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Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station warns parents about the dangers of E-Motorcycles

Electric bikes are gaining popularity across California as an environmentally friendly and efficient mode of transportation. However, e-bike laws can be confusing as regulations vary by class and local jurisdictions. This article provides an overview of California Electric Bike Laws so you can ride informally and legally. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has been in

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Missing Cabazon man found

Update 2/11/25 – 3:50 p.m. The man was found, CHP announced. CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) – A 67-year-old man who went missing after leaving his Cabazon home was the subject of a regional search today.    Michael Eugene Hicks was last seen around 2 a.m. Tuesday in the vicinity of his family’s residence near Heather Avenue

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Bill Gates speaks about his early life at Rancho Mirage Writers Festival

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif (KESQ) – At the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival on Monday, tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates spoke about his new book, “Source Code: My Beginnings,” that chronicles his childhood through his early days of Microsoft. Gates told Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin some of the childhood stories and memories that make

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“Parkinson’s Today: An Educational Symposium” draws crowd of 300 in Palm Desert

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ)- Parkinson’s patients and their caregivers attended the first “Parkinson’s Today:  An Educational Symposium” in Palm Desert on Saturday.  PRO or Parkinson’s Resource Organization teamed up with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for the symposium that included three panels that covered treatment, research and policy, and caregiving.  Ethan Henderson, Senior Associate Director

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Safe House, Indio Police discuss youth outreach services in Coachella Valley

The Southwest region was the only region in the county that increased in attempted suicides every year from 2018- 2021. Riverside University Health Systems-Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Response Teams MCRT reports that 60% of crisis response is for youth 25 and under, including 585 crisis requests from schools during the 2021-22 school year.  On average, one attempted suicide

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