CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities have identified the two men killed in Thursday morning’s deadly big rig crash on Interstate 10 in Cathedral City. According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office, the victims are Francisco Sicairos Leon, 58, of Desert Hot Springs, and Miguel Macias, 49, of Santa Ana. Police said one of the
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Update 7/4/25 7:00 p.m. CAL FIRE reports containment remains at 75%, with 2,387 acres burned. Crews will continue to strengthen the containment lines, and work on suppression repair continues. Evacuation Orders and Warnings are still in place. Update 7/4/25 5:30 p.m. The fire is now 75% contained, CAL FIRE announced. Update 7/4/25 3:30 p.m. Evacuation
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DESERT CENTER, Calif. (KESQ) – Traffic lanes were closed for about an hour along Interstate 10 in Coachella at the I-10 State Highway 86 interchange due to a crash and fire east of the Coachella Valley early Friday morning. California Highway Patrol reported there was a semi-truck with hazardous cargo that caught fire on the
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By ABC’s Luis Martinez and Tom Liddy ABC News — The United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday, plunging the U.S. into a pitched battle that has been waged over the past several days between Israel and Iran. The full ramifications of the U.S. action, announced by President Donald Trump as “very successful” were
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was hospitalized early Wednesday following a serious two-car crash at the intersection of Mountain View Road and Dillon Road in Desert Hot Springs. The California Highway Patrol confirmed a white Nissan Rogue was traveling southbound on Mountain View Road around 3 a.m. when the driver ran a
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) —A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last month’s deadly car bombing outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Daniel Park, of Kent, Washington, was taken into custody late Tuesday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles
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CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was killed after a single-vehicle crash heading eastbound on I-10, west of Hargrave Street, swerved off the freeway. On Tuesday, at around 6:10 A.M., a 2019 Subaru Outback swerved off the road and killed a 75-year-old male passenger from Oro Valley, Arizona. He was pronounced dead on scene. The
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WHITEWATER, Calif. (KESQ) – Firefighters responded Tuesday morning to a serious two-vehicle crash on westbound Interstate 10 near Haugen-Lehmann Way in Whitewater. The collision was reported at 8:03 a.m. and involved major damage, impacting the center divider. According to Cal Fire, one person was trapped inside a vehicle and had to be extricated by crews.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Juvenile Armed with Knife Surrenders After Standoff in Palm Desert. Sheriff’s deputies were in an active standoff in Palm Desert Monday night with a person armed in a home in the 40000 block of Ventana Court, just off Hovley Lane. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies were dispatched to
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Update 4/29/25 Indian Canyon has reopened Update 4/24/25 Indian Canyon has been shut down, city officials announced. Original Report 4/23/25 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Commuters and residents in Palm Springs are being advised to avoid Gene Autry Trail this morning, as the road is closed through the Whitewater Wash due to low visibility conditions. While
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B Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. The pope passed away the morning after the holiest day
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PALM DESERT, Calif. — One person is dead and another is in serious condition after a fire broke out early Friday morning in a Palm Desert home. Firefighters responded to reports of a house fire shortly after 1:00 a.m. in the Del Webb community, located off Washington Street, north of the I-10 freeway. The blaze
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WUSA, CNN By Rebekah Riess and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Sixty-seven people are presumed dead after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River below, officials said. As of Thursday morning, 27 bodies had
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Southern California Edison temporarily shut off electrical service to customers in the Banning Pass, Morongo Reservation, and Cabazon area due to our Santa Ana wind conditions on Tuesday morning. The powerful dry winds have created dangerous wildfire conditions and prompted concerns that downed power lines could spark a wildfire. Take a look at this map of preventative Public Safety Power Shutoffs. The gray
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One man is behind bars today after a tip about a possible illegal massage parlor operating in the 45000 block of San Pablo in Palm Desert. The tip led investigators to find that prostitution activities were underway at that location and today they served a search warrant and arrested a 58 year old Victorville man
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Update 11/15/24 – 11:35 p.m. Riverside County Fire reports that the fire has grown to around one quarter acre after initially encountering a 100 by 100 foot area. Multiple engines are on scene as well as one bulldozer, with another on the way from the east valley to help knock down mulch piles ranging from
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News Channel 3 was tracking breaking news on Friday night. Fire crews were called out to the San Jacinto mountains above Palm Springs after 6:30 p.m. Many viewers called into the KESQ newsroom to report the blaze and a News Channel 3 crew was on its way to the scene. There was no word on
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The Ranch Recovery Centers will receive the $1 million as yearly contributions that will help pay for operations, maintenance, upgrades and other expenses involved in the organization’s dedication to helping people recover from dependency on alcohol and drugs. The Ranch Recovery Centers President and CEO Rick Mesa says they’ve never received a gift like this,
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RANCHO MIRAGE, California (KESQ) – One death has been confirmed in a house fire News Channel 3 was tracking late Thursday in Rancho Mirage. Cal-Fire Battalion Chief Pete Tierney made the announcement Friday morning as cleanup operations were underway. Fire crews were on scene of the house fire, which broke out around 11:15 p.m. at a
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A Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday near the site of former President Donald Trump’s rally in the Coachella Valley, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies assigned to security details at the rural rally site near Coachella said they contacted a driver in a black SUV at a checkpoint at Avenue 52 and
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