Month: August 2017

Local organizations are asking the community to help those affected by the flooding in Texas. Check out a full list of local relief efforts to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey “I thought I’d be able to take my small SUV full of stuff and now it looks like we’re going to need the biggest

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have taken action and seized a potentially harmful vaccine administered to patients at the California Stem Cell Treatment Centers in Rancho Mirage and San Diego. U.S. Marshalls seized five vials of the Vaccinia Virus Vaccine, which is reserved only for people at high risk of smallpox. Each of the

Authorities were on scene of an accident in Palm Springs, after a car collided into a pole Thursday. Palm Springs police says, shortly before 12:30 p.m. a vehicle traveling Eastbound on East Palm Canyon went through the intersection of Gene Autry Trail and collided with a pole on the southeast corner. The driver and passenger

A man and woman accused of child molestation, along with making and distributing child pornography, are in custody facing felony charges, Desert Hot Springs police. Michael Flaherty, 31, of Desert Hot Springs and Cynthia Fuentes, 21, of Coachella, were allegedly involved in the molestation of at least one child and the creation of at least

A 21-year-old La Quinta man who choked his mother’s boyfriend to death after seeing the couple fighting pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Thursday and was immediately sentenced to three years in state prison. Robert Ryan Lugo was arrested last winter in connection with the February 21, 2016, death of 47-year-old Byron Crews during a fight

It was the morning of July 5th, 2016; Gareth De La Cruz one of the top local up and coming MMA fighters was invited to a prestigious Las Vegas showcase. He expected to take the next step in his career, but at 7 a.m. after 3-weeks missing, his brother Joseles Dela Cruz-Ornelas’s body was found.

Kuna Noticias habló en exclusiva con los compañeros de trabajo y amigos de un hombre de 26 años quien recibió un impacto de bala que le cobró la vida en Cathedral City. Amigos y familiares lamentan la muerte de un hombre de Cathedral City de 26 años quien recibió un impacto de bala en la

Ines mendez de 27 años y Shanen Ryan Riley de 28 años fueron arrestados esta mañana de hoy jueves despues de ser acusados a principios de mes por la la muerte del hermano discapacidato de la mujer En el año 2012 fue arrestada junto con su novio Shanen Riley, se les acusa de abusar y

The fans have spoken! After over 500 votes on Twitter, Rancho Mirage against Shadow Hills will the Best Local Sports Show Game of the Week. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/BlakeArthurKESQ/status/902652083379200001″,”author_name”:”Blake Arthur”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/BlakeArthurKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Football fans! Vote for which game should be our game of the week on the Best Local Sports Show between two intriguing local match-ups!&#lt;/p&#gt;– Blake Arthur

Varias familias se han unido para presentar una demanda colectiva en contra del supuesto fotógrafo llamado Juan Perea quien les ofreció diferentes paquetes para las quince añeras,bodas y eventos sociales los cuales al final no cumple y se desaparece con el dinero que las victimas le dan para realizar el trabajo de tomar fotos y

Police are investigating a collision in Indio, when a car that crashed into a building early Thursday morning. Indio Police got the call around 1:30 a.m. that a vehicle collided into the building located at Madison and Highway 111, causing significant damage. The driver was gone when they arrived on scene, according to Sgt. Dan

A man and woman accused in the 2012 death of her developmentally disabled twin brother were taken into custody Thursday to await arraignment on a murder charge. Ines Mendez, 27, and her boyfriend, Shanen Ryan Riley, 28, were booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, according to jail records. They were both

A woman was arrested on Wednesday by Border Patrol agents stationed at the Highway 86 checkpoint, suspected in smuggling meth in the gas tank of a car. It happened around 8 a.m., the 34-year-old woman approached the checkpoint in a blue, Chevy Malibu while traveling on the westbound lanes. The car was ordered for a

The California Highway Patrol, Indio Area, conducted an enhanced school zone enforcement operation Thursday as part of an effort to educate drivers and save lives. CHP said the operation will focus on increasing safety in school zones within unincorporated areas of Riverside County. One operation was done in the area of James Monroe Elementary School

A woman who allegedly took part in the beating of a Palm Desert hotel employee pleaded not guilty to an assault charge Thursday. Danei Deborah Davis, 24, is one of four people accused in a June 27 altercation at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, which left a female employee and a man

Authorities arrested a Twentynine Palms man, accused of exposing himself to females at car wash. It happened on Wednesday around 5:15 p.m., deputies responded to the Self Car Wash business at the corner of Adobe Road and Calle Todd Lane in Twentynine Palms for a report of a black male adult exposing his genitals to

Two Thermal residents are accused of stealing produce from local farms. Police booked 25-year-old Carlos Alvarado and a 59-year-old Maria Arciniega into the Riverside County jail in Indio Wednesday. They’re charged with felony theft. Police had been investigating recent thefts from farms in Thermal, Oasis and Mecca. Wednesday, sheriffs say they stopped the suspect’s vehicle

Some people are reaching into their pockets to help with Harvey relief, while others are headed straight to the disaster zone. “This will definitely be the worst disaster I’ve been to,” Dr. Mona Khanna told KESQ News Channel 3’s and CBS Local 2’s Katie Widner. “Of all the disasters I’ve worked over the last 20

A 20-year-old Desert Hot Springs woman who shot two teenage boys in Palm Springs pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges and was immediately sentenced to 38 years in state prison. Sandra Vanessa Herrera, who also admitted several firearm and gang-related sentence enhancements, was arrested on March 9, along with a 17-year-old boy. Read: Juvenile arrested

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling heroin Monday afternoon. It happened around 3:30 p.m. when a 39-year-old man driving a 1998 Honda Civic accompanied by several passengers approached the checkpoint. Agents sent the car to secondary inspection after a canine detection team