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A 16-year-old Indio boy was in custody Wednesday for allegedly robbing two Coachella convenience stores while armed with a knife, with the latest incident occurring late Tuesday night. Sheriff’s deputies responded at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to the 7-11 store located at 1030 Sixth Street in Coachella, where a suspect had taken an undisclosed amount of

A jaguar that was part of an Olympic torch relay event on Monday was shot and killed after the cat escaped its handlers, the Brazilian army said in a statement. After Juma broke free from her confinement, a team of military members and veterinarians worked to recapture the jaguar. Despite being shot with a tranquilizer

Palm Springs police circulated two photographs on Wednesday of a man suspected of stealing a bicycle from a Palm Springs store in May. The bicycle, which police say is valued at $1,800, was stolen on May 28 from a business in the 1700 block of N. Sunrise Way. Police have since recovered the bike, but

Firefighters and police officers in Palm Springs are reminding residents that all personal fireworks are illegal within city limits, and the police department will issue citations for anyone found with fireworks. With the Fourth of July approaching, stands in Cathedral City have already begun selling ‘Safe and Sane’ fireworks, which are much less dangerous than

Martin Magana has announced his resignation as City Manager of the City of Desert Hot Springs, for personal reasons, effective July 21, 2016. Mr. Magana provided 30 days’ notice of his resignation pursuant to his Employment Agreement with the City. Mr. Magana was appointed as City Manager in May 2014, after a national search for

The mayor of Lake Elsinore, T’O Brian Tisdale, was arrested on Monday for misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor vandalism. Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington confirmed Tisdale was placed on administrative leave Tuesday afternoon. According to jail records, Tisdale was arrested by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in Applewood Lake Elsinore 92530, and has since

Donald Trump lanz el mircoles un ataque amplio contra su rival a la presidencia Hillary Clinton, acusndola de ser “una mentirosa de clase mundial” que se benefici personalmente de su puesto en el Departamento de Estado. “Ella se enriquece al hacerte pobre”, dijo Trump. Tratando de mantener su campaa firme luego de un perodo difcil,

The Fourth of July is less that two weeks away and firework stands have begun popping up in some desert cities. Nonprofits and local police are hoping to cash in on people buying ‘safe and sane’ fireworks. Chuck Vasquez runs Rags to Riches Thrift Shop in Cathedral City. The money for the shop goes to

UPDATE: Power was restored at around 8:30 p.m. ORIGINAL STORY: About 340 customers in Thousand Palms are without power as of 7:45 p.m. including the KESQ & CBS Local 2 news station. Our building is running off a backup generator at this time. Programming doesn’t appear to be impacted. Gas stations on the corner of

The summer scorcher is hurting those who have to live and work in the heat, but also those trying to run their business. For some businesses in Palm Springs, the heat was just too hot to handle. Todd Flood owns Maracas on Palm Canyon. Monday morning, he got the call no business owner wants to

We finally have more information to report about a year-long investigation into the shooting death of a Desert Hot Springs woman in April of 2015. The Desert Hot Springs Police Department announced Tuesday morning that 23-year-old Jesus Garza of Desert Hot Springs was recently arrested and formally charged for the murder of 31-year-old Maria Isabel

Olympic gold medalist diver and El Cajon native Greg Louganis will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue,” it was announced Tuesday. The LGBT-rights activist will be the oldest athlete in the spread at 56. “When I look around at my contemporaries, I’d say I’m probably in better shape than most of them,” Louganis

Another Coachella Valley water utility is easing outdoor water conservation restrictions based on local and state water supply conditions. Officials at the Indio Water Authority announced Tuesday morning that they will be expanding outdoor watering hours to before 6 a.m., and after 6 p.m., seven days a week now. On June 7, the Desert Water

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued an odor advisory that continues Tuesday for the Coachella Valley. The advisory is due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide, a gas that smells like rotten eggs. That gas is associated with natural processes occurring in the Salton Sea. The agency said hourly average concentrations of

Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 66000 block of Buena Vista Avenue in Desert Hot Springs shortly after 2 p.m. Monday. And not long after dousing those flames, two more fires were reported around the area. Authorities said flames were seen coming from the single-story home when the first fire engine arrived. There

A few flights from Palm Springs were canceled on Monday, but it didn’t have anything to do with the extreme heat in the Coachella Valley, according to officials with the Palm Springs International Airport. Two of the flights were bound for Phoenix. KESQ and CBS Local 2 confirmed those flights were canceled due to heat

It was 111 degrees by 10 a.m. on Monday. And by 10:30 a.m., Cal Fire crews had already rescued two hikers on the Bump and Grind hiking trail in Palm Desert. Check out Current Temperatures Officials said both patients were suffering from minor to moderate heat-related injuries. Crews were called to the 72000 block of

Hundreds of protesters chanted “love conquers hate” outside a Northern California church Sunday, where last week a pastor said during his sermon that he was upset more people weren’t killed in the attack on a Florida gay nightclub that left 49 people dead. The Sacramento Bee reports that more than 500 demonstrators holding rainbow flags

Two drivers crashed and caused an SUV to overturn on Highway 111 and Monterey in Palm Desert Sunday. It happened around 5:15 p.m. near the Westfield Mall. No one was injured, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Roads were shutdown in the area and were expected to reopen around 6:30 p.m. The cause of