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By: Elyse Miller News Channel 3 Reporter emiller@kesq.com INDIO – Two major music festivals in two weeks, at one location. First the Coachella Music and Arts Festival brought out rock and alternative fans, camping in tents. Teens and young adults tried to stay cool despite temps nearing 100 degrees. ” Last weekend was a little

By: Chris Kim News Channel 3 Producer ckim@kesq.com PALM DESERT-The Living Desert celebrated Party for the Planet on Saturday. The event focused on teaching kids and adults about the importance of conservation. There were also activities for families to enjoy, including a rock climbing wal, puppet shows and live entertainment. Some visitors even got the

by Rodney Wardle, News Channel 3 Reporter The video, now made famous by youtube and other sites, shows San Louis Obisbo man Christopher Felch tasered by police at the Coachella Music Festival. Police asked the man to put his close on. He refused and resisted when officers tried dressing him. They eventually used their taser

Students from across the Coachella Valley are showing off their filmmaking skills this week. The Palm Springs Student Short Film Festival is in its fourth year, and it is attracting more attention each time. A record number of entries were submitted this year. “The first year we had seven submissions, and we showed all seven

BEAUMONT – Detectives say Terri Brom’s body is at a landfill near Beaumont, and that it’s “unrecoverable.” Her son admitted to murdering her last Thanksgiving. As of now, there are no plans to give her a proper burial. Even though in other murder cases, in other states, bodies have been found in landfills, even months

A nurse gives Alyssa Pando her monthly shot, an injection her body relies on. Her tears of pain, quickly turn into laughter as she looks down at her Daffy Duck band-aid. Alyssa is giggly and she’s shy like most four-year-olds, but beneath her childish grin, she’s dealing with some very grown-up issues- changing hormones and

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A law enforcement official says text messages and fingerprints link a medical student accused of killing a masseuse in Boston to a Rhode Island hotel where there was an attempted robbery. The official tells The Associated Press that Philip Markoff’s fingerprints were found on a wall at a Holiday Inn Express where

MECCA – Three male suspects barricaded themselves inside a Mecca apartment complex today after at least one of them allegedly stole a sheriff’s patrol car and shotgun, but the standoff ended peacefully. The incident began to unfold when a sheriff’s sergeant recognized a teenage gang member wanted on an outstanding juvenile warrant near an apartment

Kimberly Henry shows her husband, John, their new baby girl, Kelsi. It’s an otherwise typical event, except the fact John is a U.S. Marine stationed more than seven-thousand miles away, in iraq. “She looks like a little sumo wrestler.” John and Kimberly are one of the first families at theTwentynine Palms Marine Base to use

INDIO – An alleged prostitute, who along with her brother, is suspected in the stabbing death of a Canadian man who owned a vacation home in Indio, pleaded not guiltyThursday to murder and other felony charges. Jackie Lynn Dunson, 32, and Robert Lee Dunson, 27, were charged Tuesday with the murder of William George Dobbs,

The city of Palm Springs is celebrating the arrival of a new kind of taxi. Classic Yellow Cab is rolling out a fleet of60 vehicles they say will bring a new taxi experience to the Coachella Valley. “Now when you walk out you’ll see a Classic Cab in addition to other cab companies here in

The obesity epidemic is weighing down on today’s youth. Now, a state-wide competition is challenging students and community members to make a change, and head down a more healthy path. Here in the desert, two cities are battling to become the fittest of them all. Valley students are ready for a challenge, a race toward

For three days, firefighters from all over Riverside County are preparing for the worst. “The main reason we do this is to kind of blow the cobwebs out, a term used yesterday. Get us ready for fire season. It also gives us the ability to meet and start training with people we’re going to be

INDIO – A 25-year-old man who admitted killing his mother on Thanksgiving said today he was cooperating with investigators and helped them find the murder weapon and the trash can he used to discard her body. Kevin Brom said in a jailhouse interview that after his 25 years-to-life sentence was handed down last week, he

In these tough times, everyone is pinching pennies. Some are learning how to do it at an early age. A group of first grade students at Rancho Mirage Elementary School learned that saving their money adds up to big rewards. “I’m going to buy a kite!” claims one student. “Spend it for a motorcycle!” yells

INDIO – Fewer arrests but a fair amount of overtime for city workers were the hallmarks of this year’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, which came to a controversial end Sunday. The Cure played past midnight — in violation of the city’s agreement with show promoters — prompting the venue operator, Goldenvoice,

LA QUINTA – A group of six students at La Quinta High School are challenging themselves, promising to spread kindness and become positive role models. They are following the path set by Rachel Scott. Rachel was the first to die at Columbine during the shootings on April 20, 1999. “Rachel Scott said her two hands