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KESQ and CBS Local 2 combined resources to bring you team coverage on the storms and flooding from Sunday. This is the first block showing the video and pictures from Sunday night’s newscast.

A strong set of thunderstorms was over the mountainssouthwest of Palm Springs today, and threatened to inundate desert resortcities in the Coachella Valley. The afternoon downpours came as several roads remained either flooded orcovered with downed power poles as a result of Saturday’s rain above PalmSprings, and across a board swath of desert east of

Highway 177 to Highway 62 in Desert Center – off of Interstate 10 – is closed due to flooding and debris. The roadway is expected to remain closed until Sunday afternoon according to CHP. There were reports of motorists who were stranded due to water on the roadway from thunderstorms that hit the area Saturday

Almost a year ago to the day, a wall of water broke a temporary Eagle Canyon Dam and cascaded into Cathedral City. “The water’s coming in, the water’s coming in! The mountain is coming down. Everything was crazy,” Christine Corio, owner of Celebrity Consignments, recalled from last year’s flood. “I saw the water coming into

With a rainstorm moving towards Riverside County, emergency officials are preparing for potentially dangerous conditions in recently burned areas. Cal Fire, Caltrans and other agencies are keeping a close eye on the storm clouds, because torrential rain could create flash floods and mudslides in the mountain communities burned by the Mountain and Silver fires. “Dirt

Mayor Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations brought by at least 17 women eroded his support after just nine months on the job. The City Council voted 7-0 on a deal that ends a political stalemate after more than a dozen women publicly

An estimated 4,000 – 5,000 people attended the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs Job Fair today at the Palm Springs Convention Center, prompting the resort to schedule a second job fair for the same location next week. “We want to thank all the good souls who waited so patiently in line,” said Hector Moreno, Vice

It was the kickoff of a “Stop Amnesty Tour” organized by the Tea Party Patriots and other groups. But the crowd was so sparse that immigrant advocates were soon gleefully circulating photos of the featured speaker, Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa, standing alone on an empty stage. The rally at a public park in

The South Coast Air Quality Management Districtissued a dust advisory today for the Coachella Valley because of gusty windsblowing dust and sand. The winds caused particle concentrations in the air to reach anunhealthy level for sensitive groups, which include people with respiratory orheart disease, the elderly and children. Concentrations were expected remainaround that level through

Three Inland Empire charities will be splitting morethan $100,000 raised during a two-day golf tournament hosted by the PechangaIndian Reservation, tribal officials said today. The 15th annual Pechanga Golf Classic wrapped up Thursday, cappingmultiple rounds of play by 300 golfers on the 18-hole Journey at Pechanga golfcourse. Proceeds from the event will go to the

Vin Scully will return to the Dodgers broadcastbooth for a record 65th season in 2014, again calling all home games and roadgames in California and Arizona, the team announced today. “I have thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of this season and there isno way I could leave this truly remarkable team and our great fans,” the

A couple accused of plotting to abduct, torture and kill police in a plot to draw attention to an anti-authority “sovereign citizens” movement has told a Las Vegas judge they don’t recognize his authority to keep them in jail. So noted, the judge told David Allen Brutsche and Devon Campbell Newman on Friday, before ordering

A Northern California wildfire raging out of control grew overnight to more than three times the size of the city of San Francisco as it spread inside the border of Yosemite National Park. The flames have also forced the evacuations of hundreds from homes. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said

A man who shot and killed a Los Angeles County residentduring a scuffle at a Desert Hot Springs apartment building was sentenced todayto 40 years to life in prison. La Von Albert Myers, 37, of Desert Hot Springs, was convicted of second-degree murder on July 22 for the shooting death of 46-year-old Whittierresident Ronald Locke.

California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for a large and expanding wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park. Other officials had asked for the move, including supervisors in Tuolumne County, who issued a resolution saying the threat posed by the growing fire was beyond their capabilities to handle. The wildfire raging out

A job fair will be held today for potential employees of the Hard Rock Hotel, which is slated to open in Palm Springs this fall. The fair will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center at 277 N. Avenida Caballeros. About 100 full- and part-time jobs

A 13-year-old Hemet girl who went missing earlier this week was found in Perris today, apparently unharmed and in the company of a young man, who was arrested, police said. Brittany Davis was reported missing by her mother Sunday afternoon after she left her house on South Santa Fe Street, saying she was going for

Police in Cathedral City are investigating a deadly head-on crash that happened around 11 a.m. Thursday on Ventura Drive and Garbino Road, in a neighborhood near Vista Chino and Landau Boulevard. Police say a blue sedan pulled out from Medano Road and hit a dirt bike that was traveling on Ventura Drive. The dirt bike

Police shot and killed a man Thursday morning after he stole a car and ran fromauthorities. He wasidentifiedthis afternoon as 24-year-old Eulizez Rodriguez of DHS. Just after midnight, a resident of DHS reported their vehicle stolen. A short time after, Desert Hot Springs police officers located the vehicle near Hacienda Avenue. When the officer attempted