Tickets are now available for the 30th anniversary of the popular “WildLights” holiday event at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. Wildlights celebrates 30 years of dazzling guests by transforming the Living Desert into a sparkling winter wonderland. The event features more than a million colorful, twinkling lights and light displays with decorations and entertainment spread
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(BPT) – Feel that chill in the air? Bet you can already taste the quintessential fall foods: pumpkin spice, cookies and pies, or savory stew and roasted vegetables. It’s time to cozy up indoors with comfort food and good friends. As fall slowly approaches and you’re starting to prepare for the upcoming holidays, essential kitchen
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Walter Clark Legal Group’s “Safe Ride Home Program” is once again paying for rides home on Cinco de Mayo to prevent impaired drivers from getting behind the wheel after drinking at local bars and parties. From 10 PM on Thursday, May 5, to 3 AM on Friday, May 6, 2022, drivers with a blood alcohol content (BAC)
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, but over the weekend there will be events you can participate in to honor the late social rights activist. The day holds a special significance, according to Jarvis Crawford who is the chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee. “It shows the struggles that we have
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It’s a new year, but the lines for coronavirus testing haven’t budged since the start of the holiday season. The U.S. is facing an unprecedented number of new cases, while hospitalizations slowly tick up. The highly contagious Omicron variant has spurred a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide, and in the Valley. At the Covid Clinic
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After another year in this pandemic, people are getting ready to let loose and celebrate the end of 2021. But there is a lot to keep in mind, in order to keep yourself and those around you safe on New Year’s Eve. Some tips to stay safe: Do not drive intoxicated – Use a sober
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The General Air Conditioning & Plumbing helped make some local families’ holidays a little better. The General donated gifts to nearly two dozen Coachella Valley families who took part in our “Dear Santa” contest. Local families were encouraged to write a letter to Santa Claus and send them to KESQ. Each family was carefully selected
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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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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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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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Tonight, some kids in the east valley are playing with their new Christmas toys. The California Highway Patrol delivered the gifts collected during their annual CHiPs For Kids toy drive Thursday morning. “It’s nice that our community as a whole to know that everybody just comes and supports each other and are there for each other,
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Some local middle school students are feeling the Christmas spirit today after the annual shop with a cop event. Indio police department staff partnered with the Walmart Supercenter to give students in need gift cards so they can buy gifts for their families. The Desert Sands Unified School District work with IPD’s school resource officers
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Lights, airplanes and of course, Old Saint Nick at this year’s Santa’s Miracle on the Tarmac! On Saturday, people made their way to the Palm Springs Air Museum for its socially distanced candy cane lane drive-thru experience. You can journey through time, and see more than 70 vintage aircrafts and holiday lights, all while in
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Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of Wreaths Across America, a day to honor those who died in service to our country. More than 1,000 veterans interred at Desert Memorial Park and Welwood Murray Cemeteries were honored. The local Cahuilla Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the ceremony. National Wreaths Across America Day
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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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After Black Friday, comes Small Business Saturday! It’s a day that focuses on shopping local and supporting small businesses. “Shop local, shop small, keep us all in business,” said Michael Stees, co-owner of Cold Nose Warm Heart. Shoppers flocked to Palm Springs to enjoy the warm weather, and scratch some things off their to-do list.
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Indio will hold its annual tree-lighting event next week, officials announced today. The in-person tree-lighting event will be held on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. between City Hall and the Indio Public Library, at 100 Civic Center Mall. Festivities include the lighting of Indio’s 14-year-old “Holiday Tree” and performances from the Shadow Hills High
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The annual Wildlights at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens welcomed guests back on Wednesday, November 24. The holiday lights exhibit goes on from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on select nights through December 30. However, starting on December 17, the event will run through the end of the year. Wildlights Roadrunner fixture President and
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The Palm Springs Festival of Lights makes its long-awaited return at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, December 4. Everyone is invited to come down to downtown Palm Springs to see the city’s signature holiday event featuringspectacular twinkling floats, magnificent marching bands, huge Macy’s-style holiday balloons – and Santa Claus of course! This year’s Community Grand Marshals
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The Joslyn Center is looking to spread a little holiday cheer to homebound seniors and you can help! “The holidays can be a difficult time for many low-income seniors as isolation and depression can often lead to mental and physical health deterioration, especially during the holiday season when many feel forgotten and alone,” reads a
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