PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Ticket sales start Friday for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Summer Pass, officials announced. Summer Passes are valid May 1 through August 31, 2026, and include unlimited Tram admissions for the passholder, a 10% discount on additional Tram admissions (limit 4), a 10% discount at Peaks Restaurant and Pines Café, and free parking. Summer Passes are $85 for adults and
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The stepbrother of rapper Tupac Shakur has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man charged with the rapper’s killing in 2023. Maurice Shakur, whose stage name is Mopreme, filed the complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, seeking unspecified damages against Duane Keith Davis, who is also known
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CNN By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — “If you are visibly Jewish, you’re not safe” in Britain, the country’s chief rabbi said Thursday, expressing the anxiety of the British Jewish community after two men were stabbed in a London neighborhood already reeling from several recent antisemitic attacks. “I’m sad to say that today’s event
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A plan to build a 152-acre resort near Joshua Tree National Park will not be moving forward, developers announced on Thursday. As we reported over the summer, the planned Ofland Twentynine Palms was a 100-room outdoor hotel on a 152-acre site. The resort would’ve had two lodges, a restaurant, a swimming pool,
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $2.8 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine in two separate seizures over a recent six-day period at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, officials announced today. On April 19, Border officers seized more than 116 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine, with a combined
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) –Drivers along Interstate 10 experienced delays Thursday morning after a law enforcement pursuit ended on the eastbound side of the freeway near Date Palm Drive. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were initially dispatched around 4:55 a.m. to the 25000 block of Silent Creek Road in Moreno Valley for
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CNN By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Congress voted to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security — including the Transportation Security Administration — Thursday after weeks of GOP infighting that prolonged a record shutdown of the critical agency. The bill to fund the department, which has
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley High School Lady Arabs girls soccer team will be celebrated Saturday with a “Key to the City” presentation in honor of the squad’s Division 5 championship. “This city of Coachella is proud to present the Key to the City to the remarkable Lady Arabs, whose dedication, hard work and
Continue Reading CNN By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — “If you are visibly Jewish, you’re not safe” in Britain, the country’s chief rabbi said Thursday, expressing the anxiety of the British Jewish community after two men were stabbed in a London neighborhood already reeling from several recent antisemitic attacks. “I’m sad to say that today’s event
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol was injured today when she crashed her vehicle into a power pole and street sign near Desert Hot Springs. The crash was reported shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday on eastbound Dillon Road, west of Prospect Street, according to the
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Republicans face political risk from the spike in gasoline prices caused by the war President Donald Trump launched against Iran. Over the last two days, prominent Republicans have made a series of false claims about gas prices. Sen. Tim Scott, chair of Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, falsely claimed Thursday that “gas
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — FEMA has reinstated a group of whistleblowers who signed an open letter to Congress last August warning that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency was setting the stage for a disaster-response breakdown on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, according to five FEMA officials with knowledge of the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, Chris Isidore, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was the late 1980s, and Eastern Airlines was on the brink of bankruptcy after years of financial problems, labor issues and struggling to adapt to deregulation. Businessman Donald Trump saw an opportunity and seized it. He purchased the airline’s most profitable asset, the Eastern Shuttle,
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By Annie Grayer, Ellis Kim, Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — A cornerstone of US intelligence gathering used to thwart terror attacks is set to lapse after political divisions and President Donald Trump’s new spy chief upended negotiations. The government’s key spy powers are again on the verge of expiration after Congress failed to approve another
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By John Blake, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — In the office of civil rights icon Andrew Young there is a striking photo that took on new meaning this week. It shows the man Young called his best friend — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — watching television as President Lyndon Johnson delivers a speech urging
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – More than 3,500 educators and youth leaders are in Palm Springs this week for the 2026 BOOST Conference, a major event focused on education and after-school learning programs. The conference, running April 28 through May 1, includes over 200 workshops and brings together groups like the California Department of Education,
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By Alaa Elassar, Pamela Brown, Shoshana Dubnow, CNN (CNN) — Camp Mystic — the Texas Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in last July’s devastating floods — has withdrawn its application to reopen this summer, stepping back from a possible return many grieving families had feared would come too soon. “No administrative
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Kosta Gak, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — A bomb that killed a soldier in a remote Russian town was likely targeting a notorious Russian commander known as the Butcher of Bucha, Russian and Ukrainian media and military bloggers said. Russian authorities said the bomb attack on Tuesday in the far-east Khabarovsk region
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of John Kasich, former Republican governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1952 Birth place: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Birth name: John Richard Kasich Jr. Father: John Kasich Sr., mail carrier Mother: Anne Kasich, postal worker Marriages: Karen (Waldbillig)
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the International Atomic Energy Agency and nuclear power. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspects nuclear and related facilities under safeguard agreements. Most agreements are with countries that have committed to not possessing nuclear weapons. The IAEA is the verification authority to enforce the Treaty on
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