PALM DESERT, California (KESQ) – A local investigator received a special honor for his exceptional work in the Coachella Valley this past year. El Paseo Jewelers honored Investigator Jose Villaseñor with the Rick Espinoza Award at the Classic Club. During the summer of 2024, two local banks were robbed in a two-week period. Villaseñor closely
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Over 170 Jewish community members gathered on Sunday to attend the fourth annual Chabad Golf Classic to celebrate and raise funds for Chabad’s Jewish youth and family programs. Chabad presented the Chabad Student Board from the University of Riverside with the Young Jewish Leadership award – 7 UCR students were in attendance to accept the
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Coachella City Manager, Dr. Gabriel Martin, could be fired at a special meeting Tuesday morning. The update comes directly from the city of Coachella’s public information officer who confirmed that the city council will vote on Dr. Martin’s employment status during the meeting. The announcement follows a special meeting held last Tuesday, with labor negotiators.
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The 2025 American Express has generated plenty of headlines, including the historic 2024 champion returning to the desert, the world number one player withdrawing from the tournament, and more. However, PGA West has made some changes to the course that the top players will have to face. It's @theamexgolf week! ⛳️🏌️♂️☀️🌴🏔️🏆Here's a full preview from
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Idyllwild will again be under a Red Flag Warning starting Monday afternoon until Wednesday, as another round of Santa Ana winds looks to bring dry, breezy conditions across Southern California This comes after winds last week tore through the mountain community, toppling trees and badly damaging three trailers in a local trailer park. “We had
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The generosity of Coachella Valley residents is being felt all the way in Los Angeles. On Saturday, two local businesses, G.E.M. Billing Solutions and Mi Cultura Peruvian Colombian Cuisine, hosted a donation drive for people displaced by the LA wildfires. The organizers, two friends – Jordan Machado and Jori Moreno, felt compelled to organize the
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A Jurupa Valley man who killed his estranged wife with his nephew’s help to prevent her from taking his home in a divorce — then blamed another man, who was wrongfully convicted of the crime — was bound for California’s Death Row today, while his relative was headed to state prison to serve a life
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A sentencing hearing was suspended today for a 30-year-old motorist who perpetrated a series of unexplained attacks on fellow drivers and one bicyclist throughout Palm Springs and is now seeking another psychological evaluation to determine whether he’s eligible for treatment in lieu of prison. A Riverside jury in March convicted Juaquin Mercer Moraga of Palm
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms will lead an investigation into the cause of multiple wildfires raging across southern California, according to the Los Angeles Times. Among them, the most destructive in L.A. County history, the Palisades Fire. News Channel 3 spoke to several Palisades homeowners who said they witnessed the onset of the
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The top two players in the world are out of the 2025 American Express tournament, taking place this week in La Quinta. On Monday, the PGA Tour announced that World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from the tournament. No reason has been given at this time. Schauffele will be replaced by Philip Knowles. World
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In an effort to secure $2.5 billion in additional funding for ongoing emergency response efforts in the L.A. region, Gov. Gavin Newsom today expanded a special session of the California Legislature. The governor signed a proclamation Monday, which expands the scope of the current special session and allows the legislature to consider and approve new
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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will operate on an extended schedule for Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, tramway officials announced today. The first tramway up from Saturday to Monday will depart at 8 a.m., running every 30 minutes in that direction for 12 hours, tramway staff said. The last tramway down will leave at
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Caltrans, in collaboration with the city of Palm Springs, started work today on an eight-mile rehabilitation road project along California State Route 111 (SR 111). City officials said various improvements will be made, including removing and repaving eight miles of roadway, constructing 11 new Sunline transportation bus pads and revamping sidewalks, as well as upgraded
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A woman struck by a vehicle Friday night in Indio has died from her injuries, police confirmed. The crash happened at around 7:30 p.m. on Oasis Street, just south of Highway 111. Police said a Ford Escape failed to stop for a woman in the crosswalk. The woman, a 49-year-old, was rushed to the hospital
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Social media has helped us catch a glimpse of the devastation caused by the LA fires, but what has also spread as quickly is misinformation. During a natural disaster, people are constantly on social media looking for real-time updates because it’s free and fast. Officials say in most cases, people who are spreading misinformation want
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The Palm Springs Animal Shelter is offering assistance to Los Angeles County wildfire evacuees who need help with their pets. “If you’ve evacuated to the Palm Springs area with your pets, we’re here to help,” a shelter statement reads. “We’re offering essential supplies like pet food, leashes, bowls, crates, beds and puppy pads — available
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With the fires still burning across L.A. County and a red flag warning issued for the coming days, Rotary clubs across the Coachella Valley providing much-needed relief to those struggling in the aftermath of the fires, host several fire relief donation drives in Palm Desert and Palm Springs, getting resources for those in need. Residents
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The Palm Springs International Film Festival concluded Sunday with its final screening, capping off a 2 weeklong celebration of cinema. The closing feature, “The Penguin Lessons,” was shown at 6:30 p.m. at Palm Springs High School, bringing together film lovers. There is one last chance to see the films. “Best of Fest” continues Monday. It’s
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For Melanie Bonhomme, the life she built for herself and her five-year-old son in Pacific Palisades is now unrecognizable after the Palisades Fire ravaged through her community. “All of these places destroyed, down to the ground, blackened across the street. There was an assisted living facility and condos gone. There’s gas stations on my block,
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The Galilee Center in Mecca is getting some new upgrades, the center hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for their “Our Lady of Guadalupe” shelter expansion today. Dozens of friends, community members and donors crowded around the Galilee Center’s shelter expansion. “We are so excited to celebrate the opening and the ribbon cutting of an expansion
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