PALM SPRINGS, Calif (KESQ) – An investigation is underway after human skeletal remains were found over the weekend in Palm Springs. The skeletal remains were found in a gorge near Southridge Drive and the Araby Trail Friday evening, the Palm Springs Police Department announced. Officers secured the scene with the assistance of the PSPD Search
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, signaling that President Donald Trump’s pick will have to win over uncertain Republicans in order to secure the job. Republican
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In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Palm Desert city officials hosted their 15th annual ceremony to commemorate the Holocaust’s victims at the Civic Center Park Monday at 11 am. While today can be a sad day for some, for others it’s an opportunity to spread a message of unity. “I try to teach tolerance.
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Rate increases for Imperial Irrigation District (IID) customers will soon be reflected on their monthly bills. While base prices for energy per kilowatt-hour (kWh) is increasing by nearly 70%, the increase overall is just under 8% after factoring in the Energy Cost Adjustment (ECA). This adjustment would fluctuate, and on average, add about 6 cents
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Fallen Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Timothy Corlew; tragically lost his life in an on duty motorcycle accident in January, the agency announced. On Monday, the Palm Springs Chapter 519 American Legion Post held a fundraiser that benefits Deputy Corlew’s surviving wife and 2 children. Organizers said they raised $3,912 in total. The fundraiser happened at American Legion
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In an effort to support evacuees of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, Palm Springs City Council approved a temporary adjustment to a vacation rental rule limiting annual stays. Through the rule adjustment, vacation rental owners are allowed to offer short-term rentals of up to 28 days to those displaced by the fires from
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BANNING, Calif (KESQ) – A minor is recovering after being stabbed multiple times in what police called a “home-invasion style attack” Sunday morning in Banning. The attack was reported just before 5:30 a.m. Banning police said detecives determined that the person who originally called the police had been in a domestic dispute with minor and
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PALM SPRINGS (CNS) – The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians announced the launch of a grant program today to support restaurants and bars located on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation that pay the tribal food and beverage sales tax. The Food and Beverage Sales Tax Grant Program will provide funding through the inaugural Taxpayer
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Attorneys who contend Southern California Edison equipment sparked the Eaton Fire that erupted during a Jan. 7 windstorm — destroying thousands of structures and leaving at least 17 people dead — were pointing today to newly released video that they believe is evidence the utility’s transmission lines were the source of the inferno. A series
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There was a heavy police presence at the parking lot of Palm Desert business center as deputies took a person into custody Monday afternoon. Video shows several armed deputies approaching a vehicle on Dinah Shore at around 3:15 p.m. A spokesperson with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said the incident was related to a stolen
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Eliel Gallego is the first graduate of the Desert Hot Springs High School JROTC program and just completed the United States Marine Corps Recruit Training on Jan. 17. The First Marine Division Association, a veteran organization, decided to award any Desert Hot Springs graduate that has completed the Marine Corps boot camp with a $500
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ambitious economic agenda. The vote was 68-29. As head of the Treasury, 62-year-old Bessent
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An American Airlines employee working at Charlotte Douglas International Airport was struck and killed by a ramp vehicle while on the tarmac Monday, authorities said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a call at 9:38 a.m. for an employee struck by a vehicle on the tarmac and the person was
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Sandra Iveth Santos SANTA BÁRBARA, Calif., (KMUV-TV)— El domingo 26 de enero, Agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE.UU. (ICE) fueron vistos alrededor de Santa Bárbara y Goleta, según un comunicado por la organización 805 UndocuFund, una organización que ayuda a ejecutar la Línea de Respuesta Rápida para notificar al público
Continue ReadingSandra Iveth Santos COSTA CENTRAL, Calif., (KMUV-TV) – La Línea de Respuesta Rápida es un recurso para que las personas se mantengan informadas y reciban asesoría, en caso haber visto o si están siendo detenidos por Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE). Conozca las diferentes líneas disponibles basadas en su región en California. La
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Afghans who worked directly for or on behalf of the US government in Afghanistan have been cut off from critical resources and face huge uncertainty over whether they’ll be able to travel to the United States following moves by the Trump administration
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Continue ReadingBy Billy Stockwell, James Frater and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.05 billion) boosting its military capabilities in the Arctic – a decision that comes amid continuing furor following US President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in controlling Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. The agreement
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – A former Riverside County probation officer suspected of engaging in sex acts with a boy behind bars in Riverside Juvenile Hall was out of custody today. Cecilia Pulido, 42, of Moreno Valley was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail Friday on suspicion of sexual contact with an inmate, molesting a
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif (KESQ) – Firefighters are at the scene of a structure fire at a home in Cathedral City. The fire was reported before 1:00 p.m. on along the 68000 block of Concepcion Drive. Authorities said it was a garage fire that spread to the attic. The blaze was contained to just one home.
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