Month: March 2017

Police and firefighters were called to a single vehicle collision early Wednesday morning in Coachella that left one motorist badly injured. The crash was reported at 12:06 a.m. at the intersection of Jackson Street and Airport Boulevard. CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters said one person was thrown from the vehicle. They were transported by an air

Two 15-year-old Banning High School students were arrested on Monday, accused of possibly planning a shooting at their high school. Witnesses reported overhearing a teen making threats to carry out a shooting on campus on Tuesday, March 21. The Banning Police Department’s school resource officer began looking into the threat and the ‘Kids With Guns

Cathedral City mayor Stan Henry gave his state of the city address Tuesday evening at the Doubletree resort. In his address, Mayor Henry said he’s excited about a $1.4 million grant for an amphitheater and park, and construction on a five-acre parcel of land that the city is planning to construct retail shops and 100

Students at Banning High School have been talking about two 15-year-old classmates who were arrested after allegedly plotting to shoot up the school. “Just that they might have got into trouble before,” one sophomore told KESQ and CBS Local 2 reporter Joe Galli outside of the school Tuesday after class. 2 Banning HS students arrested

The family of a missing Desert Hot Springs woman is asking for your help in finding her, after filing a missing person report with DHSPD. Constance “Connie” Krieps was last seen walking west towards West Drive in Desert Hot Springs this past Saturday, March 18th at around 5:00 p.m. At the time she was wearing

A local business owner is going toe to toe with the city of Palm Desert over thousands of dollars out of which she says she’s being cheated, but the city says it’s not true. Lindi Biggi is the owner of Venus De Fido, a luxury spa for people and their pets. The spa opened last

Update: 6:15 p.m. It was a very active Tuesday at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio as various first responder conducted at mass casualty drill. The agencies involved in the drill included the Indio Police Department and CAL FIRE/ Riverside County Fire. Sgt. Dan Marshall, press information officer for Indio Police, said the drills were

The stars of “Project Runway” are taking over El Paseo Fashion Week on Tuesday night. Michael Costello has once again brought together a group of designers from the show to debut their exclusive collections at Fashion Week. Before he was the designer to the stars, Costello was a teenager with a dream working on his

Students at Cathedral City High School are excited to have their very own swimming pool at the school. It’s the school’s very first swimming pool since opening in 1991. The Water Polo and swim teams have been bussed daily to Palm Springs Swim Center for the past 26 years. Cathedral City leaders were on hand

The search continues for a suspect who shot a man Monday morning in Desert Hot Springs. The victim was shot along the 66300 block of 6th Street near Palm Drive at about 4 a.m. and was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. There is still no word from police on the motive of

Desert Hot Springs police received a call about an assault with a deadly weapon near Cactus Drive and 3rd Street around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. According to police, the victim suffered from a non-life threatening stab wound and is being transported to a local hospital. No word on any suspect or suspects at this time.

A 63-year-old man who claimed he was a public safety official to bypass security at the Riverside Hall of Justice was sentenced today to three years probation and 100 hours of community service. James Steven Davis of Maywood was convicted last week of impersonating a peace officer, impersonating a fireman and exhibiting a fake badge

Hoy a la 1:10 a.m. perdió la vida John Hollingshead de 63 años, residente de Alberta, Canadá despues de luchar por su vida desde el sábado pasado cuando se involucró en un accidente automovilístico en la calle Jefferson cerca de la Avenida 49 en Indio. El percance ocurrió cuando un Cadillac se impactó por detras

“Episode 2401” – “Dancing with the Stars” is back with a new, dynamic cast of celebrities who are ready to hit the ballroom floor. The competition begins with the two-hour season premiere live, Monday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3. KESQ News Channel 3’s Bianca Rae was at the event

Water trickled through the burnt remains of what was a home for 30-year-old Elilia Valdez and her two children in Thermal. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, on Saturday Valdez was murdered after what witnesses say was a domestic dispute with her boyfriend, 22-year-old Christian Pacheco of Indio. Her body was found about a

Nestled in the mountains above the Coachella Valley off of Highway 74 in Pinyon Pines lies a mystery that’s lasted for more than a quarter of a century. It’s the story of three-year-old Travis Zwieg, a boy who was last seen with his father at a home on Indio Avenue on March 10th, 1991. “They

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped two-tenths of a cent today to $2.994, one day after being unchanged. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.2 cents less than one week ago but 6.9 cents more than one month ago and 27 cents

A Coachella Valley assemblyman and two fellow lawmakers today introduced a bill that would require California’s pension funds to divest from companies involved in the construction of a proposed border wall along the U.S-Mexico border. AB 946, co-authored by Assembly members Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, would