Top Stories

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs City Council members approved a $4 million land purchase Wednesday that will pave the way for a new Fire Station No. 1 in downtown Palm Springs. The proposed agreement allows the city to acquire approximately 0.95 acres at the southwest corner of Andreas Road and North Indian Canyon

MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A new project is aiming to provide faster, more reliable cell service to the Morongo Basin, but nearby residents are voicing concern ahead of the start of construction. The Bureau of Land Management’s Palm Springs Office announced late May it had approved an application for the Morongo Canyon Highway 62 Multi-Tenant Wireless

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) — The U.S. Postal Service is raising awareness about dog bite prevention as California continues to lead the nation in reported attacks on letter carriers. USPS says more than 770 postal employees were bitten by dogs in California last year, the highest total of any state. Nationwide, more than 5,200 postal

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Another warehouse is coming to Desert Hot Springs, despite some residents concerns.  Desert Hot Springs Planning Commission unanimously approved the ‘Snider Logistic Center’ development permit and a preparation of an environmental impact report Tuesday evening. That means the project only has to get city permits approved, then can begin

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Bank of America’s $500,000 grant to FIND will increase storage capacity, improve food distribution, and overall help the organization respond more quickly during those times of high demand. FIND Regional Food Bank distributes over 20 million pounds of food each year, and they serve approximately 125,000 people on average every month.

LA QUINTA, Calif. — A Coachella Valley eighth-grader is turning an entrepreneurial dream into reality after taking first place in a valley wide business plan competition. Henry Lopez, a student in the Desert Sands Unified School District, earned the top prize of $1,000 in a contest organized by Friends of CV Link, a nonprofit organization

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Update 8:30 pm: SCE confirmed power to customers at 7 p.m. through the use of generators. Crews are still at the scene and will be until repairs to our equipment are complete, an SCE spokesperson confirmed. Update 3:40 pm: Southern California Edison says the estimated restoration time has been moved to

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – As preparations continue for Saturday’s Indio Pride celebration, questions are being raised after a local transgender advocacy organization said it was not invited to participate in the event. The controversy has drawn significant attention on social media, prompting discussions about representation and inclusion. The CEO and founder of the Transgender Health

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) A homeowner in the gated Escena community says his homeowners association has spent more than a year coming after him over the color of his entry gate, a fight he calls selective enforcement and harassment. Jordan Smith says the trouble started almost as soon as he moved in last March, when

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – The family of a man killed in a motorcycle crash along Highway 74 is speaking out tonight. “It’s a beautiful scenic highway, but it’s so unsafe and it’s been unsafe for, for years. As long as I’ve been here,” said Werner Boettcher, the father of Eric Boettcher, who was killed in

COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ). — As triple-digit temperatures return to the desert, some Coachella Valley seniors say they’re facing a difficult choice: stay cool or save money on electricity bills. Many residents living on fixed incomes say running air conditioning all day has become increasingly difficult to afford during the summer months. At the Indio