Jeff Stahl

You can watch Jeff every weekday morning on News Channel 3 in the Morning. He has been an EMMY® Award-winning anchor and reporter with KESQ-TV since June 2000.

Here in the desert, Jeff has covered everything from the life-changing coronavirus pandemic, earthquakes, sand storms, power outages, floods, to our seasonal wildfires. He's also covered a number of presidential visits to the Coachella Valley. He remembers covering 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. The University of Southern California graduate first worked in television news in Pocatello, Idaho then Green Bay, Wisconsin. 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 Idaho. He also reported on blizzards in Wisconsin and the Green Bay Packers' 1997 and 1998 Super Bowl Championship seasons.

Jeff and his wife, Marian, stay active in a number of community programs. Jeff regularly reads to students, volunteers with local non-profit organizations including the First Tee, Alzheimer's Association, and the annual Tour de Palm Springs. He also serves as a board member for the California Desert Arts Council and the La Quinta Arts Foundation.

In his spare time, Jeff and his family like to take in all the desert has to offer. He loves to ride his mountain bike along the desert's many hillside trails, hike with his family and friends, golf, and spend as much time as he can with his wife Marian, his son Joshua, their dog Ariel and cat Ikaika.