Month: April 2017

Indio Police officers are on the lookout for a vehicle related to a hit and run, after a woman was hit near the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Sunday night. Officers said they got a call around 9 p.m. about the hit and run near the intersection of Avenue 51 and Monroe Street. They

A New York man suspected of stealing more than 100 cell phones was arrested at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio Police said Sunday. Reinaldo De Jesus Henao, 36, was arrested at 5:50 p.m. Friday at the festival grounds, located at 81500 Avenue 51. Several festival-goers noticed their cell phones missing and activated

Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Deputies are asking for your help in looking for a missing Yucca Valley man with a diminished mental capacity. Deputies said on Friday, April 14 at 9:30 a.m., 51-year-old George McKissen left his home on the 56800 block of Little League Drive in Yucca Valley to ride his mountaing bike around town.

KESQ and CBS Local 2 got an inside look at an exclusive Coachella getaway Saturday for featured performers and their guests. It’s the first-ever refreshouse Artist Oasis hosted by BuzzBox. The artist retreat has many amenities, including a mobile recording studio with Jam in the Van, a stage to perform, food and drinks, a salon

On a day typically known as a deadline to file taxes, hundreds filed into the parking lot behind the IRS building in Palm Springs Saturday for a rally. Organizers said the purpose was to call on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns. “He’s the first president in 40 years that hasn’t released his

Riverside County firefighters are cleaning up after a fire at a unoccupied fire at mobile home on the 15-200 block of Palm Drive at the Whispering Palms Mobile Home Park in Desert Hot Springs on Saturday. Fire officials say crews responded to the fire at 11:42 p.m. The first arriving engine company reported an unoccupied

The Palm Springs Police Department said one suspect was in custody following a stolen-vehicle pursuit on Saturday night. An officer with the PSPD told KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 that the pursuit started around 9:40 p.m. after police tried to attempt a traffic stop in Palm Springs. The chase ended near the

UPDATE: 10:45 P.M. The Imperial irrigation District said all power had been restored to 79 customers in the city of Indio Saturday night. The outage that lasted for nearly four hours hours, beginning around 6 p.m. due to an equipment failure. IID said a fuse blew and responding crews found a transformer that needed to

Three people were rushed to the hospital after being extricated from their vehicle Saturday morning in Morongo Valley. Firefighters with the Morongo Valley Fire Department responded to a single car accident just before 9:30 a.m. near Highway 62 and Bella Vista Drive. Officials say three people needed to be extricated after suffering moderate injuries when

Saturday protesters across the United States, including here in the Coachella Valley, plan to demand that President Trump release his most recent tax returns to the public. The Valley is no stranger to Trump demonstrations, there have been numerous for and against the president since November. This most recent demonstration is in coordination with TaxMarch.org

A boy wounded in a shooting at his San Bernardino elementary school has been released from the hospital. Briana Pastorino, a spokeswoman for Loma Linda University Hospital, says 9-year-old Nolan Brandy was released Friday. A San Bernardino school spokeswoman says he will continue recovering at home. Nolan’s parents told CNN earlier Friday that they were

Law enforcement working with DMV to crack down on people attempting to use handicap spaces with fake credentials at this year’s festival. With thousands of people looking to get parking at the festival, there’s usually always some people who try to avoid all the hassle and take a handicap spot they don’t need. To combat

Business is booming and traffic is congested in the Valley this weekend as the Coachella Music and Arts Festival kicks off. “One (traffic control officer) told me go, another one told me to move. I try to understand what they are telling me and then there was an argument. I stopped to talk to him.

If you are being bothered by too much noise in your area, you can call these numbers to alert the authorities and get some help: Rancho Mirage Vacation Rental Hotline: (760) 833-7999 Palm Springs Noise Complaint Hotline – (760) 327-1445 Riverside County Sheriff’s non-emergency number (760) 836-3215 Indio Police Department non-emergency number (760) 391-4057 Cathedral

A repeat DUI offender who was on probation when she caused a 2014 crash while drunk, killing a woman and seriously injuring two men in Desert Hot Springs, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison. Monica Benavidez, 37, was convicted in February of second-degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and

Some festival goers were able to work-out and eat like a celebrity at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and celebrity chef Bo O’Connor held classes so people could get tips and insights on how the stars live a healthy lifestyle on the road. “Being healthy prior to a road trip

Police have released the first frightening phone call from North Park Elementary to police after the April 10th school shooting. The caller remains calm and relays information to the 911 operator just after the shooting. Hear the 911 call in its entirety As a 911 operator transfers the call to school police the caller immediately

El atraco fue reportado un poco despues de las 7 de esta mañana. El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside confirmó que un hombre armado amenazó a otro individuo en la gasolinera Chevron ubicada en la esquina de Bob Hope y Gerald Ford. Agentes posteriormente se percataron del sospechoso en un vehículo que circulaba

An Indio man already in custody on alleged burglary and vehicle theft charges could face several new charges for allegedly burglarizing 15 businesses throughout the city of Coachella, sheriff’s deputies said today. Ignacio Zazueta, 22, is the subject of an investigation completed Thursday into a series of commercial burglaries that occurred between Sept. 5 and

Police were investigating a Rancho Mirage armed robbery Friday morning, and had taken suspects into custody. California Highway Patrol officers stopped a suspect on Interstate 10 eastbound east of the Coachella Valley near Hayfield Road. Three suspects were detained in the suspect vehicle. Officers were trying to determine if a man in the vehicle threatened