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Dr. Bernard was born and raised in the Midwest, one of five children in an old time general physician’s family. He received his undergraduate degree with a teaching certificate from Michigan State University. After a short stint teaching, Dr. Bernard moved his own young family to Texas where he was involved with cancer research and

LA QUINTA – A busload of high school studentscheer and wave as drivers pass them at the intersection of Eisenhower Drive and Calle Sinaloa. They sound thrilled to be out of school, but the situation that left them strandedWednesday is a bit more serious. “Iwas sitting next to my friend Kyrie,” recalls tenth-grader Mysha Cunningham,

RANCHO MIRAGE- It took firefighters 3 1/2 hours to extinguish 15 palm trees on fire in a remote area of Magnesia springs inside the Mountain Park in Rancho Mirage Monday afternoon. The fire started just after 2:30p.m southwest of Bob Hope Drive and Highway 111. Firefighters had to hike several miles in from the trail

COACHELLA VALLEY – The wind may not move mountains, but it certainly moved everything else Tuesday. A chain link fence in Palm Desert toppled over like dominoes. The sand bags obviously were useless. In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, wind was a concern as the men’s qualifying rounds were set to begin at

KESQ is giving away tickets to the La Quinta Arts Festival! The La Quinta Arts Festival takes place March 11-14th, at La Quinta’s Civic Center Campus. La Quinta Arts Festival is nationally recognized by artists and art patrons alike as one of the renowned art festivals in the nation! This is a one-day contest, so

El Monterrey, actual campeón del fútbol mexicano, viajó a Colombia sin el volante Luis Ernesto Pérez y el delantero Aldo de Nigris, ambos lesionados, para enfrentar el miércoles próximo al Once Caldas colombiano dentro del marco de la Libertadores Andrés Farsi descarta cualquier posibilidad de cambio en la dirección técnica de los Tuzos El Vicepresidente

HOLLYWOOD – The Academy Awards went according to expectations, as the Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker” was named best picture and Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock took home the top acting awards. “The Hurt Locker” won a total of six Oscars during the 82nd annual ceremony, out-dueling the 3-D fantasy “Avatar” to win the

The news is still sinking infor the winnersat Sundaynight’s Academy Awards.The night belonged to KathrynBigelow’s film “The Hurt Locker.”The motion picture won 6 Oscars including best picture and best director. In winning the best director award,Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to pull off the feat.News Channelspoke with a couple of local women film makers.They’re

INDIAN WELLS – Watching some of the world’s best tennis players up close is one reason the Grimes family keeps coming back to the BNP Paribas Open. It’s their second time. “At the bigger events, they’re so sealed off from the public, you rarely get autographs from bigger players,” says Allen Grimes, from Yuma, Arizona.

Monterrey llegó por primera vez a cinco victorias en torneos cortos, su marca de todos los tiempos es de ocho de la campaña 1963-64 Jaguares puso fin a su racha de 16 partidos seguidos sin ganar en casa, además no anotaba goles desde Octubre de 2008 Guadalajara sufrió su primera derrota del torneo, la marca

BEVERLY HILLS – Here is a list of nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards, which will be presented tonight at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture (10 nominees) –“Avatar,” James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers –“The Blind Side,” nominees to be determined –“District 9,” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, producers –“An Education,” Finola Dwyer and Amanda

PALM DESERT/INDIO – Hundreds walk in two different locations to fight two different diseases, but their goal is the same. “We definitely want to find a cure,” says Susan Rudenick whose mother had Alzheimer’s. “My ultimate goal is to find a cure,” says Mirna Flores, Indio Relay For Life Team Development Chairperson. At the Memory

LOS ANGELES – “Alice in Wonderland” shattered records for the normally-sleepy midwinter box office, and is expected to open with $116.3 million in North American receipts, Hollywood.com estimated today. The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration is the sixth-largest opening film ever, and the first movie ever to top the $100 million domestic water mark in any

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Hundreds of sled dogs and thousands of fans have lined up along Anchorage’s Fourth Avenue for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 16-dog teams leap and bark when it’s their turn to leave the chute for an 11-mile run across Alaska’s largest city. The actual competition will

SEAL BEACH – The first commissioning of a warship in Orange County was held Saturdayat U.S. Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. The U.S.S. Dewey features the most technologically advanced air defense systems and can carry two helicopters, station spokesman Gregg Smith said. The U.S.S. Dewey’s home port will be in San Diego. The Seal Beach

NEW YORK – Cablevision’s 3.1 million subscribers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are enjoying the Academy Awards telecast Sunday night. The signal was restored after the cable operator reached a deal with ABC’s parent company in a dispute over fees. Cablevision Systems Corp. spokesman Charles Schueler says “It is a deal that is

CABAZON – Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for two suspects involved in a robbery at the outlet malls near Cabazon. It happened yesterday afternoon around 12:40 p.m.on the 48650 block of Seminole Drive. Deputies say a man walked up to two women asking for change. When one of the ladies was pulling out change,

SUN CITY PALM DESERT – Cal-Fire is working to contain a house fire inside Del Webb Sun City. The fire was reported at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Crews reported seeing a home well-involved with flames when they arrived. A hazardous materials team was also called to the scene, but officials have not confirmed if any dangerous

INDIO – A storm that brought a quarter-inch of rain flooded roads Sunday in Indio. Showers started around 8 a.m. and will likely continue until this evening, said Stefanie Sullivan, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. This latest storm brought the Coachella Valley’s rainfall to a total of 5.26 inches so far this calendar

ESCONDIDO – Skeletal remains found in Pala were those of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, the Escondido Police Department announced Sunday. Amber was 14 when she went missing more than a year ago while walking to Escondido High School. Despite a months-long search by law enforcement, family and volunteers, her body was not found until