YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Members of the Yucca Valley community are holding a vigil for Michael Ramos Jr. on Friday. Ramos, 18, was taken off life support Friday after sustaining injuries from a shooting at a party on Dec. 22. Friends and family gathered to share memories of Ramos and speak about who he was
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission served more than 600 meals to those in need this Christmas during their annual holiday breakfast and dinner. The meals were free and open to the general public, serving a wide range of clients from those experiencing homelessness to others living paycheck to paycheck. For many,
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Good evening and Merry Christmas. It’s very comfortable today here in the Coachella Valley with some lingering clouds, mainly near the mountains. Now that the frontal boundary has passed, we are left with cooler weather today. This, combined with the few clouds, will allow for our temperatures to cool off overnight down into the upper
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Well in the Desert partnered with Oscar’s Palm Springs to help provide free breakfast meals to those in need of one during the holiday. Oscar’s has been continuing this annual tradition since 2016. “It’s the least I can do as a community member is get back to the community, and
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – News Channel 3 has partnered with General Air Conditioning and Plumbing to provide gifts to families in need this Christmas. Nearly 60 Coachella Valley families sent in letters to the North Pole with their wishlist from Santa. A group of people went through each letter and picked 22 families to deliver
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By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Andrew Freedman, Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm carrying a strong atmospheric river laid siege to California over the last several days — setting records in parts of the state — with evacuations orders still ongoing Thursday because of the risk of life-threatening flooding and
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It is the holiday season, but it’s also hockey season. News Channel 3 sports director Blake Arthur visited the Firebirds to have some holiday fun.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities today were continuing their search for a 47-year-old felon accused of perpetrating numerous thefts at hospitals throughout the region, netting tens of thousands of dollars of equipment while posing as an employee at each facility. Jason Suniga Brauner of San Jacinto was due to appear for a hearing at the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A major holiday event that has traditionally served hundreds of people in need across the Coachella Valley has been canceled this year. Well in the Desert announced it will not hold its annual Christmas Feast at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The organization says the decision was made to redirect
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A local bartender, Paul Whiteley, says that the community at Streetbar in Palm Springs was instrumental in his recovery after he was paralyzed by a stroke three years ago at the age of 54. A CDC study finds that the rates of stroke among adults under the age of 65
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Merry Christmas Eve! A First Alert Weather Alert is in place until 1pm Christmas Day as heavy rain from a strong Winter storm continues to move across the region. For the Coachella Valley, periods of moderate to locally heavy rain remain possible for this afternoon and evening, with roadway flooding a concern, especially along wash
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – One person was hospitalized and seven people were displaced after a structure fire at a home in Indio Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. on the 83000 Block of Dr. Carreon Boulevard. Firefighters responded to a two-story, multi-family dwelling involved with fire. The blaze has been contained,
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) On Christmas Eve in Banning, holiday decorations line streets and front yards, but for many residents, questions about their utility bills remain top of mind. Utility statements that should have arrived months ago are now landing all at once, and for thousands of households, the totals feel overwhelming. “Yes, it’s affecting everyone,”
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Good morning and happy holidays! This morning, we are tracking an atmospheric river moving into Southern California. The main focus for this system will be rain and localized flooding. However, there are some significant wind concerns as well for other areas across the region. We should expect some lingering showers throughout the rest of the
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Update 12/23/25 A 41-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with the deadly shooting, police said. Gabriel Salazar was arrested on Saturday, Dec. 20, in the area of Avenue 51 and Filmore Street in Coachella, police said. Salazar was charged with 1st degree murder, among other charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned on
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Michael Ramos Jr., former star Quarterback for Yucca Valley High School, is not expected to survive after being injured in a shooting Sunday night, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting was reported at around 9:50 p.m. on the 57000 block of Chipmunk Trail. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department,
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KUNA) – De manera reciente el Servicio de Ciudadanía y Migración de Estados Unidos (USCIS), anuncio que la ley de violencia contra la mujer de 1994, también conocida como VAWA por sus siglas en ingles, tendrá cambios, debido al uso excesivo del programa y posibles casos de fraude. Con el pasar de los años VAWA comenzó a ampliar sus capacidades, es la manera con la que muchos residentes pudieron conocer el programa, cuya función principal era brindar un visado para las mujeres víctimas de violencia por sus parejas ciudadanos estadounidenses. “El nombre lo dice, Violence Against Women Act, se dieron cuenta que no solamente las mujeres son víctimas de violencia, sino que también los hombres. entonces uno de los principales cambios fue que tuvieran la apertura que fueran ambos géneros”, nos explicó Paolet García, abogada de migración. Por su parte, una beneficiaria del programa VAWA, comentó que el costo que pago por esta visa fue aproximadamente de 5mil dólares, casi el doble del precio de una petición regular. “Me solicitaron un testimonio, donde yo diga todo lo que estaba pasando, fotografías, puede ser cuentas de banco, cualquier documentación que sea válido para demostrarlo”, señaló Ana Karen García. Cabe mencionar que esta ley también puede aplicarse a padres cuyo estatus es irregular, y están siendo violentados por sus hijos ciudadanos estadounidenses “USCIS acaba de informar que ha habido bastantes casos de fraudes para esta aplicación, básicamente lo que quieren hacer es desestimar los casos que no son legítimos y que tienen muy poca cantidad de evidencia y aceptar los que realmente tienen un fundamento y algún tipo de abuso que sea comprobable, evidencia psicológica, también se tiene que
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After a few quick passing showers earlier this afternoon… we’re looking at more active weather beginning tonight and overnight. Most spots around the valley saw about/or less than 0.10″ from our initial push. A First Alert Weather Alert will be in effect starting at 10pm tonight as a strong atmospheric river moves into the Coachella
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – La Quinta striker Jada Barnes is this week’s student athlete of the week. “When I first made varsity, and I was in sophomore year, I actually did not get a lot of playing time, and because of that, that pushed me to use whatever playing time I had to my
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – As 2025 comes to an end, many in our community continue to struggle to make ends meet. This is why we are highlighting the FIND Regional Food Bank homebound program, which serves those who are in dire need of food. FIND launched a Home Bound Delivery Program in 2020 in response
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