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EL CENTRO, Calif. (KESQ) – Abraham Feinbloom was sentenced Monday to 13 years to life in state prison for torturing and killing 17-year-old T’Neya Tovar, after her mother, father and sister stood in an Imperial County courtroom and told him what he took from them. The judge followed the plea deal Feinbloom signed Sept. 28,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) The last of this week’s showers are winding down tonight as the low pressure system behind the cooler, wetter stretch moves out of Southern California. Clouds lingered over the Coachella Valley on Friday, with a few light showers hanging on over the local mountains into the afternoon. Highs only reached the
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Proposition 40, a proposed one-time 5% wealth tax on California billionaires intended to fund healthcare and education, faces a contentious election season marked by $130 million in campaign spending and competition from opposing measures.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) Scattered showers are moving into the Coachella Valley this afternoon, pushing in from the south and tracking northeast across Palm Springs. A closed low pressure system is spinning over Southern California and pulling cooler air into the desert. It keeps a chance of spotty showers around the valley into this evening,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) Proposition 44 asks California voters to set a spending floor for the nonprofit community clinics that care for low-income and uninsured patients. If it passes Nov. 3, those clinics would have to spend at least 90% of their total revenue each year on providing health care services, according to the Legislative
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – The La Quinta City Council voted to remove Sean Webb from the city’s arts and community services commission. The vote was 3 to 2, with Mayor Linda Evans, Mayor Pro Tem Kathleen Fitzpatrick, and Councilmember Steve Sanchez voting to remove Webb. Webb was not present during Tuesday’s council meeting, but
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California House Democrats conducted an unannounced inspection of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, alleging that staff attempted to hide poor sanitary conditions and detainee lockdowns during the visit.
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Defense attorney Molly Tucker filed a motion on Thursday requesting that a judge dismiss the murder charge against former executive Billy Rodriguez, whose hit-and-run trial was rescheduled for Monday.
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Candidates in Coachella Valley are dealing with campaign sign issues ranging from high permit costs to theft and removal by code enforcement.
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Riverside County officials are proceeding with the destruction of approximately 650,000 Proposition 50 ballots following guidance from the California Department of Justice and the Secretary of State.
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco claims the 650,000 Prop 50 ballots he seized and was forced to return will be destroyed on Tuesday. The claim comes from a campaign fundraising email, and News Channel 3 is working to confirm it. Bianco seized those ballots while investigating fraud claims in the November
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Local roofing company owners in Palm Springs report a surge in repair requests following heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel.
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For about a year, two storefronts one on South Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs, the other in the Jensen’s shopping center on Highway 111 in Palm Desert have promised a One More Bite Dumpling House that never opened. Now the owners say they know when the steamers will finally turn on, and they’re
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A video captured two unidentified men, believed by neighbors to be federal immigration agents, pulling a 14-year-old boy to the ground and handcuffing him at a Thermal mobile home park.
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The Riverside County Registrar of Voters is scheduled to conduct logic and accuracy testing on its voting system at 10 a.m. this Thursday to prepare for the Nov. 3 general election.
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Imperial County District Attorney George Marquez reached a plea deal with Abraham Feinbloom for torture and voluntary manslaughter to ensure the recovery of T’Neya Tovar’s remains for her family’s funeral services.
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Update – 9/29/26 – 5:10 p.m. Investigators believe they have found more remains of T’Neya Tovar, the Imperial County District Attorney’s office announced. Remains were found off Treadwell Boulevard in Salton City. DNA testing will be conducted to confirm that the remains are in fact T’Neya’s. The DA’s office said it was a result of
Continue Reading Abraham Feinbloom is expected to plead no contest to torture and voluntary manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old T’Neya Tovar on Tuesday as part of a plea deal that includes helping investigators locate her remaining remains.
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The California Supreme Court is scheduled to release its decision Thursday regarding Attorney General Rob Bonta’s legal challenge against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco over his seizure of ballots during a November 2025 special election.
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State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh discussed California’s education spending, low test scores, and her efforts to reinstate SAT and ACT requirements for university admissions during an interview with News Channel 3.
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