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A critical hearing was held Thursday in the murder re-trial for Jose Larin Garcia. He’s accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. Larin Garcia’s first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Judge Anthony Villalobos was back on the bench after calling out sick earlier this week and releasing the jury. Prosecutors and defense
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A 30-year-old man accused in a fatal shooting in Cathedral City re-entered a not guilty plea to a murder charge today. Along with a murder charge, Jose Ernesto Martinez of Desert Hot Springs faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury. He re-entered a not guilty plea to the charge
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department conducted a homeless outreach option Thursday morning in Coachella. The department’s Coachella Community Action Team teamed up with Union Pacific Railroad Police to provide resources to those in need. CCAT relocated approximately 10 transients alongside the train tracks on Grapefruit Blvd. between Avenue 48 and Avenue 49. Illegal homeless camps
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Riverside County added an additional 90 deaths related to COVID-19. County health spokesperson Jose Arballo Jr said the additional deaths are a result of the state’s ongoing review of death records over the past two years. Newest death data for COVID-19 shows 60 new deaths associated with the virus. The new numbers are the result
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The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians and the city of Coachella have agreed on a beautification project for the Dillon Road corridor, which is located between Interstate 10 and Highway 86. The tribe and city officials will sign the memo of agreement at a ceremony on Monday. Officials said the partnership aims to increase
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER AND KATHLEEN RONAYNE PHOENIX (AP) — California communities exposed to hazardous dust by a drying lake bed have found themselves at the center of tensions between Arizona and California over how to conserve water along the overtaxed Colorado River. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat facing reelection, wants the federal
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Cindy Burreson, CEO of the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert, was the winner of the RAP Foundation’s Desert Fast Pitch Competition this year, which comprised of the $20,000 grand prize. Each year the RAP Foundation, NPO Centric and their generous sponsors host the Desert Fast Pitch Competition, where representatives from Valley non-profits take part
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Village Fest in downtown Palm Springs transformed into Halloween Spook-tacular featuring a Haunted Bus, a costume contest, and more. The event ran from 6 to 10 p.m. along Palm Canyon Drive between Baristo and Amado Roads. The SunLine Transit Agency also had a themed Haunted Bus available to explore. “Our employees really go all out
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN & Miyoshi Price, KESQ People can now choose their sex marker in their Social Security records, the Social Security Administration announced Wednesday, October 19, 2022. It’s the latest step in the Biden administration’s effort to be more inclusive of transgender Americans. A Palm Springs woman celebrates these updates as she remembers
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It’s getting spooky at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens as it prepares for its annual “Howl-a-ween” event and gives a special pumpkin treat to some of its animals. Spectators at the zoo on Wednesday got quite the show being able to see some of the animals enjoy pumpkins. https://youtu.be/NqwCbqwITMA Mr. Prickles, a porcupine at
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The man accused of killing two people found in a casita in Coachella over the weekend has been charged with their murders. The Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed David Torres Cerda, 22, has been charged with two counts of murder, one count of possession of an assault weapon, and one count of stealing a
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Desert Hot Springs Police said they were investigating an early Thursday morning shooting that left three men injured. Officers were called to the 12800 block of W. Arroyo Drive at 12:45 a.m. They confirmed to KESQ News Channel 3 that the injuries suffered were considered non-life-threatening. There was no immediate word on the injured men’s
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Controversy continues over the more than 200 dismissed criminal cases in Riverside County. County judges cite a deficit of judges and available courtrooms. District Attorney Mike Hestrin and Sheriff Chad Bianco responded to the decision, saying they heavily disagree with the decision. “We have to focus on the crisis at hand and these are real
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We’ve been staying cool and comfortable in the 80s. We’re expected to see low 80’s up until Friday. Although it heats up just a tad by this weekend, temperatures continue to cool down well into the 70s by Wednesday next week. Daily highs will be around 80 degrees for most of the Coachella Valley tomorrow.
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The City of Palm Springs is putting up hundreds of thousands of dollars to intervene in increasing violence on the north end of town. Last week, Palm Springs city council voted to contribute $400,000 to Palm Springs-based non-profit We Are One United with the goal of intervening and preventing ongoing violence in the Desert Highlands
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College of the Desert focused on sharing its future growth across its campuses in its annual State of the College address, “COD Rising,” Wednesday. Superintendent/President Martha Garcia, Ed.D., shared details about some of the College’s upcoming projects, including the Palm Springs Development Project, Roadrunner Motors in Cathedral City, and the Indio campus expansion. “In regards
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A man has died after a fire broke out at his home in Beaumont Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at approximately 8:07 a.m. on the 1200 block of Beaumont Avenue. A caller told first responders that smoke coming from a dwelling unit behind a residence. Beaumont police and Cal Fire units arrived and found
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A man is in police custody after a nearly 40-minute-long pursuit that left multiple patrol units damaged Wednesday morning in Indio. The incident started at approximately 11:55 a.m. when Indio police officers were called to the 83000 block of Calle Presidente to respond to a domestic family dispute. Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department
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Marcelo Valadares received a call from the Riverside Sheriff’s Department around 2 am this morning that one of the windows at his shop was shattered. He tells News Channel 3 that this is the second time someone has broken a window in the past three weeks. He recently had another window fixed from the same
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The Rancho Mirage city council will look much different after the General Election on Nov. 8. Six candidates are running for three seats on the council making this year’s race a tight one. The chosen Rancho Mirage council members will be elected at large for four-years terms. News Channel 3 spoke to each candidate running for
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