Month: May 2017

The U.S. has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from California for the second time in seven days. The Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 blasted off from a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base Wednesday morning and delivered a mock warhead to a target at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean after a 4,000-mile

Watch KESQ Time Saver Traffic live this AM. People who drive down the Coachella Valley from the high desert communities of Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms will have to continue to navigate a week of nightly freeway closure detours. Crews are working to complete concrete repairs on the State Highway 62 connector ramp

Palm Springs police announced the arrest of a 23-year-old parolee who allegedly carried out a spree of armed robberies of ATM customers with an accomplice who was taken into custody in late March. Daron Ellis Hill, 23, was arrested April 20 in Rancho Mirage and is charged with two counts of robbery, four counts of

A $1.6 million state grant was accepted today by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for a project to expand Indio Juvenile Hall in the next three years, adding space for educational and therapeutic purposes. “This will allow us to enhance the space utilized for intake, assessment, attorney visits, mental health treatment,” Riverside County Chief

Parents may suspect our valley is a “pediatric desert” when it comes to healthcare. CBS Local 2 #StandsForYou getting to the bottom of our area’s lack of resources for children, and what’s now being done about it. Olivia Casden is a perfectly normal nine year old who likes to ice skate and read. But underneath

A Coachella Valley lawmaker drafted a letter co-signed by 37 other members of the California congressional delegation today urging the governor to use state tax revenues to address a statewide physician shortage. The letter by Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, calls for money from the voter-approved Proposition 56 tobacco tax increase to be used for

“I’m pretty much known as a gambler when it comes to par 5’s, always rather go for it than lay up.” For now Charlie Reiter walks down 18 of our local courses representing the Palm Desert Aztecs, more often then not the victory already signed, sealed, and delivered. A 10-stroke victory at the DVL Championship

A Coachella Valley lawmaker drafted a letter co-signed by 37 other members of the California congressional delegation today urging the governor to use state tax revenues to address a statewide physician shortage. The letter by Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, calls for money from the voter-approved Proposition 56 tobacco tax increase to be used for

Many feel it’s too early for triple digit heat in the Coachella Valley, but that’s not going to stop Mother Nature. Temperatures have spiked into the triple digits, which means schools across the Coachella Valley are starting to implement policies regarding high heat days Triple Digit Heat? Check your First Alert Weather Forecast The director

Se ha realizado un arresto en relación a un choque donde el presunto responsable se escapó de la escena en La Quinta. El choque envió a un motociclista al hospital. Austin Williams de 24 años, residente de Palm Desert fue aprehendido despues de que autoridades confirmaran que se estrelló contra dos motociclistas a eso de

Indio police arrested 139 people during the three-day Stagecoach Music Festival, 18 less than were arrested during last year’s festival, according to police statistics released today. The festival, which ran from Friday through Sunday at Indio’s Empire Polo Grounds, yielded 133 arrests for alcohol-related violations and six for public intoxication, according to Indio police Sgt.

Emergency crews are working to repair a stoplight at the intersection of Gene Autry Trail and Via Escuela in Palm Springs after a car crashed into the electrical box Tuesday afternoon. Palm Springs Police sent out an alert stating that people were also without power, but we discovered that the stoplight at the intersection was

Una muestra de mosquitos recolectados de una trampa en Thousand Palms recientemente salio positivo para el virus del Nilo Occidental. Son los primeros mosquitos en 2017 en dar positivo al virus en toda California. La muestra contenía unos 30 mosquitos de una trampa ubicada en Varner Road entre la calle Cook y la avenida Monterey

The Living Desert announced the newest member of its family was born on Friday. Zoo officials said the giraffe calf was born at 9:30 a.m. to mother Tuli, and father, Hesabu. The calf hasn’t been named yet. He weighs 185.9 pounds and stands 6’3″ tall. Zoo officials said the calf is the largest giraffe born

A Morongo Valley man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly cutting his neighbor’s neck with a straight razor. Authorities said they were called to an assault at the Valley View Mobile Manor trailer park in Morongo Valley, located in the 10800 block of West Drive, at about 9:50 p.m. The

A 33-year-old woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of using a wooden spoon to discipline her children. Deputies said they were called to an alleged child abuse report in the 6300 block of Goleta Way in Yucca Valley at 4:45 p.m. A deputy arrived and spoke with two children at the home who had substantial

Police have arrested a man suspected of starting two small vegetation fires near a Southern California mountain community. Crews made quick work of the twin blazes that burned Monday in the San Bernardino Mountains not far from Crestline. The larger of the fires charred about 3 acres of dry brush. While firefighters battled the flames,

A sample of mosquitoes collected from a trap in Thousand Palms recently tested positive for West Nile virus They are the first mosquitoes in 2017 to test positive for the virus in all of California. The sample contained about 30 mosquitoes from a trap located on Varner Road between Cook Street and Monterey Avenue and