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By Dalia Faheid, Alea Motwane, Dakota Smith, Kate Petersen, CNN (CNN) — Erin Cotton didn’t notice the smoke until her eyes started to water and her two children complained they felt itchy. “That’s when I remembered what I felt like during the Palisades Fire,” said Cotton, a Washington, DC, mother of a 5- and 1-year-old
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By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Nikopol, in southern Ukraine, rarely makes the headlines – overshadowed by the threats to the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant directly across the river. But this city on the front line of Russia’s full-scale invasion has been attacked almost every day since the war began,
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — When a Brooklyn coffee shop announced on social media it was banning Rep. Dan Goldman over his views on Israel, some of his Jewish colleagues in Congress wanted their Democratic leadership to weigh in. But even as the controversy rocketed around the internet, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries remained
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A nationwide foodborne illness outbreak linked to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants is raising concerns among Coachella Valley shoppers, even though no local cases have been reported. Federal health officials say at least 1,644 people in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia have become sick
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ)– Riverside County is in the president’s election files. The county is cited in a new Department of Homeland Security report on threats to voter registration systems, released after President Trump’s primetime address to the nation Thursday on election integrity. The White House posted the documents online, calling them previously classified intelligence assessments that
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif (KESQ)- Monsoon season can bring blowing dust with little warning, making roads dangerous in seconds. What drivers should do if they’re caught in a dust storm, the biggest mistakes officers see when visibility drops, and how people can prepare before getting behind the wheel. We talked to driving officials and people if
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Two US Forest Service workers were doing field work in a northern California forest on Thursday morning when they were abducted at gunpoint, zip-tied and led to a remote trailer, authorities said. Using one of the victims’ phones to make a call, a suspect said he had “taken two
Continue ReadingBy Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — At first, all Miiyah Paavola could see was a thick wall of smoke. From her home in Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, northwestern Ontario, the smoke appeared close. But the remote Indigenous community says that on that Monday, July 13, they were told by the Ministry of Natural Resources there was
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VALLEY CENTER, Calif. (KESQ) – More than 800 birds and two dogs were seized from the man behind a troubled Riverside County duck sanctuary following reports of neglect, San Diego County’s Animal Services announced on Friday. The 820 birds — including 400 ducks — were removed from a Valley Center property on Thursday. County animal
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – The family of 45-year-old Raymond Torres is speaking out on their son’s disappearance, since he was first reported missing this week. Torres, who is apart of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Tribe, was last seen on July 1, near the area of Martinez Road and Polk Street. Surveillance footage shows
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The head coach of the Coachella Valley Lakers has been moved to the NBA side, leaving their G-League affiliate without a head coach ahead of its debut season in the desert later this year. Zach Guthrie, coach of the then South Bay Lakers, is now a Lakers assistant coach and
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — New details are emerging after a violent four-vehicle crash in Palm Springs that left three people injured, including an innocent driver who remains hospitalized. The crash happened around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, on North Indian Canyon Drive north of Via Escuela. Palm Springs police initially investigated the collision as
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Abigahil Padilla SOMERTON, Ariz. (KYMA) – Con la mirada puesta en consolidar los proyectos de crecimiento económico y desarrollo urbano, el alcalde de Somerton, Gerardo Anaya, busca la reelección, destacando los resultados obtenidos durante los últimos siete años al frente del gobierno municipal. Anaya asegura que su administración ha centrado sus esfuerzos en impulsar el
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Carolina Garcia CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA) – El distrito escolar unificado de la ciudad de Calexico, a través de su programa SPARKS realizó una noche de juegos para familias que cumplieron con las asistencias durante los programas de verano. Ahí se ofrecieron múltiples actividades impartidas por instructores de la compañía Lego, que acudieron específicamente a realizar
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Soccer fans and families are invited to The Shops at Palm Desert on July 18-19 for the free Palm Desert Community Soccer Watch Weekend. Presented by the City of Palm Desert, the two-day celebration will feature live championship match viewing, a DJ, kids’ activities, local vendors, giveaways, and special shopping and dining discounts. Guests can
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – A judge today heard arguments but declined to immediately issue a ruling regarding California’s bid for a temporary restraining order freezing Paramount’s planned $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The hearing in Oakland federal court stemmed from a lawsuit lodged Monday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 11 other
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Deputies arrested a wanted suspect Thursday afternoon after a brief foot pursuit that ended at a nearby closed school campus. At approximately 3:03 p.m., deputies located the wanted suspect near Blackhawk Way and Adams Street. As deputies attempted to take the suspect into custody, the individual fled on foot and ran onto the grounds of
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CALEXICO, Calif. (KESQ) – Imperial County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) teamed up with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to carry out a gun bust near Calexico on Thursday afternoon. The stop began at approximately 12:00pm Thursday, July 16th, when the ICSO officers assigned to South County Patrol conducted a traffic stop for a 22 year-old male
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today appealed a judge’s orders invalidating the Bureau of Gambling Control’s cardroom regulations for blackjack and other popular table games. The state Department of Justice’s gambling control bureau announced the new rules in February, barring cardrooms from offering blackjack and other player-dealer games — a
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Lynette Niebla IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced he is suing the City of Calexico. The lawsuit, in conjunction with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Newsom Administration, alleges the City of Calexico failed to comply with the state’s Housing Element Law. The Housing Element
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