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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
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Fox News stars Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt are getting married on Saturday. The couple wanted to celebrate with President Donald Trump, so on Friday evening they held a pre-wedding rehearsal dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Both the president and first lady Melania Trump were present at the celebration, sources confirmed
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – With Election Day less than two weeks away, the race for California’s 36th Assembly District is drawing significant attention, with millions of dollars in campaign contributions and outside spending fueling the closely watched contest. Republican incumbent Jeff Gonzalez is seeking a second term in Sacramento, while Democratic challenger Ida Obeso-Martinez is
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is looking for the county to foot the cost of his legal contests stemming from state lawsuits over his investigation into alleged election fraud. According to published reports Friday, Bianco has filed a claim in Superior Court looking to obtain in excess of $10,000 to
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Abigahil Padilla SAN LUIS, Mexico (KYMA) – Entre música, color y un ambiente de alegría, cientos de familias se dieron cita en el Bosque de la Ciudad para disfrutar del inicio de la Feria del Algodón 2026, una de las celebraciones tradicionales de San Luis Río Colorado que este año ofrece entrada gratuita y actividades
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Email inboxes are already filling up with gift suggestions for the holidays. It may be hard to resist clicking on those links and going down the rabbit hole as you imagine all the smiles and warm feelings giving the perfect gift will bring. That feeling is real, and it is part of why the holidays
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs has a new interim city manager, and tonight, he’s breaking his silence in a News Channel 3 interview. Jim Vanderpool brings decades of experience in local government, but his appointment comes with questions about his controversial departure from Anaheim. Vanderpool sat down with News Channel 3’s Peter Daut
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Nearly 280,000 acres of protected land sit right in the Coachella Valley’s backyard. For 25 years, the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument has helped preserve some of the region’s most recognizable landscapes. On Friday, community members, conservation leaders, and those who helped establish the monument gathered in
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A Los Angeles federal court hearing was scheduled for Tuesday in the Trump administration’s expedited bid for a temporary restraining order seeking to purge more than 20,000 “likely non-citizens” from California’s voter rolls in the days before the midterm elections. The closely watched lawsuit, United States of America v. State of
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A student from Twentynine Palms was arrested on Friday on suspicion of planning an attack at schools within the Morongo Basin, police announced. The student, a 17-year-old boy, was booked into San Bernardino County Juvenile Hall for PC 422.3(a), Criminal Threats Against Public or Communal Locations. Authorities said the investigation
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Indio police issued more than 200 citations for traffic violations during a distracted driving enforcement operation, it was announced today. Police, in collaboration with the Valley Motor Enforcement team, cited 222 drivers during Wednesday’s operation. “Despite repeated efforts to warn drivers about the hands-free cell phone law, some drivers continue
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella woman who engaged in the ongoing abuse of her 5-year-old son, ultimately killing the boy, pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder and other charges. Vanessa Cervantes Rangel, 41, admitted the murder count, as well as assault on a child resulting in death, torture and four misdemeanor counts of child
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By Sarah Ferris, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — In the final sprint to the midterms, Speaker Mike Johnson went to President Donald Trump with a crucial ask, according to a person familiar with the exchange. Johnson’s message: Could Trump spare more cash to help House Republicans in this tough political climate? He wasn’t the only
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Prediction markets about the 2026 midterm elections have surpassed $1.4 billion in trading volume as Election Day fast approaches, according to a new CNN analysis. This year has seen massive growth in the prediction industry, where people can bet on real-world events like sports, entertainment and the weather. While
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By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The United States is rushing to move some diplomats and their family members from posts in the Middle East as the threat of regional escalation looms, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The departures have been described as a frustrating and
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Cabot’s Pueblo Museum will transform into a Halloween destination held Friday and Saturday, October 23-24 and 30-31 from 4p.m – 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased before the night of the event for $10 or four for $20 on their website. Residents of Desert Hot Springs or students of
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The good Samaritan who killed a gunman after three students and a teacher were fatally shot at an elementary school recalled his final, desperate choice to Oregon Public Broadcasting: “I’m sorry, I have to go in. People are going to die.” “I just was in full panic, like, ‘No,
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By Ivana Kottasová, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France is bracing for yet another wave of protests this weekend with authorities racing to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that hit the nation last week. French authorities will be launching a massive security operation with some 70,000 police officers deployed across
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CNN By Max Foster, Kathleen Magramo, CNN London (CNN) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him in 2018. Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — After spending decades in prison for a gruesome murder, Christa Pike was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years. But something went wrong. The 50-year-old survived two ostensibly lethal doses of the drug pentobarbital, spent more than a week in the hospital and returned
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