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The cleanup from Thursday night’s haboob continues into Friday. “The dust storm we experienced is because of a thunderstorm,” explains Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson. “Those thunderstorms were in Imperial County. As they traveled towards the west, they were picking up sand and dust.” “If the thunderstorm is strong enough and you can have a strong
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The Coachella Valley History Museum (CVHM) has a new temporary toy exhibit that gives visitors a glimpse of the evolution of toys. Through the years toys have looked different from their appearance to their physical qualities. The museum has pulled out several toys from its archives and borrowed a few to put on display. “We
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The Acrisure Arena is hosting its second job fair in Coachella on Friday to help hire for over 1,000 available positions. The job fair will be at Coachella Library located at 1500 6th Street, Coachella CA 92236. It will be from 10 am to 2 pm. This is part of a series of job fairs
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The valley sky is starting to slowly clear up after a haboob swept through the region Thursday evening. You can find more on Thursday’s weather conditions here. The large cloud of sand and dust was easy to spot as it made its way into the Coachella Valley. Joshua Brown from La Quinta shared his thoughts
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The Palm Springs Police Department is updating its inventory of military equipment following the recent adoption of a new policy by The Palm Springs City Council. The Council unanimously approved the department’s purchase of a $35,161 drone. A September 29, 2022 report by Interim City Manager Teresa Gallavan to The Council explained that “unmanned aerial
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The First Alert Weather Team tracked a haboob as it moved through the Coachella Valley. First Alert Chief Meteorologist brings you behind the scenes with an update in the video below. Watch News Channel 3 live for continuing updates: [videojs_hls url=”https://content.uplynk.com/channel/8b921ff45e624771bc90ee6c4c21a244.m3u8?ad=kesqlivestream&ad.preroll=1″ poster=”https://kesq.b-cdn.net/2021/11/Streaming-Slate.jpg” autoplay=”false” muted=”true” preload=”metadata”] Share: Lisa Cagle Haboob now seen on our I-10 camera.
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The jury in the re-trial for Jose Larin Garcia heard from a police investigator and a friend of some of the victims Thursday. Larin Garcia is accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019. His first trial ended earlier this year with a deadlocked jury. News Channel 3’s cameras were denied by the
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Along with Congressmember Dr. Raul Ruiz and Congressmember Mike Levin, Cathedral City officials dedicated the bridge on Cathedral Canyon Drive to Ofelia Bringas. Bringas was a youth counselor who devoted her entire career to bringing available resources to those in need. Bringas was a pillar for the whole of the Coachella Valley, but she has a
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A pedestrian is recovering from injuries, after being struck by a car in a Starbucks parking lot in Palm Springs Thursday. According to Capt. Gunkel of the Palm Springs Fire Department, crews were dispatched to an accident involving a pedestrian just after 1:00 pm. When on scene they found a pedestrian with a possible broken
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A morning blaze at a Palm Springs apartment complex is under investigation. 3 people were injured in the fire that sparked up on Tamarisk Road around 10:15 am. Captain Gunkel from the Palm Springs Fire Department reports that there are two critical patients who have been taken to Desert Regional Medical Center for treatment. Gunkel
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The sheriff of Merced County in California says a baby girl and three other family members who were kidnapped at gunpoint have been found dead. Sheriff Vern Warnke announced Wednesday that the bodies were found in a Merced County orchard and told reporters: “Our worst fears have been confirmed.” The announcement
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Elections are a little more than a month away on November 8. News Channel 3 met with the Indio City Council candidates. Grassroots Organizer and Desert Recreation District Board member Jonathan Becerra is challenging the 12-year public servant for Indio and current Council member Elaine Holmes in the November 8th elections for Indio City Council
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Iconic Southern California native Gwen Stefani and GRAMMY Award-winning singer/songwriter Darius Rucker will be headlining the American Express Concert Series in 2023. Stefani and Rucker will be performing on the PGA WEST Stadium Course driving range during the Coachella Valley’s annual PGA TOUR golf tournament in January. Stefani, a three-time GRAMMY award winner, will open
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The annual College and Career Fair is going to be on Thursday and over 75 different colleges and trade schools will be in attendance. The event is free to get into. You do not have to register to attend. At 4 pm a rally is going to kick off in The Show room. From 5
Continue ReadingCNN, KMPH generating… A man arrested in connection with this week’s kidnapping and killings of four California family members — including a baby girl — used to work for the victims’ family business, a sheriff’s spokesperson says. Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was formally arrested late Thursday on four counts of murder and four counts of
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A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found dead in Indio Tuesday night. Police said that at around 11:41 p.m., officers were called to investigate reports of a person down in an east-west alleyway north of the 44400 block of Palm Street. Officers found an unresponsive man and pronounced him dead at the
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There is just more than a month until Election Day on November 8. After redistricting, the Coachella Valley is now sliced into two congressional districts. District 41’s new boundaries include Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta, plus parts of western Riverside County. Incumbent Republican Ken Calvert has represented portions of
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A college fair is being hosted on October 6. from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Agua Caliente Resort. My College Fair is hosting the event for its eighth consecutive year for Coachella Valley students who are interested in pursuing a higher education. This is the second time the fair is being hosted in
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District is responding to concerns following the arrest of two teachers just weeks apart for being drunk on campus during school hours. On September 30, 2022, 43-year-old Marcos Jesus Espinoza was arrested for public intoxication, possession of alcohol on school grounds, and child endangerment. Records show he’s expected to appear
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As testimony continued Wednesday in the re-trial for Jose Larin Garcia, the man who’s accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019, the jury heard from a nurse who treated the suspect as a trauma patient. News Channel 3’s cameras were denied by the judge to film witness testimony. Larin Garcia’s first trial
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