RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A felon accused of carjacking a motorist at knifepoint in Calimesa and leading law enforcement officers on a chase into the Coachella Valley must stand trial on kidnapping and other charges, a judge ruled today. Steven Christopher Mata, 33, of San Diego, was arrested last month following the pursuit by Riverside
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — One restaurant in downtown Palm Springs says they had over $500 dollars stolen this past weekend. This comes during the rise of food prices for restaurant owners and trying to recover after the pandemic. Increasing costs for necessities like labor and food leave many independent restaurants, like Wilma and Frieda’s
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, Emily R. Condon and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Supreme Court early Saturday morning paused the deportation of immigrants potentially subject to the Alien Enemies Act, freezing action in a fast-developing case involving a group of immigrants in Texas who say the Trump administration was working to remove them.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger’s legal team won’t be able to tell a jury in his upcoming death penalty trial about his autism diagnosis unless he takes the stand in his own defense, a judge ruled Friday. Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of
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MENIFEE, Calif. (KESQ) – A national nonprofit organization is seeking everyday citizens here in the Coachella Valley to volunteer in helping people who are in a traumatic crisis. It’s called “Trauma Intervention Program,” and it brings emotional aid to survivors and those in crisis. Rancho Mirage was the first city in the valley to embrace
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 54-year-old man who killed three people in a multi-vehicle wreck in Palm Springs because he was driving while intoxicated in a sandstorm was sentenced today to 11 years, eight months in state prison. Shawn Michael Kirkpatrick last month admitted three counts of DUI gross vehicular manslaughter, as well as
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — An American citizen says he and his wife were detained for hours by US border agents when they returned to the United States after a short trip to Canada. Bachir Atallah told CNN he and his wife, Jessica, were driving back into the US Sunday evening after visiting family
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – Attorneys representing four mothers — two of whom reside in the Inland Empire — challenging California’s denial of religious- based exemptions to vaccination requirements for kids’ admission to public schools are federally appealing a lower court’s decision siding with the state that there’s no bar to mandating the shots. “This law
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SNOW CREEK, Calif. (KESQ) – A hiker was airlifted from a trail in the unincorporated area of Snow Creek Friday afternoon. The hiker sustained a medical emergency on the trail., which is located west of Palm Springs. “The patient has been hoisted via helicopter to an awaiting ground ambulance for transport to a local area
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Hassouna, a war documentarian who had covered the conflict in Gaza on the ground for 18 months and the subject of a new documentary to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival next month, was killed along with seven members of her family in an
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Firebirds have officially clinched home-ice for the first round of the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs. Their opponent is still up in the air, however, they will either face the San Jose Barracuda or the Calgary Wranglers next week at Acrisure Arena. It will be decided following the
Continue ReadingBy Fernando Ramos and Sanika Tank, CNN (CNN) — Colombia’s health ministry declared a nationwide health emergency on Thursday due to the “active circulation” of yellow fever. Since September 2024, there have been 75 recorded cases of yellow fever and 34 deaths from the illness, according to the Colombian Health Ministry. Nine of the country’s
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Florida State University’s dining coordinator, one of two people who died Thursday when a gunman opened fire on campus, was remembered Friday at an emotional campus vigil as a dedicated member of the community. Robert Morales “… didn’t just do the job. He lived the job,”
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Despite being dead for more than 300 years, this Indian ruler is still making waves in the nation’s politics. Aurangzeb Alamgir has become so central to India’s fraught political moment, his memory is leading to sectarian violence across the country. The sixth emperor of the famed Mughal dynasty, he
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador described being “traumatized” by his time at the country’s notorious CECOT prison and has since been moved. “He said he was not afraid
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — A St Petersburg court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army, including by gluing a quotation on a statue of a Ukrainian poet. Darya Kozyreva was sentenced to two years
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — This year’s White House Easter Egg roll will feature high-dollar partnerships with YouTube, Meta and Amazon, among others, underscoring the close relationships the leaders of those tech companies have sought to cultivate with the Trump administration. The White House, through an outside production company called Harbinger, solicited corporate sponsors
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Jake Tapper and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act in a memo the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to send to President Donald Trump about the conditions at the
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help after several vehicles were broken into and burglarized throughout Palm Desert Thursday morning. The report first came in at around 6:45 a.m. “… deputies assigned to the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to reports of vehicles being damaged and broken
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Update – 12:25 p.m. All lanes are back open, CHP confirmed All lanes now open. https://t.co/VatKgrAiJE— CHP Indio (@chpindio) April 18, 2025 Update – 11:55 a.m. The #2 lane has opened, CHP announced before Noon. Westbound traffic remains heavily backed up to Jackson Street. Original Report – 4:45 a.m. PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A
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