PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – College of the Desert is celebrating today after earning honors for its communications and marketing efforts from the Community College Public Relations Organization. The college announced Wednesday it had received three gold and two bronze awards for communication excellence at the annual community college conference. College officials said the gold
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UPDATE 4/16/2025: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) – Funeral services will be held Thursday for a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy killed in a crash last month in Victorville. Services for Hector Cuevas, Jr. will be live streamed on the Sheriff Department’s official YouTube channel: @SanBernardinoSheriff. Services will start at 11:00 a.m. The 36-year-old deputy was
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man who allegedly told security guards he would be “responsible for a bombing” at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival made his first court appearance Wednesday in Indio. Davis Darvish, 40, of Santa Monica, was arrested after allegedly threatening to bomb the Coachella music festival. He was charged with
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus will have a new home at the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs for its 26th season. On Wednesday, chorus members were given a hard hat tour of the venue to see and hear more about the plans for the multi-million dollar renovations. Senior Vice
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Arrests during weekend 1 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival were up from last year, Indio police announced. According to police, there were 95 total arrests over the weekend, which is an increase of 17% from last year’s numbers during the same weekend. Last year, there were 81 arrests.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 16, 2025) — As artificial intelligence continues weaving its way into daily life, leaders across the Coachella Valley are coming together today to talk strategy and catch up. Starting at 11:30 a.m., the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce will kick off its 2025 Signature Speaker Series with a luncheon focused on AI’s
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BEAUMONT, Calif. (KESQ) – Local Democratic Representative Raul Ruiz addressed dozens of constituents Wednesday night during a town hall gathering in Beaumont, speaking on key topics while fielding questions from concerned attendees. Ruiz discussed some of President Donald Trump’s recent Executive Orders and tariffs. He also pledged to protect Medicare and Social Security benefits. Audience
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Did you receive $2 in the mail asking for your response to a survey? If you did, you were likely randomly chosen for a health survey ran by Health Assessment and Research for Communities, or HARC, Inc. 25,000 valley households were invited to participate in the survey online or in-person
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UPDATE 4/16/2025: INDIO (CNS) – A pool serviceman accused of fatally beating a 93-year-old Palm Desert woman during a robbery took steps to prevent forensic evidence from surfacing that might link him to the crime, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Benjamin Cabrera Briones, 62, of Thousand Palms is charged with first-degree murder, burglary, forgery and special
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) — Whether it’s rhinestones, western accessories or blast from the past styles, Thriftology in Palm Desert is welcoming locals and visitors to shop festival fashion. “People are gravitating towards cowboy boots. Always having hats and scarves and bandanas to cover your face from the dust and then just anything that’s wild,
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) — A Goldenvoice representative apologized Tuesday for a chaotic start to Coachella Weekend One, where traffic delays left thousands of festivalgoers stranded for hours during a desert heatwave. The trouble started on Thursday, when long lines of festival campers tried to stream into the festival’s onsite campgrounds. Many ran out of
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Unified School District Board of Education is seeking input from the district community as it begins the hiring process to replace Dr. Tonatiuh ‘Tony’ Signoret who will retire from the District on June 30. The Board sent a survey on Wednesday to parents and guardians, students, staff
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – “CHELLA,” a free community music event in downtown Indio in partnership with Goldenvoice will make its return on April 16. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 16 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Center Stage (82881 Miles Avenue). This year’s CHELLA lineup includes El Malilla, Bolo, Gasolina Party
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ)– The city of Palm Springs is hosting its 2nd annual fair with Coachella Valley local governments and agencies on Wednesday morning. It’s taking place from 8:30 a.m. to Noon at the Palm Springs Convention Center at 277 N. Avenida inside the Caballeros, Primrose and Oasis Ballrooms. The free event will feature
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Blowing sand and dust has already caused Gene Autry and Indian Canyon to close this morning, and air quality is in the “UNHEALTHY” range in many areas due to the gusty winds. We have issued a First Alert Weather Alert is in place through tomorrow night. The travel impacts are already making traffic in and
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – College of the Desert is down to four semi-finalists who advanced to the final stage in the search for the school’s next Superintendent/President. COD officials said they received 73 qualified applications from across the country following an extensive recruitment process conducted by AGB Search, LLC – a national firm specializing
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JFK Memorial Hospital is less than three miles away from the festival grounds. We’re learning more about the emergency room visits there during weekend one of Coachella. Emergency Department Director Evelin Millsap says staff saw the same medical issues they’ve seen in previous years – including dehydration, heat related illnesses, and substance abuse. But Millsap
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A report released last month showed Californians lost $3.54 billion to cybercrime in the form of scams, fraud, and ransomware. While it’s easy to brush off this data and think you’d never fall victim to an online scam, one Cathedral City man, Bill Lewis, learned his lesson the hard way. Just a
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Desert Hot Springs, long known as a hub for cannabis in the Coachella Valley, is making a dramatic move to help struggling dispensaries – cutting the city’s cannabis tax from 10% to 5%. The proposal for the tax cut came as local cannabis businesses face rising pressure from high
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Desert Hot Springs City Council voted Tuesday night to remove Public Safety Commission member Michael Rizzio, who says he is being terminated from the position for doing his job in protecting the public. Rizzio says he requested an emergency Public Safety Commission meeting April 6 to discuss police brutality
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