Month: October 2017

94-year-old Jim Hardy is the oldest living LA Ram and an USC Hall of Fame quarterback who earned MVP of the 1945 Rose Bowl. Hardy currently resides in La Quinta and sat down with KESQ/CBS Local 2 where he gave high praise for now USC quarterback Sam Darnold.

Kelsey’s Heroes announced their first night of fall baseball will take place Thursday, October 12th at Davis Field in Indio. The organization provides an opportunity for those with mental or physical disabilities to play the game of baseball. For more information contact their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Kelseys-Heroes-506458579465265/

The Palm Springs Police Officers Association has been working to raise money for the families of officers Jose “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny. Every Thursday, the association is selling shirts and flags at Village Fest in Palm Springs, raising enough money to have a highway dedicated in officers Zerebny and Vega’s honor. News Channel 3

No one spent more time with Palm Springs police officer Gil Vega than his wife of ten years and his eight-year-old daughter. On the eve of the one year anniversary of his death, they spoke about the veteran police officer they called husband and father. Susana and Vanessa Vega have stayed out of the spotlight

KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 captured incredible video of a car fire on the westbound Interstate-10 Saturday afternoon. As a result, traffic was backed up west of the Jefferson Street overpass around 5:30 p.m. No one was injured.

The first-ever Desert Oasis music festival is underway at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio. The two day music festival is hosted Empire Music Ventures and features 24 Reggae, Latin and hip hop artists. Cocktails, food and pop-up shops are also available. It’s the first local music festival since the mass shooting in Las Vegas,

The Palm Springs Police Department said the body of a homeless man was found a campsite around 5:35 p.m. Saturday. The death is believed to be medical-related. The watch commander on duty said officers did not find anything suspicious at the scene, which was located near the intersection of Indian Canyon and Racquet Club. The

Week 7 is in the books, check out final scores and highlights below. Tune in every Friday at 11:00 pm for highlights on the Best Local Sports Show with Blake and Cody. Game of the Week: Rancho Mirage (3-3) – 24 @ Coachella Valley (4-2) – 42 PLEASE NOTE: THIS SCORE IS CORRECT, IT WAS

Update: 10/06/17 Trey O’Connor has come out of his medically-induced coma and is getting better, according to family. Doctors are still attempting to find the cause of the seizures. The family would like to thank the community for their support as Trey continues to recover. —————————————————— Original story: 10/05/17 A young man who was a

The Indio Police Department introduced their Social Media Team at a news conference on Friday morning. IPD was one of 15 law enforcement agencies across the nation that was selected to participate in former President Obama’s 21st Century Policing Initiative. Indio Mayor Elaine Holmes, along with Indio Police Chief Mike Washburn and PIO Sgt. Dan

Investigators were working for a second day to determine if human remains found in Sky Valley, an unincorporated areas east of Desert Hot Springs, are those of a 23-year-old woman who went missing in 2009 in the San Fernando Valley. The decomposed remains were found buried near Hot Springs Road, according to Los Angeles Police

A new music festival is taking over the Empire Polo Grounds this weekend. Desert Oasis Music Festival is bringing 24 bands for a two-day experience. “Reggae is great, and we’ve been kicking it around for a couple of years. And then when Desert Trip decided they weren’t going to come back this year, I thought

En la primera entrevista concedida a los medios de comunicación, la familia Vega habla sobre su gran perdida y cómo su familia encuentra la fortaleza para seguir adelante un año despues. Panorama Park, Cathedral City- A los 63 años, muchos se preguntaban porque Jose Gil Vega estaba trabajando, especialmente el 8 de octubre del año

El dia de ayer se llevo acabo la graduación de la primera generación de emprendedores de el Valle de Coachella, este taller se realizo por varias semanas y fue impartido en el centro de desarrollo de pequeñas empresas de el Valle de Coachella. El supervisor Manuel perez junto al consulado mexicano con sede en San

This past August, News Channel 3’s John White spoke with Jennifer Kepner, a Cathedral City woman who served in Iraq now battling pancreatic cancer. Kepner believes her cancer was caused by the pollution from a “burn pit” on base. Watch our I-Team investigation: Local veteran blames cancer on burn pits John White caught with Kepner,

Former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and two Coachella Valley developers pleaded not guilty Friday to numerous bribery and perjury charges stemming from an scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly paid to the former city leader. John Wessman, 78, and Richard Meaney, 51, are accused of paying Pougnet, 54, around $375,000 between 2012

An Indio man convicted of slashing his girlfriend’s throat with a box cutter, then running the 41-year-old high school teacher over with her Toyota Prius after the initial attack failed to kill her, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge handed down the sentence Friday morning. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ/status/916362010647977984″,”author_name”:”Jeremy Chen”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JeremyChenKESQ”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p

A former Palm Springs city employee has been charged with embezzlement for allegedly using about $25,000 worth of city equipment for personal use. Steven Dewayne Rakestraw, 44, the city’s former fleet services manager, was charged Thursday for allegedly purchasing vehicle parts using city funds and stealing a tractor registered to and owned by Palm Springs.

Doctor Mona Khanna has been in Puerto Rico the past two weeks with the rest of her disaster medical assistance team. The team has set up tents in San Juan outside of the main hospital to treat patients that have been injured. Khanna says that they have been treating patients mostly for orthopedic injuries such

A second man suspected in an attempted robbery at a Domino’s Pizza and a robbery at Dollar Tree in August has been arrested. According to Indio Police, Anthony Quintana was out on bail at the time of the Aug. 8th crimes. The Imperial County Narcotics Task Force and Mexican authorities helped take Quintana into custody