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KESQ is giving away 5 sets of tickets to the Palm Springs International Shortfest – Short Film Festival & Film Market, June 22-28, 2010! Please take a moment to read the contest rules before entering. Fill out the form below for your chance to WIN!

El Club Lincoln de Palm Springs y Demcratas del Desierto exigen la renuncia de Barbara Dunmore encargada del Registro de Votantes del Condado de Riverside ya que a una semana de las votaciones primarias, aun no se han contabilizado todas las boletas. Dunmore lo atribuye a que no pudo contratar trabajadores temporales debido al bajo

La Cabazon Band of Mission Indians y Fantasy Srpings Resort Casino invitan a la comunidad a presencia el espectculo de luces que ofrecern gratis el prximo 5 de Julio a las 8:45 p.m. La cita es en el lugar conocido como Eagle Falls del Casino Fantasy. El pblico podr llevar sillas para su comodidad.

Ayer le informamos del fatal pleito del pasado domingo en el que un hombre perdi la vida al ser apualado durante una fiesta en una casa ubicada sobre Third Street cerca Cactus Drive en Desert Hot Springs. El ahora occiso, Jos Villalobos fue transportado al hospital al igual que otras siete personas vctimas. Ese da

Homes sales in Riverside County dropped 5.7 percent in May, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices increased 16.7 percent during the same period, a real estate information service reported today. A total of 4,164 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 4,414 in May 2009, according to La Jolla-based MDA

Continan los temblores en el Valle de Coachella, el de ayer lunes a las 9:25 p.m. registr 5.7 grados de magnitud con epicentro en Ocotillo en el Valle Imperial. El sismo se sinti tambin en los condados de Orange, San Diego, Los ngeles, Mexicali y Tijuana.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has approved shutting down non-essential county operations every Friday and shifting the majority of employees to Monday-to-Thursday schedules as part of a cost-savings strategy. More details are coming in. Stay with KESQ.com and News Channel 3 for more.

The Riverside County of Supervisors has asked the County CEO, Bill Luna to look into the County Registrar’s office handling of the June 8th, 2010 primary election, and ballot counting process. It’s been exactly one week since the primary election, and the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office are still counting ballots. Stay with News

Friday’s outage was the longest Pam Deschuymere has had in quiet a while. And her main concern was her food. “Frustrated just because my refrigerator. I don’t know what’s going bad and it all might be bad by the end of the day,” said Deschuymere, she lost power for nearly 13 hours. It’s just one

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.9 magnitude earthquake and a 4.5 quake hit just outside of Anza Saturday night, rocking a large section of Southern California The quakes hit at 8:08pm and 8:09pm, and calls flooded into KESQ News Channel 3 to see what was happening. According to the USGS website, the quakes hit

Fire hit Ben Franklin Elementary in La Quinta on Saturday. It started around 4pm, and News Channel 3 got lots of calls into our newsroom from viewers who said they could see flames and smoke. The fire was out within minutes. Fire officials say it started in a trash can, and then a park bench

Today is World Blood Day, and local blood banks are hoping you will help them out. They?re trying to get more supplies on-hand during the normally slow summer months. One pint of blood can save up to three lives, according to Blood Donation spokespeople. Every two seconds, someone needs blood. Most Americans will require a

Hopes were high for the restaurant Bing Crosby’s when it’s doors opened nearly six years ago in Rancho Mirage. But, a county tax-collector notice of seizure posted on the restaurant’s door shows that Bing’s hasn’t been paying the bills. The restaurants last day of operation was Saturday June 12, according to former employees. According to

A man who allegedly was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Cathedral City and then rammed the vehicle of the other driver who chased after him was behind bars tonight, facing multiple charges, including assault and DUI. Miguel Aldrete, 20, of Cathedral City, was allegedly in an Acura that collided with a van just before

Four people are now in custody as Desert Hot Springs police investigate a weekend party that turned deadly. One person was fatally stabbed and seven other people were injured in Desert Hot Springs, a police sergeant said. Some of them were victims, others were suspects. All four people in custody are juveniles, so their names

Temperatures are expected to remain above the century mark through this week in the Coachella Valley and Blythe, prompting health officials today to issue a heat warning for Tuesday. Cool centers will be open in eastern Riverside County because of the high temperatures, said Danyte Mockus of the Riverside County Department of Public Health. The

El Departamento De Salud Pblico del Condado de Riverside, ha enviado un Advertencia De Alta Temperaturas para las zonas del Blythe y La Quinta. Centros para refrescarse o llamados “Cool Centers” estan abiertos. Se espera que la temperatura alcance que exceda los 100 grados durante los proximos tres o cinco das consecutivos. Los Centros para

Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, who lost his bid for a Republican state Senate nomination in last week’s primary election, is “happy with his job” and plans to stay out of state politics for the foreseeable future, a spokesman said today. “Obviously, it’s never fun not to win. But he’s a great supervisor, and people

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose two-tenths of a cent today to $3.04, after decreasing five of the previous six days. Despite the increase, the average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.5 cents lower than a week ago and 8.1 cents less than