Month: January 2017

For more than 20 years, Joel Johnson’s family have been helping people at their bike shop in Thousand Palms. A place he said that’s no stranger to flooding, after suffering damage from nearly three feet of rain in 1977. “That afternoon, we had gone to L.A. and came back, and I didn’t even knew there

UPDATE: 7:13 p.m. Joel Johnson at Joel’s Bicycle Shop in Thousand Palms said he and his family have been helping riders gear up for this weekend’s Tour de Palm Springs. “It’s a great fundraiser,” Johnson said. “I hope it keeps going for many years.” But while many will ride throughout the valley, areas throughout the

There’s a lot of anticipation tonight about health care and what’s ahead, as President-Elect Trump takes the oath of office tomorrow. According to the California Health Care Foundation, 1.4 million Americans are insured by the Affordable Care Act and more than 20,000 of them are living in the Coachella Valley. According to recent reports President-elect

The Cathedral City Police Department released surveillance photos of a woman accused of robbing a Carl’s Jr. with a rifle early Wednesday morning. The armed robbery occurred at 6 a.m. at the Carl’s Jr. located in the 32100 block of Date Palm Drive. Witnesses said the suspect walked into the business, pulled out a rifle

Coachella Valley Area Rain Totals!‬ Although showers are tapering-off for the day on Thursday, higher rain totals are expected Friday with yet another round of wet weather Sunday into early-Monday. Your First Alert Weather team will continue to track the storm throughout the weekend. -KESQ Meteorologist Jerry Steffen

Opening statements are scheduled today at the trial of a 22-year-old ex-con accused of carjacking an Army reservist at gunpoint in Coachella and shooting her in the hand. Alejandro Flores Magana is charged with carjacking, assault with a gun, vehicle theft, receiving stolen property and being a felon in possession of a firearm, along with

Emergency roof repair calls skyrocketed as a storm hit the Coachella Valley. In the last two weeks, some Palm Springs homes were destroyed by rain. An air conditioning unit was improperly removed from the roof of one condominium. Associa Desert Resort Management says it left holes causing a major leak. “When the manager came in

A local volunteer organization is taking an active role to stop pedestrian deaths in Palm Springs by making people and their pets more visible at night. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, in 2016 there were 45 pedestrian versus vehicle crashes in the city and six were fatal. Two more people died after being

The wife of famed actor Gene Autry is at odds with the animal rescue group “Wild For Life Foundation” Jackie Autry says it’s a scam, while the foundation denies those allegations. A heated exchange broke out at a horse ranch in the community of Anza, when Jackie Autry confronted Katia Louise, president of “Wild for

Liliana Arellano Yanez was gunned down Sunday morning inside a room at room at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Indio. KESQ News Channel 3’s AND CBS Local 2’s Katie Widner sat down for an exclusive interview with Soledad Arellano, who spoke through a translator, about how the family is now struggling to figure out how

With the defense insisting that it wasn’t provided government documents and exhibits, a judge today declared a mistrial in the retrial of a former Beaumont cop who blinded a woman when he fired a pepper spray pistol inches from her face during an arrest. The prosecution was set to call its fifth witness in the

Continuing coverage on yesterday’s Operation Sandstorm sweep in Desert Hot Springs. Law enforcement officers checked on parolees to make sure they were in compliance. Besides arrests, some items deemed lost or stolen, were found. “I’ve been miserable since the 5th. My girlfriend doesn’t want to come over, my friends don’t want to talk to me

UPDATE: 6:22 p.m. Nancie Self has called her house on Calle Santa Rosa and Alejo Road near the Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs home for about a decade. “It took one minute to walk through this and buy it,” Self said. “I love this corner, and I fixed it up so that everyone comes

Palm Springs police are looking for a suspect who robbed a tourist at knife point in Palm Springs Wednesday afternoon. The robbery happened at the intersection of N Eastgate Road & W Tramview Road in Palm Springs at around 2:55 p.m. Police say a woman and a companion stopped on the side of the road

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man suspected of smuggling methamphetamine at the Highway 86 checkpoint Tuesday afternoon. The 31-year-old United States citizen was stopped at the checkpoint at about 4:30 p.m. Agents said a K9 unit alerted them to the man’s car for a secondary inspection. While searching the car, authorities found

CareerBuilder Challenge ambassador and PGA pro Phil Mickelson, whose tournament status had been uncertain following hernia surgery, confirmed Wednesday that he will be playing in the annual tournament that starts Thursday in La Quinta. `I feel good and I want to play,” Mickelson said. “I don’t know where my game is, but I figure the

Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department are releasing more information regarding the deadly shooting that occurred at a Motel 6 in Twentynine Palms early Tuesday morning. Police were surrounding the Motel 6 located in the 72500 block of Twentynine Palms Highway to investigate a report of a man with a gun at about

Pro golfers participating in this year’s CareerBuilder Challenge will match up with amateurs on Wednesday for the Bob Hope Legacy Pro-Am, which pairs amateur foursomes with PGA professionals. Tournament officials released the full list of pairings and tee times on Wednesday. Nineteen teams are slated to tee off from La Quinta’s Stadium Course at PGA

Caltrans says eastbound freeway on and off ramps to the Jefferson Interchange will close to daytime traffic Wednesday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will also be overnight full freeway closures Wednesday through Friday from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. at the Jefferson construction project. Friday ramp and freeway lane closures will

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died following a two-car crash in Palm Springs Tuesday night. Louis O’Donnell, a 69-year-old from Palm Springs, died at Desert Regional Medical Center about an hour after the collision, which happened at about 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Ramon Road and Farrell Drive, according