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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Cathedral City has appointed author, curator and arts scholar Clare Chu as the city’s inaugural poet laureate, officials announced today. The honorary and volunteer position aims to promote literary arts, cultural identity and community engagement. Her two-year tenure will being immediately, with her first public appearance planned at the city’s
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A person is in critical condition after a shooting on Friday in the Cathedral City cove area. News Channel 3 received several calls Friday afternoon regarding a heavy police presence near Chuperosa Lane and Dorn Road. Police later confirmed that a shooting was reported just before 4:30 p.m. after the
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By Karina Tsui, Maria Aguilar Prieto, Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday ordered California election officials to identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail-in ballots — warning that officials who knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens could face criminal liability. The action marks an escalation in the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A federal jury awarded an Inland Empire family over $51 million for the deadly shooting of their family member by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. It happened on February 5, 2023, after sheriff’s deputies responded to an arson call. The attorney for Antonio Garza’s family says he was legally
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The 18-year-old, now known as Jane Doe, flew across the country four years ago to Cornell University, where a civil complaint says she was immediately taken by the glorified façade of Greek life on campus and “promises of sisterhood and lifelong friendships.” She was full of hope and expectations
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By Annie Grayer, CNN QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (CNN) — GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was weaving through the crowd of a fall street festival when he was confronted by a man enraged by the skyrocketing costs he’s experiencing. Dave Woods, a contractor and registered Democrat, held up red signs with big white letters in Fitzpatrick’s face to
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The videos that pop up on social media appear alarming: A voter seemingly touches one candidate’s name, only to see the machine highlight an opposing candidate instead. With early voting underway, there have been a scattering of reports across the country already about voting machines “flipping votes” to the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Vivek Ramaswamy is ending his run for Ohio governor the same way he launched himself onto the political scene four years ago — with a bet that voters will reward him for a never-back-down bombast that mirrors President Donald Trump’s instincts. But interviews with voters over three
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Friday he wanted an election-related lawsuit to be filed in Alaska. The man to do it for him was Stanley Woodward, the associate attorney general. Holding the third highest ranking job at the Justice Department and having never appeared in federal court
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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — It has been a bewildering period in US-Ukraine relations, after US President Donald Trump slammed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to negotiate an end to the war and Kyiv accused Washington of withholding key military support. Trump then sent his envoy to Norway and Russia to try
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Desert Stonewall Democrats have rescinded their endorsement of Desert Hot Springs City Councilman Gary Gardner, who represents District 1 currently. According to a news release from the group they stated, “This decision was not made lightly, and it is with extreme difficulty and deep disappointment that we must
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Week 10 of the high school football season is wrapped up! It’s the second-to-last week of the regular season. La Quinta clinched the DEL title on Thursday, but playoff implications remain on the line. Palm Desert 30@Palm Springs0FRancho Mirage20@Shadow Hills0FCoachella Valley0@Yucca Valley38F(Called at Half)Cathedral City24@Indio12FDesert Mirage20@Twentynine Palms43FBanning15@Desert Hot Springs62FDesert Christian47@Santa
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Students from across the Coachella Valley were treated to special performances today at the McCallum Theatre. The special shows were performed by the dance company “Circa Duck Pond,” and included a mash-up between “Swan Lake” and “The Ugly Duckling.” Performances included comedy and aerials. Organizers say the audience included about
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The kids are not alright. Across Europe, young people are protesting issues ranging from a lack of funding for education to the cost of housing, posing massive challenges to governments already under pressure and providing a visible sign of the intergenerational frustration felt by Gen Z. The precise configuration
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds (3-3-2-1) return home did not go as planned, losing to the San Jose Barracuda 5-2 Friday night. The Firebirds came back to Acrisure Arena after a tough four games on the road, winning just one game. San Jose opened the scoring with two goals in the
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — One of Gadi Eisenkot’s strongest electoral assets is a simple, undeniable fact: He is not Benjamin Netanyahu. And for many voters in one of the most critical elections in Israel’s history, that appears to have been enough. But one of his other assets became the center of
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NORTH SHORE, Calif. (KESQ) – Cleanup and recovery efforts were ongoing today by Riverside County agencies and disaster-response partners in the community of North Shore, impacted by Tropical Storm Rachel. “Our recovery efforts continue every day, both on our roads and directly at the homes of residents who were impacted by this storm,” Riverside
Continue ReadingBy Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura, Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — In the 18 days Runa spent in a police cell in Japan, she wrote about how much she yearned to come home. The teenager missed her mother’s cooking, her hugs, and their small, ordinary rituals of life together – reading, shopping, and singing. “Please,
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ANZA, Calif. (KESQ) — A new water station in Anza is designed to give firefighting helicopters quicker access to water during wildfires, helping crews protect homes and electric equipment. Anza Electric Cooperative is marking the completion of its Heli-Hydrant with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Oct. 23. The event includes a planned demonstration of a helicopter
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – For the second year in a row, the Our Lady of Guadalupe pilgrimage will be canceled as concerns over immigration enforcement continue. Pastors at Catholic churches in Mecca and North Shore confirmed the pilgrimage’s cancelation on Friday to Telemundo 15’s Juan Montesló. The annual pilgrimage typically draws more than 10,000 faithful
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