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MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) — Four people, including two adults and two children, were rescued Tuesday from an area of Ladder Canyon in Mecca, according to CAL FIRE Riverside County. Firefighters responded to the scene with assistance from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Star 9 aviation unit and a specialized rescue cart. The group was in

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Passengers going through airport security in the United States will no longer have to take their shoes off, after nearly two decades. At the Palm Springs International Airport, Dante Biale a passenger, said he supports the move. “If it’s not a security threat, then I like the idea,” Biale said.

LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – The City of La Quinta is announcing a 24-hour closure of the intersection of Highway 111 and Washington Street July 30th through July 31st as part of the city’s Highway 111 Pavement Rehabilitation Project. The intersection will be fully closed to all traffic starting at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – The devastation in Texas following deadly floods is sending shockwaves across the Christian community, prompting action and reflection. Southwest Church in Indian Wells is partnering with Convoy of Hope to provide disaster relief to those impacted. 85,000 pounds of food, water, and emergency supplies have already been delivered. “The church

Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ)– Local animal shelters are working to find the owners of hundreds of runaway or stay animals that were taken in over the Independence Day weekend. Every year, the Fourth of July sees the highest number of runaway pets out of all the holidays, and this year was no different, according to

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A power outage at Sunrise Park in Palm Springs caused events to be canceled and limited options for residents to cool off over the weekend. The Library and Leisure Center are both open as of Tuesday morning. The Pavilion and baseball stadium are also set to have their powered restored

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) has begun construction on the CV Link pathway in the Palm Springs area.  The CV Link pathway is set to begin construction from the Palm Springs Visitor Center and run to the Whitewater River Stormwater Channel Levee. Construction on this project is set

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Cultural Center is sporting a new banner outside saying “open during construction,” despite construction taking away 300 parking spots. Now the cultural center is left with less than 20 spots, and has felt it’s impacts on visitor numbers. “It’s harder than we kind of anticipated,” Michael Green,

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has received confirmation from the U.S. National Park Service that the tribe’s ancestral Chemehuevi cemetery in Twentynine Palms has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, officials said today. The cemetery is historically associated with the Chemehuevi people, ancestors to the

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ)  – Law enforcement agencies across the Coachella Valley are reporting firework citations after Independence Day celebrations. Indio In Indio, Sergeant Abraham Plata, Indio Police Department, said officers issued multiple citations for illegal fireworks. “We ended up with 26 people who were cited for illegal fireworks,” Plata said. “Six of those were actually

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — An Indio family has nothing left, after their home of forty years went up in flames. The entire family is now displaced, saying an illegal firework destroyed their home while they were sleeping. According to a GoFundMe set up by some of the family members, a stray firework, set off illegally