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Get you’re tickets now for the Pinot Noir Festival in Palm Springs
Enjoy an the largest Pinot Noir tasting event in Southern California. Over 60 top teir producers from California. Tickets can be bought at www.PalmSpringsPinotFest.com Grab a discount of $10 by using the Promo code: KESQ
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Local visitors deal with travel chaos caused by weather and COVID
It’s been a tough week for travelers across the United States. More than 3,000 U.S. flights were canceled by late afternoon Monday on the East Coast, according to tracking service FlightAware. Another 5,600 in the U.S. were delayed. With the Coachella Valley being a big travel destination. Nate Turk was trying to get home to San
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Nonstop flights from Palm Springs to Reno start today
Nonstop service with aha! took flight today from Palm Springs International Airport to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada. The Monday inaugural flight by the regional airline marked the start of permanent nonstop service operating with one flight departing daily at 11:05 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from PSP. “It’s great to see yet
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Purple Room in Palm Springs closing for two weeks
The iconic Palm Springs Purple Room will be closed for two weeks out of an abundance of caution in light of increasing Covid cases. “The health and safety of our employees, artists and audience is our primary concern,” said Purple Room spokesman David Perry. “We urge everyone to get vaccinated and boosted, practice social distancing
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‘Light It Up for the Holidays’ contest winner announced
We are excited to announce the winner of our “Light It Up for the Holidays” decoration contest. Congratulations to the Zamudio family from Indio! They got the most votes out of dozens of entrants. The Zamudio family says they have been decorating their home for the past 40 years. The Zamudios won a one-night hotel stay at Agua
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Local businesses thrive the day after Christmas
It’s the day after Christmas, and Palm Canyon Drive was packed with shoppers enjoying the post-holiday deals. “We’re finding a lot of people coming out and buying for themselves what they didn’t get for the holidays, maybe, but spending even seems to be up today,” Kristjan Gavin, Co-Owner of Frank Clothiers added, “Today, traditionally, can
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Another Covid Christmas in the Coachella Valley
It was a very merry, yet quiet Christmas in the Coachella Valley. It’s a time when people come together to be with their loved ones. Over the past week, thousands of people flocked to the desert to celebrate. “All of our family lives on different sides of the country so we decided let’s pick somewhere
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Palm Springs International Airport sets sixth straight monthly passenger record
The Palm Springs International Airport surpassed its all-time passenger record for the month of November this year, the sixth straight monthly record broken, officials announced today. The total passenger count for November was 271,944, with the previous record set in 2018 at 245,841, according to officials. On top of that, the Sunday of Thanksgiving
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Tim Kiley discusses his documentary Lens Flares: Trauma in Journalism
You can watch the full length documentary here
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JFK Memorial Hospital donates toys to Galilee Center
JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio donated toys collected for the Galilee Center, a non-profit that fulfills the food, clothing, and basic needs of local disadvantaged children, families, and farmworkers in the east valley. JFK employees have been collecting toys for the drive. The toys were packed into a truck that will be delivered to the
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