THOUSANDS PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Jimmy Kimmel Live! is set to return to the airwaves Tuesday night, according to the Walt Disney Company. His return follows a suspension due to comments he made about Charlie Kirks suspected killer. Now Coachella Valley comedians are discussing their reactions to the suspension and now return. The suspension of
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 52-year-old Yucca Valley man was arrested following multiple reports of sexual assault involving children between the ages of five and 14 over several years. Julio Cesar Vega Medina was identified as the suspect in the sexual assaults after the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station received multiple reports. “During the course
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Desert Library is embracing Emergency Preparedness Month and bringing it into story time with local families. The library is bringing in the city’s public works team to demonstrate how they keep the city safe and clean with their trucks. They’ll also be joining story time for local children,
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By Randi Kaye, CNN Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — Ryan Routh, the 59-year-old accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump as the former and future president played a round of golf on his Florida course last year – the second attempt on Trump’s life during his second campaign – has been found guilty on all
Continue Reading Editor’s Note: KESQ News Channel 3 is a News Press & Gazette-owned station and will be airing Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC. LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the airwaves on Tuesday, the Walt Disney Company announced. STATEMENT ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! FROM THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY The Walt Disney Company issued
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – PGA WEST, one of the Coachella Valley’s most well-known golf resorts, hosted a job fair on Tuesday in La Quinta in preparation for the busy season ahead. The resort is looking to fill a variety of positions, including roles in golf operations, hospitality, and food and beverage. Job seekers had the
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 64-year-old woman who went missing from her Twentynine Palms home was located Monday after a search led by Morongo Basin Sheriff’s deputies and their K-9 unit Naji. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a missing person report after the woman’s daughter discovered her mother,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Some Palm Springs residents are raising concerns about a proposed nine-story hotel and condo project that would become the city’s tallest building. The Nexus Hotel, planned near the Palm Springs Convention Center, cleared the Planning Commission last week, but Stephen Dixon and other neighbors said the project is out of scale
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FOREST FALLS, Calif. (KESQ) We’re learning new numbers tonight on just how destructive last week’s September debris flows were in the San Bernardino Mountains. The San Bernardino County Fire Department reports a total of 14 homes, one commercial building, and four outbuildings were damaged across Forest Falls, Oak Glen, and nearby areas. That includes three homes destroyed,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – President Trump made what he described as “one of the biggest medical announcements in the history of our country” on Monday. He says it’s an answer to autism, linking the disorder to Tylenol use during pregnancy. The President says the FDA will issue a physician’s notice about the risk of
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Los Angeles Times analysis identified the City of Indio as a spot that saw some of the worst income growth of any community or city in the state from 2017 to 2022. That’s according to tax records from that time period, which compared the average adjusted gross income (AGI) of all communities
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Home sales declined in Riverside County in August, the California Association of Realtors announced today. Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 264,240 in August. Last month’s home sales edged up 0.9% from the 261,820 homes sold in July and
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is officially sold out, organizers announced on Monday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Coachella (@coachella) Passes for both weekends are no longer available on the festival’s website. You can still sign up to join the waitlist if more passes become
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors today authorized the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office to move ahead with preparing a series of revisions to fees charged by the agency for background checks, subpoena deliveries, coroner’s operations, fortune-telling licenses and other services. In a 5-0 vote without comment Monday, the board cleared sheriff’s personnel, in
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man and woman convicted in a shooting at the Cathedral City Dollar Tree store in 2023 were sentenced, prosecutors announced. David Garcia, 23, and Leah Lopez, 21, were each sentenced on Sept. 9, according to court records. Garcia was convicted of attempted murder and was sentenced to 32 years in
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CNS) – A 33-year-old man suspected of stabbing another person in Desert Hot Springs was in custody today. Daniel Anthony Diaz of Desert Hot Springs was arrested Thursday and booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. DHSPD shared video of his arrest last
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Originally Published: 22 SEP 25 17:00 ETUpdated: 22 SEP 25 17:48 ETBy Jen Christensen, Katherine Dillinger, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism,” despite
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Two westbound lanes on Interstate 10 in Banning were temporarily closed after an Amazon Prime truck caught on fire. The lanes have since been reopened after crews cleared the area. The fire was reported just after 11:05 a.m. between 8th Street and 22nd. As of 11:40 a.m., traffic was backing up
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors today unanimously approved the appropriation of $78 million to fill a budget gap left over from the previous fiscal year. In a 5-0 vote without comment Monday, the board cleared the Executive Office to implement the “cleanup” allocations connected to expenses that weren’t on the books when
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LAKE ELSINORE (KESQ) – Big questions remain today in the investigation into the death of a 15-year-old girl whose decomposing body was found cut up in a Hollywood tow yard in the front trunk of a Tesla owned by popular singer d4vd. PHOTO: Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 15-year-old reported missing, Photo Date: undated Community members
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