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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A driver was hospitalized after crashing a vehicle into a building in Indio today. The collision was reported shortly before 10 a.m. Friday at Jefferson Street and Avenue 42, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. It was unclear what type of building was struck. The agency stated that the individual
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A recent drowning in an Indio canal has prompted local officials to issue a renewed warning about the dangers these waterways pose to the public. Although the water may appear calm on the surface, Officer Salvador Cardenas says the canal’s steep banks and powerful undercurrents can make it a deadly trap.
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – Friday night lights … and maybe, lightning? The Coachella Valley will be seeing more humidity through the weekend and into next week, bringing chances for monsoonal thunderstorms. According to the National Weather Service, chances remain slight on Friday, with increasing chances through the weekend, and even greater chances early next week
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs officials will host a public meeting next week to discuss a playground project at Desert Highland Park. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center, 480 W. Tramview Road. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department is asking
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KESQ) – Sir Gary Oldman, a Palm Springs resident, placed his handprints and footprints in cement in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre today, honoring him for a career that has brought him three Best Actor Oscar nominations. “I am all too aware of the hundreds of talented artists that have
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Public Library Foundation will host its fourth annual Pride on the Page book festival later this year at the Cultural Center, with a fundraiser following the festival. “Each year, this festival grows in popularity,” Corey Roskin, library foundation board member, said in a statement. “Our community appreciates
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A transient who fatally stabbed a 64-year-old woman without provocation while the victim was walking her dogs in west Riverside was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison. Darlene Stephanie Montoya, 28, killed Ke Chieh Meng of Riverside in 2021. At the start of trial proceedings Thursday,
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A pursuit involving Border Patrol ended in a crash along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Friday afternoon. The crash was first reported at about 1:55 p.m. on the westbound side of the I-10, near Washington Street. The California Highway Patrol told News Channel 3 that Border Patrol was in pursuit
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Update 5:40 p.m. (8/22/25) The California Highway Patrol said the suspected DUI driver died in the hospital. Original Report 7:30 a.m. (8/22/25) COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Three people were injured after a car crash in Coachella on Thursday night. It happened near the intersection of Calhoun Street and Avenue 52. A White Toyota Corolla ran
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) — With book bans on the rise, over 10,000 instances in public schools during the 2023–24 school year according to PEN America — the battle for access to diverse literature is intensifying. While libraries in Long Beach, Los Angeles, and San Diego are joining the nationwide Books Unbanned movement to provide
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By Isabelle Khurshudyan, CNN (CNN) — Robert Hill called in sick to work when he heard about what was happening in his Bethesda, Maryland. Every major cable news network was broadcasting from a house just a few streets away, but Hill had to see it for himself. When he got to the street where President
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By Devan Cole, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Baltimore has halted certain provisions of an Affordable Care Act regulation that the Trump administration is set to implement on Monday and could lead to as many as 1.8 million Americans losing their health insurance. The decision issued Friday by US District Judge
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MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – A fire broke out today in a vacant two-story building in Mecca. The non-injury blaze was reported shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday in the 99000 block of Corvina Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The agency stated that crews will remain at the scene for about two hours.
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By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Pentagon-bound Army helicopter that got less than half a mile from a commercial flight landing at nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in May did not have the proper clearance from Pentagon air traffic controllers, a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board said
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state. There were 9.7 deaths for every 1,000 births in Mississippi in 2024, the highest rate in more than a decade, according to a news release from the state health department. More
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By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Controversy over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files had dogged the Trump administration for weeks. So as Congress went on their typical August recess, President Donald Trump’s team began discussing ways they could finally get ahead of the story. They debated in particular whether to release
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By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — One by one, they emerge from their slumber: Dholu, an energetic young male with a noticeable limp; Oldie, the greying elder who loves a belly rub; and Snoopy, a golden-eyed boy who patiently waits his turn. They’re not summoned by a whistle but the
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — The Department of Justice on Friday released a transcript of the two-day interview that Deputy Attorney General and President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche conducted with longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell earlier this summer. The Justice Department gave the convicted sex trafficker limited immunity so that she
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of
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CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday, the latest development in a dramatic legal saga surrounding the wrongly deported Maryland father of three. This marks the first time he has not been imprisoned since the Trump administration deported him to a notorious mega-prison
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