Month: June 2017

Three men who allegedly beat a man outside a Cathedral City bar last summer, rendering the victim comatose from injuries that ultimately proved fatal, pleaded not guilty to murder charges today. Jorge Tapia, 37, Andrew Ponce, 44, and Michael Rios, 36, are accused of attacking Rolando Rodriguez June 25 outside the Block Sports Bar and

The Palm Springs Power rely heavily on local families to provide housing over the 2-month season. The Calhoun family is one of those generous households that gives the players a home away from home. My brother”— “my older brother.” The Calhoun sons said. Connor and Ethan Calhoun, 8 & 10-years-old, and for two months of

A Palm Desert Resort pool remains closed, the day after four people were electrically shocked while swimming in the Chuckawalla pool at the Marriot Shadow Ridge Resort. The four victims suffered minor injuries Wednesday afternoon. The Riverside County Department of Environmental Health’s Indio office is investigating the cause of the electrical failure. We learned the

Health officials are urging about 500 patients and employees of Eisenhower Medical Center to be tested for tuberculosis after three patients were diagnosed with an active form of the respiratory illness. According to a news release Thursday morning, the three patients are being treated and are expected to recover. They are not being identified because

The June ‘One Class At A Time’ award goes to Ms. Shannon Tincher’s kindergarten class at Sea View Elementary School in Salton City! Her focus is on reading. She says starting young sets a child up for success. “Reading is just so important and it starts here in kindergarten,” Ms. Tincher said. Ms. Tincher applied

Gildardo Davila un fugitivo de la justicia y pandillero, según las autoridades, es acusado de herir de bala a un oficial del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside durante una detención de tránsito hace una semana. El oficial del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside recibio cinco impactos de bala. Tras abandonar su

Community blood drives are taking place June and July throughout Riverside County to fight against a summer blood shortage. The blood drives are organized by LifeStream and first responders are joining the effort as part of the annual Guns & Hoses partnership. A mobile blood drive was set up at the Indio Police Department, located

Las autoridades sanitarias están instando a unos 500 pacientes y empleados del Centro Medico Eisenhower a someterse a pruebas de detección de tuberculosis despues de que tres pacientes fueron diagnosticados con una forma activa de la enfermedad respiratoria. Según un comunicado de prensa el jueves por la mañana. Los tres pacientes están siendo tratados y

Attempted murder and other charges have been filed against an at-large documented gang member who allegedly shot a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy last week in Coachella, court papers obtained today show. Watch Exclusive: Woman says shooting suspect showed up to her home after running from deputies Gildardo Davila, 27, of Coachella, also faces charges of

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified a man found dead along a hiking trail west of Desert Hot Springs Monday. Marvin Novo, 57, of Turlock was discovered by hikers along the West Fork Trail in the Mission Creek Preserve a mile and a half west of the Wildland Conservancy. The northern California man’s exact

La policía arrestó a un indigente que ayer a las 10:30 p.m apuñaló a un guardia de seguridad y a su hermano en el estacionamiento del súper mercado Food 4 Less que se ubica en el Hwy 111 y la calle Monroe en Indio. De acuerdo con el vocero del Departamento de Policia de Indio

A security guard and his brother were stabbed near a supermarket in Indio Wednesday night. The stabbing occurred near the Food 4 Less on Highway 111 and Monroe in Indio at a little before 10:30 p.m. According to Sgt. Dan Marshall of the Indio Police Department, a security guard saw a possible transient man in

A sixth-grader from Corona will be among 40 finalists competing today in the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. Aisha Randhawa, who attends Garretson Elementary School, was among 291 spellers taking to the stage of the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the bee’s second and third rounds Wednesday. She correctly

KESQ News Channel 3 is following a stabbing attack near an Indio supermarket Wednesday night. Watch News Channel 3 live now with Jeremy Chen live at the scene. A security guard and his brother were stabbed near the Food 4 Less store on Highway 111 and Monroe in Indio at a little before 10:30 p.m.

Caltrans unveiled a new project to make Highway 62 safer for commuters in the High Desert. KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2’s Jeremy Chen was in Joshua Tree Wednesday morning to see how striping will help both pedestrians and bicyclists in the area. Highway 62 in Joshua Tree is the main road in

E Vista Chino between N Farrell & Cerritos is back open after being closed for around 30 minutes.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps and Army veteran Brian Mumey was traveling across the country on vacation when he witnessed a devastating wreck in front of him. On Monday, a sedan traveling on Highway 177 north of Desert Center crossed the median to pass slower traffic and went head-on into semi truck. 4 killed in Desert

A ticket with five numbers in tonight’s SuperLotto Plus drawing, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a Palm Springs supermarket and is worth $43,183. The ticket was sold at the Stater Bros. market at 1717 E. Vista Chino. There were no tickets sold with all six numbers and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s

Emergency crews were called to the Marriott Shadow Ridge Resort in Palm Desert Wednesday afternoon after four people, including two children, were shocked while swimming in a pool. Read: Newer safety concerns you should watch out for while swimming in pools It happened in the Chuckawalla Pool, Cal Fire officials said in a news release.

The inaugural Lucie Arnaz Awards, held today in Palm Springs, pitted young thespians from public and private high school theater programs throughout the desert against one another for a chance to compete nationally in New York City next month. Laurel Bollard, of Shadow Hills High School and William Webster, of Musical Theatre University at Rancho