PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — As summer break begins, Palm Springs Unified School District is once again providing free meals to children and teens across the Coachella Valley, helping ensure no child goes hungry while school is out of session. District officials say the need for summer meal programs continues to grow. Last summer alone,
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Firefighters are responding to a brush fire that ignited in the tamarisk trees alongside the railroad tracks adjacent to the I-10 freeway, just west of the Bob Hope Drive overpass. That fire igniting around 1:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon with multiple engines on scene. Authorities have yet to release a cause
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – It’s been pretty toasty in the valley as of late, with temperatures a few degrees warmer than usual through the first week of June! This weekend offers some slight relief as temperatures trend down into the low 100s and breezes tick up in the evenings. We’ve been seeing partly cloudy
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — California Adopt-a-Pet Day helped dozens of local animals find new homes Saturday as Riverside County Animal Services worked to ease severe overcrowding at its shelters. The annual event, held at more than 150 shelters across the state, offered fee-waived adoptions through a partnership with the ASPCA and CalAnimals. The adoptions included
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After recent heat, inland areas will see a cooling trend through the weekend and into early next week as a trough of low pressure pushes in from the PNW. Even with temperatures still a little bit cooler, try to take the dogs on a walk early or throw on the dog booties. If you don’t
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Local realtor, Juan M. Martinez, was unanimously appointed by Coachella City Council to the vacant seat Friday afternoon. City Council interviewed 9 out of the 10 candidates who applied, during a special meeting Friday. Martinez is a local realtor with 20 years experience, according to his application. He was born and
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Desert Empire Surf girl’s 2010 team is getting ready to head to Northern Ireland. But it’s not just any trip, they’ll be competing in the prestigious SuperCupNI youth soccer tournament. “This is our biggest challenge,” head coach Hugo Chaparro. ” I mean, obviously we’re going to go out to
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CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) – A stretch of Interstate 10 in Cabazon was officially dedicated Friday in honor of three firefighters who lost their lives while battling the Broadway Fire in 2023. The ceremony, taking place at Casino Morongo, recognized Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, Captain Tim Rodriguez, and Pilot Tony Sousa for their service and sacrifice
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – Dozens of newly-declassified videos of Unidentified Flying Objects. The Pentagon says they’re incidents the government still cannot explain. I-Team investigator Peter Daut spoke with some of the nation’s top UFO experts who are speaking out about what they’re calling the biggest disclosure in human history. More than three thousand people
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CIUDAD DE OACHELLA, Calif. (KUNA) – La ciudad de Coachella tuvó una junta especial hoy para entrevistar a los 10 candidatos a la vacante de concejal, donde el agente inmobiliario local Juan M. Martinez fue nombrado por unanimidad por el Concejo Municipal de Coachella para ocupar el puesto vacante este viernes. El Concejo Municipal entrevistó
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella City Council unanimously approved a 45-day temporary moratorium on data centers as the city moves closer towards a permanent ban. The move came after months of public pushback on a data center project at Avenue 52 and Filmore Street. Council members also approved terminating the agreement with Stronghold Power
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Today temps will peak near 107, hottest day of the week. By tomorrow, highs will drop several degrees but some breezy to gusty conditions arrive along with those slightly cooler temps. Fire danger increases across the Desert Southwest because of the warm temps and gusty conditions. Highs drop down to near-normal, and hover there through
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We’re looking at the hottest days of the week today and tomorrow with Coachella Valley highs climbing well above seasonal averages. We’ll finish out the work week with temps about 5-8 degrees above normal, before a gradual cooling trend through the weekend and into early next week. That “cooling trend” still keeps us pretty close
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – While New’s Channel 3’s student-athlete of the week segments are on summer break, there is still no shortage of student-athletes making waves in the Valley. Ava Otteson, is quite literally making waves, as a record-breaking swimmer from Palm Desert High School. “I’ve always loved being in the water,” Otteson said.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department wants to build a real-time crime center in the Coachella Valley like the one Palm Springs Police Department recently launched and on Thursday, Rancho Mirage became the first city council the department has pitched. The plan centers on a “drone as first responder” model: when a
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