Month: April 2018

A Los Angeles couple in town for Coachella Fest were burglarized at their Airbnb in Palm Springs. According to police, they are not the only people renting out a place to say that were ripped off. The couple told KESQ & CBS Local 2’s Lauren Coronado that when they arrived back Sunday, all their personal

2.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near Anza. The earthquake was centered 9 miles southwest of Anza. No word on injuries or damage to structures. Check back with KESQ & CBS Local 2 for any updates. Download the KESQ & CBS Local 2 app on iTunes or Google Play for up-to-the-minute breaking news alerts & more More:

The parents accused of child abuse by living in a makeshift shelter in Joshua Tree were back in court Wednesday morning. Before the hearing, supporters of Daniel Panico and Mona Kirk were outside protesting the couple’s prosecution. Cars are honking by the Joshua Tree courthouse, as supporters of the couple made their presence known with

Un juez federal en Washington asestó el golpe más duro hasta el momento a los esfuerzos de la administración Trump para poner fin a las protecciones de deportación para los inmigrantes indocumentados conocidos como “soñadores”. El juez federal de distrito John Bates ordenó al gobierno continuar el programa de la era Obama y, por primera

The senior age requirement to qualify for the energy assistance program has been lowered, the Imperial Irrigation District announced Tuesday. The IID board of directors unanimously approved the lowering of the qualifying age from 65 to 62. The change was done to increase participation in the program. Customers 62 or older who qualify for IID’s

Just to the west of Palm Springs is a vast, rolling wilderness: the Sand to Snow National Monument. It’s quiet here, but an unexpected species has taken control and opened a political can of worms. Feral cows have charged hikers, endangered bird habitats, diminished water quality, increased potential for disease transmission to bighorn sheep. “We

An appeals court panel today upheld an 82-year-to-life prison sentence for a former Cathedral City resident who barricaded himself inside a Palm Springs home, committed a carjacking and was caught with a loaded handgun near Palm Springs International Airport, in separate incidents all within the span of a few weeks. Jody Wayne Noel was convicted

Una mujer resultó herida y su perro murió, luego de ser atropellados por un vehículo en Palm Springs el martes por la noche. La colisión se informó justo antes de las 7:50 p.m. a lo largo de la cuadra 400 de South Sunrise Road. Los agentes de policía de Palm Springs dijeron que la mujer

Wyatt Snellenberger threw for nearly 5,000 yards at the small Christian school in Bermuda Dunes and now he’s headed to the Big-12 where he is soon to become a Baylor Bear at the Christian school in Waco. “Especially walking on out there and seeing all the big players and such, I was obviously star struck.

Una pareja que disfrutaba del Coachella fest y rentó un lugar en Palm Springs se convirtió en blanco de los ladrones, supuestamente ingresaron por una puerta sin llave a la casa que rentaban en Palm Springs y se apropiaron de 25 mil dólares en pertenencias. Segun el sargento William Hutchinson, del Departamento de Policía de

Neurofeedback, a therapeutic treatment displaying a patient’s brain activity to teach self-regulation of conditions like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, has proven effective in treating the condition in veterans, according to a study conducted at Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert’s Neurofeedback Center. Nearly 80 percent of veterans who participated in the campus’ study showed improvement in

Firefighters responded to reports of a brush fire near the intersection of Ramon Road and Canyon Vista Road in Cathedral City. They were able to quickly extinguish the flames before the blaze spread to any surrounding structures. Smoke is visible from Interstate-10. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Qassignmentdesk/status/989211242341351424″,”author_name”:”Rich Tarpening”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Qassignmentdesk”,”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; Fire crews are responding to a small

After starts, stops, delays, and over ten years since the alleged killings, the case of the 2006 deaths of Becky Friedli, her mother Vicki and Vicki’s boyfriend, Jon Hayward, takes a first step toward solution. The defendants, Cristin Smith and Robert Pape, face three first-degree murder charges each. If convicted, they could face life in

The second week of the Pinyon Pines triple murder trial took a one-day pause yesterday, after Jeff Moore, the attorney of Robert Pape, fell ill. Cristin Smith and Robert Pape are both facing three counts of first-degree murder in the 2006 deaths of Becky Friedli, Vicki Friedli, and John Hayward. Last week’s days in court

Cristin Smith and Robert Pape returned to Riverside County court today for the third day of their trial. Pape and Smith are both charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths 18-year-old Becky Friedli, her mother, 53-year-old Vicki Friedli, and the latter’s boyfriend, 55-year-old Jon Hayward. The defendants also face special circumstance allegations

Photographed remains of a Pinyon Pines family whose lives were allegedly taken by two young men more than a decade ago were displayed today to a hushed courtroom in Riverside, where a pathologist detailed how the three died and why their bodies were left unrecognizable. Riverside County Chief Pathologist Mark Fajardo was called by the

On Monday, the prosecution and [half of] the defense laid down their trial groundwork in the Pinyon Pines triple murder case, presenting opening statements. John Dolan, Cristin Smith’s attorney, argued against the initial evidence presented by the prosecution, while Jeff Moore, Robert Pape’s attorney, deferred his opening statements to a later date. Pape and Smith

On April 3rd, Patricia Brown was out of jail for the first time since August of 2016. Her release followed a Riverside judge’s decision to grant her bail on April 3 and came just shy of a month after the decision was made to grant her a new trial. Yesterday, it was announced that Riverside

A woman was injured, and her dog killed, after being struck by a vehicle in Palm Springs Tuesday evening. The collision was reported just before 7:50 p.m. along the 400 block of South Sunrise Road. Palm Springs Police officers said they arrived on scene and determined the woman was not in a crosswalk as she