Valley families are finding new ways to celebrate Halloween this year – with tricks and treats, and coronavirus precautions. Trick or treating is discouraged this year by county public health officials due to the pandemic, but thanks to drive-thru “trunk-or-treat” events, there are safe ways this year to enjoy the holiday. “It’s Halloween! It’s a night that
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Assistant US attorney Mack Jenkins joined Peter Daut during our 6:30 p.m. newscast on Fox and CBS to discuss how the Department of Justice is working to make sure there’s no voter fraud or crimes committed at the polls. Jenkins mentioned in the interview that there will be a federal task force and command post
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy in an unmarked vehicle was injured in a hit-and-run crash Friday morning in Coachella. The crash happened at approximately 11:23 a.m. in the area of 51st Avenue and Mecca Street. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the suspect crashed with a vehicle, that vehicle then crashed into the Sheriff’s vehicle. The
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced the opening of a new coronavirus testing laboratory in Valencia Friday morning. “Any time you can increase capacity statewide, it’s a good thing,” said Jose Arballo Jr., Riverside County Department of Public Health’s Public Information Officer on the local impact of this laboratory. According to Governor Newsom and his testing task
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After Desert Sands Unified completed one week of athletic conditioning, Palm Springs Unified will now allow for its student-athletes to participate as well. CIF postpones high school sports season, issues modified schedule for 2020-2021 Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage high schools have all been cleared to start conditioning as early
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El Departamento de Servicios Animales del Condado de Riverside está recibiendo asistencia estatal para hacer frente a un brote de gripe equina que está afectando a la población de burros del condado. Según las autoridades, la gripe equina es un virus altamente contagioso que se propaga rápidamente a través de grupos de caballos por tos
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Comienza la cuenta regresiva para alzar su voz y tomar parte de una de las elecciones más polémicas de los últimos años.
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El condado de Riverside reportó 498 nuevos casos desde el jueves. Esto eleva el número total de casos a 68.050. Hasta el momento se han realizado 827.297 pruebas, lo que ha aumentado en 5.784 en las últimas 24 horas.\ El Condado de Riverside tendrá que probar al menos 52,500 personas a la semana para salir
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Sucedió en el área de Crossley Road y Sarah Street a las 7:45 Los oficiales encontraron a la victima de 40 años ufriendo heridas graves como resultado del accidente. Más tarde murió en la escena. La víctima fue identificada por la Oficina del Forense del Condado de Riverside como Martha Rodríguez, de 40 años, de
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Positions available in Riverside County It’s a career opportunity to help neighbors in need. There’s more than 100 jobs available across Riverside County in 40 different departments. Opportunities are available for all skill and education levels, as the county looks to hire workers interested in improving the county’s quality of life “The common thread that
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KESQ News Channel 3 is a part of a nationwide media collaboration with ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news organization, and its Electionland project. The project will track voting problems and election integrity. Voting problems would be things like mail ballot delivery problems, changed voting locations, long lines, registration problems, purged voter rolls, broken machines and
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The “Save Oswit Canyon” group is set to finalize a deal to purchase Oswit Canyon for perpetual conservation next week. Oswit Canyon is located on S. Palm Canyon adjacent to the Canyon Heights neighborhood and the south trailhead for the S. Lykken Trail. It’s the home to many endangered species, including bighorn sheep, desert fox,
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The Desert Sun building has been right across the street from the Palm Springs Air Museum along North Gene Autry Trail since 1989, but that could be changing soon. The newspaper announced that the building is on the market with a $7.5 million price tag, according to the Desert Sun. This comes just one month
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Warmer weather than yesterday, Palm Springs has climbed into the low 90s this afternoon. A ridge of high pressure remains in place over the west coast through the Halloween weekend. This will keep temperatures warmer than normal into the first week of November. Just 1 day to go until the spookiest night of the year.
Continue Reading Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 498 new cases since Thursday. This brings the total number of cases to 68,050. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Testing 827,297 tests have been conducted so far, this increased by 5,784 over the past 24 hours. Riverside County will need to
Continue Reading The Riverside County Department of Animal Services is receiving state assistance in dealing with an equine influenza outbreak that is impacting the county’s burro population. According to officials, equine influenza is a highly contagious virus that spreads rapidly through groups of horses by cough or through fomite transmission. It only affects equids (horses, mules, and
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Trick or treat! Show us your Halloween costumes here! Share your best photos of kids, adults, and pets. Scroll down to enter your pics. For costume ideas, fun recipes, and local events, check out our Halloween section here: https://kesq.com/halloween/ Halloween Events in the Coachella Valley
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As the countdown to election continues, local political parties prepare to make their final push ahead of the November 3rd election. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on the group’s efforts to get their messages out. With less than a week to go, Both Republican and Democratic groups alike are doing everything they can
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A new laboratory in California will “dramatically increase CA’s #COVID19 testing capacity & create hundreds of new jobs,” promised Governor Gavin Newsom in a morning tweet Friday. He’s making the announcement live from the lab at 11:00. You can watch it live on News Channel 3 and in the player below: MORE: Riverside County reports
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