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Oscar’s Palm Springs hosts annual holiday breakfast for those in need
NewPALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Well in the Desert partnered with Oscar’s Palm Springs to help provide free breakfast meals to those in need of one during the holiday. Oscar’s has been continuing this annual tradition since 2016. “It’s the least I can do as a community member is get back to the community, and
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Over 20 families in need receive Christmas presents after writing ‘Dear Santa’ letters
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – News Channel 3 has partnered with General Air Conditioning and Plumbing to provide gifts to families in need this Christmas. Nearly 60 Coachella Valley families sent in letters to the North Pole with their wishlist from Santa. A group of people went through each letter and picked 22 families to deliver
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‘Dangerous scenario unfolding’ in Southern California from potent storm lashing the entire state
NewBy Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Andrew Freedman, Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm carrying a strong atmospheric river laid siege to California over the last several days — setting records in parts of the state — with evacuations orders still ongoing Thursday because of the risk of life-threatening flooding and
Continue ReadingSoon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Whenever high-profile non-binary activist Siufung Law did media interviews, journalists always asked: what pronoun would they like to use? For a long time, the Hong Kong native, who uses they/them pronouns in English, had no easy answer because Chinese pronouns are largely split into two when referring
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Walter Clark Legal Group to reimburse eligible taxi or Lyft rides with New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Home Program
COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The Walter Clark Legal Group is once again offering its New Year’s Eve Safe Ride Home Program, reimbursing taxi or Lyft rides after New Year’s celebrations. Take a cab or Lyft ride home after the party when you’ve become impaired by alcohol, and get your fare reimbursed by Walter Clark
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Indio police arrest two, recover firearms, narcotics, after search warrants
INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Two people were arrested after Indio police served search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into narcotics and firearms violations earlier this week. Indio police detectives assigned to the Street Crimes Unit, with assistance from the IPD Major Crimes Unit and the Eastern Region Post-Release Accountability and Compliance Team (P.A.C.T.) During
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Major roads in Palm Springs remain closed after flooding, streets in Desert Hot Springs open
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Major roads are closed in Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs after a storm on Wednesday. Get Local Weather Updates Here N Indian Canyon Drive, Gene Autry, and Vista Chino are closed at the wash due to flash flooding in Palm Springs. View this post on Instagram A post shared
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Trump says US military struck ISIS terrorists in Nigeria
By Kevin Liptak, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he’d ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians in the country. In a post on social media, Trump said he’d directed a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum
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Annual Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump’s name installed on Kennedy Center
CNN By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The longtime host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance said he canceled Wednesday’s concert following the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President Donald Trump. “I did choose to cancel our Kennedy Center Christmas Eve Jazz Jam
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SUV overturns near I-10 in Thousand Palms, injuring driver
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A motorist possibly speeding along a roadway in Thousand Palms today lost control of his SUV, causing it to overturn and roll, leaving the driver injured. The crash was reported at 1:55 p.m. Thursday on westbound Varner Road, between Monterey Avenue and Boca Chica Trail, paralleling Interstate 10, according to
Continue ReadingTwo men missing after Christmas Day swim in England
By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Two men are missing after a group of people who went on a Christmas Day swim at a beach in southwestern England faced rough waters, police said on Thursday. Authorities were called at 10:25 a.m. to the beach at Budleigh Salterton due to a group encountering difficult water conditions,
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Man accused of stealing medical gear from hospitals worth thousands of dollars sought
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities today were continuing their search for a 47-year-old felon accused of perpetrating numerous thefts at hospitals throughout the region, netting tens of thousands of dollars of equipment while posing as an employee at each facility. Jason Suniga Brauner of San Jacinto was due to appear for a hearing at the
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Person burned in fire at Pine Cove property
PINE COVE, Calif. (KESQ) – A person was burned today in a fire at a Pine Cove property, requiring an airlift to a regional trauma center for treatment. The fire was reported at 12:53 p.m. Thursday in the 25200 block of Wrightwood Drive, less than a quarter-mile west of Highway 243, according to the Riverside
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Turkey detains 115 ISIS suspects in nationwide raids ahead of Christmas, New Year
By Gul Tuysuz, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkish police have detained 115 suspected members of the ISIS militant group in coordinated raids across the country over alleged plots linked to Christmas and New Year celebrations. Arrest warrants have been issued for 137 suspects after investigators determined that operatives of ISIS, also known as
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Ukrainian and US negotiators discuss peace deal on Christmas Day
By Mitchell McCluskey, Svitlana Vlasova, and Darya Tarasova (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a “very good” conversation with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on Christmas Day as negotiations over the terms of a potential peace deal continued. “I thank them for the constructive approach, the intensive
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King Charles urges courage and reconciliation in Christmas message
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III has used his Christmas address to reflect on life as a shared journey and called on people to embrace values like courage, reconciliation and unity in a divided and uncertain world. The British sovereign said that “pilgrimage is a word less used today, but
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King Charles urges courage and reconciliation in Christmas message
CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III has used his Christmas address to reflect on life as a shared journey and called on people to embrace values like courage, reconciliation and unity in a divided and uncertain world. The British sovereign said that “pilgrimage is a word less used today,
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Christmas celebrated once again in Bethlehem but West Bank suffering persists
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus after a two-year hiatus, but the joy remains overshadowed by another turbulent year for Palestinians living under Israeli-occupation in the West Bank. Morning mass was held at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Thursday, a day after crowds
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In first Christmas message, Pope Leo decries Palestinians in Gaza forced to shelter in tents from ‘rain, wind and cold’
By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to fall silent in Ukraine. On Christmas Day, the first US-born pope,
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