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Local businesses hope for a boost in sales with Galleri Classic Tournament

The Galleri Classic PGA Champions Tour tournament will tee off Friday with some of the legends of the game returning to the desert for the inaugural event. The tournament looking to make a positive economic impact locally.  Tournament attendee Gary Gonsalves has experienced the previous golf tournaments at Mission Hills Country Club. “I think it will outdraw the

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College of the Desert paid $1.1M to hackers in 2020 ransomware attack, doing more now to cyber safeguard its IT systems

An I-Team investigation reveals College of the Desert paid more than a million dollars in digital ransom to recover data after a 2020 malware attack.  And as KESQ News Channel 3 has extensively reported the college suffered another malware attack this past summer. That second July attack may have compromised the personal data of hundreds

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College of the Desert holds first public meeting to expedite Palm Springs schematic design plans

 College of the Desert hosted the first of four public meetings that will cover the schematic design plans for the Palm Spring Development Project (PSDP).  Board members discussed the master site plan and how to expedite the schematic design process during Wednesday’s meeting.  The vision for the campus includes: opportunities for “learning on display” like

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Designer Michael Costello: ‘We were verbally assaulted, threatened’ at Fashion Week El Paseo

Prominent Valley designer Michael Costello is speaking out, after claiming he and his staff were “disrespected,” “threatened,” and “verbally assaulted” at Fashion Week El Paseo by the event’s head of security. He told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut he will no longer be involved with the annual event. The Emmy-Award winner and “Project Runway” alum

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