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The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced this year’s award winners at a luncheon at the Hilton Palm Springs Saturday morning. The two week long festival screened 190 films from 72 countries. Isabelle Huppert, a Golden Globe winner, received the best actress award for her performance in Elle. No Dress Code took home the Schlesinger

It’s a weekend-long anniversary celebration for the Desert Woman’s Show. More than 2,500 people are expected to attend. A number of expos and seminars are available, with a spotlight on woman’s health and wellness. Furry friends are also up for adoption. “It’s an opportunity for women to learn things that maybe they didn’t know even

A man is in police custody after allegedly kidnapping and injuring a woman. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies said while on patrol they saw a woman waiving her arms and screaming for help. It happened just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning near the intersection of Jackson Street and and Avenue 52. Deputies said the woman was

20-year-old Johnathan Duron, of Coachella, was arrested for burglary early Friday morning in Coachella. According to a news release provided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, officers from the Coachella Valley Police Department responded to an alarm activation at 3 a.m., in the 49200 block of Grapefruit Boulevard. When they arrived to what was a

A 23-year-old Army soldier from Hemet was killed Thursday in a noncombat-related incident in Kuwait. The Pentagon announced the death of Spc. John Phillips Rodriguez on Saturday. The circumstances surrounding his death were not disclosed. In an email to KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2, a spokesperson for Fort Bliss in Texas, where

A new wine bar is in town. It’s called Counter Reformation and it just opened at Parker Palm Springs. The chic wine bar pays homage to cafes you find on every street in Europe. “We really wanted to create a place where our guests can relax and repent, while enjoying really great wine at an

One Valley woman found herself in a sticky situation Friday morning. “I ended up getting stuck in the mud. It didn’t look so bad going in,” said Kimberly O’Lin, a motorist whose car got stuck in about a foot worth of mud. KESQ and CBS Local 2’s chief photographer, Christopher Flicker, got to O’Lin as

The Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival is quickly approaching, and organizers are looking to fill multiple temporary jobs. If you or someone you know is looking for a job, applications are now being accepted. The 71st annual fair takes place February 17-26. The temporary jobs are listed under three classifications. Officials said they’re

A woman pulled up to her house in Palm Springs Friday afternoon to see a trailer engulfed in flames in the driveway. And the trailer fire was starting to spread to her house, and her neighbor’s house. The fire sparked in the Mountain Gate neighborhood on Vista Verde near Gateway Drive at about 3 p.m.

Police have closed Cathedral Canyon Drive at the Whitewater Wash due to flooding. Meanwhile, all other roads around Palm Springs remain open despite the consistent rainfall. Rainfall has been hitting the Coachella Valley consistently throughout the day Friday. All roads around Palm Springs were open for much of the day, but authorities said they closed

Dune Palms Drive is closed between Highway 111 and Blackhawk Way right at the wash in La Quinta due to flooding, according to an official with La Quinta Public Works. Rainfall has been consistent throughout the Coachella Valley throughout the entire day Friday. Surprisingly, many roads around Palm Springs weren’t impacted by the rain and

A woman was stuck in her car for about three hours Friday morning when her vehicle became stuck in mud after a road was washed out by rain in the Snow Creek community west of Palm Springs. KESQ and CBS Local 2’s crew at the scene said a AAA tow truck also became stuck while

Two women visiting an inmate at the Morongo Basin Jail in Joshua Tree were arrested Thursday night after a deputy noticed one of them trying to sneak something through the security glass, which turned out to be methamphetamine, authorities said in a news release. Amy Simms, 43, and 59-year-old Alisa Henderson, both from Yucca Valley,

Hoy a las 3:17 a.m. se volcó un trailer que circulaba sobre la I-10 en los carriles con rumbo al oeste cerca de la rampa de la calle Monroe en Indio provocando el cierre de dos carriles de la autopista. De acuerdo con la Patrulla de Carreteras de California el semais transportaba 1900 libras de

UPDATE 7:45 a.m. Police have cleared the wreck and the freeway was starting to move again at normal speeds. ——- Crews were working to upright a big rig truck that overturned Friday morning on the I-10 westbound in Indio just west of the Monroe Street exit. The large semi was hauling 1900 pounds of glass.

Desert Hot Springs police have identified the man who was arrested for multiple felonies after barricading himself inside a home during a domestic violence report Thursday afternoon. Danilo Flores was arrested after a two-hour standoff at a home in the 66200 block of Cahuilla Avenue, near Cactus Drive. Officers responded to the residence at about

Police were investigating an armed robbery at a Toda Moda store in La Quinta Tuesday evening, an hour before a nearby business also saw an attempted armed robbery. The Riverside Sheriff’s Department said the Toda Moda robbery happened at 6:42 p.m. Thursday along the 79800 block of Highway 111. They say a suspect entered the

A probation compliance check at a residence in Palm Springs lead to the discovery of approximately 37 pounds of meth. 28-year old Palm Springs resident, Arnulfo Chavez was arrested for being in possession of narcotics. Officers assigned to the San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force, with the assistance of the Beaumont Police Department MET

New traffic signals will be installed at the intersection of Via Miraleste and Vista Chino in Palm Springs. r Caltrans recommended the signals be placed at the intersection after conducting an investigation that included analyzing traffic patterns. The intersection was the site of two deadly collisions involving pedestrians last year. Tim Vincent, who lives by