Month: March 2017

An Indio man slit his girlfriend’s throat, ran her over with her car and dumped her body at an Indio golf course, a prosecutor said Monday, but his attorney said the defendant was a regular drug user who was in ameth-induced “psychosis” at the time of the killing, meaning he is at most guilty of

Ramey es acusado de entrar a tres hogares a la fuerza a lo largo del desierto para hacer de las suyas, comenzando en diciembre. El mes pasado, según investigadores, fue captado por una cámara de vigilancia robandose varias prendas de un hogar, incluyendo las sandalias Gucci. Investigadores en el caso le pidieron a los oficiales

Southern California Edison crews have restored power to 884 customers in Twentynine Palms Tuesday morning. Service was disrupted at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday morning. Service was back up and running by about 10:30 a.m., according to SCE. There was no word on a cause of the outage, but Edison said crews were aware of the disruption

The Indio Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred Monday night. One person is recovering at the hospital and is expected to survive, Sgt. Dan Marshall said. The shooting happened at about 9:15 p.m. at Dillon Road and Fargo Canyon. There was no suspect description but officers are investigating all leads. KESQ and CBS

La policía de Indio confirmó que ayer poco despues de las 11:00 p.m. un hombre fue atropellado mientras caminaba por el área de la Avenida 48 y Dillon Road en Indio. Según el informe el conductor del coche involucrado paró y en todo momento cooperó con las autoridades, y ni el alcohol ni las drogas

Math lovers, get excited! Today is national Pi Day. It’s not pie as in the dessert — but as in the math symbol π. Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Keeping it simple, it’s 3.14, like March 14th. However, people have calculated pi to more than one trillion

It was a major step forward in the effort to become a No Kill Coachella Valley. More than $70,000 was raised for the animals in our valley at Luke’s Legacy Foundation’s annual Fashion Fling. The event was Monday, March 13th at The Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta. More than 250 people attended, raising money

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose one-tenth of a cent Tuesday to $3.006, one day after a stretch of 39 increases in 40 days ended with a decrease of two-tenths of a cent. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties rose 20.7 cents during

Two earthquakes struck within minutes of each other in near Loma Linda and Banning late Monday evening. The first one was felt at 10:06 p.m. centered approximately one mile east southeast of Loma Linda, according to the US Geological Survey. The second earthquake struck at 10:08 p.m. centered seven miles northeast of Banning. There were

It is the end of an era for the Ringling Bros. Circus as the famed troupe will come to end in May. The stunning announcement came in January when Feld Entertainment, the parent company of the circus, made the decision. For Linda Holst, a former showgirl who now resides in Northern San Diego County, it

A good Samaritan helped save a bighorn lamb from drowning in a La Quinta canal over the weekend. The incident occurred at PGA West. The La Quinta City Council recently approved the construction of a fence at SilverRock Resort in La Quinta to prevent similar incidents from occurring with wandering bighorn lambs on the golf

We’re still a week away from the official start of the spring season, but cities around the Coachella Valley must be preparing for summer; Indio set a new daily high temperature record and Palm Springs tied its previous high temp for March 13. KESQ First Alert Meteorologist Haley Clawson said Indio set a new record

Everyone is buzzing about this year’s wildflower season. Our wet winter is making for a beautiful spring and there’s no better place to check out this year’s bloom than at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The Visit California website said this is the biggest bloom in two decades. People from all over California stopped to

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found a four-year-old girl abandoned by smugglers near international border on Sunday morning. Authorities said they saw individuals trying to enter the U.S. illegally near Mt. Signal at about 6:20 a.m. When agents responded, one person was seen returning to Mexico, then enter a vehicle that quickly left the

Public works Director Maritza Martinez confirmed that Coachella is not a sanctuary city, according to spokesman Jeff Crider. “It’s sad. It’s not right that it’s not what they say it is,” Emilio Calderon of Coachella said. Calderon said he’s not happy that the city wasn’t clear about its sanctuary city status. “I don’t feel good

Securing the southern border is a big priority for President Trump and he’s talked often about his plans to build a wall. It’s an issue that hits close to home here in the Coachella Valley. Calexico is just 97 miles south of Indio. News Channel 3’s John White toured part of the border with El

Deputies have arrested a suspect connected to a burglary at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage Monday morning. The burglary happened at 6:54 a.m. on Royal Street Georges Way inside the country club. Authorities set up a perimeter around 7 a.m. and a suspect was taken into custody at 8:45 a.m., Deputy Armando

It’s the end to an era for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Baily Circus. Only a handful of shows remain, leaving some former performers now reflecting on their times with the circus. KESQ and CBS Local 2’s Jeremy Chen was recently in northern San Diego County to go beyond the big top and give you

California is having a banner year for rainfall, but we wanted to know how all that rain will impact the water supply here in the Southland. Here in the Coachella Valley we have gotten over four inches of rain since January 1! Drought conditions across the state are improving thanks to the heavy rains and