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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A fatal single-vehicle crash in Coachella left one person dead and two others injured, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The incident occurred at 12:25 p.m. on Saturday in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10, just east of the Dillon Road off-ramp. Emergency responders pronounced one person dead at the scene. Another individual, suffering
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CABAZON, California (KESQ) – Update: A high-speed chase on Thursday night through the streets of Riverside County ended in tragedy. It all began around 9:30 p.m. when a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to pull over a red Ford Mustang convertible at the roundabout on Morongo Trail and Seminole Drive. Police say the driver, a
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One person was killed late Tuesday night in a single-vehicle collision in Indio. Fred Waring Drive was closed from Silverwood Drive to Burr Street due to the cleanup and police investigation. It has since been reopened. Firefighters were called to the area at 11:15 p.m. for a solo vehicle collision with one person inside. The fire was contained, and firefighters said one person
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Associated Press PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene left an enormous path of destruction across Florida and the southeastern U.S. on Friday, killing at least 44 people, snapping towering oaks like twigs and tearing apart homes as rescue crews launched desperate missions to save people from floodwaters. Among those killed were three firefighters, a woman
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A teenager killed in an Indio traffic collision early Sunday evening was identified Monday as Anthony Alvarado Lemus, 14, of Indio. Lemus was a passenger in a vehicle, one of three involved in a collision on Indio Boulevard at Fargo Street, just west of the Jackson Street bridge. Indio Police said the collision happened at 5:23 p.m. and
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An 18-year-old man was killed in a shooting Wednesday night in Coachella. Deputies were called out after shots were heard in the area of Calle Rojo and Calle Camacho around 10:30 p.m. When deputies arrived, they reported seeing an adult man bleeding in the middle of the street. Deputies said they attempted to save the
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CNN By John King, Jeff Zeleny, Jamie Gangel, MJ Lee, Daniel Strauss, Gregory Krieg, Kristen Holmes and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate, elevating the former teacher and Army National Guard veteran to join the Democratic ticket and help lead the
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A person was killed in a crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian Tuesday night in Coachella. The incident took place around 10:40 P.M. off of Grapefruit Blvd. and Cesar Chavez St. The man was identified as Robert Villa, 37, of Coachella. Authorities said after the crash, the driver remained at the scene and called
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At 4:21 today, Cal Fire received a report of a residential structure fire in the 7500 block of 22nd Ave. in the unincorporated community of Sky Valley. When firefighters arrived on scene, they located a single wide mobile home involved with fire with exposure to the primary residence right next to the mobile home. Powerlines,
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Around 8: 30 P.M., A three vehicle traffic collision occurred just east of Dillon Rd, heading eastbound on Interstate 10. According to CHP Officer David Torres, the vehicles were in stop and go traffic when a big rig rolled back at slow speeds and crashed into the front of a Honda sedan. The Honda was
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The U.S. Marine who died on Sunday after a vehicle rollover at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms has been identified. According to a statement released by the Marine Corps Combat Center, Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Jerry L. Betzold died on July 28, 2024, following a vehicle rollover that took place while
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