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Frank Ocean has dropped out of weekend 2 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, according to multiple sources, including TMZ and Variety. This comes after Frank Ocean’s controversial headlining set on Sunday that left many puzzled and disappointed. The set started an hour late, featured long pauses, little singing, and was ultimately forced
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The second in a series of four public meetings at College of the Desert covered the functions and features of proposed spaces for the Palm Springs Development Project (PSDP). COD board members and representatives from three West Valley cities, including the Mayor of Cathedral City, Rita Lamb, were able to weigh-in alongside community members. Courtesy
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A 36-year-old man who fatally beat a 77-year-old woman living in the same Palm Desert apartment complex pleaded guilty to murder today. During a hearing Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, Ryan Alkana additionally admitted to a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a weapon during a felony, according to court records. He’s set to
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Jury deliberations got underway today in the trial of a 28-year-old Coachella Valley man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend during a frenzied attack possibly stemming from drug use. Christian Alejandro Pacheco is charged with murder, arson, assault with a deadly weapon, animal cruelty and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the
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The Palm Springs Police Department honored a group of local students in its first “Do The Right Thing” awards ceremony. If you would like to nominate a student for the “Do The Right Thing” award, visit: https://kesq.com/do-the-right-thing/ Recognizing and rewarding school-age youths in the Greater Palm Springs area for their positive attitude, behavior, and accomplishments.
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The group Greater Palm Springs Pride today declared Palm Springs a Drag Sanctuary City and announced that — in a stand against anti-drag bills, anti-LGBTQ+ extremism, and to support artistic expression and advocacy — its 2023 Pride Week theme will be “Drag Now. Drag Forever.” The 37th annual LGBTQ+ celebration will be held Nov. 3-5,
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Update – 4/19/23 N Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail are both back open, the city announced. Original Report – 4/18/23 North Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail were both closed to all traffic early Tuesday morning due to wind, sand, and low visibility. An official notification from Palm Springs Police was issued
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The first round of 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs is on Wednesday when the Coachella Valley Firebirds will be up against the Tucson Roadrunners. Game one is going to start at 7:00 p.m. followed by game two on Friday, April 21st at 7:00 p.m. If a third game is necessary that will be on Sunday, April
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The president of the College of the Desert Adjunct Association is calling for a “vote of no confidence” against the school’s board of trustees. CODAA President Catherine Levitt sent a letter to the school’s 350 adjunct faculty members last week, highlighting three major points behind the call. Vote of “No Confidence” in the Board for
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds will play their first-ever playoff game on Wednesday and they did a little something a little special to get the fans fired up! On Tuesday, the Firebirds partnered with The Shops on El Paseo to turn all the streetlights red for the team’s Red Alert Red Out campaign across the Valley.
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Update – 4/18/23 DannyLux, a Desert Hot Springs native, has been added as the headliner for CHELLA, the city of Indio revealed on Tuesday. DannyLux is coming in fresh off of his Coachella Fest debut which earned him critical acclaim. News Channel 3 & Telemundo 15 reporter Marco Revuela spoke with DannyLux about his journey
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The local drag community in Palm Springs is taking a stand against anti-drag or anti-LGBTQ legislation that has been proposed or passed in at least 15 states across the country. The “Drag 4 Drag” rally took place at the Forever Marilyn statue on Monday night, with drag queens, local officials, and supporters coming together to
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Two people suspected of breaking into multiple vehicles in Joshua Tree in March were later spotted using stolen credit cards at the Palm Desert Walmart, authorities said The thefts were reported at around 5:00 p.m. on March 8 at the Hemingway Parking Lot. There was no word on how many cars were broken into. The
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With weekend one of Coachella Music and Arts Festival in the rearview mirror, one Indio resident is concerned about the prevalence of banner-towing airlines that fly over the festival grounds. Sandy Stewart lives across the street from the Empire Polo Club and said the noise from the planes has only worsened over the years. She
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A student at Amistad High School in Indio was arrested after allegedly being found in possession of a gun on campus, officials said. Indio Police notified the school’s principal of the possibility of a gun on campus at around 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Mary Perry, public information officer for the Desert Sands Unified
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A 43-year-old man who stabbed another man on a bus in Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty today to felony charges and was immediately sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison. Israel Eduardo Perez of Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each
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Indio police is doubling down on safety protocols after many Coachella festivalgoers and ride share drivers created hazardous conditions on the roads during weekend one. “We’ve been doing the concerts for a long time and that service was introduced some few years ago. It became very popular to use that service rather than the traditional
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A 41-year-old man who was involved in a 2019 street racing collision that killed two senior citizens in Coachella pleaded guilty to felony charges today. Angel Ramirez pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the May 17, 2019, crash that killed
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In a 4-1 vote, the Board of Supervisors today approved Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s request to purchase a new helicopter and airplane for patrol and other deployments at a total cost of $18.46 million. “Our aviation division is robust for a patrol setting,” Bianco said ahead of the vote. “But you look at the
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Update 5/3/23 Daniel Lindell was found dead in his motorhome on April 28. His death appeared to be natural, authorities confirmed. Full Report: Missing Washington man found dead near Joshua Tree Original Report 4/18/23 The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department sent out a bulletin Monday asking for the public’s help in locating a man missing since
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