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BLSS Week 6 high school football scores and highlights

Friday, 9/26 Desert Mirage (3-3)14@29 Palms (3-2)38FLa Quinta (4-1)29@Central35F/OTSan Gorgonio28@Cathedral City (2-4)34FValley View21@Coachella Valley (1-4)18FDHS (2-4)7@Yucca Valley (3-3)28FIndio (1-5)0@West Valley47FDuarte34@Desert Chapel (0-4)13F Stay with KESQ News Channel 3 for complete coverage of local high school football. Be sure to watch the Best Local Sports Show every Friday throughout the season on News Channel 3 at

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses pro-Palestinian demonstrators  outside U.N. headquarters in New York City on September 26

US revokes visa of Colombiaโ€™s Petro after he called on soldiers to disobey Trump

By Diego Mendoza, Todd Symons, CNN (CNN) — The United States announced it would cancel the visa of Colombiaโ€™s President Gustavo Petro on Friday, after he publicly called on its soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump, further straining relations between Washington and Bogota. Petro, who has previously clashed with the Trump administration on migration and

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One Class at a Time: Local teacher integrates culinary arts into elementary class

Teachers integrating culinary arts into an elementary class. News Channel 3’s Allie Anthony joined Walter Clark at Coral Mountain Academy to meet Christopher Smith, an amazing educator teaching students with disabilities through the art of cooking. Smith goes above and beyond for students with disabilities, using cooking as a fun and inclusive way to bring

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Explosive battery blaze in South Korea โ€˜paralyzesโ€™ vital government services

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A major fire at South Koreaโ€™s national data center has halted hundreds of online government services including postal and tax facilities, Reuters reported. The blaze likely began with an explosion of a battery at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon city, about 85 miles (130 kilometers) south of

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Shadow Hills High School Choir steps into the spotlight with legendary band Foreigner

Theย Shadow Hillsย High School Choir joins Foreigner onstage Saturday at the band’s Fantasy Springs Resort Casinoย concert. The choir will accompany Foreigner to sing the classic hit,ย “I Want to Know What Love Is.” ย  The legendary rock band has teamed with high schools around the country to perform its signature 1984 power ballad during tour stops. The

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Find Food Bank opens new regional warehouse to expand services and combat hunger

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — The Find Regional Food Bank has officially opened a new warehouse, marking a major milestone in its mission to end hunger in the Coachella Valley. The facility will allow the organization to expand its food distribution, provide educational programs, and support workforce development initiatives for the community. Bill Sanchez, president and

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DOJ agents will be deployed to ICE facilities to protect federal agents, Bondi says

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday she is deploying agents from the Justice Department to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and facilities. โ€œAt my direction, I am deploying DOJ agents to ICE facilitiesโ€”and wherever ICE comes under siegeโ€”to safeguard federal agents, protect

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Former President Barack Obama addresses the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum in December 2024 in Chicago

Obama says thereโ€™s no โ€˜military rationaleโ€™ for Israelโ€™s offensive in Gaza

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Friday criticized Israelโ€™s ongoing military action in Gaza, saying that โ€œthereโ€™s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubbleโ€ and arguing for Palestinian statehood. โ€œI think that it is important for us to acknowledge those of us who are not

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From Michoacรกn to the Coachella Valley: Alexandra Ramirezโ€™s Journey of Strength and Service

Palm Desert, Calif. (KESQ) — This Hispanic Heritage month, here at News Channel 3, we are telling โ€œStories that Inspire.โ€ We meet a young migrant from Michoacรกn, Mexico. Her name is Alexandra Ramirez, who owns a gym called “The Camp Transformation Center” in Palm Desert. A native of Pรกtzcuaro, Michoacรกn, Mexico, and like many immigrants,

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What Riverside County youth services say about missing teens as the Celeste Rivas Hernandez case unfolds

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) A verified GoFundMe is now helping the family of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the Riverside County teen found in the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard earlier this month. The fundraiser lists Esmeralda Lozano as the organizer on behalf of the Rivas Hernandez family, and GoFundMe confirmed to News

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