Month: September 2017

The Escape Room Palm Springs is set to expand and move on September 21. The new location will be at the Venezia Italian Restaurant shopping center on 2500 N. Palm Canyon Drive, near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Watch: Escape Room Palm Springs 2015 report The entertainment center will expand from 2,500 square feet to

On Thursday Cathedral City Deputy Police Chief Travis Walker as the new Police Chief for the city. This comes after George Crum, the current Cathedral City’s Police Chief announced his retirement effective November 2, 2017. “When the City interviewed for the Deputy Police Chief position over a year ago, we paid close attention to identifying

The woman who was rescued by a police officer after her car was caught in a flash flood Saturday afternoon speaks out about what happened. Kris Hernandez and her son were driving back home after spending the day at the Children’s Discovery Museum in Palm Springs. Hernandez says she avoided flooded roads in the area,

Youth soccer coach Stephen William Morgan, 31, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Indio on multiple charges of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14. Morgan, a coach for UK International Soccer Camps was in the U.S. legally on an employment visa, according to his attorneys. According to the DA’s complaint,

A big rig accident happened on westbound Interstate 10 at 7:13 this morning west of Eagle Mountain. The big rig hit a bridge and went into a ravine, and then caught fire. The CHP says the driver managed to get out of the big rig, but no word on whether the he was injured.

UPDATE 5:55 a.m.: Westbound freeway lanes were open again and traffic was back up to speed on Interstate 10. ————– UPDATE 5:30 a.m.: Westbound freeway traffic was backing up for a mile and past Jackson Street. ————– Motorists were being detoured off Interstate 10 early Thursday morning, as a third straight night of overnight freeway

UPDATE: The Joshua Tree earthquake has been downgraded to a 3.3 ———————————————————- The USGS reported that a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was centered near Imperial at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday. A second small quake near Joshua Tree registered 3.4 in magnitude at 2:59 p.m. There was no damage reported. Stay with KESQ News Channel 3 / CBS

Coachella Valley and Indio have been battling for the Victory Bell ever since 1959. It is one of the longest and strongest rivalries in the desert, going beyond the gridiron. The Arabs and Rajahs make this game about the community, with one of the most attended games all season. CV has had the upper-hand of

Two Palm Springs Unified School District teachers were honored with a roadside billboard in Desert Hot Springs Wednesday morning in recognition of being named Riverside County Teachers of the Year. Both teachers work in Desert Hot Springs. The billboard was placed on Palm Drive just south of Dillon Road. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ/status/907970341321949186″,”author_name”:”Jeremy Chen”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;A billboard

The cleanup and repair effort at Safari Park continues after Saturday’s flash flood. “We had 4 inches of mud up to here in the front, so I put towels under the front door and it started coming in the back door,” said Dennis Quinlal. “We had to literally put sump pumps in to get it

Man arrested for violating parole after being found in possession of narcotics and firearms. Montana McIntosh was arrested at a residence in the 52000 block of Avenida Obregon Wednesday morning. More Crime Headlines La Quinta Special Enforcement officers seized narcotics and a firearm during a compliance check at the residence. McIntosh was arrested for possession

An inmate serving a prison sentence in connection with a 2009 Desert Hot Springs carjacking and assault was stabbed to death by another inmate, according to state corrections officials. Dennis Cruz, 28, died at the state prison in Corcoran after being chased into the prison’s yard by another inmate, Jonathan Lewis, 35, and stabbed with

Hunger Action Month is devoted to taking action against America’s hunger crisis. Locally, valley businesses are promoting initiatives within their offices and the community. Desert Wraps in Palm Desert is a marketing and advertising firm with specialization in vehicle designs and interior branding. They’re even designing a new look for the FIND Food Bank. For

Southern Californian’s know too well about the looming threat the “big-one” poses, this as experts say the state is long over due for a major earthquake. Some of those quake experts were in the Coachella Valley this week to discuss seismic activity. The conference, held at the Palm Springs Hilton is funded by the National

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Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36) announced Wednesday that he will co-chair the Jobs With Dignity Task Force as part of the House Democratic Caucus’s Jobs for America Task Force. “As the son of farmworkers in Coachella, I know what it means to work hard for every dollar and save every penny, only to feel like

On Wednesday, Cathedral City officials announced Stone James will take over as the city’s new Economic Development Director. This announcement comes as the current Economic Development Director Curt Watts plans to retire soon. James, a land acquisition executive officer has over 20 years experience in private management and land investment. He served as the Vice

For a second night, motorists were being detoured off Interstate 10 early Wednesday morning in Indio as construction crews continued work to build the new Jefferson Street interchange. The freeway’s eastbound lanes were shut down at the Jefferson exit, and traffic was detoured to Avenue 42, then back onto the freeway at Monroe Street. As