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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Week 2 of the high school football season is in the books. The week was headlined by some intriguing local matchups, including the debuts of Coachella Valley and La Quinta. Friday 8/28 Coachella Valley (0-1)12@Rancho Mirage (2-0)28FYucca Valley (0-2)28@La Quinta (1-0)58FDHS (2-0)20@Xavier Prep (0-2)6FCentral (1-1)33@Palm Desert (1-1)30F/OT2Palo Verde Valley (1-1)6@Shadow
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By Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Six months since the United States and Israel launched the first strikes on Iran, the physical, financial and emotional impacts of the war have reverberated from Tehran across the world, including to the vast Iranian community in the US, which has been divided with varying opinions
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Some people don’t just live in a community; they show up for it, and that’s what our Neighborhood Heroes series is all about: spotlighting the people who make the Coachella Valley a better place. Lee Wilson is a history teacher at Cathedral City High School who’s making sure local service
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 35-year-old man faces assault with a deadly weapon charges following an attack at a sports bar in Indio nearly two weeks ago. Police said the incident happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. at JD’s Sports Bar, located in the 46000 block of Monroe Street. Details were limited, but police said a
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – It attacks every kind of citrus, has no cure, and for the first time ever, it’s been found not too far from us in Imperial County. So the question tonight is: what does it mean for lemons and grapefruit growing right here in the valley? News Channel 3’s Garrett Hottle
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Deadly flooding along the China-Nepal border has put a sharp spotlight on how risks from natural disasters in the Himalayas are growing, at the same time that countries in the region are rapidly building out their high-altitude infrastructure footprints. There’s no indication that the latest disaster, which has
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PALM SPRINGS (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors is slated next week to approve extension of a contract, valued at a little over $1 million, with a Palm Springs addiction treatment and homeless assistance facility that has partnered with the Riverside University Health System for the last few years. MFI Recovery Center, a nonprofit mental
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – Parents are calling for clearer and faster communication from the Coachella Valley Unified School District after a power outage affected John Kelley Elementary School, La Familia High School and the district office Thursday, as district officials defend their response and say staff needed time to assess changing conditions before initiating an
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Lakers are set to play their first-ever home game at Acrisure Arena on November 6, officials announced on Friday. The CV Lakers will officially tip off their inaugural season at Acrisure Arena on Friday, November 6 against the Salt Lake City Stars. The 2026-27 campaign will feature
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration settled an insider-trading case Friday against President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator, fining him $65,000 for “unlawful” prediction-market trades about Trump’s speeches. The White House aide, Gabriel Perez, will also give up $107,000 in ill-gotten profits from his trades on Kalshi, according to the Commodity Futures
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THOUSAND PALMS, CALIF. (KESQ)- A new study led by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University is raising hope that scientists could be getting closer to a new way of eliminating HIV. The study, published Aug. 10, 2026, in Nature Microbiology, was led by Dr. Jonah Sacha and Dr. Nancy Haigwood of Oregon Health &
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Two Chinese nationals living in the Inland Empire were sentenced to federal prison today for participating in a scheme in which counterfeit iPhones and iPads were imported from China and exchanged at Apple stores across the Southland for genuine devices, causing the tech company at least $16.2 million in losses. Wenhui
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – Old Town Artisan Studios in La Quinta will soon hold a grand opening and ribbon-cutting for Art for All, the Valley’s first creative reuse center. The new initiative is dedicated to making art materials more accessible while reducing waste and supporting arts education. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – An aspiring Los Angeles County rapper was among three defendants charged with allegedly having illegally obtained and possessed stolen checks totaling more than $8.1 million, including more than 50 U.S. Treasury checks, officials announced today. Ada William Obayuwana, 31, also known as “ColdheartedAC,” of Quartz Hill, is charged in federal court
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By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch will have “adverse” effects on dozens of historical landmarks, the National Park Service found. Nonetheless, the agency concluded in a report released Friday that the arch must stay at the proposed site on the banks of the Potomac River as the project
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By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday night the United States has reached an oil agreement with Venezuela, a move he said will “more than double” American oil reserves, increase oil supply and lower gas prices. “At my direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working
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CACTUS CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Rest areas along Interstate 10 in Cactus City will be reconstructed to improve safety, and were expected to remain closed until Spring of 2027, it was announced today. A $32.8 million Caltrans project, funded through the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, will upgrade rest area facilities, which include
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Honduran national living in the San Fernando Valley was arrested today on charges of fraudulently registering to vote in United States elections and authorities in Los Angeles predicted it would be the first of many such prosecutions to come in the months leading up to the midterm elections. Darwin
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its policy banning transgender Americans from serving in the military, the latest significant case involving trans Americans to reach the conservative court in recent years. Days after taking office last year, Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Eduardo Cuevas, CNN (CNN) — Controversial British figure Milo Yiannopoulos, who gained a reputation as a right-wing provocateur more than a decade ago, has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. Yiannopoulos was arrested on Thursday at a Louisiana airport, DHS said. He was still
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