Athena Jreij

SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A group of parents at West Shores High School in Salton City say the school has a bullying problem that turned violent this week, as several students can be seen in a school yard fight video. Jerson Ceja reached out to News Channel 3 asking for help. He says over

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — “Talladega Nights,” a special enforcement operation targeting unsafe driving in Palm Springs, is cracking down on drivers. As of Wednesday evening, the operation had served 234 citations, 2 custodial arrests and 2 misdemeanor cites, according to Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills. “We have a lot of accidents, involving drunk

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — The Palm Springs Plaza Theatre Foundation hosted a community presentation looking at the theatre’s re-opening and progress of its restoration. The free event took place at 11 a.m. Sunday inside the Palm Springs Convention Center. The one hour presentation walked attendees through the theatre’s history from the time it originally

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Low-income families and seniors have a new place to call home at the Monarch Apartments in Palm Springs. According to developers, Community Housing Opportunities Corporation or CHOC, Monarch is the first affordable living community to come to Palm Springs in 14 years. For Ray Harkleroad, the new housing has given

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — For some, Coachella Valley’s festival season means late night concerts, rave wear and a boom in tourism for the desert. But offshoots of the popular Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, like ‘Farmchella,’ are hoping to show appreciation for forgotten parts of the Coachella Valley, field laborers. The annual event, presented

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Whether it’s rhinestones, western accessories or blast from the past styles, Thriftology in Palm Desert is welcoming locals and visitors to shop festival fashion. “People are gravitating towards cowboy boots. Always having hats and scarves and bandanas to cover your face from the dust and then just anything that’s wild,

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — The Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival brings a business boom to hotels, local dining and also, transportation services around the Valley. Momo Elewa with Bald Eagle Transportation says festival season is the companies busiest time of the year, with his 21 cars averaging nearly 80 rides a day. “Some people,

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) — ‘No kill in a year,’ is an ambitious goal for Riverside County’s overcrowded animal shelters. La Quinta City Councilmember Steve Sanchez may have a way to get there. He’s proposing a special district made up from just Coachella Valley cities that would have hyper-local policies to keep animals off the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KESQ) — Advocates for the Chuckwalla National Monument are taking their fight to Washington, D.C. in hopes of protecting the recently designated monument. Last month, News Channel 3 spoke with advocates about fears the monument could face environmental rollbacks under a Department of Interior review of federal lands. Now, several people including Palm

THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Unified School District issued an apology Thursday after Border Patrol recruiters were told to leave a career fair at a high school. On Wednesday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino took to social media after the agency’s recruiters were asked to leave the Coachella Valley High

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) — “Are you no-kill or not?”  That’s the question many animal advocates have for Mary Martin, the newly hired director for the Riverside County Department of Animal Services, as they have long criticized the department for it’s euthanasia policies,. “That is a really hard question. Do I want to ‘not kill’ animals?

MEXICALI, Baja California (KESQ) – Yolanda Marodi, the wife of CalFire Captain Rebecca Marodi and suspect in her murder, was arrested in Mexico over the weekend. The State Citizen Security Force in Baja California announced Marodi’s arrest Saturday. Officials say the arrest comes as a result of “information exchanges” between Mexico and U.S. law enforcement.

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) — Layoff confusion related to Coachella Valley Unified School District’s multi-million dollar budget deficit continues. For months, CVUSD and Superintendent Dr. Frances Esparza have worked to find solutions to the $44 million deficit, including laying off a number of employees. So far, the school board has approved 48 teaching and 252 classified

Experts at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are now rolling back several bird flu precautions for their bird populations. “As we started seeing bird flu spreading throughout the country and moving closer and closer to our location, we started putting in place our, animal protection plan, which we’ve developed for our bird population. In

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The potential for trillions of dollars to be cut from Medicaid and Medi-Cal programs have some Coachella Valley residents on edge, after the House passed a budget with orders to cut billions of dollars in spending. Local leaders are now sounding the alarm that these cuts could impact crucial healthcare

Dozens of local veterans plan to rally against President Trump and DOGE’s proposed layoffs to the Department of Veterans Affairs Friday afternoon. An internal memo obtained by the Associated Press from the VA Chief of Staff has directed the agency’s secretaries to prepare “reorganization” plans that would involve cutting over 80,000 jobs from the department.