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Karen Devine spoke with Peter Daut about her in-depth report. Check it out for more on missing persons investigations in the desert & what a detective thinks of the rumors of a serial killer in the area: On the heels of the Gabby Petito missing persons case, the national spotlight led to questions about why some
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District’s Board of Education passed a mandate that will require all staff members, including teachers, custodians, aides and bus drivers, to be fully vaccinated by January 10th, 2022. “I think the Board felt for our district and our community, this was the safest way to keep our kids healthy,” said
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American Friends of our Armed Forces hosted its15th Annual Adopt a Marine Thanksgiving Celebration to honor and thank the troop’s service to our country. “It was wonderful. They had a great time. They don’t often have a day like today, where they can come and enjoy themselves, have lunch, have a gift, and then go
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A bounty hunter accused of fatally shooting a knife-wielding fugitive in front of Palm Springs police officers trying to subdue him re-entered a not guilty plea today and is scheduled for a trial readiness conference on Feb. 3. Fabian Hector Herrera, 36, was arrested in April for the shooting death of 33-year-old David Spann. Fabian
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The former Westfield Mall in Palm Desert officially has a new name and management company. The mall will now be known as “The Shops at Palm Desert.” The name change came about in early August after Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield transitioned management to a third party as it looked to sell the property. The Westfield signage was removed
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The American Express golf tournament’s concert series returns in a major way! Maroon 5 and Brad Paisley will be performing on the driving range at PGA West in La Quinta after golf ends. Tournament director Pat McCabe confirmed that Maroon 5 will play on Friday, and Brad Paisley will play on Saturday. “Our concert series
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Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage has been named the top cardiovascular teaching hospital in the nation without a cardiovascular residency program by Fortune and IBM Watson Health, officials announced today. The annual Fortune/IBM 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study spotlights short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of cardiology patients, according to
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Traffic was slow on Interstate 10 eastbound through Cabazon Tuesday morning following a series of traffic collisions. The first was reported at 7:12 a.m. when the California Highway Patrol reported a driver of a truck that lost control and hit a right-hand side barrier. Eastbound traffic lanes were slow for more than two miles, but
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Highs will drop a couple of degrees each day through Thursday after hitting 84 yesterday as cooler air moves in from the North. Clouds overnight moved through courtesy of a weak low pressure system moving up from the South and now it’s sliding eastward towards the Phoenix area. Offshore winds redevelop by tomorrow, so fire
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District’s board of education passed a mandate that will require all employees to be fully vaccinated by January 10, 2022. The new mandate passed with a 5-0 vote, however, two board members were absent The district considers full vaccinated to be two weeks after either the second dose of Pfizer/Moderna
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The city of Rancho Mirage is warning people who may have attended last week’s city council meeting to consider getting tested for Covid-1 after a councilmember tested positive. Officials did not say which council member caught the virus. Video of the Thursday, Nov. 18 meeting shows only one city leader, councilmember Richard Kite, wearing a
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Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, both D-Calif., today announced plans to introduce legislation that would incorporate 2,500 acres of land in the San Jacinto Mountains into a trust for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The planned legislation would fulfill a 1999 agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Agua Caliente
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A Banning man accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled woman over a five-year span was ordered to stand trial today. Rene Leonel Robles Cerna, 36, was arrested on April 20 following a months-long investigation by the Banning Police Department. Along with three counts of forcible rape of a mentally impaired subject, Cerna is
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The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert opened it’s first location in the Eastern Coachella Valley on Monday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at Coachella’s City Hall. “Stuff like this in the center of Coachella are so useful,” said Roman Lopez Mojarras, a youth fellow for The Center, “I wish I could’ve had this my
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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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Announced this morning, the full slate of ‘Best of’ Winners from the Coachella Valley Independent is now online here: Several of those winners will be featured this week and next on ‘Eye on the Desert’ at 12:45 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3 and Fox 11. Starting today you’ll meet some of those winners, and
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Two civil rights groups today sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on behalf of a Riverside County man who allegedly was unlawfully transferred to an ICE immigration lockup for deportation proceedings even though he is a citizen. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed the federal lawsuit in
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A Twentynine Palms man was arrested over the weekend on accusations of child abuse. The investigation that led to the arrest started on Saturday, Nov. 20. That’s when an eight-week-old infant was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center and was diagnosed with several fractured ribs, fractured leg, ankle, and knee bones, arm and elbow
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KEQS News Channel 3’s ‘Eye on the Desert’ and the CV Independent have teamed up to bring you the Valley’s most comprehensive and honest “Best of” list and the time is almost here to reveal whom you voted for! We have been asking you to vote on the best of Coachella Valley, and the votes
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Travel continues to rebound from the pandemic as the holidays get closer. According to The Automobile Club of Southern California, 3.8 million Southern Californians will use their car to take trips of at least 50 miles or more during the Thanksgiving holiday period. That’s a 9% increase from last year. However, AAA said it’s not
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