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Palm Springs Pride suspending promotional ties with Silvercrest Advertising

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) Greater Palm Springs Pride has suspended its promotional relationship with Silvercrest Advertising after the company’s CEO, William Rodriguez, was arrested this week on homicide charges connected to a 2024 hit-and-run crash that killed 60-year-old Christina Barrington in Cathedral City. On Friday morning, the Pride organization’s website still listed Silvercrest as a

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Baby Emmanuel Case: Advocates say guilty plea not enough without recovery of remains

CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) Advocates say justice for Baby Emmanuel Haro remains incomplete even after his father’s guilty plea to murder charges in Riverside County Superior Court. Jake Haro, the father of 7-month old Emmanuel Haro, pleaded guilty to murder, child endangerment, and filing a false police report during a Felony Settlement Conference on Thursday. Prosecutors

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President Donald Trump speaks during world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh

Trump seeks to build on momentum from Gaza deal in a busy diplomatic week

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — These are busy days for Steve Witkoff. The real estate developer-turned-Swiss Army Knife diplomat (officially the special presidential envoy for peace missions) was sitting in the galleries of the Israeli Knesset on Monday, listening as President Donald Trump basked in the newly brokered ceasefire-for-hostages deal, when his boss reminded

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Federal suit progresses against sheriff’s office that hired deputy that murdered Riverside family

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A federal lawsuit alleging gross negligence against a Virginia law enforcement agency for hiring a deputy who went on to kill a Riverside couple and their daughter in order to abduct the youngest member of the household before killing himself is gradually proceeding toward trial, the plaintiffs said today.    The

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Former US attorney Alex Acosta

Trump’s former labor secretary Alex Acosta defends handling of controversial Epstein plea deal

By Annie Grayer, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former US attorney who negotiated a controversial 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein defended that agreement in a closed-door interview with House investigators last month, according to a transcript of the interview released by lawmakers. Alex Acosta, the former US attorney from the Southern District of

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Elizabeth Smart Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Elizabeth Smart, children’s advocate and kidnapping survivor. Personal Birth date: November 3, 1987 Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Smart Father: Ed Smart, real-estate and mortgage broker Mother: Lois Smart Marriage: Matthew Gilmour (February 18, 2012-present) Children: Olivia, November 2018; James, April 2017; Chloe, February

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