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A Palm Desert man was in custody Thursday and has been charged with the May 31 firebombing of the East Valley Republican Women Federated (EVRWF) office in La Quinta, according to the Department of Justice. Carlos Espriu, 23, was named in a federal criminal complaint that charged him with attempted arson. Suspect caught on surveillance
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A former Coachella Valley school bus driver who inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl with special needs over the course of several months while on the job was sentenced today to a 12-year probationary term and ordered to complete a sex offender treatment program. Superior Court Judge Bonnie M. Dumanis warned Samuel Raul Ortega that if
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Update: The fire is currently estimated at 12,610 acres with 23% containment, destroying 4 homes and damaging 2 in Oak Glen. The El Dorado Fire started at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 5 at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. Smoke will continue to impact portions of the Inland Empire and the San Gorgonio Pass area today and tonight, although
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Seven valley hotels and motels are currently participating in the statewide program called Project Roomkey. California launched the program back in April. It’s designed to offer housing to those facing homelessness and those most vulnerable to COVID-19. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil got a tour of the Rodeway Inn & Suites in Indio, one local
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Wednesday night, Cathedral City councilmembers unanimously passed an ordinance to eliminate short-term vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods by the end of 2022. The ordinance will go into effect on October 9. Staff Report on Second Reading of OrdinanceDownload By Jan 1, 2023 all STVRs in the city will be eliminated with two exceptions: Homes located
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News Channel 3 was there Wednesday as a Palm Springs Police officer and a code enforcement officer showed up at La Bonita’s Mexican Restaurant on Palm Canyon Drive. The officials issued a five thousand dollar fine to restaurant owner Alex Raei. Raei was serving customers indoors during the lunch hour today. He called his choice
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UPDATE: LA County revised their Halloween guidelines on Wednesday. Trick-or-treating is no longer banned but strongly discouraged. “My wife’s already started stocking up,” Miguel Perez told News Channel 3 inside Halloween City in Palm Springs. “She’s already got things up everywhere. We start early,” he added. Perez and his wife, Kaylie are already gearing up
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Short-term vacation rentals have been a topic of debate for homeowners and visitors vacationing here in the Coachella Valley amid the pandemic. Now, Cathedral City moving forward with its phase-out plans. A quiet neighborhood in the Cathedral City could see some changes with its short term vacation rentals. “I think it’s about time and it’s gotten
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Case Changes Today Riverside County reported 163 new cases since Monday. This brings the total number of cases to 54,735. Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Additional Data 556,173 tests have been conducted so far, an increase of 3,045 tests conducted over the past 24 hours. Deaths and
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Firefighters knocked down a structure fire at the Parkview Villas in Rancho Mirage Wednesday afternoon. The Parkview Villas is a housing complex located on the 71700 Block of San Jacinto Drive, not far from the River shopping center. The multi-family dwelling structure fire was reported at 2:31 p.m. Heavy smoke was visible in the area.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of child abuse after a five-month-old male infant brought into the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Twentynine Palms tested positive for methamphetamine. The infant had been brought into the hospital for unknown reasons, however, The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Crimes Against Children Division and
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the murder of an inmate at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Tuesday night. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the incident was first reported at 8:34 P.M. That’s when deputies responded to a housing unit within the facility and found a male suffering from injuries sustained
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A 28-year-old man who targeted elderly victims in carrying out a string of residential and commercial break-ins throughout the Coachella Valley was sentenced to more than 17 years in state prison, prosecutors said today. Joseph Foster Ramey of Palm Desert pleaded guilty earlier this year to 22 burglary counts, along with identity theft, vehicle theft,
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As of Wednesday 14,000 firefighters were dispersed throughout California as they battled 28 major wildfires, according to CalFire. The fires shattered records after burning more than 2.5 million acres. On Wednesday the US Forest Service announced it was closing all 18 national forests. The agency released a statement: Due to unprecedented and historic fire conditions
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As KESQ has previously reported, there’s a $33 million fund that exists locally to help Riverside County residents struggling to pay rent due to the pandemic. The fund was made possible by the county and multiple agencies working together, including local non-profit Lift to Rise. Over the last few months, they’ve been providing up to
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Community leaders are hosting a meeting Wednesday night for residents living in the north end of Palm Springs impacted by the recent violence. According to the city communications director, the meeting is being hosted by the ONE-PS neighborhood organization. The meeting will be held via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. City council members Grace Garner and
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A Cathedral City student is sounding the alarm about climate change and potentially devastating effects on tourism in the Coachella Valley. Cindy Yañez is a graduate student researcher in earth system science. In a new climate change study for UC Riverside, she predicts increasing temperature could shorten the snowbird season by several months. “Because the
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New evacuation warnings due to the El Dorado fire have been put into effect as of 9 p.m. from Oak Glen Road to Hwy 38 West of Bryant to Garnet. There are evacuation routes via Hwy 38 West or Bryant St. South. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department tweeted this evening “There is a potential threat
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The El Dorado Fire burning in Yucaipa is not the only fire to have every been started at a gender reveal party. In April 2017, a gender reveal party in the middle of the desert near Green Valley, Arizona sparked a wildfire that burned more than 45,000 acres and caused more than 8 million dollars
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – On Sunday CalFire determined that the cause of the massive El Dorado Fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest was sparked by a smoke-generating ‘pyrotechnic device’ at a gender reveal party at El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. The El Dorado fire erupted at 10:20 a.m. Saturday. As of Monday
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