SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ)- One week after FBI agents raided a home in Salton City connected to the disappearance of 17-year-old T’Neya Tovar, they have returned to the home and are conducting more police operations. Several FBI officials, along with the Imperial County Sheriff’s Department and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Canine Team, were spotted on
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RIVERSIDE, CA- County health officials are alerting residents of a measles outbreak connected with an earlier case in Western Riverside County. According to Riverside County Public Health officials, an additional Western Riverside County adult and child with possible links to the first case have tested positive for measles. This marks a localized outbreak of three total confirmed
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) –It’s that time of the year again: the Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival is back, with three weekends of fun. for our friends and our families, from February 12th through March 1st! The Fair runs from February 12th through March 1st. This year’s theme “Return to the Oasis” incorporates 78 years
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Good news for drivers in Palm Springs. The city announced Wednesday morning on social media that the long awaited Gene Autry Trail Wind Wall is finally completed. The $2.19 million dollar project was set in motion in April 2025, with the majority of funding coming from Measure A funds, a voter-approved
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INDIO, Calif. (City News Service) -An Indio police K-9 officer was recovering after suffering significant injuries when a suspected impaired driver struck a parked patrol vehicle, causing it to hit the officer, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday at Monroe Street and Avenue 40, according to the Indio Police Department. A
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) -Cathedral City Firefighters are battling a blaze at a home on Cathedral Canyon Drive. According to crews on scene, they got a call of smoke and flames coming from a home on the 32-900 block of Cathedral Canyon Drive, South of Ramon Road. No word yet on what caused the blaze which
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Update 1/20/26 A small earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 has struck about 4.3 miles northeast of Indio HIlls and 11.2 miles north of Indio, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The shaker is likely an aftershock to yesterday’s 4.9 temblor in the same general area. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been
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Update: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway reopened on Sunday morning following technical issues on Friday night. In a statement, Tramway officials say the attraction is operating on its normal schedule. The first car up was at 8:00 a.m., the last car up will be at 8:00 p.m. and the last
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Unified School District provided an update on their mold remediation efforts following comprehensive testing at John Kelley Elementary school. According to a release sent to News Channel 3 on Friday, the district stated the school was fully tested by Safeguard EnviroGroup, a certified environmental testing firm, to ensure
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) -Indio Police continue to investigate a fatal vehicle-versus-pedestrian hit-and-run crash that occurred on New Year’s Eve. The crash was reported just before 9 p.m. near the area of Van Buren Street south of Dr. Carreon Boulevard. Responding officers found a man in the roadway with significant injuries, according to the Indio Police Department.
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Update (01/04/26) The Palm Springs Police Department alerted drivers Sunday morning that Gene Autry Trail is now open at the wash. Original Report: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs city work crews were out in the flooded washes Friday, clearing water, mud and debris from the closed roadways. Just after 2:00 Friday afternoon PSPD
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8:45pm Update: CHP reports that two lanes have re-opened. Crews remain on scene clearing wreckage and assessing damage to the Whitewater Bridge, which remains closed pending further inspection for structural damage. WHITEWATER, Calif. (KESQ) – Cal Trans has issued a Sig Alert on Interstate Ten near Whitewater. Just before 5:00 p.m. emergency crews were alerted
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – The open council seat in Cathedral City is one step closer to being filled. Candidates vying to fill the District 3 seat, left vacant after the death of long time councilmember Mark Carnevale, had until Tuesday to file candidate applications. Carnevale died in November and after a vote by the
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UPDATE: 3:06 PM, 10/18/25 – The Palm Springs Fire Department posted on Facebook just before 3:00 p.m. and said forward progress had been stopped on the fire. A brush fire is burning off Hwy 111, about 1 mile north of Gateway. The fire has now been mapped at approximately 11 acres on the mountain slope.
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A fire that broke out Monday in a single-wide mobile home in Cathedral City left one person hospitalized with moderate injuries and left two others without a place to stay. The fire was reported at around noon Monday at Tramview Mobile Home Park, near Perez Road, according to the Cathedral City Fire Department.The agency said
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A small fire erupted on the mountainside of South Palm Springs just before 5:30 pm Sunday evening. Crews hiked up to the fire that was burning in heavy vegetation near Ramon Road and La Mirada Road and were able to douse the flames before it climbed up the mountain. It took crews less than 30
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MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was airlifted to a local hospital in critical condition Friday after a driver reportedly crashed into a concrete barrier in Mecca. Cal Fire reported the crash just before 11:30 a.m. at Avenue 66 and Dale Kiler Road. According to officials, only one car was involved. A second person was
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INDIO Calif. (KESQ)- At least one person was shot Thursday night in Indio confirms the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Friday morning. According to the Sheriff’s Department at 10:45 p.m., deputies were requested by the Indio Police Department to respond to the area of Monroe Street and Avenue 52 regarding a man with injuries consistent with
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A two car collision in Rancho Mirage Friday morning caused some traffic issues and sent three people to the hospital. Just before 10 a.m., police responded to an accident involving two vehicles at the corner of Ramon Road and Los Alamos Road. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, officers
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After years of delays, a judge finally sentenced Daniel Garcia for his connection to a financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs retiree in 2008. In 2023, Daniel Garcia was convicted of one felony count each of murder, conspiracy to commit a crime, using the personal identity information of another to obtain credit, and using a forged
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