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Jury selection set for trial of Banning man accused of raping women, young girl

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection is slated to get underway tomorrow for the trial of a 43-year-old Banning man accused of raping two women on separate occasions while they were intoxicated, as well as molesting his 12-year-old girl.ย ย  Steven Roy McElroy was arrested in 2022 following an extensive Banning Police Department investigation that relied

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Not ready for summer temps? Idyllwild businesses talk uptick in visitors looking to escape the heat

IDYLLWILD, Calif. (KESQ) โ€“ 117ยฐF was the high temperature recorded in Palm Springs on Father’s Day! This early taste of summer heat is sending some valley residents to our local mountain communities to escape the heat. News Channel 3 spoke with visitors and businesses in Idyllwild on Monday about recent trends and how they’re preparing

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Palm Springs Downtown Park sees over 5,000 attendees in ‘No Kings’ rally

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) โ€“ย Local groups from across the Coachella Valley, rallied together Saturday to a “No Kings” protest. They joined over 2,000 other groups across the nation standing against what they call “escalating authoritarianism.” “Let us live our lives,” John Barrowman said. “You can have your lives. You can believe what you want, but

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Suspect in โ€˜politically motivated assassinationโ€™ of Minnesota Democratic House leader identified, officials say

By Rebekah Riess, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) โ€” The suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers has been identified as Vance Boelter, two law enforcement officials briefed on the case tell CNN. Boelter is 57 years old and, according to a law enforcement official, he works for a security company, Praetorian

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Iran launches barrage of missiles at Israel following attack

By Michael Rios, Nechirvan Mando, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Tehran launched retaliatory strikes against locations across Israel on Friday, following Israelโ€™s attacks on Iranian military and nuclear targets. Iran said Friday evening local time that it had fired โ€œhundreds of various ballistic missilesโ€ towards Israel, in what it called

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