Jeff Stahl
You can watch Jeff every weekday on News Channel 3 in the Morning. He has been an EMMY® Award-winning anchor and reporter with KESQ-TV since June 2000.
Jeff has covered daily news events around the Coachella Valley, continued to work during the coronavirus pandemic, and has covered countless earthquakes, sand storms, wildfires, power outages, and flooding.
He also covered the Obama and Trump presidential visits to the Coachella Valley. He also covered the deaths and funeral services of President Gerald R. Ford and Bob Hope and was on the air during the first moments of the San Bernardino terror attack in 2015.
Jeff is originally from Camarillo, California, and is a Journalism graduate of the University of Southern California School of Communications.
He covered the devastating Northridge Earthquake in 1994 while working radio news in Santa Barbara. He later reported on nuclear waste trains, tornadoes, and even escaped African Lions in Southeast Idaho and Wisconsin blizzards and the Green Bay Packers' 1997 and 1998 Super Bowl Championship seasons.
Jeff is a California Desert Arts Council and La Quinta Arts Foundation board member.
He regularly reads to students and volunteers with local non-profit organizations including the First Tee, Alzheimer's Association, and the annual Tour de Palm Springs.
In his spare time, Jeff and his family like to take in all the desert has to offer. He loves his mountain bike rides, golfing, and spending time with his wife Marian, his son Joshua, and their dog Ariel.