Month: January 2018

The woman who led authorities on a high-speed chase yesterday has been identified as 38-year-old Tessa DeLeon of Riverside. DeLeon was booked at the Riverside County Jail in Indio for charges of Evading Arrest and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle. The pursuit began in the area of Varner Road and Ramon Road in Thousand Palms

En Mexico un alcalde experimentó en carne propia lo que es vivir en medio de las balas, y todo quedó registrado en un impactante video. En el momento que el alcalde de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas en la frontera con Mexico inaugura con su grupo de colaboradores un mural, comienzan a escucharse detonaciones. El acto oficial

El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos confirmó un movimiento telúrico ocurrido hoy a las 2 a.m. al noroeste de Lake Elsinore con una maginutd de 4 grados. Por fortuna, hasta el momento no hay reporte de personas lesionadas ni daños materiales. El epicentro se situó a unas ocho millas al noreste de Trabuco Canyon cerca

32-year-old Rachel Adkins of Twentynine Palms was arrested yesterday for possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a stolen vehicle, and a separate misdemeanor. The Yucca Valley Multiple Enforcement Team conducted an arrest warrant service for the misdemeanor at 2:58 p.m. During the subsequent search, the stolen vehicle, a 1984 Honda ATV, and the stolen

Roger Dannen was lost on a Palm Springs trail for three days, surviving very tough conditions including a lack of water, the bitter cold and being hunted by a mountain lion. Last Wednesday morning, Dannen and his longtime hiking buddy started the Jo Pond Hiking Trail for the first time. The trail starts near in

It’s easy to read the condition of some of the chairs in the Palm Springs Public Library. Major tears are in the seats of several chairs that were bought for the library in the 1980s. Not to judge a book by its cover, but the chairs not that comfortable, either. “I think more comfortable seats

There were no reports of any damage or injuries following a light earthquake centered just northwest of Lake Elsinore. The United States Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 4.0 and occurred just after 2 a.m. Thursday. Be ready for the big one: Check out our Earthquake Alert section It was centered about

The Palm Springs Cultural Center will host a “meet-and-greet” with desert cannabis dispensary owners Thursday in advance of the inaugural Cannabis Film Festival and Summit to be held at the venue this spring. The inaugural “PS Cannafest’ will feature a series of panel discussions regarding the legal, environmental and business impacts of cannabis’ statewide legalization.

People who fly in and out of the Palm Springs International Airport can now use ride-sharing services when being picked up. The Palm Springs City Council voted unanimously to allow people to use services like Uber and Lyft to allow drivers to pick them up at the curb. The vast majority of people were on

The Palm Springs City Council voted Wednesday to remove a large row of Tamarisk trees from a city golf course. A large group of people from the Crossley neighborhood were present for the vote. They want a large row of tamarisk trees to be removed along the Tahquitz Creek Legends golf course. Some people at

Beaumont police arrested a Cathedral City parolee for fraud. 23-year-old, Michael Ellender was arrested Monday in Beaumont after a probation search revealed several stolen items. Police found a stolen printer, laptop, printer-paper and ledger book from a local recycling company. Officers determined that Ellender had been printing fraudulent vouchers for recycling and cashing them to

Traffic was clearing Wednesday evening after being backed up on the I-10 between Jefferson and Washington Street. A three-vehicle collision brought traffic to a crawl. California Highway Patrol confirmed that the roll-over wreck involved three vehicles and was blocking all three lanes of Eastbound traffic. According to CHP, no one was injured. Stay with KESQ

A Coachella Valley lawmaker, citing labor shortages in California’s agricultural and service industries, co-introduced legislation that would establish the framework for creation of a resident worker permit program for undocumented immigrants. Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, co-authored the California Resident Worker Program and Economic Stabilization Act with Anne Caballero, D-Salinas, Anthony Cannella, R-Ceres, and Devon Mathis,

Two men arrested after a weapons/narcotics check in an unincorporated area of South Desert Hot Springs. The arrests happened on Tuesday at a residence within the 15500 block of Avenida Descanso. Members of the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force found narcotics and a high capacity magazine during the search of the residence. 30-year-old

Toys R Us says it will close up to 182 stores nationwide, including its location in north Indio, as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan. The toy chain says it’s being squeezed by Amazon.com and huge chains like Walmart. It will begin closing a number of its stores starting in February. The Indio

For the first time in 14-months, Serena Williams will be returning to the WTA tour at the BNP Paribas Open. She took a leave of absence from the game surrounding the birth of her daughter. Williams joins an elite singles entry field which includes eight former BNP Paribas Open Champions. The former champions returning to

If you’ve hiked on local trails here in the desert, you may have encountered a rattlesnake or two. Sightings are now becoming a year-round occurrence. The rattling from a rattlesnake is the sound many don’t want to hear if they’re ever hiking a trail. Encountering a rattlesnake isn’t something many hikers are fond o Carl

When the forecast fails to create a winter wonderland, one Bermuda Dunes preschool steps in. Every year the Bermuda Dunes Learning Center trucks in a little over a ton of snow to give their students a chance to enjoy the fluffy white stuff right in the middle of the desert. “The importance of it is

De acuerdo con el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside, los agentes detectaron el vehículo robado en Thousand Palms. Las autoridades realizaron una persecución a alta velocidad tras el reporte de un vehículo robado que finalmente terminó en la I-10 hacia el oeste. Las autoridades intentaron detener el vehículo, pero el conductor no cedió,

Hay alerta ante la presencia en esta epoca del año de serpientes cascabel en los senderos mas frecuentados en el valle de Coachella. El sonido de una serpiente cascabel es de los mas temidos cuando se esta realizando una caminata, Carl Person, un zoólogo de serpientes de Animalia Herpetofauna Inc., reconoce que estos reptiles han