Month: August 2018

Update – 8/31: New Mexico State Police identified the drivers of the bus and semi-truck during a press conference. Police said tire failure caused the truck to go over to westbound lanes, hitting the bus. The truck driver was from a 35-year-old from Marina, California. He was a licensed driver working for JAG Transportation on

Delincuente sexual se declara culpable de exposición indecente, Cody Larson será sentenciado el próximo mes. Un delincuente sexual convicto que se expuso en Palm Desert Civic Center Park se declaró culpable hoy de un cargo por exposición indecente. El 9 de julio, un testigo denunció haber visto a un hombre, identificado más tarde como Larson,

Nine high schools had their first games of the season and a handful of other teams looked to keep their momentum going. Three plays stood out in the 10 games this week, vote for which play you think deserves to be the ‘Play of the Week.’ Sorry, you are using an unsupported browser. This page

La Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de EE. UU entabló hoy una demanda en San Diego alegando que Burgers & Beer, una cadena de restaurantes con tres ubicaciones en el Condado de Riverside, violó la ley federal al negar a los solicitantes y empleados masculinos las mismas oportunidades de empleo que sus

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit today in San Diego alleging that Burgers & Beer, a restaurant chain with three locations in Riverside County, violated federal law by denying male applicants and employees the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts. The EEOC alleges that since at least 2015, the company routinely

A convicted sex offender who exposed himself at Palm Desert Civic Center Park pleaded guilty today to a felony indecent exposure charge. Cody Edwin Larson, 26, is slated to be sentenced next month. On July 9, a witness reported seeing a man, later identified as Larson, exposing himself at the park around 6:20 a.m. The

A parolee who allegedly tried to run over a Banning police officer with a car during an attempted arrest over the weekend, then barricaded himself inside a home for about four hours, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer today. Jacob Victor Estrada, 25, of Banning is accused of fleeing

A sex sting that led to the highly publicized arrest of a Banning school administrator on “inactive leave” as a Catholic priest also netted the arrests of eight other men, authorities said today. During “Operation Safe Child,” undercover detectives posing on social media as underage boys convinced the men to meet a decoy at a

A Desert Hot Springs student well-versed in the ways of the Jedi just received some pretty high praise from Luke Skywalker himself. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1034708134751883264″,”author_name”:”Mark Hamill”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/HamillHimself”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;SHOUT OUT to Aiden Vazquez for his courage & wisdom in the face of adversity. I’m so proud of you for showing that you can be a Jedi in

A free suicide awareness and prevention training session will be held in Desert Hot Springs today, offering teachers, community members and others who serve those at risk tools for preventing suicide. The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Desert Hot Springs Clinic, 14320 Palm Drive, and is being organized

California’s gas tax will be in the spotlight Thursday, as local leaders will be making their case to keep it in place. The focus is on Proposition Six which would repeal the Road Repair and Accountability act, better known as the gas tax. The Yes on Six campaign held a news conference yesterday calling for

Homeowners near Desert Hot Springs have a sinking feeling, saying a sinkhole is threatening their safety. After spending their own money on repairs on another sinkhole the problem is back and this time homeowners want the County of Riverside to cover the repair costs. “I’m very concerned,” said Stella Bivens, a homeowner in the Dillon

A local woman was looking to make the sidewalk safer in front of her home in Palm Springs and called the city but to her surprise, she had no idea she would have to foot the bill to do so. “I had absolutely no idea. It came as a shock to my pocketbook.” Phyllis Burgess

Authorities today released the name of a man who was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing a Cathedral City roadway. Ezequiel Vazquez-Arguelles, 42, whose hometown was unknown, died at the scene of the Sunday evening collision at the intersection of Ramon Road and Shifting Sands Trail. According to Cathedral City police Cmdr. Julio Luna,

An interactive public workshop was held Wednesday evening to offer Palm Springs residents a firsthand view of the mapping process involved in the city’s transition from at-large to district elections. The workshop was held at the Palm Springs Convention Center, attendees learned how to create and submit their own custom district maps to city officials.

A Banning High School resource officer is still recovering after being thrown onto his back by a student during a football game against Shadow Hills last Friday. According to detectives, the school resource officer was attempting to break up an altercation and detain the 17-year-old student accused of instigating it. The student was able to

Police continue search for suspect accused of assaulting a school resource officer during a football game at Banning High School. The incident happened during Friday’s game against Shadow Hills High School. The officer was originally called in by school security to remove a 17-year-old that was allegedly instigating a disturbance between several patrons in the

The California Assembly has voted to require all public universities to offer medication abortions at their campus health centers. The measure approved Wednesday would make California the first state with such a mandate. None of the 34 University of California or California State University campuses currently offer abortion services. Private donors have agreed to pay

A local place of worship has recently come under fire after a lawsuit was filed against leadership at a local synagogue. Christopher Greene, a former board member of Temple Isaiah Synagogue in Palm Springs spoke with KESQ & CBS Local 2’s Sarah Trott about the harassment allegations. “Too many people, including myself, have been hurt,”

Evening update: The city council voted 5-0 to table the vote on a ban until November 14. Mayor Pro Term Gregg Pettis, who put forth the ordinance to ban the straws, made the motion to table the vote so the council could get “additional input from the community through a subcommittee and to determine what