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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – There’s a new name on the face of an Eisenhower Health building. The Chandhi Emergency Department was unveiled on Friday in Rancho Mirage, named after local businessman and philanthropist Nachhattar Chandi. Chandi attended the naming ceremony along with his family. Organizers highlighted Chandhi’s commitment to supporting health groups across the
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — As the dust settled on Election Night, Democratic operatives working to elect James Talarico were surprised by the breadth of his victory across Texas’ 254 counties. But even then, one area stood out. Kaufman County, southeast of Dallas, is the site of two massive data center projects that have
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds (5-5-2-1) fell to the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday night at Tucson Arena by the final score of 3-1. Eduard Sale scored the lone goal for Coachella Valley, while Nikke Kokko made 28 saves in the opening game of the team’s two-game road series. Tucson opened the scoring just
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs Pride is bringing business to the Coachella Valley. Beyond restaurants and hotels, even barber shops and food stalls said they were expecting another successful year during Palm Springs Pride. The owner of Elowtito’s, Jennifer Gutierrez, had a stall set up in the Arenas District. She said it was
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The road to a championship started Friday night as eight Coachella Valley high school football teams took the field for the opening round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs. Laguna Hills14@Desert Christian28FLa Quinta18@Rancho Verde34FYucca Valley0@South Hills35FRancho Mirage27@St. Bernard19FDesert Hot Springs31@Sonora0FXavier Prep27@Banning14FTwentynine Palms25@University (Irvine)504QDesert Mirage14@Knight (Palmdale)27F Only one local team will
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Iranian hardliners who believe Tehran has already emerged victorious in its war with the United States are seizing on President Donald Trump’s midterm losses to demand that he pay a steeper price for an exit from the conflict: a “new world order” that favors the Islamic Republic. The influential
Continue ReadingBy Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — A group of American diplomats was riding in an Israeli helicopter in early 1960 when one of them spotted a construction site rising out of the Negev desert about 20 miles west of the Dead Sea. The US official pointed and asked the party’s Israeli escort, Addy Cohen from
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — A mobile clinic will offer free, full-body skin cancer screenings Friday morning at the Mizell Center in Palm Springs. The screenings run from 10 a.m. to noon and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Destination Healthy Skin program brings volunteer dermatology providers to communities across
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California district attorneys are considering a court challenge against Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to commute all 548 death sentences in the state to life in prison without parole.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office says investigators have found no evidence of a credible threat to La Quinta High School following reports of threatening social media posts, but the investigation remains ongoing as some parents continue to raise concerns about student safety. The investigation follows a student protest Thursday, November
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The Trump administration today moved to voluntarily drop its lawsuit against California, giving up on its bid to force election officials to stop counting thousands of mail ballots cast by voters it suspected with little evidence of being non-citizens. The Justice Department’s notice was filed in federal court in Los Angeles
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ)— A Coachella elementary school teacher is receiving new resources to help her students explore technology, strengthen problem-solving skills and, most importantly, believe in their own abilities. Dr. Maricela Tinajero, a teacher at Cesar Chavez Elementary School, has been named the latest recipient of News Channel 3’s One Class at a Time award.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – After a long wait, there is finally an opening date set for the highly anticipated One More Bite Dumpling House in Palm Desert. The restaurant announced a soft opening on Thursday, November 12, 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM. One More Bite Dumpling House is located at 73547 Highway 111, in
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By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service arrested a man near the White House Thursday who allegedly had several guns in a stolen car and was threatening to kill President Donald Trump. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service agents noticed Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos – a Venezuela national
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (KESQ) – Two skydivers making a simultaneous jump over Lake Elsinore today collided on the way down, suffering fatal injuries. The midair collision was reported at 11:50 a.m. Friday in the airspace over Skydive Elsinore, near the intersection Corydon Road and Cereal Street, at the south end of the lake, according
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By Curt Devine, CNN Palmer, Alaska (CNN) — Days before the midterms, federal prosecutors ordered Gerald Heikes, a longshot Senate hopeful in Alaska, to appear before a grand jury with any records he has related to political groups and other candidates in the race, according to documents reviewed by CNN. The subpoena was sent as
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INDIO (CNS) – A 38-year-old man accused of stabbing a motorist in a Palm Springs parking garage was charged today with premeditated attempted murder. Francisco Elias Jr. of Bermuda Dunes was arrested Wednesday following a three-day Palm Springs Police Department investigation. Elias, who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Benoit
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By Gloria Pazmino, Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday expressing no confidence in the university’s central administration and in its president Michael Kotlikoff over the school’s handling of alleged sexual assault on campus. The vote of no confidence is a sharp rebuke to the university’s leadership. It comes
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INDIO, CALIF. (KESQ)- A major development in the murder case against former Silvercrest Advertising CEO William “Billy” Rodriguez: A judge has ruled that there is sufficient evidence for the murder charge against him to move forward. Judge Sterling denied the defense’s motion to dismiss the murder charge, allowing prosecutors to continue pursuing the case. The
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ)— A 38-year-old man died Thursday night after crashing a small scooter-style motorcycle into another vehicle while fleeing from Indio police, following a report of a man brandishing a firearm at Carreon Park. According to the Indio Police Department, officers received the report at approximately 8:16 p.m. November 5 in the 82000 block
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