Month: August 2017

Our “Back to School” coverage continues with a look at high school graduation rates here in the Coachella Valley. There are three different school districts spread across our nine city area, Palm Springs Unified, Desert Sands Unified and Coachella Valley Unified, each district with its own challenges. KESQ’s I-team reporter Karen Devine took an in-depth

The Desert Sands Unified School kicked off the first day of school Thursday, becoming the last of the Coachella Valley’s three school districts to have classes resume. Thousands of kids and parents are expected hit the road and send their kids to school. The Superintendent Scott Bailey and his senior staff are starting a new

An 18-year-old Perris man was charged in federal court in San Diego with smuggling a Bengal tiger cub into the United States from Mexico, authorities said today. According to a federal complaint, Luis Eudoro Valencia drove into the Otay Mesa Port of Entry from Mexico on Wednesday in a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro with no license

H3K is catching the eye of HGTV and is featured in two categories of its Faces of Design Competition. Kevin Kemper and Howard Hawkes from H3K said they’re thrilled to be recognized. “They’ve created 14 categories, or aspects of design, and they have different people from across the country submitting projects to be voted on,”

A man set to stand trial soon on an attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing his live-in girlfriend in Desert Hot Springs, then leading police on a freeway chase that ended near Cabazon, pleaded guilty Thursday to a single felony count of evading arrest. Charles Campbell Jr., 40, is accused of repeatedly stabbing his 42-year-old

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Despues de una enorme muestra de apoyo de grupos de derechos de los inmigrantes, la ciudad de Coachella votó oficialmente para convertirse en una ciudad santuario el miercoles por la noche. Coachella se convierte en la segunda ciudad en el Valle de Coachella para convertirse en una ciudad santuario oficial.Cathedral City votó para tener ese

Cathedral City is moving ahead with a plan to elect council members by district. The council approved “purple map 2” with a possible change that would expand district 2 into the downtown area so district one doesn’t represent the entire area. The council approved that District 1 and District 2 will be up for elections

Two men initially charged with attempted murder in the shooting of two other men outside a Cathedral City bar will stand trial on criminal counts, but only one will be held for attempted murder, a judge ruled Thursday. Santos Franco, 20, of Palm Springs and Felipe Arechiga, 25, of Desert Hot Springs, are accused in

A transgender prison guard is suing California, saying prison officials have discriminated against her and subjected her to a hostile work environment ever since she transitioned. The Sacramento Bee reports Thursday Meghan Frederick has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The 53-year-old correctional officer at a Sacramento prison joined the

The Desert Sands Unified School kicked off the first day of school Thursday, becoming the last of the Coachella Valley’s three school districts to have classes resume. Watch Jeremy Chen reporting live in Indio on News Channel 3 live Thousands of kids and parents are expected hit the road and send their kids to school.

After an enormous showing of support from immigrant rights groups, the city of Coachella officially voted to become a sanctuary city Wednesday evening. With the notion passing at Wednesday’s city council meeting, Coachella becomes the second city in the Coachella Valley to become an official sanctuary city. Cathedral city voted to have that title back

A Menifee man suspected of flashing a laser into the Menifee man suspected of flashing a laser into the cockpit of a Riverside County sheriff’s helicopter — temporarily blinding the crew — as well as targeting other aircraft, was arrested Wednesday. George Kevin Tucker, 56, was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on

The Rocklin Academy school board, near Sacramento, is facing tough questions from parents concerned over a controversial incident involving transgender discussions inside a kindergarten class. “These parents feel betrayed by the school district that they were not notified,” said Karen England with the Capitol Resource Institute. The incident happened earlier this summer during the last

A man is in custody after a standoff with police at a home in Cathedral City on Wednesday. Police barricaded a home on Bella Vista Road on 68200 block of Bella Vista Road near Avenida La Paz and Calada Road. One witness, Steve Duvall, who was doing a roofing job across the street, tells us

A popular restaurant in downtown Palm Springs will have its reopening pushed back. Trio Restaurant was supposed to re-open around Labor Day, but according to owner Tony Marchese will now reopen in mid-September instead. The restaurant suffered significant smoke and water damage forcing it to close after a fire on August 2. Much of the

The Desert Sands Unified School District is the third and final in the Coachella Valley to head back to the classroom. With construction going on at the same time, traffic is sure to be a mess. Doctor Carreon Boulevard where it meets Jackson Street is closed, it will remain that way tomorrow. The Indio Police

Palm Springs designer Christopher Kennedy was featured on the latest episode of HGTV’s “House Hunters Renovation.” Eye on the Desert’s Alexandra Pierce talked to Kennedy about what it was like to be on this iconic show. “The whole experience of doing a TV show, I don’t want to disappoint, but it’s kind of like doing

A federal case involving securities violations by the former city manager for Beaumont, along with the Beaumont Financing Authority, was settled Wednesday with agreements to pay financial penalties — without admissions of guilt. Alan Charles Kapanicas, 64, of Palm Desert and the BFA, a municipal entity, reached the settlements following negotiations with attorneys from the

A Thermal man who was allegedly driving drunk when his SUV rolled over several times in Coachella, injuring a woman and three children in the vehicle, was charged with DUI causing injury and child endangerment Wednesday. Juvenal Gasca-Garcia, 30, was booked on $50,000 bail and pleaded not guilty to two counts of drunk driving and