High pressure building in will heat things up through midweek. Highs today will jump by five degrees from yesterday. Temps will be close to our seasonal norms (105) and will continue to rise through Wednesday. There are heat and air quality issues around SoCal, but so far no advisories, watches or warnings for the Coachella
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Spain and France are favored to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and it’s safe to say some local athletes are split on who they think will take it all. As of Friday, betting platforms reported France had jumped ahead of Spain as the overall favorite. As of Sunday, FanDuel’s
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — Father’s Day celebrations looked a little different across the Coachella Valley this year as families found ways to honor dads while dealing with triple-digit temperatures. With the valley under another stretch of extreme heat, many residents adjusted their plans to avoid the hottest parts of the day. Restaurants were busy
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Welcome to summer! Today marked the summer solstice, officially kicking off the hottest time of the year. We’ll be experiencing a warming trend for the first half of the week, just in time for the occasion. We enjoyed below-average weather for the past few days, but temperatures climb from here.
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) — Father’s Day features below-average temperatures before the first week of summer brings warmer weather to the Coachella Valley. Brunch temperatures are favorable, with readings crossing into the triple digits by 1p.m. Highs will continue to climb upwards of 104° later this afternoon, just shy of our average for this time
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – The Love and Love Foundation hosted a memorial tennis clinic at TTC Palms at Shadow Hills Resort and Club on Saturday. The event served as a memorial for longtime youth tennis coach Gordon ZawTun. ZawTun was a resident of La Quinta, and died unexpectedly on April 30. He had over 40
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — A new weekly food truck festival is bringing food, entertainment, and community gatherings to Palm Springs. The Wanderlust Food Truck Festival officially launched Saturday at Sunrise Park in downtown Palm Springs. The free event features more than 20 food trucks and vendors offering a variety of options ranging from barbecue
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) — Music, dance, storytelling and community came together Saturday as the Sunset Music and Education Foundation hosted its Joyful Juneteenth Celebration at Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs. The free event honored Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – It’s been a rather pleasant stretch of cooler-than-usual weather over the past few days! Highs have been running about 3 to 5 degrees below seasonal (which sits at 105°F). We’ll still be a hair below that mark for Father’s Day – which happens to coincide with the first day of
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Summer begins early Sunday morning as we come to the end of a cooling trend that has held us below average temperatures for this holiday weekend. These conditions will not stick around long, though. With the low pressure system trending weaker off the coast of Northern California, temperatures will swiftly climb into next week. We
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A weekend of Juneteenth celebrations is kicking off in Palm Springs, hosted by the Palm Springs Black History Committee. The holiday celebrates independence day for African Americans from slavery. Juneteenth Freedom Weekend began Thursday evening at Villagefest in Downtown Palm Springs and continues through Saturday with a youth pageant at
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Well In The Desert has received a $1 million anonymous donation, launching a matching campaign to help the nonprofit secure a permanent home in the Coachella Valley. The donor, a longtime supporter of the organization’s work, stepped forward after learning about Well In The Desert’s ongoing search for a permanent location
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — As communities across the country prepare to celebrate Juneteenth, News Channel 3 took to the streets to find out how much local residents know about the holiday and its significance in American history. Some events taking place this weekend to celebrate Juneteenth: Juneteenth Pageant Join the Palm Springs Black History
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A video circulating on social media has drawn attention to an alleged enforcement stop involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection and a motorist in Palm Springs near Gene Autry Trail and Vista Chino. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, local officers were not involved in the incident and were not notified in advance of
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A late-night fire has temporarily closed Hamachi Sushi, leaving the restaurant’s future uncertain. Owner Carlos Pardo says an employee discovered smoke inside the building on Thursday. Firefighters spent about three hours battling the blaze. Pardo says investigators determined the fire started when electrical wiring between the attic and ceiling came
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Happy Friday, Coachella Valley. Our spell of above average temperatures when we flirting with the 110s earlier this week is staying away for the weekend, but the same system giving us the break is keeping the wind up and the dust flying. We’re running in the low 100s today, right around 102 in Palm Springs
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Cathedral City, Calif. (KUNA) – Un negocio familiar en la ciudad de Catedral fue afectado luego de que un conato de incendio se agravara al no encontrarse el origen del mismo, al llamar al 911 luego de una intensa busqueda en las instalaciones de Hamachi Sushi el departamento de bomberos se percató que fue debido
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