Month: June 2018

Coachella Valley High School football represented by Angel Lopez won the Spicy Thai Noodle Challenge for the second straight time. Local high school programs competed against each other for a $1,000 prize from My Thai.

The Palm Springs Power defeat the Orange Coast Pirates 9-3 Saturday night to now stand 7-0 on the season.

KESQ/CBS Local 2 sports anchor Cody Krupp sits down for a one on one interview with 2017 Palm Desert grad Anthony Mantanona. Not only is he considered the greatest wrestler to ever compete in the valley but is on the short list for the most dominate athlete to ever play a sport. A 4-time CIF

Roads are now reopened in all directions on Ramon Road and Gene Autry in Palm Springs after police investigated a major injury traffic collision late Saturday night. Dispatchers received calls of a traffic collision involving a vehicle that was on fire last night at 11:10 P.M. When officers arrived, they found a female driver unconscious

On Sept. 17, 2006, 18-year-old Becky Friedli was killed, her body burned at her Pinyon Pines home. Her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53, and mother’s boyfriend, Jon Hayward, 55, were shot and killed. The family’s home was burned to the ground. The case was left unsolved for 12 years until yesterday when a 12-person jury found

A home invasion suspect was arrested after trying to hide from police by diving into a local hotel pool naked. Christopher McCurdy, 48, of Desert Hot Springs is being held without bail. It happened around 9:15 Saturday morning after a homeowner reported they had been assaulted in a burglary at a house on San Juan

Firefighters are on scene of a 2 acre vegetation fire in Thermal. The fire was reported at the intersection of Van Buren Street between Avenue 62 and Avenue 66 at around 9:30 p.m. According to Cal Fire, the fire is approximately 50 feet x 50 feet burning in tamarisk trees. Fire crews on scene said

2017 Palm Desert HS grad and California State Champion wrestler Anthony Mantanona competed in the finals of the Greco World Team qualifier in Indianapolis. It was a best of three round final and the current Oklahoma Sooner won the first 14-12 following that up by taking his opponent down with a fall in 1:11 to

“I can’t even count the earthquakes I’ve been through…that’s what happens in Southern California.” That’s how Patty Matis of Desert Hot Springs is aware that she lives in quake country. Having felt recent tremors that have hit around the Coachella Valley. They’re at a disaster preparedness seminar held Saturday to learn how get through a

Eastbound traffic is backed up on the I-10 and Haugen Lehmann after a crash between a vehicle and a motorcycle, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was initially reported at 7:11 p.m., CHP closed the #1 and #2 lanes but were reopened at shortly before 8:00 pm. No word on injuries at this

The first cannabis job fair in the Coachella Valley opened its doors to applicants Friday. “Very excited — I’d be more excited if they’d hire me,” Randall Jaso said. Dozens of people turned out to apply and be interviewed for positions cultivating and manufacturing pot. As applications piled up, job candidates said they were excited

This weekend’s Splash House pool party, set to bring a bevy of electronic music artists and swimsuit-clad partygoers to a trio of Palm Springs hotels, kicks off tonight with the After Hours party at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The annual festival will be held Saturday and Sunday beginning at noon at the Riviera, the

From August football to June CIF Championship baseball, KESQ/CBS Local 2 takes a look back at the year it was in local high school sports.

Funeral services will be held Monday for a young Indio police officer who lost her battle with a rare form of lung cancer. Isabel “Izzy” Velasquez, 26, died May 31 following a “brief but brave battle,” according to the department. “The entire Indio Police Department is mourning the loss of our sister in blue,” according

Se realizo la primer feria de trabajo aqui en el Valle de Coachella por una compañía de marihuana legal quienes están en busca de personal y ofreciendo diferentes posiciones para trabajar en esa industria. La feria de trabajo se realizo en la ciudad de Cathedral a donde llegaron cientos de aspirantes y en busca de

Una pareja de latinos celebra doble, se convirtieron en los primeros esposos en graduarse juntos en CSUSB Palm Desert Campus. Wendy y Luis Castaneira obtendrán su licenciatura juntos el próximo jueves, Luis recibirá su título en justicia penal, mientras que Wendy recibirá el suyo en enfermería, ademas alcanzan este logro con honores. Los Castaneiras han

Una calle en Desert Hot Springs es re-nombrada para rendir honor a una destacada estudiante. Familiares y amigos celebraron a Esmeralda Salazar, su nombre ahora se encuentra en la esquina de Pierson Boulevard y Cholla Drive. Esmeralda junto miembros de la Junta de Educación John Gerardi, , la Dra. Sandra Lyon, el Alcalde Scott Matas

Un hombre que supuestamente disparó e hirió gravemente a otro hombre en Desert Hot Springs fue acusado hoy de intento de asesinato y asalto con arma de fuego semiautomática. Carlos Anthony Beltrán, de 37 años, es acusado de un tiroteo del 16 de mayo de un hombre en la cuadra 66100 de Second Street. La

The Palm Springs City Council, which became the nation’s first entirely all LGBTQ city governing last fall, will be recognized by the California Legislature LGBTQ Caucus in Sacramento next week. The council’s historic status was solidified in last November’s municipal election, which saw Lisa Middleton, the first transgender person elected to a non-judicial office in

After 10 days of deliberation, guilty is the verdict on most of the charges in the Pinyon Pines triple murder trial. Robert Pape was found guilty in all three murders. Cristin Smith was found guilty in two of them. Both men now facing the possibility of life in prison without parole. Families outside the courthouse