CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Two drivers were arrested for allegedly driving on DUI-suspended licenses during a DUI checkpoint in Cathedral City, authorities said today. The checkpoint was conducted from 7 p.m. Friday until 1 a.m. Saturday on Date Palm Drive at Victoria Drive, according to the Cathedral City Police Department. Eight people were cited
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Drive safe, sober, and obey the speed limit during the upcoming Christmas holiday or face consequences, the California Highway Patrol warned today. The agency will initiate its annual Christmastime “holiday enforcement period” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, when all available officers will deploy to catch drunk or drug-impaired drivers, speeders and other
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Temecula residents have been arrested for allegedly stealing a horse valued at around $80,000 from a ranch in the unincorporated community of Thermal, authorities said today. Â Â The suspects, a 22-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, were arrested Monday and booked into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (KESQ) – A single-engine airplane went down today in the Cleveland National Forest west of Lake Elsinore, but the pilot walked away unscathed after apparently deploying a parachute attached to the aircraft. Â Â The “aircraft emergency” was reported at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday in a canyon adjacent to the Ortega Oaks Campground, along
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A power outage left 100 Imperial Irrigation District customers without electricity today in Indio. Â Â The outage was reported at 2:18 p.m. Tuesday in the area of John Nobles Avenue, Padua Circle, Rubidoux Street, Olivera Way and Chia Circle, according to IID. There was no immediate estimate on when service would
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Three young men accused of opening fire on a crowded Thermal home, unleashing numerous rounds in a drive-by attack that continued even after sheriff’s deputies arrived to investigate, pleaded not guilty today to multiple counts of attempted murder and other offenses. Eric Orozco Diaz, Guillermo Alexander Martinez and Gustavo Isbojet Barrera
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs International Film Festival unveiled the lineup Tuesday for the return of its Book to Screen program slated for next month. Deadline’s Matt Grobar will moderate Q&As with directors and screenwriters responsible for bringing written stories to life on the big screen. The first event will take place
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Fans tossed more than 20,000 teddy bears onto the ice during the Coachella Valley Firebirds’ fourth annual Teddy Bear Toss Night at Acrisure Arena, the hockey team announced today. Â Â The toss occurred after Firebirds’ forward Oscar Molgaard scored the first goal 2:30 into the first period during the team’s
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside, the state’s fourth-most populous county, had a population of 2,485,007 persons in fiscal year 2025, an increase of 0.20% over 2024’s figures, according to data released today by the California Department of Finance. The county’s population of 2,479,957 last year increased by 5,050 in 2025, data showed. Overall, California’s population
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Desert Healthcare District and Foundation awarded more than $1 million in grants to five nonprofit organizations in the Coachella Valley designed for mental and behavioral health services and programs, along with a pair of other unrelated grants. On Tuesday, the District and Foundation Board approved $1,039,139 to five out the
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (KESQ) – On the fourth day of jury deliberations following a two-month trial, the parents and widow of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs reached a settlement today of their wrongful-death lawsuit against the Major League Baseball franchise over Skaggs’ 2019 overdose in a Texas hotel room. No details of the settlement
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-cop accused of roughing up two boys while arresting them after they fled an alleged burglary at Desert Hot Springs High School pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Johnny Acosta, 30, was arrested last month following a year-long Riverside County Force Investigations Detail Task Force probe into the allegedacts
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two people were arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts in public following a public safety enforcement operation at Rancho Mirage Community Park, authorities announced today.  The suspects, a 45-year-old from Thousand Palms and a 62-year-old from Rancho Mirage, were booked at Benoit Detention Center in Indio, according to
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Road and lane closures will be in effect next month on S. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs for gas line installation as part of the South Palm Canyon Bridge Project.  Southern California Gas company crews will cut and excavate work related to the gas line installation on Jan. 5-6
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A customs broker who siphoned more than $5 million from businesses that ship goods into the U.S. and who dodged paying at least $1 million in taxes was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison. Frank Noah, 64, of Corona, was sentenced Thursday in downtown Los Angeles
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – SunLine Transit Agency will offer free bus fares on all fixed routes starting early next week as part of its holiday free-fare program. The service will take place from Monday through Jan. 2, excluding Christmas Day. The agency stated the free fares will be its way of making travel for
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Cathedral City Police Chief George Crum retired today after working 36 years in law enforcement and Deputy Chief Rick Sanchez has been named acting police chief. Â Â “I am truly honored to have served the citizens of Cathedral City as their police chief for over eight years,” Crum said in
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A 37-year-old transient accused of holding up two businesses in Banning using a fake gun pleaded not guilty today to second- degree robbery and other offenses.  Codi Jay Shelton was arrested last week following a Banning Police Department investigation. Along with robbery, Shelton is charged with sentence-enhancing allegations of using a
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 38-year-old man accused of siphoning almost $100,000 from the bank accounts of a Palm Desert senior was charged today with grand theft and financial elder abuse.  Miguel Angel Gonzalez of Coachella was arrested Monday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began in August.   Gonzalez, who is being
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A convicted felon who shot a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy when the lawman attempted to arrest him at the end of a pursuit in Coachella was convicted today of firearm assault on a peace officer and other charges, though jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the most serious
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