INDIO, Calif. (KESQ)– A 21-year-old man is facing multiple charges after Indio Police pulled him over for a traffic stop and found fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and a 12-gauge shotgun in his vehicle. Police stopped the man on July 10th around 1:15 a.m. in the 46000 block of Rubidoux Street for an equipment violation, and discovered
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — Calls for change erupted outside the Indio Customs and Border Protection office Friday as protesters denounced what they call discriminatory immigration policies. “ICE and Border Patrol are kidnaping innocent community members in broad daylight, in fields, and in the streets and even in churches,” Balthazar Aguirre Jr. with the United Farmworker
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CNS) – A mix of losses and gains weighed on the regional economy last month, pushing Riverside County’s unemployment rate up more than a percentage point, according to figures released on Friday by the California Employment Development Department. The countywide jobless rate in June, based on preliminary EDD estimates, was 6%, compared to
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ)– The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of train thieves from early to mid-June. The burglary of the Union Pacific freight trains took place in the Los Angeles
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By Lex Harvey and Chiranjivi Ghimire, CNN Beldangi refugee camp, Nepal (CNN) — More than two dozen refugees from Bhutan have been left in a unique legal limbo after they were deported by the US back to the tiny Himalayan nation they once fled – only for it to reject them a second time. The
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MORONGO, Calif. – The Morongo Band of Mission Indians marked a major milestone in regional public safety today with the grand opening of its new Fire Station #1. The modern, 15,000-square-foot facility will enhance emergency response capabilities on the Morongo Reservation and throughout the San Gorgonio Pass. Replacing the previous station that served the community
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UPDATE 7/22/2025: City of Palm Springs officials announced on Tuesday that the Indian Canyon Sewer Project work has been adjusted to begin on Wednesday, July 23rd instead of the following week. Starting Wednesday, the city’s contractor will be working on utility location in the area from Tramview Road to Sunrise Parkway through Friday, July 25th.
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By Mitchell McCluskey and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Syria and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire, US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday. The deal was “embraced” by Turkey, Jordan and other neighboring countries, the ambassador, who also serves as the US special envoy to Syria, said in a post on X.
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By Kevin Dotson and David Close, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s Note: This report contains graphic descriptions of sexual acts. Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe has reached a settlement with the anonymous woman who filed a lawsuit against the famed tight end, accusing him of multiple instances of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery, according
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CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence as
Continue ReadingBy Pamela Brown, Shoshana Dubnow, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The last time Lindsey McLeod McCrory saw her daughter Blakely alive, the young girl was heading to camp wearing a simple yet profound necklace – one that would later reconnect Blakely to her mother after she died. It was a green-and-white beaded Camp Mystic necklace
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By Michael Williams, Dan Berman and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, including a note bearing Trump’s name and an
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EAST LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were killed today in an explosion at a training facility in East Los Angeles, a tragedy Sheriff Robert Luna called his agency’s deadliest day since 1857. The blast was reported at 7:25 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of North Eastern Avenue, southwest
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – With a Los Angeles federal judge rejecting a request by government attorneys to pause her ruling barring immigration agents from detaining people without reasonable suspicion beyond their race, ethnicity or occupation, government attorneys have again asked an appeals court to issue a stay of the order, according to court papers obtained
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The California Indian Nations College in Palm Desert is receiving help to become California’s only federally accredited tribal college. Friday morning, Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-San Bernardino) presented a $10 million state general fund check to CINC. The check presentation will help it become the state’s only federally accredited tribal
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The State Department had more than a dozen meetings with the White House – including Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff – and other agencies to discuss the topic of student visas, a top department official said in federal court on Friday. The White
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By Kristen Holmes, Kylie Atwood, Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration completed a large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela on Friday, sending about 250 Venezuelans who had been deported and imprisoned in El Salvador back to their home country in exchange for 10 US nationals, officials said. Secretary of State Marco
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ)– Palm trees in Palm Desert caught on fire Thursday night with local authorities arriving on the scene shortly after. Thursday night on Fred Waring Drive, a group of palm trees took up in flames lighting up the road in Palm Desert. Palm Desert Sheriff Station Deputies and CalFire took to the
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KABC, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Josh Campbell, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility killed three veteran members assigned to the agency’s arson and explosives detail Friday morning – a tragedy that marks the “largest loss of life” at the department since 1857, according to Sheriff
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