Good morning, Coachella Valley! We’re already in the low 80s before sunrise and you can expect quiet weather conditions to kick off our day. This afternoon we’ll top out near 107. Tomorrow is hotter. Wednesday our heat will peak with temps near 1011, the hottest day of the week. A strong dome of high pressure
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Happy Friday, Coachella Valley. Our spell of above average temperatures when we flirting with the 110s earlier this week is staying away for the weekend, but the same system giving us the break is keeping the wind up and the dust flying. We’re running in the low 100s today, right around 102 in Palm Springs
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Happy Thursday Coachella Valley! If stepping outside this morning felt a little kinder, you weren’t imagining it – the heat has finally started to ease. The catch is that the same system giving us the break, is also kicking up the wind and the dust. Start with the good part. We’re running in the low
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Desert Hot Springs has joined other Coachella Valley cities in imposing a moratorium on new data center development, citing concerns over water and power usage in the desert.
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A retired teacher in Palm Springs reported that her cluster mailbox was pried open in broad daylight, and a postal supervisor told her that this was one of hundreds of communities hit by similar break-ins.
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High temperatures today pushing 110 across several cities in our Valley. You can expect mostly clear skies this evening with slightly breezy conditions picking up later this evening out of the west. We’ve had to contend with some low clouds this afternoon, and there’s slight chance of showers in the mountains. Overnight lows will dip
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Southern California Edison customers in Rancho Mirage experienced a power outage due to a damaged underground cable, and temporary generators were used to restore power to most customers within hours, though some residents complained about the noise and lack of communication from Edison.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) A homeowner in the gated Escena community says his homeowners association has spent more than a year coming after him over the color of his entry gate, a fight he calls selective enforcement and harassment. Jordan Smith says the trouble started almost as soon as he moved in last March, when
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) A 28-year-old Coachella man reported missing last week has been found dead in the open desert, and his family says they’re still searching for answers about how he got there. Miguel Angel Chavez was found the morning of June 5 in an unincorporated area near Indio, according to the coroner’s office. No
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department wants to build a real-time crime center in the Coachella Valley like the one Palm Springs Police Department recently launched and on Thursday, Rancho Mirage became the first city council the department has pitched. The plan centers on a “drone as first responder” model: when a
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) — The mother of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro has been sentenced to more than 12 years in state prison for her role in her infant son’s death. Rebecca Renee Haro pleaded guilty Friday to felony child abuse causing great bodily injury to a child under the age of five, involuntary manslaughter, and
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Organized theft crews are increasingly targeting freight trains traveling through the Coachella Valley, stealing cargo worth millions of dollars.
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William “Billy” Rodriguez, the founder and CEO of Silvercrest Advertising, is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed 60-year-old Christina Barrington, with prosecutors alleging he fled the scene in a black Porsche.
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) Expect mostly sunny skies with high temperatures topping out in the upper 90s for our Memorial. It should be a gorgeous Winds will pick up as we move further in the week. A wind advisory is in place for portions of Riverside County Tuesday afternoon through Thursday morning West winds 25
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The owner of Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City is challenging a Southern California Edison back-bill after a utility billing issue went uncorrected for more than two years, resulting in a surprise bill of nearly $60,000.
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Education approved a motion for staffing reductions as part of the district’s ongoing fiscal stabilization plan on Wednesday. The board approved the motion during a special afternoon board meeting. Trustee Joey Acuña Jr was the lone no vote. District Superintendent Dr. Frances Esparza told
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SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Four people were charged in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old man whose body was found in Salton City last week. Authorities found the body of Pedro Montes Jr., 34, on the morning of May 17 near Plaza Avenue and Panorama Avenue in Salton City. Investigators determined the scene
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BERMUDA DUNES, Calif. (KESQ) A close friend of the elderly couple found dead inside their home at Bermuda Dunes Country Club last week says one of the victims had been sending thousands of dollars to an online scammer posing as actor Tom Selleck in the months before their deaths. Donald Whitaker, 80, and his wife
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Expect breezy to gusty conditions with temperatures in the mid 90s for Saturday and upper 80s by the start of next week, with a wind advisory in effect for a portion of Riverside County Mountains from 2pm Saturday through 11pm Sunday.
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California’s Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act is forcing Morongo Basin residents to pay thousands in state mitigation fees for connecting their homes to the sewer or building a fence, but a three-bill package from Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) aims to ease the burden.
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