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The founder of local nonprofit “Songshine,” 76-year-old Ruthanna Metzgar has returned home from the 42 mile trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. Eye on the Desert’s Caitlin Thropay met with Metzgar to hear about her journey and the amount of money she was able to raise for her foundation. “Having just returned from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro at
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Chaos is igniting at Popeyes locations throughout the nation over the comeback of their chicken sandwich. “I’m a little hooked and it’s diet day but I might come back for dinner,” Shelley Ford said. But not everyone is dying to try the chicken sandwich due to the extra traffic it brings with it. At the
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. – A 15-year-old who was critically injured by vaping, has been in the hospital recovering for over a month. Zane Martin was first introduced to vaping at a Skate Park in Desert Hot Springs. Before being admitted to Loma Linda Children’s Hospital, a different hospital sent the teen home with an
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Cal Fire crews are currently conducting an inaccessible rescue at Pushwalla Trail. This is the third rescue at a Coachella Valley trail of the day. According to Cal Fire, crews are on their way to rescue an injured person at the trail, which is located near Hidden Palms. The injured person was riding an off-road
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Emergency crews rescued an injured hiker in Thermal Wednesday afternoon. The incident was reported in Painted Canyon at 12:18 p.m. The inaccessible rescue was successfully executed at 2:32 p.m. with assistance from California Highway Patrol. The hiker reported has sustained moderate injuries. A Mercy Air helicopter transported the hiker to a local hospital for treatment.
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Emergency crews are working to rescue a hiker on the North Lykken Trail in Palm Springs Wednesday morning. The incident was reported near the intersection of Cielo Drive and Panorama Road in Palm Springs at 10:52 a.m. The Palm Springs Police Department and Palm Springs Fire Department have set up a command post on the
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Local peace officers will transform into hosts and servers today at the Red Robin restaurant on Dinah Shore Drive to raise money for Special Olympics athletes. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies will join officers from the California Highway Patrol from 5 to 9 p.m. for a Tip-a-Cop fundraiser. Tips gathered from dinner patrons will benefit Special
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Voters made history Tuesday in the city’s first round of by-district elections to chose three people to sit on the Palm Springs City Council. FULL DISTRICT 1 ELECTION RESULTS FULL DISTRICT 2 ELECTION RESULTS FULL DISTRICT 3 ELECTION RESULTS The election is the city’s first to use the district system, in which the city is
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Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, officially announced her candidacy for the 28th District state Senate seat recently vacated by Jeff Stone. Melendez made the announcement on her Facebook page Monday evening. In her announcement video, she cited California having the highest rate of poverty among the 50 states when the cost of living is factored
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A rental car company named Turo allows people to rent a car from another person. Folks in the Coachella Valley are utilizing this service to make extra money while they work from home or don’t use their cars. “Choose from hundreds of models you won’t find anywhere else. Pick it up or get it delivered
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After the engine in his 2005 Nissan Altima started making a “sucking sound” about two months ago, Dustin Ponce says he took his car to Midas in Cathedral City. They got the sucking sound to stop, but it came back a couple of days later when Dustin drove to Phoenix for work, So he took
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Tuesday, November 5, students from the Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) got to meet with 50 local employers hoping to connect and make a good impression for a future job or internship opportunity. This year’s “Champions of Excellence” event was hosted at Agua Caliente Resort, Casino and Spa. “This event
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A new vice chairman was sworn in Tuesday to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council in the wake of his predessor’s death last July. Reid D. Milanovich, who was already seated on the council, moved over to the vice chairman’s seat, leaving the tribal council with one seat still vacant. He was
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The Magic Jungle Wildlife Preserve in the Lucerne Valley has a brand new group of Arctic White Wolves. They are 6 months old and expected to still grow twice their size. It is rare to have these animals in the desert as they are indigenous to Antarctica, Siberia, and northern provinces of Canada. Kele Younger,
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Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to fill three seats on the Palm Springs city council, marking the city’s first district-based elections. “It’s important in every district to have everyone’s voice heard and every district does have minorities it so we all need represent,” said Miguel Navarro, a volunteer for Geoff Kors’ campaign.Palm Springs city council
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A Desert Hot Springs High School student brought a toy gun to school on Monday, but no real threat was ever posed to the school, according to Joan Boiko, Coordinator of Communications and Community Outreach for Palm Springs Unified School District. The replica weapon was found to be in possession of a DHSHS student Monday
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Monday, November 4 marks the 11th annual Palm Springs Broken Glass Awards. This event honors women in TV and film. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay was at the event and spoke with this year’s honorees as they came down the red carpet. The 2019 notable honorees are actress Sierra McCormick who
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The Rotary Clubs of Cathedral City is asking for volunteers to help with preparations for the Healing Field event starting this weekend at Patriot Park. More than 5,000 U.S. flags will be set up at Patriot Park on 33998 Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City to honor the 7,012 men and women who have died
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The digital team behind KESQ.com has been very busy behind the scenes working to improve your experience with the website. Check out the video for a tour of the new improvements. Here are some of the changes: The homepage has a cleaner look. It should load noticeably faster, too. The top story section will continue
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A man was shot to death at an Anza residence where marijuana was being illegally cultivated, but no suspects were in custody today. The shooting happened sometime early Sunday morning at a property in the 39000 block of El Toro Road, just south of Highway 371, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Wally
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