to keep illegal immigrants out of the country, local law enforcement is making efforts to bridge the gap. Palm Desert’s “citizens on patrol”, a group of volunteers that aid the police with non-confrontational patrols. The 15-year-old program, sponsored by the city, provides training, uniforms, a fleet of vehicles and operational facilities.

KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 is hearing reaction from a local costar of TV icon Mary Tyler Moore, as the legendary actress passed away Wednesday morning. Gavin MacLeod starred as Murray Slaughter on the Mary Tyler Moore show from 1970-1977. His long career began in films in 1957, according to Wikipedia. He

KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2’s Lauren Coronado is out in the Coachella Valley Wednesday to get reaction from the community as President Donald Trump is expected to reshape immigration enforcement policies via executive order, taking his first steps toward fulfilling some of the most contentious pledges that defined his campaign. Answer our

Border Patrol agents apprehended a man Tuesday morning at the Highway 86 checkpoint after they found several pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine hidden in the rear seat of his minivan. The suspected drug smuggler is a 60-year-old Mexican resident. A K9 team alerted to his minivan as he pulled up to the Border Patrol checkpoint

An inmate has died from injuries sustained during a fight at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning over the weekend. The fight broke out Saturday at 12 p.m. inside a dayroom, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies said they arrived within a minute of the fight breaking out and found one

A woman participating in a protest on Saturday morning in Yucca Valley filed hit and run charges against a 71-year-old man whom she claims struck her hand with the side mirror of his van while he was driving past the protest. Deputies said the incident occurred at about 11 a.m. at the intersection of Highway

A Palm Springs business was held up at gunpoint Tuesday night along the 1100 block of South Palm Canyon Drive. Police weren’t saying how much money the suspect got away with, or what the business was. The man was armed with a handgun, and ran away from the crime scene. He was described as being

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday morning, departing with the traditional practice of listing every issue and restating every priority to focus on the “broader context of our country and its challenges.”Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State Address today raised the prospect of “partisan fights” that

A vehicle lost control on Cook and Hovley in Palm Desert,slamming into an electric box that controls the traffic lights. According to the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened at around 7 p.m. There were no injuries at the scene. The traffic lights on the intersection were shut off by the collision, there is no