INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 28-year-old man who fatally shot a Desert Hot Springs resident nearly a decade ago pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder. Richard Alex Bernal of Desert Hot Springs admitted the felony count during a pretrial hearing Friday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) — Women Leaders Forum of the Coachella Valley celebrated honorees for their leadership, service, and generosity making a difference in the community at the 13th Annual Women Who Rule event in Rancho Mirage on Friday morning. “When we empower our next generation, particularly girls and women, we are emboldening the next
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Un hombre de 28 años que mató a tiros a un vecino de Desert Hot Springs hace casi una década se ha declarado hoy culpable de asesinato en primer grado. Richard Alex Bernal, de Desert Hot Springs, se declaró culpable del delito grave durante una vista previa al juicio
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CALIMESA, Calif. (KESQ) – A family is suing Riverside County after a Sheriff’s deputy blew through a red light at nearly 100 miles per hour, killing a 21-year-old man and critically injuring his fiancée several months ago, Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP announced. The family of Gavin Hinkley and his fiancée, Madeline Fox, filed
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Barranquilla, Colombia (CNN) — Surrounded by rows of costumes, reggaeton superstar J Balvin fuels up in his dressing room as thousands of people in the coastal Colombian city of Barranquilla wait outside for his raucous five-hour live performance to begin. The moment of calm belies what is turning out to be
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel boarded eight cruise ships docked in San Diego Bay last month and arrested more than two dozen crew members on suspicion of child pornography crimes, the federal agency reported today. The enforcement operation, which took place over a five-day period beginning April 23, led
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 27-year-old man was arrested at Andrew Jackson Elementary School on Thursday after police allegedly found a firearm and multiple narcotics in his vehicle. The incident happened at around 2:10 p.m. According to the Indio Police Department, detectives saw the suspect driving a vehicle onto the school campus. Authorities said because
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An exclusive update on a murder case that has captivated the headlines in the Coachella Valley for years. One of the men convicted in the murder of in the 2008 murder of Clifford Lambert is trying to get his life sentence reduced. News Channel 3 learned that Garcia was scheduled to return
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Woodland Hills woman pleaded not guilty today to federal charges alleging she helped supply Sudan with Iranian-made drones, bombs and millions of rounds of ammunition. Shamim Mafi, 44, is accused of plotting to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by brokering the sale of Iranian-made weapons to Sudan’s military.
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that California will launch a first-in-the-nation program providing free diapers to newborns across Southern California and the rest of the state through participating hospitals. The initiative, dubbed “Golden State Start,” is being launched in partnership with the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Baby2Baby and will provide 400 free
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — The Firebirds are not done just yet. Coachella Valley kept their season alive with a 6-2 victory in Game 4 of the Pacific Division Semifinals over the Ontario Reign on Thursday night at Acrisure Arena. After the Reign scored the first goal, the Firebirds responded with four unanswered from J.R.
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By Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence assesses that Iran’s new supreme leader is playing a critical role in shaping war strategy alongside senior Iranian officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence. The reports found that precise authority within a now-fractured regime remains unclear, but that Mojtaba Khamenei
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CNN By Devan Cole, Patrick Svitek, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The Virginia Supreme Court voided Democrats’ attempt to redraw the state’s US House map in an April referendum, a devastating blow to the Democratic Party’s efforts in the national redistricting battle launched by President Donald Trump ahead of this fall’s midterms. Hours after the
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News Team Originally Published: May 7, 2026 10:44 am By Harley Coldiron, Gregory Deffenbaugh BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — What was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime birdwatching expedition in the Atlantic Ocean turned into an international medical emergency. Now, a Bend doctor is at the center of it. Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a longtime Central Oregon oncologist who spent two
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Heriberto Perez Lara EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to ABC News, the Trump administration is launching a review of all 53 Mexican consulates in the country, a move that, according to national news reports, could lead to the closure of some of them. The ABC News report says a State Department official told them
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A July 7 retrial date was confirmed today for a gang member accused of joining a cohort in fatally stabbing a Banning man and wounding the victim’s stepson. Jerry Anthony Valdepena Jr., 29, allegedly joined Jerry Anthony Chagolla in the 2016 slaying of 26-year-old Jeremy Cooley. Last month, a Riverside
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Canvas was slowly coming back online this afternoon for some schools and universities across the country, including College of the Desert, after a nationwide cyberattack disrupted access for millions of students and educators during finals week. Canvas, a cloud-based platform used by millions of students and educators, experienced widespread outages Thursday
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The city of Palm Springs recently launched a whistleblower hotline, which was in effect today, to have residents report suspicious, unethical or unlawful conduct involving city officials or operations. While the hotline is available to report fraud, waste, unethical or unlawful conduct, the hotline cannot be used for code enforcement
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By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Hours after House Democrats suffered a major political setback in Virginia, Hakeem Jeffries was defiant. In an interview with CNN, the New York Democrat predicted his party would still win the US House of Representatives in November despite the GOP’s now-clear advantage in the nationwide redistricting fight — and
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Oil prices are higher now than they were when President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. But Trump posted a wildly deceptive chart on Friday that wrongly suggests oil prices are lower than they were upon predecessor Joe Biden’s departure. The text at the top
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