Month: March 2017

A 19-year-old Arizona man charged in the shooting death of a woman who was found inside a car alongside Interstate 10 near Desert Center pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter. Kyler Jeffrey Arnold of Chandler, Arizona, was arrested in July in connection with the death of Delores Baez Meraz, 59, of Nogales, Mexico. Sheriff’s deputies

It has been 14 months since Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was suspended after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium. On Tuesday, she spoke out about the issue for the first time at the LPGA’s ANA Inspiration for Women in Sports Conference in Rancho Mirage. “You don’t realize you love something, or how much

On Tuesday, Riverside County health officials will release a report on the region’s transgender population, with the goal of sparking discussions on how to improve the community’s health and welfare. Current studies estimate the transgender population of the Inland Empire at nearly 27,000 people. Ninety individuals who identified themselves as transgender were surveyed for the

A new campaign launched by Ultraviolet is asking people to sign a petition to get the U.S.G.A. and L.P.G.A. to ‘Dump Trump’. An airplane was circling around the Coachella Valley on Tuesday, carrying a banner to deliver the group’s message. Some viewers contacted KESQ and CBS Local 2 after seeing the plane in the sky

Authorities have identified an inmate who passed away early Friday morning while in the secured detention unit at the Riverside University Health System in Moreno Valley. Deputies said 51-year-old Phillip Garcia of Cathedral City died after suffering a medical emergency at about 3 a.m. At this time, no foul play is suspected. Garcia’s death is

Southern California Edison is reporting that all customers who were without power in Palm Springs are now back to business. 132 customers in Palm Springs were still without power early Tuesday morning. That outage affected homes and traffic signals in the north Downtown area. Update: 8:33 a.m. The number of customers without power is now

Update: Southern California Edison is reporting that all customers who were without power in Palm Springs are now back to business. 132 customers in Palm Springs were still without power early Tuesday morning. That outage affected homes and traffic signals in the north Downtown area. Tuesday 8AM: Three power outages caused by stormy conditions affected

El forense reveló la identidad de un hombre que fue enconrtado sin vida tirado frente a la cochera de una casa ubciada en la manzana 66200 de 6th Street y Cactus Drive en Desert Hot Springs ayer lunes a las 6:00 a.m. Según el informe, la policía recibió una llamada que reportaba la presencia del

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped two-tenths of a cent today to $2.977 after being unchanged the two previous days. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has dropped eight times in 11 days, decreasing 2.4 cents, according to figures from the AAA and

Authorities have identified the teenager who was shot to death in Indio late Friday night. The coroner confirmed that 16-year-old Elian Lopez died at Desert Regional Medical Center at 3:01 a.m. Saturday. His family has been notified and police continue to search for the suspect(s). A makeshift memorial marks the spot inside the Indio apartment

Desert Hot Springs police are investigating a man’s homicide Monday morning. Officers were called to the 66200 block of 6th Street on a report of a body lying in the driveway at a home on the corner of Cactus Drive at about 6 a.m. When they arrived the man was deceased. The man was identified

Update: The man reported missing in south Palm Springs on Friday has returned home safely, his sister told KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 Monday afternoon. We received the message from the man’s family at about 12:45 p.m. His family was asking for the public’s help over the weekend. Original Report: Family members

Authorities are investigating after a small airplane overshot the runway at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal Monday afternoon. Nobody was injured but emergency crews are on scene working to determine what happened. The single-engine plane overshot the runway at 2:18 p.m. The runway was temporarily shut down but no flights were effected by the

Search warrants were served and several people were detained Thursday by Beaumont police investigators trying to solve the killing of a 21-year-old woman. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to collect donations for the victim, Jasmine Zuniga. According to Detective Robert Galletta, Beaumont was assisted by law enforcement agencies in multiple jurisdictions

A prominent Jewish temple in Palm Springs is up for sale, and some members are concerned about the future of Temple Isaiah. On Monday, KESQ and CBS Local 2’s Jeremy Chen looked into why the iconic temple may be moving. Robert Weinstein, a temple member, said, “We lose our home. We would be homeless. We

Trial proceedings are tentatively slated to get underway today for a Moreno Valley woman and two men accused of killing her husband after he discovered that she had been cheating on him. Darla Anne Bennett, 45, her son Sonnie Chavira, 28, and her lover David James Harrison, 48, are accused in the 2014 slaying of

The family of a man shot and killed by a Palm Springs police officer on November 4, 2016, is filing a claim for damages against the city of Palm Springs. The incident happened in the parking lot of the Rite Aid on South Palm Canyon Drive. The suspect, 26-year-old Abraham Ortiz was allegedly making threatening

El sábado a la media noche un adolecente de 16 años de edad fue herido de bala en el complejo de apartamentos llamado “Cielo Vista” que esta localizado en el 81820 Shadow Palm Ave cerca de la calle Moroe en la ciudad de Indio; fue llevado al Desert Regional hospital en donde murió a eso

A 3.5 magnitude hit in Ocotillo Wells near the Salton Sea at 1:25 a.m. Sunday morning. The earthquake had a depth 8 miles. No injuries were reported. Stay with KESQ/CBS Local 2 for more information on this earthquake.