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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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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Springs man who sexually assaulted multiple girls throughout Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, enticing them with illegal drugs and using them to make child pornography, is facing more than 20 years in state prison when he’s sentenced in October. Jesse James Garcia Airada, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Beaumont man who severely beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter, as well as starved the child for weeks until she died, was sentenced today to 18 years in state prison. Tyler Lawrence Finley, 30, pleaded guilty last week to murder and three counts of child cruelty, along with sentence-enhancing allegations of
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By Eric Levenson, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict and will take the weekend off before returning to court Monday for further deliberations. The 12-person jury, made up of nine women and three men, deliberated for about 3.5 hours on Thursday and
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IDYLLWILD, CALIF. (KESQ)- As hot and humid conditions continue across the Coachella Valley, some residents and visitors are heading to higher elevations for a break from the desert heat. Idyllwild, located in the San Jacinto Mountains, offers cooler temperatures just a short drive from the valley. For local businesses, the change in weather can also
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By Amy O’Kruk, Annette Choi, Byron Manley, Soph Warnes, Becky Pinnington, Rosa de Acosta, Marco Storel, Grace Widyatmadja, Renée Rigdon, Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Massive landslides and catastrophic flash floods have wreaked havoc at the Nepal-China border, destroying houses, wiping out bridges and killing more than 1,200 people. More than 4,500 people remain unaccounted
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PALM DESERT, Calif. — (KESQ) — The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has renewed its Certified Autism Center™ designation through IBCCES, reaffirming its commitment to accessible and inclusive experiences for autistic guests and their families. The zoo, home to more than 600 animals representing 141 species, first earned the certification in 2022. For the renewal, at
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