Rich Tarpening

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.

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

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

UPDATE: The Riverside County Coroner reports that 72-year-old Patrick Petre, the bicyclist involved in the Palm Desert traffic collision on Thursday, died from his injuries Friday afternoon. The driver involved is cooperating with the investigation. An early morning collision in Palm Desert sent a bicyclist to the hospital with major injuries. According to the Riverside

A Las Vegas man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Coachella last October had a court date in Indio Thursday morning to face charges of carrying a loaded firearm in a public place. Vem Miller, 49, was arrested Oct. 12. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the rally. Miller did not appear before the

A bicyclist was killed in a Rancho Mirage collision with a driver on New Year’s Day.  The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called to a major injury traffic collision involving a vehicle and bicyclist just after 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Highway 111 and Frank Sinatra Drive.   Deputies located a man on

 A driver died after being ejected from a vehicle in Banning Monday afternoon. According to Banning Police they received a call just before 4 pm reporting a traffic collision at the 5200 block of W. Ramsey Street. Upon arrival, they located two vehicles that were involved in the collision and two additional parked vehicles that

Palm Springs police arrested a 24-year-old Cathedral City man on suspicion of multiple charges after his allegedly reckless driving was observed by detectives. The suspect was traveling northbound on North Indian Canyon Drive in a white Jeep shortly before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Palm Springs Police Department. According to the report released on

Palm Springs Police are investigating a crash that left one person dead over the Christmas holiday. According to Lt. Gustavo Araiza, they received a call just after 2:00 Christmas Day of a rollover crash near the intersection of Ramon Road and Landau Boulevard. Araiza says “that a gray SUV was reportedly traveling southbound on Landau