Month: April 2018

Lays truck overturns near Palm & Varner intersection just off Interstate 10. According to the California Highway Patrol, the truck was reportedly blown over just before 3:20 p.m. The truck is currently on its roof. Cal Fire is on their way to the scene. No word on injuries or lane closures at this time, stay

Police responded to the scene of a car crash on Varner Road and Bob Hope Drive in Thousand Palms. One driver was treated at the scene for an injury. Cathedral City Police Department officers and members of the Cathedral City Fire Department were on the scene. Stay with KESQ & CBS Local 2 for the

CAL FIRE Investigators determined that the cause of the fire at a storage facility in Indio is arson. Firefighters responded to the incident on the 45-800 Block of Flower Street just before 10:00 p.m. Crews were able to contain the fire around 11:00 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters said the first arriving crews reported heavy smoke and

Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a deadly shooting in Sky Valley. Deputies got a call around 7:30 p.m. Sunday of a man with a gunshot wound at a home in the 74700 Block of Dillon Road. Deputies arrived on scene and detained a man. When deputies checked the house, they found a victim with

Drivers are advised to be prepared for heavy traffic on Sunday evening and Monday after the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Around 40,000 campers are expected to depart from the Empire Polo Grounds, filling up surface streets and westbound Interstate 10. Heavy traffic delays are also expected on eastbound Interstate 10 between Banning and

The cause of a fire in Coachella is under investigation. Crews responded just after 11 on Sunday night at Desert Ready Mix, a concrete, sand, and crushed rock business, near Grapefruit Boulevard and Avenue 50. CAL FIRE says an office trailer was fully engulfed in flames. No injuries were reported. Stay with us on air

Fans are buzzing about Beyonce’s performance at Coachella Saturday night. The singer had a reunion with her old group Destiny’s Child and her husband Jay-Z made a cameo appearance. “Still…wow…I’m still in shock,” Elizabeth Njuguna, a festival-goer, said. The singer headlined the second day of music and arts festival and electrified crowds with her performance.

The 4th Annual Rosie Casals & Jackie Cooper Team Tennis Pro-Am, hosted by Hall of Fame tennis legend Rosie Casals, is set to take place on Sunday April 22, 2018 at Indian Ridge Country Club. Casals’ company, Sportswoman, Inc., in conjunction with the Love & Love Tennis Foundation founded by Casals and former tennis pro

Opening statements in the trial of two men accused of a Pinyon Pines triple murder are set to begin Monday morning. Robert Pape and Cristin Smith are charged with three counts of first-degree murder, with a special circumstance allegation of committing multiple murders, in the 2006 deaths of 18-year-old Becky Friedli, her mother Vicki and

Firefighters have stopped the forward spread of a vegetation fire burning in Coachella. Cal Fire says the fire is now 10% contained and that resources will be committed throughout the day. The fire broke out at 4:38 A.M. near the 46600 Block of Tyler Street. The fire quickly spread from 2 acres to 10 acres.

A La Quinta man died after suffering critical injuries in a traffic collision at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Avenue 52 Saturday. Ernesto Magallon, 33, died after being transported by helicopter to an area hospital. The collision was reported at 3:14 p.m. Two CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department engines responded to the scene. The

Festival-goers are in the valley for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, but according to some homeowners, their noise is causing a ruckus for their community. Kim Hyde, a resident of the La Quinta Polo Estates, said an all night party at the nearby Platinum Estates along Madison Street in La Quinta, left her

Yvonne Parks will be resigning from her seat on the Desert Hot Springs city council. Parks, who according to the city’s website has been serving in her current seat since December 2015, sent her resignation letter to the city Thursday, April 12. In her letter, Parks wrote, “I will be moving and will no longer

Saturday, Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (D, CA-36) tweeted a statement on the situation in Syria. This comes after the United States, in an effort with the United Kingdom and France, launched airstrikes at Syria Friday night, retaliating for a suspected gas attack on civilians by Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad. In a statement, Rep. Ruiz

Firefighters contained a blaze at a house in Desert Hot Springs early Saturday morning. According to CAL FIRE, the fire was at a vacant residential structure on the 66000 Block Buena Vista Way and was reported at around 1:22 a.m. CAL FIRE said there was a threat to nearby structures and power lines were down,

A Desert Hot Springs teacher named county and state teacher of the year was honored in a street dedication ceremony. Dr. Brian McDaniel was named Riverside County and California teacher of the year. McDaniels was raised in Desert Hot Springs and is the band and choir teacher at Painted Hills Middle School. The street dedication

Early this morning, Riley Rose Sherman passed away after an extended battle with a rare form of pediatric cancer. “At 3:02 am, Riley Rose Sherman flew from this earth into the arms of our Lord,” reads a post from Riley’s mother, Kristin Elena Sherman’s Facebook page. “Her grandma and her family and all her other

The exclusive pair of weekends come around just twice a year. The passes, near impossible to acquire. The prices on the secondary-ticket market, exorbitant. For dozens of would-be Coachella festival attendees, they believed they had beaten the odds and gotten their hands on the prized passes; but by the time they reached will call, they

‘Desert Ice Castle’ in Cathedral City files for bankruptcy. ‘Desert Ice Castle’ filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Friday in United States Bankruptcy Court. The ice rink opened in September 2011, it’s still the only year-round ice rink in the Coachella Valley. It is owned by two-time Olympian and six-time World Competitor Anthony Liu, who also

Tthe U.S. Post Office in Palm Springs is in need of a new home now that their land lease with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is about to run out. The post office, currently located across the street from the Spa Resort Casino, has two and a half years to relocate. Friday, officials