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PALM DESERT – Desert Arc is looking to overcome what may be another round of state budget cuts. “We’ve already dealt with $350,000 in cuts by layoffs. We’ve cut back employee hours. We’ve furloughed salaried people one day a month and we’ve cut our medical reimbursement,” says director Richard Balocco. In February, the state approved

INDIO – For anyone who has had knee problems or knee pain, they know it affects just about everything you do. Now, there is a new and improved way to fix the problem. JFK Hospital in Indio offers the Conformis Knee Resurfacing surgery. Don Samuelson injured his knee over a year ago playing golf. “It

CATHEDRAL CITY – At a time when students are enjoying their summer vacation, the Cathedral City High School band is hard at work clanging, tooting, and chiming for the performances of their lives. “Non-stop rehearsals. It’s tiring. But at the end of the day, it’s worth it,” says flutist Amy Muhleck. The minutes are ticking

By: Elyse Miller News Channel 3 Reporter emiller@kesq.com PALM SPRINGS – The weak economy is putting the brakes on family vacations this summer. People are cancelling their tropical getaways and staying close to home. “No road trips,” says Bernie Sloan. ” I’m cutting back.” This year families are skipping long distance trips and saving money.

By: Elyse Miller News Channel 3 Reporter emiller@kesq.com PALM SPRINGS – A valley high school student is spinning her way to success, traveling all around the world twirling a baton. Next week she’ll join about one hundred others on the trip of a lifetime. Twirls, spins and leaps are sending ReJoyce Green around the world.

DESERT CENTER – The Department of Mental Health recently released Steven Willett, a convicted sexual predator who has a history of being institutionalized. A Riverside County Judge ordered him to live in the small town of Desert Center. Residents voiced their outrage to county officials Thursday on Willett’s relocation to the city. The Riverside County

It’s high school graduation time and seniors are beginning the next chapter in their lives. But first, they are looking back at the last four years, which shaped who they are. “I focused on academics and community service the past four years,” says Hayden Rodarte, Palm Desert High School co-valedictorian. KESQ sat down with the

PALM DESERT – A new adventure lies ahead, one with mountains to climb and rivers to cross, but our local high school valedictorians are suited up for the challenge. “I want to be a genetic engineer,” says Tisa Barrios Wilson, La Quinta High School valedictorian. “It’s quite the undertaking, but I’m ready.” The desert’s valedictorians

PALM DESERT – Sidewalks, public art, even the lights on the trees would have been improved under a renovation plan on El Paseo. Much of it has been around for 15 years. The total cost for renovations is around $4.5 million. The city council just voted the idea down. Councilwoman Cindy Finerty called the idea

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NewsChannel 3 and the Visiting Nurses Association along with the Nightingale Society invite you to help your neighbors and join the Fan Club. As the temperatures rise, so do the demands for your help. New fans, evaporative coolers and window A/C’s are desperately needed by local homebound and disabled hospice and home health care patients.

TWENTYNINE PALMS – With the U.S. in the middle of two wars, the military is striving for new ways to get the upper hand in Iraq and Afghanistan. More Marines are heading to Twentynine Palms for specialized training before being deployed. Marines from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina are the first group taking part in

LA QUINTA – If you haven’t prepared for the switch to digitaltelevision already,now is the time. “What’s going to happen is it’s going to go static, snowy just coming through there,” says Jake Fimbres with Best Buy in La Quinta about what happens without the switch. Nationally, about 3 million households are not prepared for

PALM SPRINGS – Thousands of students here in the valley finally completed a five-week race to better health. Palm Springs and Coachella took part in a challenge to find out which one is the desert’s fittest city. “It was challenging,” Cathedral City High School student Jonathon Malendrez explained. “We had to do a lot of

LA QUINTA -On May 28th, police found a burned-out car near Avenue 66 and Martinez Road in Thermal. Days later, a concerned family member reported 45-year-old Gloria Garza missing. Garza used to drive the car. Garza’s former landlord says it was not surprising that police found the car in Thermal. That’s because, he says, she

RANCHO MIRAGE – Rancho Mirage is home to a new museum remembering the Holocaust. But with Wednesday’s shooting at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are adding extra patrols at the desert-area museum. Earl Greif survived the Holocaust, lost his parents in a Nazi death camp, and helped build the

RANCHO MIRAGE – News Channel 3 is following the International Medical Alliance to Ecuador for a second straight year. Last year, hundreds of people who have no access to health care were treated by American doctors. Many of those doctors are from here in the Coachella Valley. This year’s trip will do the same, and

Love is not abuse, and domestic violence kills millions of women each yet. Domestic violence affects men and women from all walks of life. But it rarely makes the headlines. Duania Hall was in a series of abusive relationships, in which one almost killed her. She now knows domestic violence can happen to anyone because

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Keith Kroeker revisits the field where he found Anastacio Torres’ body. He discovered the body while jogging with his dog on Mother’sDay morning in 2006. “At first, it seemed like a transient had passed out and, then upon further inspection, which wasn’t that close, I noticed the mishap,” says Kroeker. Years

PALM SPRINGS – As a Palm Springs police officer takes a car out of the station, he may not be able to drive his car home for long. “Not every officer takes a vehicle home, but those that do, they would be on call,” explains city manager David Ready. “It’s also a deterrent in a