Month: March 2018

5-local teams advance to regional competition after impressive winter seasons. Schedule Desert Mirage boys soccer (#1 seed in D-4) vs Sage Creek / Tuesday 4pm La Quinta boys soccer (#6 seed in D-3) at Del Norte / Tuesday 4pm West Shores boys soccer (#6 seed in D-5) at Aquinas / Tuesday 4pm Cathedral City girls

All-Conference selections and awards for the 2017-2018 girls DVL soccer season. Offensive Player of the Year: Tatiana Woodworth Defensive Player of the Year: Dalton Kramer Coach of the Year: Jayme Macknicki 1st Team:TATIANA WOODWORTH — LA QUINTA (SR)MARCELA GALLO– LA QUINTA (SR)AZALEA GUANAJUATO — CATHEDRAL CITY (SR)KAITLIN CLAPINSKI — PALM DESERT (JR)ALEXIS GARCIA — LA

Strong winds int he Coachella Valley Saturday afternoon uprooted a large tree and caused it to come crashing down on a passing pick up truck in La Quinta. Photo gallery below: Photos courtesy of KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 viewer Joe Galaviz.

Eight people were displaced when a fire erupted in a home in Indio Saturday, though no one was injured. The blaze was reported at 1:46 p.m. in the 81000 block of Avenue 46, according to Tawny Cabral of the Riverside County Fire Department. When fire crews arrived at the scene, they found a double-wide manufactured

The fun continues at the Warburton Celebrity Golf Tournament. Saturday celebrities and their partners hit the links at the JW Mariott and Classic Club. The annual event bringing 75 celebrities to the desert to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Actor Chace Crawford working on his swing on the driving range. “I’m trying

Many dressed to the nines for a silver safari at The Living Desert Saturday night. The zoo and gardens hosted its 25th annual Zoobilee! gala, one of their major annual fundraisers. People got up close encounters with animals, and a chance to bid on items in silent and live auctions. Organizers said the event is

After a 24-2 record advanced Cathedral City girls basketball to their first ever CIF Championship, the Lady Lions fell to Rolling Hills Prep 76-61.

Schools throughout the Coachella Valley honored Dr. Seuss with “Read Across America Day” Friday marked legendary author Dr. Seuss’ 114th birthday and schools honored him by reading. Numerous members of the KESQ/CBS Local 2 family helped students celebrate the occasion. News Channel ‘s Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson celebrated Doctor Seuss’s birthday by reading “O Say

Artists are enjoying this year’s La Quinta Arts Festival almost as much as the thousands of art lovers streaming through the gates at La Quinta’s Civic Center Park. This may be Debra Steidel’s first-time exhibiting at the La Quinta Arts Festival, but her relationship with pottery dates back much further. The Wimberley, Texas artist has

Only days before he was set to appear at the BNP Paribas Open tournament in Indian Wells, tournament organizers announced today that three-time champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the tennis tournament due to a right hip injury. The injury is the same one that forced Nadal, 30, to withdraw from the Australian Open in

A pedestrian was hit by a smart car Friday evening in Palm Springs. Palm Springs police confirmed the accident happened on W San Rafael Dr and McCarthy Rd shortly before 6:30 pm {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KWidnerCBSL2/status/969778378730450944″,”author_name”:”Katie Widner CBSL2″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/KWidnerCBSL2″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Breaking&#lt;/a&#gt; Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by Smart Car in &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PalmSprings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#PalmSprings&#lt;/a&#gt; – Hear what a passenger

Drivers are being turned away at the Date Palm bridge at Perez in Cathedral City due to police activity. Date Palm Drive is closed between Perez to Gerald Ford due to a traffic collision involving two vehicles which hit each other head-on. Officials say two people were taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. Stay

Police and firefighters were on the scene of a collision in Coachella involving a small school bus and another vehicle Friday morning. It happened at 7:45 a.m. at Calhoun Street and Avenue 48, according to the California Highway Patrol. A small bus with students aboard collided with a Silver 2009 G-37 Infiniti sedan. The Infiniti

A 16-year-old Hemet boy was arrested today for allegedly threatening to shoot students and staff at Diamond Valley Middle School. The teenager, whose identity was not disclosed, was booked into Riverside Juvenile Hall on suspicion of making criminal threats. According to Hemet police Lt. Glen Brock, the suspect was standing outside the perimeter fence on

To compete or not to compete, that is the question several local students are answering at this year’s English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition. High school students throughout the Coachella Valley area were invited to participate in the competition. The competition was started in 1983.The ESU estimates that approximately 2,500 teachers and 20,000 students in nearly

The man accused of killing a missing Palm Springs resident and dismembering his own wife’s body files eight handwritten motions. Justin Todd Rey is serving time in a Kansas jail after police found him and his children inside a storage unit this past October, with his wife dismembered body inside a cooler. Read: New details

. Con 14 años en escena, la obra de teatro “Jesucristo Vive – La Pasión” se ha convertido en la más grande y longeva del Sur de California sobre la Pasión de Cristo. El propósito de esta obra es transmitir a todas las generaciones y en especial a los niños un mensaje positivo de amor

Para tres niños de Coachella que viajan a la escuela en un autobús escolar el viernes, el uso de cinturones de seguridad puede haber salvado sus vidas, dijeron las autoridades. Poco antes de las 8 a. M., El residente de Indio Edgar López, de 29 años, viajaba hacia el norte por la calle Calhoun en