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California has begun accepting driver’s license applications from immigrants who are in the country illegally. Despite near-freezing temperatures, hundreds of immigrants lined up as early as 2 a.m. Friday at a temporary Department of Motor Vehicles office in the city of Stanton to begin the process of obtaining licenses. The DMV expects 1.4 million people

Two people are facing D-U-I charges this morning after a sobriety checkpoint was held in Bermuda Dunes. The C-H-P set up the checkpoint last night on Washington Street — South of Avenue 41. 483 drivers were screened and two were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Palm Desert Police set up a checkpoint

“We wake up at 5:30 in the morning and need to be over there by 6 a.m. and it’s terribly cold,” said Brenda Zamora, a Desert Mirage High School student who is spending her winter vacation working in the frigid fields of Thermal. Zamora says the greatest challenge is just trying to stay warm. “I

Update:On Thursday at about 10:00 AM, Gerald Fitzsimmons arrived home in San Ramon, California in good health and spirits. Gerald explained that after being lost in an unfamiliar area and losing cellular service, he chose to drive home from the Palm Desert to San Ramon. Past story: A 71-year-old man who was driving from the

Riverside County Firefighters put out a vegetation fire in Mecca. The first arriving unit advised of a small spot of heavy brush involved. The fire was contained to one acre. The fire was first reported just before 1:00 Thursday afternoon. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but battalion chief Dan Talbot tells us

Desert Regional Medical Center welcomed the Coachella Valley’s first baby of the new year early Thursday morning. According to Desert Regional Spokesperson Richard Ramhoff, Jacob Wesley Dove, son of Mishayla Marie Fallis and Justin Dove of Twenty Nine Palms was born at 1:26 a.m. Jan. 1, 2015. Jacob weighed six pounds, 10 ounces and was

It’s time to ring in the new year and the energy in downtown Palm Springs could rival that of Times Square. “I’m excited for it it’s the best spot to be at for New Years,” said Anthony Cranbourne of Beaumont. “We’re going to our friends and we’re going to have so much fun and we’re

A New Year’s Eve tragedy in Coachella, has left one man dead, after he is hit by a semi-truck that was backing up into a loading dock at a private property packing house on the 54-900 Block of Fillmore Street around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday night. The victim, a 50-year old male, was assisting his driver

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293 customers were without power in Palm Desert for several hours during an unusually cold day in the Coachella Valley. According to a spokesperson at Southern California Edison, the power went out just after 2:00 Wednesday afternoon, and it was restored about 8:00 for most customers. The outage boundaries were : N- Candlewood DriveE-Driftwood RoadS-Old

A very cold air mass will bring overnight temperatures down 10-20 degrees below average over the next several nights. Freeze warnings are in effect for the Coachella Valley and inland areas to the west through the Banning Pass through 8 am Thursday.Below freezing temperatures and frost will be possible for several hours. Be sure to

As we say goodbye to 2014, we take a look back at one man, a dog and 8,000 miles. Kevin Payne, 19, from Baltimore spent the past eight months out on the open road cycling and running cross country. Now, Payne is back home in Maryland. He completed his 8,000-mile journey with a mission to

Drivers had to deal with some slick roads Tuesday night, but the snow in Yucca Valley started to disappear quickly in the sunlight. “I was stuck in it last night at 8 o’clock. It was snowing like crazy over here at 8 o’clock last night. It’s cool unless you are stuck in it,” says Jimmy

As we prepare to put 2014 in the rear-view mirror, a reminder of what made news here in the Coachella Valley over the past 12 months. Some good, some bad and even a few controversial stories that put the Valley in the national spotlight. KESQ Anchor Karen Devine takes a look back.

A cold winter blast has blanketed local mountains and the High Desert with snow. The snow-capped mountains are also leading local emergency crews to issue warnings to drivers heading to higher elevations. The California Highway Patrol issued a warning to drivers, after several inches of snow fell early New Year’s Eve night in our local

An early morning accident on I-10 sent two people to the hospital, and crews cleaning up used kitchen grease for hours. The California Highway Patrol says the driver of an F-350 pick-up truck lost control and overturned in the Westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near the Whitewater cut-off around 5:30 Wednesday morning. The truck was

Snowy conditions may have played a role in a two-car crash Tuesday in the Morongo Basin area in which a La Quinta resident died. A 73-year-old driver failed to slow down for a posted stop sign at the intersection of SR 247 and Reche Road at 5:30 a.m., authorities said. California Highway Patrol said the

Prosecutors say an incident in which Los Angeles police officers came under fire last weekend was a gang attack on rivals just as the patrol car drove into the area. The district attorney’s office on Tuesday charged an 18-year-old man who was arrested after the gunfire Sunday night. Christopher Taylor is charged with shooting into

A City of Avalon Harbor Patrol officer was fatally crushed between a boat and a rock during storm activity on Santa Catalina Island, and another man found floating in the water around the same time died at a hospital, authorities said today. The Avalon Fire Department said the Harbor Patrol officer was fatally injured about

Una persona fue hospitalizada despus de efectuarse un accidente automovilstico entre cuatro vehculos en la autopista 10 al oeste en la ciudad de Whitewater. De acuerdo con el reporte de la Patrulla de Caminos de California, el conductor de una camioneta pick-up F-350 perdi el control y se volc. El camin transportaba 100 galones de