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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ)— A driver who was ejected from his vehicle suffered moderate injuries today in a three-vehicle crash on State Route 86 in Coachella. The crash was first reported around 7:36 a.m. One of the vehicles involved, a blue Chevy Silverado, sustained major damage, and traffic quickly backed up as emergency crews arrived on
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Nearly 4,800 Southern California Edison customers lost power today in Desert Hot Springs following lightning strikes and storm conditions. Power was restored to most customers by 2:30 p.m. The outage happened after two incidents impacts power lines and poles. The first scene is near Palm Drive and Dillon Road,
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UPDATE: 8/7/25 8:04 AM – A brief outage led to a temporary ground stop at the airport. According to the airport administration, the ground stop has now been lifted, and flights are gradually returning to normal operations. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – We are tracking breaking news in Palm Springs, where a number of morning
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UPDATE 8/7/25 6:17 AM – One more eastbound lane has reopen. Officials confirmed that no one was inside the vehicle when it caught fire, and no injuries have been reported. CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif (KESQ) – A big rig caught fire early this morning on Interstate 10, shutting down traffic in the eastbound lanes. The fire
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — More than 1,200 customers in Indian Wells are without power as Southern California Edison crews respond to an unexpected outage. The outage was first reported at approximately 7:23 a.m. Friday morning, with a total of 1,294 customers impacted, according to the utility company. According to the SCE website, a field investigator
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UPDATE: 7/21/25 7:32 A.M. – All lanes are now open and SIG alert has been lifted. BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) — A semi tanker truck overturned early Monday morning on Interstate 10 in Banning, triggering a Sig Alert and causing major traffic delays. The incident happened around 4:00 a.m. on the eastbound side of I-10 near
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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
Continue ReadingWUSA, 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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