We have continuing coverage on the city of Palm Springs- working to keep it’s aging fire engines rolling and ready to respond to any emergency. Thursday evening, the city’s fire chief, Paul Alvarado, presented the department’s latest Fire Services Master Plan, which calls for expanding the city’s Racquet Club neighborhood and Downtown fire stations. News
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A former US Navy sailor pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of a 2022 plot to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in northern Illinois, according to a plea agreement unsealed Thursday. Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, allegedly devised a plan involving Iranian actors to conduct an attack against
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President Trump says 25 percent tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico are on the way as soon as March 4 after he gave those countries a month-long pause. His latest statements come after both countries worked to increase border security. The tariff threats are being felt two hours south of the Coachella Valley in
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko and Daria Markina-Tarasova, CNN Irshansk, Ukraine (CNN) — The extractor’s part-rusting mechanical arm winds out over the frozen ground, over a sprawling lunar landscape of unnatural colors. The mining of titanium has a greater urgency than ever, here in Irshansk. The electricity that powers the vast machines is only
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund the government: How do they fund federal agencies that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle? Democrats insist that the bill to
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Los funcionarios fronterizos en San Diego dijeron hoy que han visto un aumento reciente y significativo de viajeros que intentan traer huevos crudos y otros alimentos prohibidos a los Estados Unidos desde México. Desde el año fiscal 2024, ha habido un aumento del 158% en las “interceptaciones de huevos” por parte de la Oficina
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In the Coachella Valley, homeowners have been grappling with skyrocketing insurance premiums, sudden policy non-renewals, and overall a market in flux. To understand what’s happening—and why—I reached out to several insurance brokers here at home. In the wake of the devastating and most destructive wildfires in California history, the overwherlming majority of local insurance brokers
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The Heredia family is fundraising on Gofundme. If you’d like to contribute, visit Help the Heredia Family Rebuild After Fire Irene Heredia and her family of five are now looking for a new place to call home, after a house fire destroyed everything they own. On February 22, a fire tore through the home’s attic,
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California CareForce is holding a free weekend health clinic beginning on Friday, February 28 and running through Sunday, March 2 at the Empire Polo Grounds located at 81800 51st Avenue in Indio. The organizers say all services are free, open to the public, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. The clinic will open at 7:00
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs is implementing a night work schedule to alleviate disruptions caused by construction of the SR 111 roadway project. The announcement comes after community concerns about heavy traffic congestion and long delays caused by the project during the day. Starting the week of March 3, construction will take place
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The Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs goal is to enhance public safety in Palm Springs. The DFR program, recently approved, is a concept where drones are strategically placed on rooftops throughout cities, William Hutchinson, Palm Springs Lieutenant explained. “You have a team listening to 911 calls coming in,” Hutchinson said. “Those operators are sending
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency. More layoffs are possible Friday, one of the sources said, potentially costing the weather,
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, jailed more than 30 years ago for the brutal murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, may be just weeks away from answers in their bid for freedom. But the actions of a newly installed district attorney have cast doubt on whether
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Polo Sandoval, Jennifer Hauser, Mark Morales and Maria Santana, CNN (CNN) — Forty years after his alleged involvement in the kidnapping, torture, and killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was expelled from Mexico and appeared before a judge in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon. Caro Quintero
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County man has agreed to plead guilty to filing false income tax returns after selling Stan Lee-signed memorabilia and receiving more than $1.2 million in proceeds which he never reported to the IRS, officials announced today. Mac Martin Anderson, 59, of Corona will enter a plea in downtown Los
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Kristin Crowley, who was fired by Mayor Karen Bass as chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department last week, notified the city today she is appealing her termination to the Los Angeles City Council. Crowley announced the decision in an email sent to City Council members Thursday afternoon. In
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s claim that the potential “trillion-dollar deal” he is on the cusp of signing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would offer the US easy access to a bonanza of rare earth minerals is at odds with the widespread assessment of current and former US
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration’s massive trimming of the federal workforce. The ruling puts one
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — An investigation into the failings of the Israeli military in the lead-up to the devastating Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, has highlighted gaps in intelligence gathering, flawed assumptions about Hamas, and “systemic” failures in the Israel Defense Force’s preparedness and response. The 19-page report released
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Hungarian government is clamping down on the country’s annual Budapest Pride parade, which has been running for almost 30 years, saying that it should not “dominate public spaces” – citing what it claims are “child protection” issues. Gergely Gulyas, the chief of staff for Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor
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