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Rodney is the crime reporter News Channel 3 H-D. Making a difference, that’s why Rodney loves being a journalist.He begin his career in Provo, Utah as a student journalist. He first worked at KBYU-FM as a reporter and anchor. During his time at the station, he created a documentary on the changing landscape of newspaper

Jason Sloss anchors News Channel 3 HD at 6:00 PM, 10:00 PM and11:00 PM on the weekends. He also covers local stories as a reporter during the week. Before arriving in the Coachella Valley, Jason worked as a sportscaster at KIFI-TV in Idaho Falls, Idaho,KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City, Utahand KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho, where

You can watch Jeff every weekday morning on News Channel 3 HD in the Morning and News Channel 3 HD at Noon. He has been an anchor and reporter with KESQ-TV since June, 2000. Jeff is originally from Camarillo, California. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1991. Since then, his adventures in

Emilie is up bright and early every weekday morning to anchorNews Channel 3 HD in the Morningfrom 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM. She also anchors News Channel 3 HD at Noon with Jeff Stahl. Emilie is excited to be back in sunny Southern California after four winters away!Before coming to KESQ, Emilie worked in Lansing,

Ashley was born and raised inIndianapolis, Indiana, a place known for its exciting weather. Growing upshe became fascinated withthunderstorms, blizzards and tornadoes. Her fascination withsevere weather took her to Indiana’s Ball State University where she studied Meteorology and Communications. While in college, she received a job offer at Radio One Indianapolis where she became a

Karen Devine is an award winning journalist who brings more than 17 years of local news experience to News Channel 3 HD. Covering the stories most important to our local viewers, Karen has a long history of getting the big interviews and reporting the facts in a personable style that resonate with our viewers. The

John White anchors News Channel 3 HD weeknights at 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 6:30 PM and 11:00 PM on KESQ-TV and News Channel 3 HD at 5:30 on KDFX-TV. John is one of the most experienced journalists in the desert. His first local reporting job was at KNWZ-AM in 1991. In 1995, John joined KESQ-TV.

Nathan is an Emmy Award winning newsreporter for News Channel 3 HD. He’sinvestigated cold case murders, corruptionand thethe Church of Scientology.Nathan won the 2008 Emmy Award for InvestigativeReporting on the “Octopus Murders.” Nathan’s journalism philosophy is to “speak truth to power,” believing it is a reporter’s responsibility to keep local politicians and law enforcement accountable

You can watch Tamara weeknights onNews Channel 3 HDat 6:30 PM on KESQ-TV and on News Channel 3 HD at 5:30 PM and 10:00 PM on KDFX-TV. In 2009, Tamara received her first Emmy Award for Team Coverage ofwinter weather. Her on-air career started at KTWO-TV in Casper, Wyoming, where she produced and anchored “Good

Chris is a “Colorado Boy”, who feels most at home snowboarding and fly-fishing at his childhood home in the Rocky Mountains, but now that he lives here, he enjoys playing tennis, working on his golf game and swimming year round. Chris comes to the Desert Valley from Grand Junction, Colorado, where he was Sports Director

SACRAMENTO – You might start seeing a little less money on your next paycheck. Starting this week, the State of California will be withholding 10% more from your paychecksindefinitely. It’s part of the budget deal Governor Schwarzenegger and lawmakers reachedto solve the state’s budget crisis. It’s not a tax increase. You’ll get the money back

PALM DESERT – Cosmetic contact lenses may be the perfect touch to your Halloween costume, but arethey hurting your eyes? The American Optometric Association is warning consumers about the dangers of wearing decorative contact lenses without a prescription from an eye doctor. “You leave yourself absolutely open to eye infections, possibly permanent scarring on your

PALM SPRINGS – Dean Lapin has waited weeks for the H1N1 vaccine. And, like others patients at the Desert Aids Project, may have to wait until early December before the CDC will issue the group the vaccine. “I could try and go with my insurance but there’s a long list of people for that too

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Voters will be choosing a mayor next week. Election day is on Tuesday and many are voting early by mail. News Channel 3 interviews the two candidates highlighting their individual visions for Desert Hot Springs. Desert Hot Springs Mayor Yvonne Parks has been mayor for two years and wants to keep

INDIO – A reputed Los Angeles County gang member accused of gunning down a 45-year-old man outside a supermarket in Desert Hot Springs has pleaded “not guilty” to a murder charge, today. Anthony Raymond Magdaleno, 18, is accused in the Oct. 10 death of Chi-Lu “Tony” Chen outside the Vons supermarket on Palm Drive. Magdaleno’s

PALM SPRINGS – A worker for SkyWest, a partner of Delta Airlines operating out of Palm Springs International Airport, says he wants the same benefits given to married couples in the company. Gilbert Caldwell married his partner of 34 years last year, and now says he faces different rules when he and his partner want

BERMUDA DUNES – A single engineMooney M-20 airplane made a hard landing at Bermuda Dunes Airport, this morning. Emergency vehicles responded to the runwayaround 11:30am, when the plane heading from Monterey, California, made its final approach. The pilot tells News Channel 3 that rough winds in the area made landing very difficult; he was not

PALM DESERT – The head coach of the Palm Desert girls softball team, Ashley Nietois on administrative leave. Her husband, Ronald Nieto,a registered sex offender is out of jail and charged with three counts of not disclosing he is a sex offender.News Channel 3 first learned about the allegations last Tuesday,we waited to report on

TEMECULA – There is a select group of elite state drug agents that go inside the Mexican drug cartels, gain their trust by acting as one of them, and busting them with piles of meth and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. In this high stakes game of spying and intercepting, there’s a lingo