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Counselor to visit Coachella Valley school following teacher sexual misconduct allegations

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ)  – A licensed therapist said she will visit Palm Valley School to support students following allegations that a third grade teacher and coach molested a teenager for over two years. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Stephen Spurlock, 43, was taken into custody for allegedly molesting a teenager for

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State Supreme Court upholds death penalty for arsonist who set Esparanza Fire killing five firefighters near Cabazon

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – The man convicted of starting a fire near Cabazon that killed five firefighters will remain on death row, after the California Supreme Court ruling published Monday found no validity to his arguments challenging procedural and other aspects of his trial. Raymond Lee Oyler, 54, of Beaumont, was sentenced to death

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Palm Springs march honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Today marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day, an observance drawing attention to the ongoing crisis of violence against Native communities. Monday morning, a group of tribal members, local leaders, and community allies gathered in downtown Palm Springs at The Center for a march aimed at raising awareness and demanding change. The

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CHP/LAPD sued over alleged ‘violent attack’ at UCLA pro-Palestine encampment

LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A group of UCLA students and community members is suing the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department and dozens of unidentified employees from both agencies over law officers’ alleged “violent attack” on participants in a pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA last spring, according to court papers obtained today. According to

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Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares

By Betsy Klein, Michelle Krupa and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has unveiled new steps to target federal funding to Harvard University, cutting off all new federal research grants unless the elite school enacts political policy changes amid a broader national clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight. Harvard is

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Pence rebuffs Trump on tariffs, Russia and January 6 pardons in CNN interview

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Monday, arguing that a looming “price shock” to the economy and potential shortages will lead Americans to “demand a different approach” from the White House. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Pence rebuffed Trump’s recent comments

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